Christmas Music Con't
Year of the Horse
Brain Exercises
Films & Games in 2025
Famous Quotes
100

According to It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (1963), what did Andy Williams describe that there'll be? Name at least three.

BONUS: What did Bertini answer in regards to this question? (+100)

There'll be parties for hosting 

Marshmallows for toasting 

And caroling out in the snow

There'll be scary ghost stories 

And the tales of the glories of the Christmases long, long ago.

BONUS: "The harps will be harpin', the jingles will be bellin', the Christmas will be carolin'."

100

According to Chinese superstitions, washing your hair/clothes can bring ___.

Bad luck

100

Solve for t:

-2t = 14

t = -7

100

Presented at The Game Awards in December 2025, ___ won The Game of the Year 2025—a debut indie title from Sandfall Interactive. 

BONUS: how many core members are in Sandfall Interactive (+100)

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

BONUS: 30-33 members.

100

___ has always said: "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country."

JFK

200

In Winter Wonderland (1966), what is the name of the snowman that Dean Martin said we'd build?

Parson Brown.

200

According to Chinese zodiac, what do horses represent? 

Power, nobility, and ambition.


200

Solve for x:

13 - 2(2x + 1) = 1

x = 5/2

200

Developed by Team Cherry, ___ was nominated for The Game of the Year 2025. It was a game about an agile bug-hunter that was captured and taken to a kingdom where the land is ruled by silk and song.

Hollow Knight: Silksong

200

One of the most famous quotes Spanish painter ___ ever spoke was, "Good artists copy, great artists steal."

Pablo Picasso.

300

In Thurl Ravenscroft's You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch (1966), what is the Grinch's brain full of?

Spiders.

300

According to Chinese superstitions, what happens when you whistle at night?

BONUS: what speed is the average horse at when they gallop? (+200)

You can attract ghosts.

BONUS: 25-30 mph.

300

In a 30-60-90 triangle, the length of the hypotenuse is 6. What is the length of the shortest side?

BONUS: 7 x 4? (+100)

In a 30-60-90 triangle, the ratio of the lengths of the sides is 1:  :2. In other words, the length of the longer leg is   times the length of the shorter leg, and the hypotenuse is twice the length of the shorter leg. Therefore, the smallest side is half the length of the hypotenuse, so its length is

BONUS: 28.

300

In Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, what poison did Martha Delacroix use to drug Dr. Nat Sharp and Monsignor Wicks?

Pentobarbital.

300

___. One of the greatest civil rights figures that stands as a global icon for truth, courage, and the power of peaceful protest against opposition—said that: "Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong."

BONUS: state the full name (+300)     

Gandhi

BONUS: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

400

In the song Little Saint Nick (1964), what did The Beach Boys call Santa's little bobsled?

Old Saint Nick.
400

What does "Ben Ming Nian" mean?

The year when your zodiac animal aligns with the current Chinese Zodiac year.

400

The circumference of a circle is 30. What is its area?

HINT: The circumference of a circle is given by the formula C = 2, where r is the radius of the circle. The area of a circle is given by the formula A= 2. 

A =(15)2 = 225

400

In The Fantastic Four: First Steps, what is the name of the baby that Sue Storm and Reed Richards had?

BONUS: what does Silver Surfer say to Earth when she warns them about Galactus? (+100)

Franklin Richards.

BONUS: "I herald his beginning. I herald your end. I herald... Galactus."

400

On June 28, 1964, revolutionary and activist ___ said "the future belongs to those who prepare for it today" at the founding rally for the OAAU in order to emphasize education and self-reliance.

BONUS: Name ___'s most famous speech. (+100)

Malcom X

BONUS: The Ballot or the Bullet

500

According to Bing Crosby and Ella Fitzgerald's Marshmallow World (1950), what kind of day was it when it snowed? 

Whipped cream day.

500

Besides 2026, what years does the horse appear in? Name at least two occurrences.

1990, 2002, 2014, 2026, 2038.

500

Find the derivative of the function:

f(x) = (2x - 3) sinx 

BONUS: pronounce f'(x) correctly (+100)

HINT: use the product rule! → f'(x)g(x) + f(x)g'(x) 

f'(x) = 2 sinx + (2x - 3) cosx

500

Developed by Hazelight Studios and published by Electronic Arts, ___ is a co-op adventure game where two rival authors get trapped in a simulation of their own stories.


BONUS: name the protagonists of this game (+200).

Split Fiction.

BONUS: Mio and Zoe.

500

Subjectively regarded as the greatest Chinese philosopher in history, ___ always said: "It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop." 

Confucius