Helpful elf! ‘Ready for action’ elf! ‘I’ll get up in a minute’ elf! ‘No point in...

Helpful elf!

‘Ready for action’ elf!

‘I’ll get up in a minute’ elf!

‘No point in rushing’ elf!

‘I’m too comfy to go out in the cold’ elf!

A series of clues will appear on the screen. As soon as you know the answer, fill out an answer sheet and bring it to me at the front. I’ll give you a new answer sheet and an elf worth:

5 points after the first clue4 points after the second clue 3 points after the third clue etc

You won’t lose points for guessing, but you can only have one guess per clue!

Whilst the game is in progress you must cut out the elves NEATLY and glue them in a long line ready for helping santa.

At the end of the game add up the numbers on the NEATLY GLUED IN elves & the team with the highest number wins. Any elves not NEATLY glued in get the sack...not the type with presents in!!!

Around 30 different tribes live here, some herd reindeer.

In 1754 the Russian government sent petty criminals and political opponents to this cold place.

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This area makes up roughly 77% of the total area of Russia.

These are sometimes called caribou.

The male of this species can grow up to 150cm high (measured at shoulder height).

Both male and female of this species have antlers.

They migrate 5,000km, which is further than any other land animal.

This can cause avalanches in some parts of the world.

This can protect crops from extreme cold.

This phenomenon is a type of weather.

This is a form of precipitation.

More than 80% of the island is covered by an ice cap which is 4km thick in places.

Eskimos (Inuit) people live here.

This is the worlds largest island.

They speak Greenlandic and Danish here.

The name of this animal refers to a diverse group of semi-aquatic marine mammals.

There are 33 species of this world-wide, two of which live around Britain

If approached too closely, this animal may bite.

They are insulated from the cold by a thick layer of blubber.

This sport was first carried out by pre-historic people living in cold climates.

It is a recreational activity for traveling across snow.

The most common injuries in this sport are to the knee, particularly broken bones.

There are many tourist resorts in Europe that cater for this sport

This place consists of ocean surrounded by continental land masses and islands.

This place has has 8 nations within it: Canada, Greenland (Denmark), Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the United States.

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Polar bears and snowy owls are found here.

I range from 1 to 75 metres above sea level.

Only 1/9th of me is visible above water.

I am a piece broken off a glacier or ice shelf.

My name translates into the words ice mountain.

This is translucent in appearance.

This is the deposition of water vapour from saturated air.

This can cause rocks to break apart!

This is made up of ice crystals

He was a Norwegian explorer.

He beat the British explorer Scott to the Antarctic.

He was a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.

His first name was Roald.

This involves too much CO2 in the atmosphere.

This is a process whereby the earth is getting warmer.

This has happened in the past, but is now a modern day problem.

This is a 3D computer animated film currently on at the cinema.

In the film, Mumble and Gloria's son Erik is reluctant to try dancing.

This film is the second in a series. The first film had almost the same name!

It’s a film about penguins.

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This country's name means "the northward route"

The capital city is Oslo

The majority of the country shares a border to the east with Sweden; its northernmost region is bordered by Finland to the south and Russia to the east;

This is the coldest month of the year on average.

This is a month of the year that ends in the letter R

This is one of the 7 months that has 31 days.

This month starts on the same day of the week as October in common years, and on the same day of the week as April and July in leap years.

This country is made up of 4 main islands.

This is the flag of the coldest, most northerly island.

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The most northerly island, Hokkaido, has an average winter temperature of -6 degrees.