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Cricket
100

The name of the boy left behind in Home Alone

Who is Kevin McCallister

100

This holiday beverage usually contains eggs and rum

What is eggnog

100

This primatologist is best known for her work with chimpanzees in Tanzania.

Who is Jane Goodall

100

This holiday is celebrated on December 26th in the UK and Canada.

What is Boxing Day

100

This talking cricket is featured in Walt Disney's Pinocchio

Who is Jiminy Cricket

200

What does Ralphie want for Christmas in A Christmas Story?

What is a Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-shot Range Model air rifle.

200

Although these berries cannot be eaten, they are often used for decoration.

What are holly berried

200

This physicist is known for his theory of relativity and the photoelectric effect

Who is Albert Einstein

200

The Christmas Tree originated in this country.

What is Germany

200

What family of insects do crickets fall under? 

Gryllidae

300

This famous author wrote A Christmas Carol, which would later be turned into a movie.

Who is Charles Dickens
300

This treat is made from potatoes and eaten during Hanukkah

What are latkes?

300

This chemist proposed the Triple-Helix model of DNA and made contributions to the understanding of protein structure

Who is Linus Pauling

300

Hanukkah commemorates this important event in Jewish history.

What is the Maccabean Revolt/the burning lamp

300

Cricket fighting is common in this country

China


400

Before becoming Tchaikovsky's famous ballet, this was originally a book by Alexander Dumas.

What is The Nutcracker

400

It is thought that gingerbread houses came about as a result of this fairytale 

What is Hansel and Gretel

400

This scientist is the only woman to be awarded two Nobel Prizes, having won the prize in both Physics and Chemistry.

Who is Marie Curie

400

This Christmas tradition involves hiding an ornamental __ in the Christmas tree

What is a pickle

400

In some cultures, finding a cricket in your house is a sign of this

What is good luck

500

In National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Aunt Bethany says this instead of saying grace before dinner.

The Pledge of Allegiance 

500

This French dessert resembles something you'd throw in your fireplace

Yule log/ Buche de Noel

500

Isaac Newton devoted a significant amount of time to this "scientific" practice, which was illegal at the time. 

What is alchemy


500

This Christian holiday is celebrated in Scandinavian countries on Dec. 13th.  

St Lucia's Day

500

The game cricket originated in this country

What is England

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