Holiday Movies
DFPI
Literature & Theater
Riddle Me This
Holiday Foods & Treats
100

In this 1990 classic, an 8-year-old Kevin McCallister is accidentally left home alone for the holidays.

What is Home Alone?

100

Each year a CFL Licensee must file this report.

What is the CFL Annual Report?

100

In The Wizard of Oz, this is the color of the brick road that Dorothy follows to the Emerald City.

What is yellow?

100

If a Irish farmer has 22 sheep and all but nine die, the number of sheep left alive

What is nine?

100

This spiced, human-shaped cookie is often decorated with icing buttons and candy eyes.

What is Gingerbread Man?

200

This actor played the dual roles of the Conductor and Santa Claus in the 2004 animated film The Polar Express.

Who is Tom Hanks?

200

The Department of Business Oversight (DBO) officially changed its name to the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) in this year.

What is 2020?

200

The title of this Mary Shelley novel is actually the name of the scientist, not the monster.

What is Frankenstein?

200

The first item to light when entering a freezing dark room with a matchbook, candle, oil lamp, and heater

What is the match?

200

This traditional dairy-based holiday beverage is made with milk, cream, sugar, whipped eggs, and spices like nutmeg.

What is eggnog?

300

In Elf, Buddy explains that the four main food groups for elves are candy, candy canes, candy corns, and this liquid sweetener.

What is Syrup?

300

Effective July 1, 2013, the Department of Corporations (DOC) and the Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) merged to form this CA Government entity.

What is the Department of Business Oversight (DBO)?

300

This Shakespeare play features the famous feuding families, the Capulets and the Montagues.

What is Romeo and Juliet?

300

It is the exact number of birthdays the average person celebrates in their entire lifetime.

What is one?

300

This dense, heavily alcohol-soaked cake filled with chopped candied fruits and nuts is famously long-lasting (and often re-gifted).

What is Fruitcake?

400

This was Arnold schwarzenegger's only holiday movie

What is Jingle All the Way?

400

Before KC Mohseni and Clothilde V. Hewlett, he was the first DFPI Commissioner.

Who is Manuel P. Alvarez?

400


Dr. Watson serves as the loyal sidekick and biographer to this brilliant London-based detective.

Who is Sherlock Holmes?

400

Some months have 31 days, and some have 30; this is the total number of months that have at least 28 days.

What is 12?

400

This traditional Mexican holiday dish consists of seasoned meat wrapped in cornmeal dough, steamed in a corn husk, and often made in massive batches by families in December.

What are tamales?

500

This is the name of the fictional town where the 1946 classic It's a Wonderful Life takes place.

What is Betford Falls?

500

These two pieces of legislation were passed on August 31, 2020 creatred the DFPI.

What are AB 1864 and AB107?

500

Based on a French gothic novel, this long-running Andrew Lloyd Webber musical features a masked musical genius who haunts an opera house.

What is The Phantom of the Opera?

500

It is the only word in the English language that becomes shorter when you add two letters to it.

What is short?

500

This dome-shaped sweet bread loaf, originally from Milan, Italy, is packed with raisins and candied citrus and is widely enjoyed during Christmas and New Year's.

What is Panettone?