Time to break the ice

Here's an icy quiz for a wintertime afternoon.

January 11, 2007

As the temperatures fall outside, it's the perfect time for a little icy quiz. Just fill in words or phrases that have "ice" (or a variation) in them.

1. This is a movie where Ray Romano is the voice of Manfred, a wooly mammoth. (2 words)

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2. The white variety of this is often thrown at weddings or eaten in Chinese restaurants.

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3. These are often used in board games.

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4. These unseeing rodents ran after the farmer's wife. (3 words)

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5. They wear badges and might say, "Stop in the name of the law!"

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6. This is solidified carbon dioxide. It becomes a vapor without melting. (2 words)

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7. This is an island northwest of Britain in the North Atlantic Ocean where 99 percent of all people over age 15 can read and write.

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8. This is a combination of a pick and an adz with a spiked handle. It is used for mountain climbing. (2 words)

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9. A traveling entertainment show featuring ice-skating. (2 words)

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10. These hang from a house after a snowstorm. (Watch the spelling!)

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11. This is a sugar- or fruit-flavored dessert on a stick. (2 words)

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1. Ice Age

2. Rice

3. Dice

4. Three Blind Mice

5. Police

6. Dry ice

7. Iceland

8. Ice ax

9. Ice Capades

10. Icicles

11. Ice pop