Christmas
Science Bowl
Vocabulary
Gen Alpha Slang
200

Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, Rudolph

What are Santa's reindeer?

200

Unlike rodents, the common rabbit has how many incisor teeth?

4

200

A sense of jaded boredom; weariness; dissatisfaction

What is ennui?

200

Sus

What is suspicious?

400

In a 1970 film, Alec Guinness played Jacob Marley's ghost & Albert Finney played this man

Who is Scrooge?


400

If f(x)=x3-x+6, what is the sum of f(4) and f(-4)?

12

400

DAILY DOUBLE!

Satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune

What is schadenfreude?

400

No Cap

What is the truth?

600

The Grinch's town

What is Whoville?

600

What region of the electromagnetic spectrum would be able to excite an electron from a 1s orbital to a 2p orbital in a helium atom?

Ultraviolet

600

The act of throwing someone out of a window

What is defenestration?

600

Opp

What is an enemy or opposition?

800

In "The Muppet Christmas Carol", she played Bob Cratchit's wife

Who is Miss Piggy?

800

DAILY DOUBLE:

What is the total magnifying power of a refracting telescope that has an objective lens focal length of 12 meters and an eyepiece focal length of 0.3 meters?

40x

800

Longest word with no vowels

What is rhythms?

800

Bussin' or Bussing

What is delicious or flavorful?

1000

The total number of things described the song "12 Days of Christmas" added cumulatively throughout every verse.

I'll wait...

How many is 364 gifts?

1000

Science at Argonne National Lab are studying a process that occurs when photons interact with charged particles, causing the wavelength to shift by an amount related to the mass of the charged particles. What is the term for this process?

Compton Scattering

1000

Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth.

What is Arachibutyrophobia?

Fun Fact: Kai has this phobia, minus the sticking part

1000

Ohio

What is something weird or cringeworthy?