Romberg States
Christmas Song Fill-in-the-Blank
Miracle on a National Lampoon's Charlie Brown Christmas Story (Name that Xmas Film)
Christmas Facts
Potent Potables
100

This is not a state, strictly speaking, but Eleanor Holmes Norton strictly speaks for it on the floor of the US House of Representatives.

District of Columbia; DC; Washington, DC; Washington County; the District; the Deec!

100

I wanna __________________ for Christmas.

hippopotamus; hippo; hippocratic oath; hippodrome

100

This 1988 classic features the line, "How I have a machine gun, ho-ho-ho."

Die Hard

100

What words is Christmas a shortened for of?

Christ's Mass

100

It's not cold and it's not vanilla. Even at a young age you can get your fill of this for a thrill on the coldest days of the year.

Hot Cocoa, hot chocolate, cocoa

200

The official state animal is the raccoon.

Tennessee; the only Ten I See; [the entire song "Rocky Top"]

200

The three words that best describe you are as follows, and I quote "___, ___, ___!"

"Stink, stank, stunk!"
200

Charles Dickens is played by Gonzo!

A Muppets Christmas Carol

200

In what city was Jesus born?

Bethlehem

200

Served only at Christmastime, you should probably only drink this with alcohol in it to avoid salmonella poisoning.

Eggnog; polliwog; egg noggin
300

This state started as a colony 333 years before officially joining the United States in 1898.

The Philippines; the Republic of the Philippines; "the pines"; PH; Metro Manila and the Province

300

We three kings of ____ are;

Orient
300

Received poorly at the box office, this 1946 film was turned over to public domain, which allowed it to be broadcast free of royalty fees. It ended up with 5 Academy Award nominations and is now considered one of the greatest films ever.

It's a Wonderful Life

300

What year was the first Christmas?

Year 1

300

Traditional to drink on New Years Eve, this beverage is named after a place, and don't use it's name for anything not from that place. Because that is against the law!

Champagne; [champagne pronounced with a proper French accent]; [champagne pronounced with a silly French accent]

400

This state has the world's fifth highest gross domestic product.

California; Cali; Surftown, USA

400

Joy to the Earth, The Savior reigns;

Let Men their Songs employ;

While Fields & Floods, Rocks, Hills & Plans

Repeat ___ ________ Joy.

Repeat ___ ________ Joy.

Repeat ___ ________ Joy.

the sounding

400

In this 1988 slapstick comedy, Jim Varney plays a taxi driver who is fired for giving a free ride to Santa Claus.

Ernest Saves Christmas

400

Christmas Day, December 25th, falls on the day what astronomical event?

winter solstice; vernal equinox; getting a telescope for Christmas

400

Consider this hint carefully and take your time thinking, but don't complain.


It's the drink Clarence on It's a Wonderful Life ordered that almost got him kicked out of a bar.

That's a good man. I was just thinking of a flaming rum punch. No, it's not cold enough for that. Not nearly cold enough...Wait a minute...wait a minute...Mulled wine, heavy on the cinnamon and light on the cloves. Off with you, me lad, and be lively!

500

The Chinese name for this state is Ài hé huá .

Iowa; I-owe-a-guy a smack in the face for sending me to the featureless pancakeville
500

Feliz Navidad

Feliz Navidad

Feliz Navidad

______ año y felicidad

Próspero

500

A German tradition, but a British film, it was originally described to me as, "a butler lines up a series of drinks all the way around a table and drinks each of them in 20 minutes." Not strictly a Christmas film, but still part of the holiday season, it is aired every New Year's Eve all over northern Europe. It is the story of a wealthy 90 year old woman who has outlived each of her four friends, but insists her butler play the parts of each posthumous dinner guest, which included drinking all of their drinks.

Dinner for One

500

During the Protestant Reformation in England, which religious group banned Christmas for its association with drunkenness and misbehavior and the “rags of the beast”?

the Puritans


500

This hot mulled cider was drunk in medieval times to ensure a good harvest of apples. Its name sounds like it means yelling at someone or getting a ship to move. It honestly does not conjure an image of sipping a heated alcoholic apple cider beverage, but then again, Middle English was basically a different language. You have almost no chance of answering this question correctly. It is really hard.

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