Guns & Pens
Xmas Movies
100
Edward Bulwer-Lytton coined the phrase, “The pen is mightier than…” This other deadly weapon.
What is the sword?
100
Ralphie desperately wants a Red Ryder BB gun in this endlessly replayed holiday movie.
What is A Christmas Story?
200
Writers love these for lists; shooters use them at the range.
What are bullets?
200
This holiday comedy features an over-the-top Griswold family light display and a squirrel in the tree.
What is National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation?
300
A writer might publish in one; a shooter loads rounds from one.
What is a magazine?
300
Bill Murray relives the same Christmas Day over and over in this modern, cynical take on A Christmas Carol.
What is Scrooged?
400
Founded in the 19th century, this American brand first made rifles and later went on to find success making commercial typewriters.
What is Remington?
400
Set mostly in a Los Angeles skyscraper on Christmas Eve, this action film fuels one of the internet’s longest holiday debates.
What is Die Hard?
500
It measures a firearm’s bore diameter and, figuratively, the quality of a writer’s work.
What is caliber?
500
Sarah Jessica Parker stars as Meredith, whose Christmas visit with her boyfriend’s family goes painfully off the rails in this holiday film.