Season's Meetings
The recently deceased Mikhail Gorbachev served as the last premier prior to dissolution of this nation-state, resigning his rule on December 25, 1991.
What is the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)?
On February 24th, a conflict broke out between these two nation-states due to territorial invasion, resulting in global inflation and raising questions about energy interdependence.
What is Russia and Ukraine?
The Union General that defeated Gen. Robert E. Lee in the Battle of Gettysburg (1863) shares his sweet last name with this honeyed alcohol?
What is Mead?
This Morehouse-alum actor is the celebrity spokesperson for Capital One's credit cards, played the titular character in Coach Carter (2005) and grew tired of serpents in jets.
Who is Samuel L. Jackson?
This furry hop-about is the titular character for Beatrix Potter's classic children's book series whose character in the recent film adaptation in 2018 was voiced by James Corden.
Who is Peter Rabbit?
George Washington and the Continental Army crossed this river on December 25, 1776 to attack Hessian mercenaries in Trenton, NJ.
What is the Delaware River?
On April 25th, this social media company agreed to sell itself for $44 billion USD to a South African billionaire famous for owning spacefaring and automaker companies.
What is Twitter?
While spelled differently, this alcoholic beverage's name sounds like the name of pizza featuring mozzarella, fresh basil, San Marzano tomato sauce, olive oil, and a pinch of salt.
What is Margarita (Pizza is Margherita)?
This actor will voice act for a red-clad, turtle-stomping Italian plumber in Nintendo and Illumination's new animated film in 2023.
Who is Chris Pratt?
This battery-powered dynamo is a mascot that keeps going and wields black sunglasses and a bass drum.
Who is the Energizer Bunny?
On December 25, 1066, William, Duke of Normandy, would be crowned the first Norman king of this nascent island nation-state.
What is England?
On July 12th, the first images from this imaging satellite were released to the public in an effort to retire the much older Hubble.
What is the James Webb Space Telescope?
This cinnamon-flavored liquor is known for it's spicy flavor and its connection to a spell cast in Dungeons & Dragons that summons a conflagration.
What is Fireball?
These two actors independently portrayed a famous fictional British sleuth known to use for drugs for escapism, one for feature films and another for a limited BBC series.
Who is Robert Downey Jr. and Benedict Cumberbatch?
The mantra stated in order to kill the Rabbit of Caerbannog "...Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less..." is found in this 1975 comedic film.
What is Monty Python and the Holy Grail?
This Carolingian Emperor known today as the "Father of Europe" was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III on December 25, 800.
Who is Charlemagne?
From February 4-20, the 2022 Winter Olympics were hosted in this city, which became the first host city to hold both Summer and Winter Olympics.
What is Beijing?
Jimador is the name of a field worker that harvests agave for the production of mezcal and this other alcoholic beverage, known in country songs to result in a level of disrobing or insanity.
What is tequila?
This motion-capture specialist played Gollum in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy and Caesar in the Planet of the Apes reboot movies.
Who is Andy Serkis?
This anthropomorphic bunny is the best friend of Arthur Reid in Marc Brown's famous book series and PBS-syndicated animated show which ran for 25 seasons, "Arthur."
Who is Buster Baxter?
The Roman feast holiday known as the "The Feast of ___ _____" was celebrated on December 25th each year starting in 274 in honor of the the sun god deified by Emperor Aurelian. Translated from Latin, the phrase was known as the "Invincible Sun."
What Sol Invictus?
On July 8th, this former Japanese Prime Minister was assassinated while giving a speech in Nara, Japan.
Who is Shinzo Abe?
In 1794, Eli Whitney infringed on the British copyright for the cotton ______, which would later lead to King Cotton and the expansion of slavery in the Antebellum American South.
What is gin?
She played a lead role aside Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale in The Prestige (2006) and voice acted for Kaa in The Jungle Book (2016).
Who is Scarlett Johansson?
Nathan's Famous Hotdogs opened up in 1916 on a boardwalk in this popular amusement destination in New York. The Dutch settlers of this area supposedly named it after the large "konijin," or rabbit population found there.
What is Coney Island?