Pass the Ham
This is a common pet rodent
Answer: What is hamster?
Fun fact: Hamsters and rats belong to different families, and hamsters are not usually found in the wild.
You’ll use a lot of these four foundational ingredients for cookie baking. Name two of them.
Answer: What is flour, butter, sugar, or eggs/milk?
Vanilla is also an essential ingredient in many, but not all, cookie recipes. Gingerbread cookies are a holiday favorite.
This man is the creator of the Peanuts characters.
Answer: Who is Charles M. Schulz?
His first cartoon, a drawing of his family’s dog Spike, was published in 1937 when he was only 15. By the 1970s, his comic strips and TV specials were a national success.
This hit by Chubby Checker begins with the lyrics “Come on, baby/Let’s do ____ ____.”
Answer: What is the twist?
The song sparked a dance craze and even spinoff songs like “Let’s Twist Again.”
Originally hosted by Bob Barker, this ever-popular game show pits contestants against one another to guess the price of everyday goods.
Answer: What is The Price Is Right?
The show has been running for 50 years and is currently hosted by Drew Carey.
This is a container for dirty clothes in the U.S. but more of a picnic basket in the U.K.
Answer: What is hamper?
Hampers containing food were introduced to England by France and gained popularity during the Victorian period.
Stock up on cranberries, popcorn, and string to make these with the grandkids.
Answer: What are garlands?
Alternate cranberries and popcorn on lengths of string and use them as Christmas tree garlands.
In the 1973 cartoon A Charlie Brown Holiday Dinner, this canine character helps Charlie Brown prepare toast and popcorn for dinner
Answer: Who is Snoopy?
The multitalented pooch has been appearing in Peanuts cartoons since their creation by Charles Schulz in 1950.
In 1965, the Four Tops declared, “Sugar pie, honey bunch/You know that I love you/I can’t ____ ____.”
Answer: What is help myself?
The song topped the Billboard charts twice in 1965, becoming one of the biggest hits of that summer.
Recently married couples compete on this game show to demonstrate how well they know each other.
Answer: What is The Newlywed Game?
Debuting in 1966 and hosted by Bob Eubanks, the show’s popularity greatly improved network ratings for ABC.
This is a major port city in northern Germany.
Answer: What is Hamburg?
Located on the Elbe River, it is the country’s largest port and the most populous city in Germany after Berlin.
Make sure you have enough of these to mail to family and friends.
Answer: What are cards (or postage)?
You don’t have to spend money on postage for youngsters these days. They would prefer an electronic greeting card, which you can send from your phone.
This sports-loving gal with a crush on Charlie Brown first appeared in a Peanuts comic in 1966.
Answer: Who is Peppermint Patty?
Did you know her full name is Patricia Reinhardt?
In 1960, the Drifters crooned, “Don’t forget who’s taking you home/And in whose arms you’re gonna be/So darlin’, save the last ____ ____ ____.”
Answer: What is dance for me?
Known for a string of hits throughout the ’50s and ’60s, the Drifters were inducted into the Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Fame in 1988.
Monty Hall was the first host of this zany game show where costume-clad contestants are offered the choice of curtains one, two, or three.
Answer: What is Let’s Make a Deal?
Wayne Brady currently hosts the long-running game show, but it still features the wacky costumes and gag prizes that made it such a hit.
This and the sickle appeared on the Soviet flag.
Answer: What is hammer?
The hammer and sickle were symbols of the USSR’s power and represented Soviet communism.
It would be more economical to purchase one of these table decorations at a grocery store rather than at a florist.
Answer: What is centerpiece?
A low centerpiece is best so people can see each other over it.
This character offers to hold the football for Charlie Brown to kick but pulls it away at the last moment
Answer: Who is Lucy (Van Pelt)?
Lucy often does this to Charlie Brown throughout the comic strip’s decades-long run. However, in the one comic where Lucy does not pull the ball away, Charlie Brown ends up missing the ball and accidentally breaking Lucy’s arm.
Singing for the Four Seasons, Frankie Valli asks, “Sherry, can you ____ ____ ____?”
Answer: What is come out tonight?
According to an interview with NPR, the song was written in just 15 minutes, and the name Sherry was chosen to fit the melody and not to honor a specific person.
In this fast-paced game show of the 1960s, shoppers fill their carts with the most expensive items possible to win.
What is Supermarket Sweep? The game show was revived in 1990 for another run
This is a generic name for checkered or plaid fabrics.
Answer: What is gingham?
Dorothy wears a blue gingham dress in The Wizard of Oz.
You’ll want to get these little Christmas gifts for the grandchildren and gift exchanges.
Answer: What are stocking stuffers?
You can wrap them in tissue paper, and they don’t have to go in the stocking.
This composer wrote and performed the soundtrack for A Charlie Brown Holiday Dinner
Answer: Who is Vince Guaraldi?
In addition to many Charlie Brown TV specials, Guaraldi worked on the soundtracks of Cast Away; Good Morning, Vietnam; and The Wolf of Wall Street.
Singing of his home state, Ray Charles sang, “Just an old sweet song, keeps Georgia ____ ____ ____.”
Answer: What is on my mind?
This song earned Ray Charles the first of his impressive 17 Grammy Awards.
On this show, a giant tic-tac-toe board features nine celebrities answering the host’s questions.
Answer: What is Hollywood Squares?
Celebrity contestants included Paul Lynde, Joan Rivers, and Vincent Price.