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100

This gift to Troy turned out to be not so welcome, housing Greek soldiers who would destroy the city.

What is the Trojan Horse?

100

Tinsels are popular materials for creating lures in this aquatic sport.

What is fly fishing?

100

In the 1990 film Home Alone, Kevin McAllister is left behind when his family travels to this European city.

What is Paris?

100

Securing in place, or fleeing quickly.

What is 'bolting'?

100

In Chinese culture, gifts are often wrapped in this color, denoting good fortune and joy.

What is red?

200

If you receive this as a present, try not to find something wrong with its teeth!

What is a gift horse?


200

Tinsel is made of thin strips of sparkling material, attached to a thread. When wrapped around a tree, it is meant to mimic this natural phenomenon.

What is ice/icicles?

200

On November 13, Netflix released this miniseries about a widow who falls in love with a snowman brought to life.

What is Hot Frosty?

200

Adding fine particles to a surface, or removing them.

What is 'dusting'?

200

This notoriously difficult-to-open package is named after a similarly sturdy mollusc.

What is clamshell packaging?

300

After negotiations with the Delaware tribe broke down in 1763, British settlers 'gifted' them these fatal fabrics.

What are smallpox blankets?

300

Modern tinsel was invented in Nuremberg, Germany in 1610, and was traditionally made of this shredded metal.

What is silver?

300

In the 1990 film Edward Scissorhands, Edward carves a sculpture of his beloved on Christmas out of this material.

What is ice?

300

Going somewhere, or restraining something from movement.

What is 'bound'?

300

Pills in this kind of packaging can be pushed out individually through a thin foil layer.

What is a blister pack?

400

A feud arose over this allegedly cursed 45-carat blue gem, after it was gifted to Louis XIV by Jean-Baptiste Tavernier.

What is the Hope Diamond?

400

In the 1950s, tinsel garlands became the preferred ornament over lights on this form of artificial Christmas tree, criticized by Charlie Brown in the 1965 special, A Charlie Brown Christmas.

What is an aluminum christmas tree?

400
In the 2000 film How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Jim Carrey's Grinch costume was made of hair from this Himalayan cattle species.

What is a yak?

400

A member of the nobility, or an equal.

What is 'a peer'?

400

This thin, clear, and stretchy material was accidentally discovered at the Dow Chemical Company in 1933, when a chemist found he couldn't wash the substance off a beaker.

What is Saran wrap?

500

Kissing the legendary Blarney Stone in Ireland endows one with this skill of eloquence and flattery; however, you'll have to risk your life to do it!

What is the 'gift of the gab'?

500

'Tinsel' is derived from the Old French word 'estincele', meaning this.

What is sparkle?

500

The 1954 film White Christmas takes place in this state, whose capital is named after a city in the south of France.

What is Montpelier, Vermont?

500

Official approval, or official condemnation.

What is a 'sanction'?

500

This five-sided box is usually made of cardboard, and protects books from damage while leaving the spine exposed.

What is a slipcase?

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