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2025 Pop Culture Rewind
100

This is the name of this parasitic plant often hung over doorways and traditionally results in two people underneath it kissing

Mistletoe 

100

In The Christmas Song this treat is roasting on an open fire while Jack Frost nips at your nose

Chestnuts

100

"Well, sir, someday, I'd like to be a... a dentist."

Hermey/Paul Soles

100

This kind of Creatures typically pulls Santa's sleigh

Reindeer

100

While a lot of trends were popular in 2025, there are two that people would not stop talking about: One based on a blind box toy and one based on a pistachio filled candy.

Labubu and Dubai Chocolate

200

In 16th century Germany, this type of tree was used during the winter season and believed that it symbolized immortality

Evergreen Tree

200

This Christmas tune mentions candy canes and silver lanes

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas

200

"Bless this highly nutritious macaroni and cheese dinner".

Kevin McCallister/Macaulay Culkin

200

A horned anthropomorphic creature who, in the Central and Eastern Alpine folkloric tradition, is said to accompany Saint Nicholas on visits to children. Often associated with BAD children.

Krampus

200

The show this viral line from a popular Netflix series that finished this year comes from where the main character says: "I've played these games before!" 

Squid Game (S2)

400

Is a plant you often see on the Holidays that actually has its origins in Mexico as they were originally cultivated by the Aztecs for their dye. They also produce a milky liquid when cut.

Poinsettias 

400

Both the Nutcracker and 'Twas The Night Before Christmas feature a fairy character based on a traditional hard candy created with hot sugar, a fruit pit, and the panning method.

Sugar Plum

400

"Welcome to the Party, pal!"

John McClane/Bruce Willis

400

The name of a huge and vicious feline from Icelandic Christmas folklore that is said to lurk in the snowy countryside during the Yuletide season and eat people

Yule Cat

400

1) Which movie won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Editing, and Best Original Screenplay? 

&

2) What is the name of the actress who won that Oscar in this movie?

1) Anora

2) Mikey Madison

600

This plant was revered by the Romans and was used to honor Saturn, god of agriculture, during their Saturnalia festival held during the winter solstice.

Holly

600

This Christmas Tune mentions and is named after a festive spiced ale

The Wassail Song

600

"Yeah, There's A Lot Of Bad 'isms' Floatin' Around This World, But One Of The Worst Is Commercialism."

Alfred/Alvin Greenman

600

In Italian folklore and folk customs, a witch-like old woman delivers gifts to children throughout Italy on Epiphany Eve (the night of January 5) in a similar way to Santa Claus or the Three Magi. 

The Befana

600

Stranger things is a long running series that will finally finish up next year. When did it start, and how many years will it be since then once the final episode airs?

2016, 10 years


800

1) With so many different species of Christmas Trees to choose from, but this tree is the most popular

2) How many Christmas Tree types do you know? Whichever team writes down the most correct Christmas tree types (i.e. Douglas fir) gets 100pts per tree listed 

1) Fraiser Fir

2) Noble Fir, Balsam Fir, Nordmann Fir, Grand Fir, Scotch Pine, Canaan Fir, Colorado Blue Spruce, White Pine, Black Hills Spruce, Concolor Fir, Leyland Cypress, Korean Fir, Murray Cypress, Virgina Pine, Arizona Cypress, Turkish Fir, Monterey Pine, 

800

These are the three food items the Grinch is compared to or mentioned in the song "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch".

Name 1 for 600pts

Name all 3 for 1000pts

1)Bad Banana with a greasy black peel

2)Three-decker toadstool and sauerkraut sandwich with arsenic sauce

3)Garlic in his Soul

800

“You just sit there, be all magical and awesome.”

Jesper Johansson/Jason Schwartzman

800

A creature from Swedish folklore that resembles a garden gnome that is the protector of each house its in. Make sure you leave them porridge on Christmas Eve otherwise he may grow angry.

A) The Lutins 

B) The Tomten

C) The Elves

D) The Tonttata

The Tomten

800

Stop that thief! There was a theft at an art museum this year that got a lot of media attention. However this is not the first time they've been robbed. 

1) What is the name of the museum that had the theft? 

(2) How many times have they been robbed before (not counting the recent theft)?

BONUS: each item you name that has been robbed from here gets you an additional 200pts per item

1) The Louvre

2) 3 times

3) The Mona Lisa, a Renoir painting and 12 pieces of ancient Roman jewelry, A 19th-century landscape painting by Camille Corot, several French Crown Jewels.

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