Holiday One Hit Wonders
"Do They Know It's Christmas?"
Who is Band Aid?
Famous for foretelling the police state in "1984"
Who is George Orwell?
The 2013 "Best Picture" winner is also the name of a ship in the Odyssey.
What is "Argo"?
A cake made with candied or dried fruit, nuts, and spices, and optionally soaked in spirits.
What is fruitcake?
TIME's person of the year.
Who are Joe Biden and Kamala Harris?
"All I Want for Christmas is You"
Who is Mariah Carey?
"The Great Gatsby"
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
The 2019 Best Picture winner was a story about a white chauffeur driving a Black singer across the South
What is "Green Book"?
Historically also known as milk punch or egg milk punch, is a rich, chilled, sweetened, dairy-based beverage.
What is Egg Nog?
1992's PERSON OF THE YEAR was described as "History may eventually decide that the key to (this person's) accomplishment lay in his temperament ... in his enthusiasm for people and curiosity about their lives," Time said of the then-president-elect.
Who is Bill Clinton?
This one hit holiday classic was "Frosty the Snowman"
Who is Burl Ives?
His famous holiday book made into a classic Christmas movie "A Christmas Carol".
Who is Charles Dickens?
In 2005 Best Picture went to a movie about a female boxer
What is "Million Dollar Baby"?
A traditional dessert, a Christmas cake, served near Christmas with origins in France.
What is a YuleLog or Buche de Noel?
The first non-Italian pope in nearly 500 years, (this person) was known for his modernization of the papacy and his extensive foreign reach.
Who is Pope John Paul II?
"The Christmas Song" (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)
Who is Nat King Cole?
The real name of the author of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"
Who is Theodore Geisel?
In 1998 the Best Picture was "Rainman". What was Rainman's real name?
Who is Raymond?
A cut of beef from the primal rib, one of the nine primal cuts of beef. May contain anywhere from two to seven ribs.
What is a standing rib roast?
Citing his role in ending 40 years of Democratic Party domination in the House, Time named this person Man of the Year in 1995
Who is Newt Gingrich?
This one hit holiday wonder is "The Nutcracker"
Who is Peter Tchaikovsky?
She wrote the Christmas classic "Little Women"
Who Louisa May Alcott?
The 2020 winner for Best Picture was a foreign film.
What is "Parasite"
One of several traditional seasonal winter dishes usually forming sweet & savory cakes, containing a sour-sweet creamy layer of honey, fruits, and nuts, as well as a flavorful savory filling of rich herbally accentuated pork sweetmeats.
What is Figgy Pudding?
"When the day of infamy came, (September 11, 2001), (this person) seized it as if he had been waiting for it all his life, taking on half a dozen critical roles and performing each masterfully," Time said.
Who is Rudy Giuliani?