Winter Sports
The first Winter Olympic Games were held in this country in 1924.
Bonus:1000 (What is the town's name?)
What is France?
What is Chamonix?
This festive plant is often hung in doorways, and tradition holds that you might get a kiss for standing under it.
What is mistletoe?
This is the name of the grumpy, green character who tries to steal Christmas from the Whos of Whoville.
Who is The Grinch?
He is the noble leader of the Autobots, transforming into a red and blue semi-truck.
Who is Optimus Prime?
The USCGC Katmai Bay and its sister ships were built at this shipyard located in Tacoma, Washington.
What is Tacoma Boatbuilding Company?
(-300 if wrong)
This sport, often called "chess on ice," involves teams sliding stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area.
What is curling?
This eight-day Jewish "festival of lights" is celebrated with a nightly menorah lighting and fried foods.
What is Hanukkah?
This action-packed 1988 film, often debated as a Christmas movie, features NYPD detective John McClane fighting terrorists in a Los Angeles skyscraper during an office Christmas party.
What is Die Hard?
This ambitious Decepticon jet fighter is Megatron's second-in-command and constantly schemes to overthrow him to lead the Decepticons himself.
Who is Starscream?
The Katmai Bay, like other Bay-class tugs, is equipped with a unique system that pushes air through ports on its hull, reducing friction and increasing efficiency when breaking ice. This system is often called a "bubbler" or this other term.
What is a hull air lubrication system?
(-200 if wrong)
This event, which combines ski jumping with cross-country skiing, has been a part of the Winter Olympics since the first games in 1924.
What is Nordic Combined?
The tradition of the Christmas tree is widely believed to have originated in the 16th century in this modern-day European country.
What is Germany?
In Home Alone, Kevin McCallister uses a clip from a fictional gangster film with this title to scare off the burglars.
What is Angels with Filthy Souls?
The heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons hail from this home planet.
What is Cybertron?
The best gift wrapper on the Katmai Bay.
Who is ENS Brown?
This American snowboarder, nicknamed "The Flying Tomato," has won three Olympic gold medals in the halfpipe event.
Who is Shaun White?
Celebrated from December 26th to January 1st, this holiday honors African heritage and is based on seven core principles known as the "Nguzo Saba."
What is Kwanzaa?
In the movie Elf, Buddy travels from the North Pole to the City to find his biological father, who works in this iconic building.
What is the Empire State Building?
This guttural-speaking, Tyrannosaurus Rex-transforming leader heads the elite Autobot sub-group known as the Dinobots.
Who is Grimlock?
SN Turk and ENS Brown play for a basketball team called "_____"?
What is H & R Block?
The 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California, was the first to use this technology, now common in most sports, for determining race results.
What is instant replay?
This Scottish New Year's celebration on December 31st involves the tradition of "first-footing," where the first person to cross the threshold after midnight brings symbolic gifts.
What is Hogmanay?
In the 1994 film The Santa Clause, the elite elven commando unit that retrieves Scott Calvin from his home goes by this acronym.
What is E.L.F.S. (Effective Liberating Flight Squad)?
In the live-action Transformers films, this actress played Mikaela Banes, Sam Witwicky's resourceful love interest.
Who is Megan Fox?
The "WTGB" designation in USCGC Katmai Bay (WTGB 101) stands for "__________ Tug, Great Lakes, __________," indicating its primary function and operational area.
What is "Icebreaking Tug, Great Lakes, Bay"?
WTGB stands for "W" for Cutter, "T" for Tug, "G" for icebreaking, and "B" for Bay-class, with "101" being its hull number. "Great Lakes" is implied by its typical operational area.