ALSO A REINDEER
CHRISTMAS CHEMISTRY
A CRYPTIC CAROL
CHRISTMAS AND BIOLOGY....WHAT A GREAT IDEA!
IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT CHRISTMAS
100

THE PERSONIFICATION OF VALENTINE'S DAY, THIS ANCIENT ROMAN GOD OF LOVE IS DEPICTED AS A NAKED BABY BOY WHO SHOOTS ARROWS AT PEOPLE TO MAKE THEM FALL IN LOVE.

WHAT IS CUPID?

100

A CHEMIST MAY CALL THIS FAVOURITE HOLIDAY SONG "Ag BELLS"...BUT MOST PEOPLE KNOW IT BETTER AS THIS.

WHAT IS SILVER BELLS?

100

JOLLY HOLIDAY FIGURE CONFUSED SATAN (5).

WHO IS SANTA?

100

REINDEER ARE CLASSIFIED INTO THIS VERTEBRATE CLASS.

WHAT ARE MAMMALS?

ACCEPTABLE: WHAT IS MAMMALIA?

100

THIS IS THE NAME OF THE NINE-BRANCHED CANDELABRUM IN WHICH A CANDLE IS LIT ON EACH OF EIGHT SUCCESSIVE NIGHTS DURING THE CELEBRATION OF HANNUKKAH.

WHAT IS A MENORAH?

200

SOMETIMES CALLED A "DIRTY SNOWBALL", THESE CELESTIAL OBJECTS CONSIST OF A NUCLEUS OF ICE AND DUST WITH A TAIL POINTING AWAY FROM THE SUN; HALLEY'S IS THE MOST FAMOUS ONE.

WHAT IS COMET?

200

PUMPKIN, APPLE, OR MINCE...THEY'RE ALL MADE WITH PHOSPHORUS, IODINE, AND EINSTEINIUM.

WHAT ARE PIEs?

200

CELEBRITY AT THE TOP OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE? (4)

WHAT IS STAR?

200

WHETHER IT'S A PINE, SPRUCE, OR FIR THAT YOU'RE TRIMMING FOR THE HOLIDAYS THEY ALL BELONG TO THIS PLANT DIVISION.

WHAT ARE GYMNOSPERMS?

200

BASED ON AFRICAN HARVEST FESTIVAL TRADITIONS, THIS IS AN ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE THAT RUNS FROM DECEMBER 26 TO JANUARY 1.

WHAT IS KWANZAA?

300

THIS IS A FEMALE FOX.

WHAT IS VIXEN?

300

IT'S MR. CHLORINE, GOLD, AND SULFUR TO YOU (IF YOU'RE TOO SHY TO CALL HIM SANTA).

WHAT IS ClAuS?

300

SANTA'S HELPERS QUIETLY DROPPED FROM SHELVES. (5) 

WHAT ARE ELVES?

300

TRYPTOPHAN, ONE OF THESE BUILDING BLOCKS OF PROTEIN, IS FOUND IN TURKEY BUT IT'S NOT LIKELY RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING YOU FEEL TIRED AFTER A BIG MEAL.

WHAT IS AN AMINO ACID?

300

SYMBOLIZING THE TRIUMPH OF GOOD OVER EVIL AND CELEBRATED SOMETIME BETWEEN AROUND MID-SEPTEMBER AND MID-NOVEMBER AND GENERALLY LASTING 5 OR 6 DAYS, THIS IS THE HINDU FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS.

WHAT IS DIWALI?

400

FRED ASTAIRE, GINGER ROGERS, ISADORA DUNCAN, MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV, MICHAEL FLATLEY, OR MICHAEL JACKSON (AT TIMES).

WHAT IS DANCER?

400

YUMMY! CALCIUM, NEODYMIUM, AND YTTRIUM TREATS...THE CANES ARE THE BEST!

WHAT IS CaNdY?

400

GIFT WAS DELIVERED BEFORE ITS TIME? (7)

WHAT IS PRESENT?

400

IF BUDDY THE ELF IS HETEROZYGOUS FOR BROWN EYES AND HIS PARTNER BETTY THE ELF HAS THE RECESSIVE TRAIT OF BLUE EYES, THEN THIS IS THE PROBABILITY THAT THEIR CHILD, BOBBI, WILL HAVE BLUE EYES.

WHAT IS 50%?

ACCEPTABLE: WHAT IS 1/2?

400

THIS IS THE NINTH MONTH OF THE ISLAMIC CALENDAR, OBSERVED BY MUSLIMS WORLDWIDE AS A MONTH OF FASTING, PRAYER, REFLECTION, AND COMMUNITY.

WHAT IS RAMADAN?

500

A PERSON WHO DRESSES OR ACTS FLAMBOYANTLY OR STYLISHLY.

WHAT IS DASHER?

500

IT'S ALWAYS HANGING AROUND AT CHRISTMAS TIME, THIS DECORATION IS MADE OF TUNGSTEN, RHENIUM, ASTATINE, AND HYDROGEN.

WHAT IS WReAtH?

500

FIRE 500 BEFORE THE FRENCH WILL LIGHT UP A DARK WINTER'S NIGHT. (7)

WHAT ARE CANDLES?

500

Spirobranchus giganteus IS THE SCIENTIFIC NAME OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE WORM, A TUBE-DWELLING SEGMENTED WORM, WHICH IS THE COMMON NAME OF THIS INVERTEBRATE PHYLUM OF ANIMALS.

WHAT IS ANNELIDA?

500

IN THE CHINESE CALENDAR, AN ANIMAL, AND ITS SUPPOSED ATTRIBUTES, IS ASSIGNED TO EACH YEAR IN A REPEATING TWELVE YEAR CYCLE. THESE ARE THE THREE ANIMALS IN THE CYCLE WHOSE ENGLISH NAMES BEGIN WITH THE LETTER "R".

WHAT ARE RAT, RABBIT, AND ROOSTER?

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