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I'm a distant relative of the scarecrow in the original wizard of oz
Damian
When founded, the original name of "Duende Software Inc."
"Allen Baier Software Inc."
This is the most common language used with the .NET platform
C#
What 3 holidays are celebrated during the month of December? (hint: New years is not one)
Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa
This is the specific item that Ralphie and Flick are both dared to put their tongue on, resulting in Flick getting stuck to it.
Flagpole
This person once worked with Whoopi Goldberg
Marc
The year in which Duende Software was founded
2020
This “P” in WPF has nothing to do with PowerPoint, but has helped .NET devs build desktop apps.
Presentation
This four-sided spinning top is the traditional game played during the Festival of Lights.
Dreidel
In the first Home Alone movie, this is the main destination the McCallister family accidentally travels to without Kevin
Paris, France
SPG (Salt Pepper Garlic) is this leaders favorite BBQ seasoning
Maarten
The number of full time employees of "Duende Software Inc." (prior to Aug 8, 2024, which was when we were acquired).
1. (Dom was not an employee of the US Inc. He was a employee of our German subsidiary.)
In .NET, this component of the Common Language Runtime (CLR) converts Common Intermediate Language (CIL) into native machine code at runtime
Just-In-Time (JIT) Compiler
This is the specific day in December that marks the beginning of Kwanzaa.
December 26th
This Christmas film features Hans Gruber, Holly Gennaro, Joe Takagi, and Argyle—where a holiday office party comes with hostages, explosions, and a very unhappy cop
Die Hard
This person loves early childhood education and gender economics, enough to almost do a PhD and give up halfway through learning the Georgian alphabet
Elise
The world headquarters of Duende Software up until Aug 8, 2024
Barrington, Rhode Island
Creator of C#, this language author now works on the popular TypeScript language
Anders Helsberg
In the popular story Twas the Night Before Christmas, this small, festive item is hung by the chimney with care, in hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.
Stocking
The 1946 classic directed by Frank Capra starring James Stewart as George Bailey
Its a Wonderful Life
Got food poisoning in Peru (ceviche) the night before embarking on the 4-day Inca Trail hike, but managed to start and complete the hike
Tyler
How many countries do we have FTEs in?
5
The rewrite of .NET to .NET Core commonly used this branding phrase to signal the focus on Azure workloads and multi-OS targets
Cloud-first
The lighting of the Menorah for eight nights is done to commemorate what?
Miracle of the Oil
When the children board the Polar Express, the ticket conductor punches the letter "B" and the letter "E" into one child's ticket to spell out this crucial word.
Believe