FACTS & FIGURES
About 4,000 years ago, the last of these pachyderms--each weighing 6 to 8 tons--were living on Wrangel Island north of Siberia
Woolly mammoths
This social networker dropped out of Harvard to focus on the company formerly known as Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg
"A Chorus Line":
"____ singular sensation, every little step she takes"
Choose word or phrase; have foe try to guess, letter by letter; invent wheel-based game show based on it (oops, too late!)
Hangman
All due respect to Mr. Willis, but "now I have a machine gun ho-ho-ho"? & taking place during a holiday party? It's a Christmas movie!
Die Hard
Almost 7 miles down in the Pacific is the Mariana Trench & within it, this 2-word place, its deepest part
Challenger Deep
Ron Chernow published a bestselling biography of this politician; it later inspired a pretty popular musical
Alexander Hamilton
"Guys & Dolls":
"Call it hell, call it heaven, but it's a probable 12 to ____ that the guy's only doing it for some doll"
7
54 blocks;
remove;
re-stack,
repeat
Jenga
In this 2003 movie, we learned "They tried using gnomes & trolls, but the gnomes drank too much"
Elf
Formerly known as Alpha Centauri, the star now known as this Kentaurus is one of the brightest stars out there
Rigil
Oceanic flight 815: a bad experience for its passengers, a fascinating one for fans of this buzzy new drama series
Lost
"Chess":
"Oh, I'm the arbiter. I know the score. From square one I'll be watching all ____"
DAILY DOUBLE
64
Meet, then escort Ellie to safety; see what's left of the U.S.; encounter a whole bunch of unsafe stuff
The Last of Us
Chevy Chase learned a metal plate in Cousin Eddie's head made him forget who he was for a bit after using a microwave in this comedy
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
The first non-British person to lead the Bank of England, this economist became Canada's prime minister in 2025
Mark Carney
This baseball great was surpassed by his godson Barry Bonds on MLB's all-time home run list
Willie Mays
"Les Mis":
"And so Javert, you see it's true. This man bears no more guilt than you. Who am I? ____"
24601
144 tiles;
chow down;
dragons & flowers & wind, oh my!
DAILY DOUBLE
Mahjong
The tagline to this 1996 Christmas comedy with Arnold Schwarzenegger was "Two dads, one toy, no prisoners"
Jingle All the Way
Niamey is the capital of this African nation that in 2024 had the highest fertility rate of any country
Niger
We got so caught up in this Usher song that it spent 12 weeks at the top of the charts
Yeah!
"Rent":
"____ minutes, how do you measure a year in the life?
525,600
Go through phases, including movement & shooting; unit coherency is crucial; 40K reasons to leave your lover
Warhammer (40K)
It's all in the cards in this movie: "Just because it's Christmas... (and at Christmas you tell the truth)... to me, you are perfect"
Love, Actually