History of Christmas
Sound
Kinematics/Forces
Energy/Electricity
Classic Christmas Movies
100

The person Christmas is named after.

Who is Jesus?

100

This type of waves needs a medium to travel through.

What is Mechanical?

100

This is what friction always opposes.

What is motion.

100

This is the name of the Law that allows to find the Voltage from current and Resistance.

What is Ohm's Law

100

This 1964 animated movie was about a reindeer who didn't fit in because he was different

What is Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer?

200

This Anatolian Saint gave a dowry to three young woman by throwing gold coins through the window. 

Who is Saint Nicholas?
200

When speed is travelling through air this is the main thing that affects the speed of sound.

What is temperature?

200
This is a force that always acts perpendicular to a surface.

What is the normal force?

200
This is the first law of thermodynamics

What is the conservation of energy?

200

This classic Christmas story by Charles Dickens has 16 different English language movie versions. Including a Muppet version and a Mickey Mouse version.

What is A Christmas Carol?

300

Santa's red suit became ubiquitous after advertisements by this beverage company.

(The design was common before these ads but so were a couple other versions) 

What is Coca-Cola?

300
This happens to the sound when an object approaches you.

Be specific

what is The sound wave compresses or the frequency becomes higher.
300

An object that was dropped and is now moving at 70 m/s has been falling for approximately how long?

What is 7 seconds?
300

Other than material and length these are the 2 factors that affect resistance.

What is temperature and area?

300

This 1994 movie starts rather darkly as Tim Allen's character is responsible for the death of Santa, before putting on his suit and becoming Santa Claus himself?

What is The Santa Clause?

400

Many Christmas traditions, including the evergreen Christmas Tree, were taken from this Pagan Holiday which traditionally started on December 17th. 

What is Saturnalia?

400

The portion of a longitudinal wave where particles are less dense.

What is rarefraction?

400

This is Newton's First Law of Motion

What is inertia?

400
The amount of Mechanical Energy a 1kg object would have half way through the fall, if it started at a height of 100m.

Assume no loss

What is 981N?

400

This stop motion animated movie from 1970 pits Kris Kringle against the evil Burgermeister Meisterburger.

What is Santa Claus is Comin' to Town?

500

This Christmas song was originally made for Thanksgiving.

What is Jingle Bells?

500

The approximate mach speed of lightning.

What is 874,030?

500

This is how fast Santa would need to travel (in km/hr) to visit every home with children.

Assuming he doesn't actually stop.

Within 10% will get the points

What is 10,703,437 km/hr?

96300 to 11800.


500

The amount of energy required to go to the past in the movie Back To the Future.

What is 1.21 Gigawatts?

500

This 1946 movie where a man turned his life around was originally a critical and financial failure. After continuously being played on television it became a beloved Christmas classic and according to a Channel 4 is seventh-greatest film ever made .

What is A Wonderful Life?