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She was the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize in 1903.

Marie Curie

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3 French hens - Name given to an adolescent female chicken.

Pullet.

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Fried potato pancakes that are often eaten during Hanukkah.

Latkes

100

Who is left behind at home in 'Home Alone'?

Kevin McCallister

100

On Christmas Eve, Italian families participate in a feast that  follows the Italian Catholic tradition of eating no red meat on the eve of major religious festival days.

The feast of seven fishes

200

An English primatologist and anthropologist, she is the world's expert on Chimpanzees.

Jane Goodall

200

5 Gold rings – The atomic number for gold.

79

200

This country started the tradition of putting up a Christmas tree.

Germany

200

What house at Hogwarts does Harry belong to?

The house of Gryffindor

200

What Christmas themed ballet premiered in Saint Petersburg, Russia in 1892?

The Nutcracker

300

A British chemist who was instrumental in discovering the structure of DNA. A rover going to Mars in 2021 will bear my first name. 

Rosalind Franklin

300

8 Maids-a-milking - This family of proteins make up 80% of all the protein in cow’s milk.

Caseins

300

He was the first President to celebrate Hanukkah at the White House.

Harry Truman.

300

How many fingers does Mickey Mouse have?

8

300

Traditionally, in Belgium, they had two different Santa figures, both who visited on Dec 6th. Pere Noel visited the French speakers in the country. What was the name of the second Santa? St. Nicholas

St. Nicholas

400

She was described by Time magazine as “perhaps the ultimate role model for women in science." She is a theoretical physicist and famous black inventor. Her breakthrough in basic scientific research has led to the inventions of the portable fax, touch tone telephone, solar cells, fiber optic cables, and the technology behind caller ID and call waiting.  

Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson

400

9 Ladies dancing - The number of bones in the human foot and ankle.

26 (or 28 if you include the sesamoid bones at the base of the big toe)

400

He wrote, “Christmas doesn’t come from a store, maybe Christmas perhaps means a little bit more.”

Dr. Seuss

400

Who played Goose's wife in the 1986 movie "Top Gun"?

Meg Ryan

400

In North America, a traditional Christmas dinner consists of turkey. What meat is usually served for Christmas in Kenya? 

Goat

500

She invented signal hopping, which was a precursor to wi-fi, GPS, and Bluetooth. And she was also a well-known actress.

Hedy Lamar

500

12 Drummers drumming - A decibel is one tenth of one bel. This unit is named after a Scottish-born inventor, scientist, and engineer. 

Alexander Graham Bell

500

This city has the largest Menorah in the world at 32 feet high and 4,000 pound

New York

500

In the movie "The Godfather", where was Santino Corleone gunned down?

In a toll booth

500

In what modern-day country was Saint Nicholas born?

Turkey