The 12 Days of Christmas in Cash
'Tis the Season
Rock & Roll Hall of Famers
Movie Lines
Second Letter "Y"
100
The most expensive of the 12 days was hiring 10 of these jumpin' dudes, which set you back $15,580
lords a-leaping
100
Tennis' Grand Slam season ends in September at this Flushing Meadows event
the U.S. Open
100
2025 selectee Carol Kaye is legendary for her melodic bottom-end work with this instrument on countless hits
bass guitar
100
This "Jerry Maguire" line came in at No. 25 on AFI's list of Top 100 Movie Quotes, & if you respond correctly, we will
Show me the money!
100
To be Pacific, the name of this type of large storm is from Chinese for "big wind"
typhoon
200
$750 got you a pair of these; the wood pigeon is a relative but doesn't sound as cool when you sing the name
turtle doves
200
2001 was the first time this event extended into November; it's happened 9 times since
the World Series
200
What cooler than being cool? The Hall's 2025 induction of this duo
OutKast
200
Robert Duvall as Lieutenant Colonel Kilgore in "Apocalypse Now": "I love the smell of" this "in the morning"
napalm
200
Coined in 1960, it's an entity that's part human & part machine
a cyborg
300
OK, each one of these was $115 & change, & you needed 3, so your total came out to $346
(three) French hens
300
This 3-letter org. kicked off (maybe not the right term) its 2025 season in January at the Kapalua Course in Maui
the PGA
300
The Hall's only 3-time inductee, he got in with The Yardbirds in 1992, with Cream in 1993 & as a solo artist in 2000
Clapton
300
Spoken in an Oscar-winning role in this film: "The nation believes that when I speak, I speak for them. But I can't speak"
The King's Speech
300
Ancient religious rites held in honor of Demeter were known as the Eleusinian these
Mysteries
400
So! many! birds in the song! & for $13,125, the 7 of these should have been able to do the butterfly at an Olympic level!
swans a-swimming
400
Fall & winter are the seasons for this off-track running sport that grew out of an event called paper chasing or hare & hounds
cross-country
400
The first ever inductee in 1986, he then led an all-star band through his 1956 classic "Roll Over Beethoven"
Chuck Berry
400
The 1986 Aliens quote from Bill Paxtons character, expressing how it was looking like things were not going to end well.
Game over, man!
400
Lasting for over 1,100 years, it was also known as the Eastern Roman Empire
the Byzantine Empire
500
This 11-piece band charged $3,715 for the gig, but that was cost-effective, as you got a group to back you for the tune
11 pipers piping
500
February pro football was far off in 1967, when Vince Lombardi & this team won the "Ice Bowl" for the NFL title on New Year's Eve
the Green Bay Packers
500
The Hall's award for non-performers is named for Ahmet Ertegun, founder of this oceanic record label famed for soul & R&B
Atlantic
500
1983's "Sudden Impact" is the film in which Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry makes this invitation to an armed robber
Go ahead, make my day
500
A powerful antioxidant, this pigment is what makes a tomato red
lycopene