It happened in December
Are you ready for some football movies
Some Last-Minute Christmas Shopping
Homophonic Pairs
a Christmas Carol Collage
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On December 5, 1933 FDR announced the repeal of this; cheers!

Prohibition

100

In "Remember the Titans", this actor is the coach of an integrated football team in 1971

Denzel Washington

100

You're looking for the dress this woman wore as she wed Prince William? Talk about one of a kind--that cost $434,000!

Kate Middleton

100

Waaaah! The store ran out of my favorite Cabernet

whine wine

100

Arriving on November 19, 1867 for a U.S. reading tour, this author practiced "A Christmas Carol" in front of the mirror here, now named for him


Charles Dickens

200

In what was then the largest corporate bankruptcy in U.S. history, this energy giant filed for Chapter 11 protection in 2001

Enron

200

Burt Reynolds starred as Paul Crewe in the original version of "The Longest Yard"; this "SNL" alum, in the remake

Sandler

200

A $200,000 horse of this breed from the American Stud Book--how kind, especially with the $50,000 annual upkeep thrown in

a Thoroughbred

200

What's that smell coming from your penny?

scent cent

200

In English, it's "O Christmas Tree"; in German, it's "O" this

Tannenbaum

300

On December 26, 2004 a 9.1 undersea earthquake in this ocean triggered a massive & deadly tsunami

the Indian Ocean

300

Billy Dee Williams is his friend Gale Sayers & James Caan is the title dying football player in this TV movie

Brian's Song


300

I can't believe you bought me this NHL team that had players like Guy Carbonneau, Guy Lapointe & Guy Lafleur... merci!

The Canadiens

300

What you're in if you can't remember if it's the first of the month, the third, the fourth, the tenth

a daze days

300

Inspired by "A Christmas Carol", the movie "Scrooged" starred him as a venal TV executive

Bill Murray

400

In December 1577 he set sail from England with 5 ships & a crew of more than 150 men on a voyage around the world

(Sir Francis) Drake

400

As a high school football star in a Pennsylvania steel town, this actor had "All the Right Moves"

Tom Cruise
400

This indoor bike-making co. had a market value of $31 billion in 2021, so don't go crazy--just 50% of it would be enough for anyone

Peloton

400

Unfriendly lodging for young travelers abroad

a hostile hostel

400

O! American clergyman Phillips Brooks wrote the words to this Christmas carol after a pilgrimage to the Holy Land

O little town of Bethlehem

500

Deciding he was better suited for the Senate, in December 1832 this South Carolinian resigned as vice president

Calhoun

500

The Marx Brothers took the field in this "equine" comedy about Huxley College's football team

Horse Feathers

500

An ancient sculpture of an athlete about to throw this should arrive by Christmas --Myron's original is lost, so it's just a copy

the discus

500

An official document seal belonging to a young swan

a signet cygnet

500

"A Christmas Carol" says, "However & whenever we part from one another, I am sure we shall none of us forget poor" him

Tiny Tim

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