A Puzzling Category
This, That
Name Calling
Why I Drink
Christmas
200
When it's fully scrambled, it takes a minimum of 22 twists to solve this puzzling cube
What is a Rubiks cube?
200
A symbol of Judaism, the star of David is formed by 2 interlocking these
What are Triangles?
200
I hate to call you a dumb this, like the extinct bird from Mauritius, but what were you thinking?
What is a Dodo?
200
Because it's this "Meatless" day, now a global movement
What is Monday?
200
The song "Jingle Bells" was originally written to celebrate what holiday?
What is Thanksgiving?
400
Words, guessed from clues, fitted into an interlocking horizontal & vertical pattern
What is a crossword puzzle?
400
In March 2007 Colorado adopted as its second state song this John Denver hit
What is Rock Mountain High?
400
Maybe it was all the brandy & brown sugar, but you're "nuttier than" this Christmas treat
What is a Fruitcake?
400
Because it's this day whose evening Elton John once deemed "Alright For Fighting"
What is Saturday
400
Saint Nicholas was originally this before he became known as Santa Claus.
What is a Monk?
600
Riddle was the middle name of this labor leader whose puzzling 1975 disappearance remains unsolved to this day
Who is Jimmy Hoffa?
600
The cooling capacity of an air conditioner is measured in these 3-letter units
What is a BTU?
600
You just don't get it, do you? You're a big this; now go sit in the corner & put on the cap of the same name
What is a Dunce?
600
Because it's this day, the one named for the guy Chris Hemsworth plays in those Marvel movies
What is Thursday
600
If you want to leave treats for Santa’s reindeer, you would put out this item from the fridge
What are Carrots?
800
These puzzles started as teaching devices for geography & are named for the way they are cut
What is a Jigsaw puzzle?
800
This attraction at Disneyland is about 1/100th the height of its real Swiss counterpart
What is the Matterhorn?
800
You keep dropping things! Oy, you're such a this, Yiddish for "wooden block"
What is a Klutz
800
Because it's this day, also the name of a literary character described as a "savage"
What is Friday
800
The town of Santa Claus resides in this state.
What is Indiana
1000
From the Latin for "things", it's the type of symbolic puzzle seen here 
What is a Rebus?
1000
This bay on the U.S. Atlantic Coast is actually the submerged valley of the Susquehanna River
What is the Chesapeake?
1000
Watch yourself you big this, (& did you know it comes from the word "elf"?)
What is an Oaf?
1000
Because it's this day of the week preceded once a year by "Shrove"
What is Tuesday
1000
Which reindeer is named after thunder?
Who is Donner? (The German word for "Thunder")