Holiday Treats Around the World
'24 & '25 Columbia Athletics
NYC
CU Staff Fun Facts
Name the Holiday Movies By Their Quote
100

The Bûche de Noël, a classic French holiday dessert, is traditionally shaped like this.

A log (in the woods!)

100

Columbia Football shared 2025 Co-Ivy League Football Championships with these schools.

Harvard and Dartmouth

100

Times Square is named after this popular newspaper.

The New York Times

100

This member of the recreation team could open their own Foot Locker with their collection of 50+ pairs of shoes.

Matt Collum

100

Merry Christmas, ya filthy animal. And a Happy New Year!

Home Alone 2: Lost in NY

200

Rugelach is a traditional pastry enjoyed in this culture, typically rolled into a crescent and filled with ingredients like raisins, nuts, or chocolate.

Jewish culture

200

Spring 2025 - Women's Archery won back to back championships in this archery division.

Recurve

200

This Brooklyn born rapper is often referred to as HOV.

Jay-Z

200

This basketball staff member has a birthday on the spookiest day of the year!

Matt Elkin

200

I just like to smile. Smiling's my favorite.

Elf

300

A Midwestern holiday treat that features a peanut butter center dipped in chocolate.

A buckeye

300

By winning consecutive men's tennis titles, Michael Zheng became the ___ student-athlete in NCAA history to do so.

9th

300

In 'When Harry Met Sally', the iconic "I'll have what she's having' line was filmed in this New York City diner.

Katz Delicatessen

300

This STWB staff member won a halftime game at a Brooklyn Nets game.

Cherisse Belser

300

Max. HELP ME. I'm FEELING.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

400

These German _ balls are a traditional no-bake holiday dessert, spiked with this alcohol and rolled in chocolate sprinkles.

Rum

400

Columbia's Fencing team took second overall at the Ivy League Championships. How many individual titles did they win?

4!

Sam Kumbla, Will Morrill, Justin Haddad, and Tierna Oxenreider

400

Before being called New York, this city was named New _____ after a European capital.

New Amsterdam

400

This Baker employee is an only child but has 8 siblings!

Tala Russell

400

This little green one here seems to need a home.

A Charlie Brown Christmas

500

Buñuelos, a Latin American dessert of fried dough coated in syrup or cinnamon sugar, is said to resemble this part of an animal.

Elephant ear

500

This student-athlete was awarded Most Outstanding Player when Columbia's Baseball team won the Ivy League Championship in 2025.

Anton Lazits

500

The New York Public Library, with over 50 million items across its branches, is the second largest library system in the nation after this library.

Library of Congress

500

Volleyball Assistant Coach, Angel Agu's last name comes from Nigerian Igbo culture and translates to this animal.

Lion!

#RoarLionRoar

500

Seeing is believing, but, sometimes, the most real things in the world are the things we can't see.

The Polar Express

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