Christmas films
This 1984 horror-comedy about mischievous creatures starts with a Christmas gift named Gizmo.
Answer: What is Gremlins?
Who received the most email replies according to SF at over 2000?
Rhi
The French bûche de Noël is a rolled sponge cake decorated to look like this.
Answer: What is a Yule log?
The “Christmas Truce” took place during this global conflict’s first year.
Answer: What is World War I?
These shiny strands once made of tinfoil or lead cascade from branches like icy waterfalls.
Answer: What is tinsel?
What is the name of the little girl from the Grinch Stole Christmas?
Cindy Lou Who
Closest answer to team Ant's showpoints actual?
6596 (130%)
Germany’s fruit-studded loaf dusted with sugar, sometimes hiding a marzipan core.
Answer: What is stollen?
On December 25, 1066, this Norman duke was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey.
Who is William the Conqueror?
These red-berried branches are a classic accent next to evergreen boughs.
Answer: What is holly?
Where were Kevin's family travelling in the first Home Alone film?
Paris
How many SDR's did Ant manage this year?
13
“Bubble and squeak” uses leftover potatoes and this vegetable from Christmas dinner.
Answer: What is cabbage (often Brussels sprouts/cabbage mix)
This silent-era legend of The Tramp died on December 25, 1977.
Answer: Who is Charlie Chaplin?
The Jewish festival of lights uses this nine-branched candelabrum during the same season.
Answer: What is a menorah (hanukkiah)?
What is the name of the company/its building where the first Die Hard film takes place?
Nakatomi
What day this year did our team make the most calls? Closest wins, hint:Q2
7 April
What fast food is often eaten in Japan on Christmas day?
KFC
Discovered and named on December 25, 1643, this Indian Ocean territory bears the holiday’s name.
Answer: What is Christmas Island?
The German term “Tannenbaum” refers to this.
Answer: What is a fir tree (Christmas tree)?
How many plot lines are there in love actually?
9
Closest guess: How many calls this year did us 4 make at 5pm?
61
Coquito is often called “Puerto Rican eggnog,” but it gets its body primarily from this ingredient.
Answer: What is coconut (coconut milk/cream)?
On Christmas Day 1000, this Central European realm was formally established under Stephen I.
Answer: What is the Kingdom of Hungary?
What fruit has a traditional Christmas game in the Boswell household?
Pineapple