X-Mas
Colorful Verbs
Happy Honda Days
Rockin' Around (the Christmas Tree)
Name's the Same
200

This musical instrument is often the first word American students learn beginning with X.

What is a xylophone?

200

To suffer a temporary loss of consciousness.

What is black out?

200

This Germanic holiday begins on the December solstice, and ends eleven days later. Hint: Harry and Ron took the Patil twins to the ball carrying its same name. 

What is Yule?

200

This commonest coarse-grained plutonic rock is desirable for countertops.

What is granite?

200

Craig, Radcliffe, Day-Lewis

Who is Daniel?

400

e.g. means one of these has been given. Also, to lead by ______

What is example?

400

Like when Hollywood casts Johnny Depp as Tonto, John Wayne as Genghis Kahn, or Mickey Rooney as Mr. Yunioshi. We don't stan movies that do this.

What is white-wash?

400

Hanukkah, or Chanukah, is an eight-day Jewish celebration that commemorates the re-dedication of the Second Temple in this city.

What is Jerusalem?

400

It's an earthquake that follows a larger one & has its epicenter nearby.

What is an aftershock?

400

Tolstoy, Messi, DiCaprio. 

Who is Leo?

600

Also known as Röntgen radiation, this type of imaging is used frequently in hospitals and airport security.

What is X-ray?

600

To give permission to start something, like when a studio says you can start making the movie.

What is greenlight?

600

This holiday was created in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Karenga after the Watts Riots in Los Angeles. 

What is Kwanzaa?

600

This dinosaur's fossil is easily recognized by the spiky plates that adorn its back.

What is a stegosaurus?

600

The third largest city in Missouri & Massachusetts. 

Hint: Simpsons

What is Springfield?

800

This endurance sport is often known by the acronym XC. 

What is cross-country?

800

Do this to meat to get more flavor.

What is brown?

800

DAILY DOUBLE! This holiday, popularized by Seinfeld, has been celebrated on December 23rd of every year since 1997 as a reaction to the commercialism of Christmas. 

What is Festivus (for the rest of us)?

800

The Nazca Plate's movement under the South American plate is causing this over 4000-mile mountain range to rise.

What are the Andes?

800

Stewart, Star, Ewing

Who is Patrick?

1000

Pope Leo X did this to Martin Luther in 1521 after he published his Ninety-Five Theses, shunning him and barring him from being a practicing Catholic. 

What is excommunication?

1000

To abandon someone on an island.

What is maroon?

1000

The category's name comes from a meme that began with a tweet from @Jordan_Morris, who said that he was "sick of these libs telling me I can't say Happy Honda Days because I might offend somebody who celebrates" this car-sale-related event.

What is Toyotathon?

1000

Formed from decaying organic matter in wetlands, the Scots have found it particularly useful, burning it to dry out barley during the Whisky making process. 

What is peat?

1000

These twin cities sit on the Missouri River.....but in different states.

What are Kansas City, MO, and Kansas City, Kansas?

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