Cold

Cooling down with fascinating trivia about extreme weather, frozen phenomena, and everything that brings the chill factor.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
Calorogus Shark Media. Greetings trivia fans.

Speaker 2 (00:09):
I'm Mark Ellison, and today we're cooling things down with
trivia about all things cold.

Speaker 1 (00:14):
Question one?

Speaker 2 (00:16):
What is the coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth?

Speaker 1 (00:25):
Question two?

Speaker 2 (00:26):
Which Arctic animal has black skin underneath its white fur
to help absorb heat? Question three? What popular frozen dessert
was accidentally invented by an eleven year old boy in
nineteen oh five?

Speaker 1 (00:54):
Question four?

Speaker 2 (00:55):
At what temperature do celsius and fahrenheit's scales show the
same reading? Question five? What is the scientific term for
the fear of cold or cold things? We'll be right

(01:17):
back with these chilly answers after this break. Welcome back,
trivia fans. Let's reveal today's answers. Question one, what's the
coldest temperature ever recorded?

Speaker 1 (01:34):
Answer?

Speaker 2 (01:34):
Negative one hundred and twenty eight point six degrees fahrenheit.
This bone chilling temperature was recorded at Antarctica's Vostok station
on July twenty first, nineteen eighty three, making it the
coldest natural temperature ever measured on Earth. Question two, which
Arctic animal has black skin under white fur?

Speaker 1 (01:54):
Answer?

Speaker 2 (01:54):
Polar bears. Their black skin helps absorb and retain heat.
From the sun, while their white fur provides camouflage and
reflects light to keep them cool when needed. Question three,
What frozen dessert was invented by an eleven year old
answer popsicles. Frank Epperson accidentally left a cup of soda

(02:15):
with a stirring stick outside on a cold night in
San Francisco, creating the first epsicle later renamed the popsicle.
Question four, At what temperature do celsius and fahrenheit match?
Answer minus forty degrees. This is the only point where
both temperature scales show the exact same numerical reading.

Speaker 1 (02:38):
Question five, what's the fear of cold? Called?

Speaker 2 (02:41):
Answer cryophobia. This phobia involves an intense, irrational fear of
cold weather, cold objects, or even the sensation of being
cold that wraps up our cool collection of cold trivia
on five daily trivia Questions. I'm Mark Ellison in this
podcast was crafted with the help of AI technology.

Speaker 1 (03:02):
Stay warm and see you tomorrow.