Silent Night, Silver Screen
This animated film tells the story of a young boy who takes a train ride to the North Pole on Christmas Eve.
What is The Polar Express?
This reindeer is famous for his very shiny nose.
Who is Rudolph?
The Celsius temperature at which water freezes.
What is 0 °C?
The ice sport with polished stones and sweeping brooms.
What is curling?
Tradition says Santa’s sleigh is pulled by this many reindeer—before adding Rudolph.
What is eight?
This 1946 classic film features an angel named Clarence trying to help George Bailey.
What is It's a Wonderful Life?
Mariah Carey’s 1994 holiday hit that returns to the charts every December.
What is “All I Want for Christmas Is You”?
Snowflakes have this six‑sided crystal symmetry.
What is hexagonal symmetry (a hexagonal lattice)?
This sport uses skates and a puck; its top North American trophy is the Stanley Cup.
What is ice hockey?
In North America, reindeer are also known by this name in the wild.
What are caribou?
In Home Alone, this is the main dish that Kevin McAllister eats after his family leaves.
What is macaroni and cheese?
The narrator of the song "Jingle Bells" is riding in this type of vehicle.
What is a one-horse open sleigh?
Road salt works because it lowers this property of water.
What is the freezing point?
The biathlon combines cross‑country skiing with this precision skill.
What is rifle shooting/marksmanship?
Reindeer often make this distinctive sound when they walk, caused by tendons in the feet.
What is clicking sound?
He is the actor who plays the department store Santa who claims to be the real Kris Kringle in the 1994 version of Miracle on 34th Street.
Who is Richard Attenborough?
The best‑selling single of all time, first recorded by Bing Crosby.
What is “White Christmas”?
When ice turns directly to vapor on a sunny, below‑freezing day.
What is sublimation?
In this sliding sport, athletes go head‑first down an icy track on a tiny sled.
What is skeleton?
This U.S.–Canadian military organization has “tracked Santa” every year since a 1955 misprinted ad.
What is NORAD?
In the 2003 film Elf, Buddy is first found by his human father while hiding under this piece of furniture.
What is a desk?
This carol was first performed in 1818 in Oberndorf, Austria.
What is “Silent Night”?
The northern lights result from charged solar particles colliding with atoms near this atmospheric region.
What is the ionosphere (accept upper atmosphere/magnetosphere interaction)?
The first Winter Olympics were held in this French resort town in 1924.
What is Chamonix?
The reindeer names “Donner” and “Blitzen” in German mean what?
What are “thunder” and “lightning”?