Pilot Episodes
The Science of Christmas
One liners
Famous Last Words
Christmas Potpourri
100

This show's pilot episode featured a woman running out on her wedding and meeting an old friend in a coffee shop.

What is Friends?

100

Every one of these forms around a tiny particle of dust or pollen in a cold cloud.

What is a snowflake?

100

This comedian said, "A day without sunshine is like, you know, night."

Who is Steve Martin?

100

"Well, nobody's perfect."

What is Some Like it Hot?

100

He invented Christmas tree lights.

Who is Thomas Edison?

200

In this show's pilot episode, a stapler gets encased in Jell-O.

What is The Office?

200

These are the only mammals that can fly. (Hint: It's not reindeer.)

What are bats?

200

This comedian said, "My mechanic told me, 'I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder.'"

Who is Steven Wright?

200

Character 1: "I used to hate the water."
Character 2: "I can't imagine why."

What is Jaws?

200

In this country, it is traditional to order food from Kentucky Fried Chicken on December 25.

What is Japan?

300

In this show's pilot, a conservative teenage boy visits an elitist restricted country club, much to the dismay of his liberal, ex-hippie parents.

What is Family Ties?

300

This traditional Christmas plant is a parasitic evergreen that steals water and nutrients from host trees and which produces berries that are poisonous to humans.

What is mistletoe?

300

This comedian said, "You're never too old to play. You're only too old for low-rise jeans."

Who is Ellen Degeneres?

300

"Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads."

What is Back to the Future?

300

Christmas was officially cancelled in this country from 1647-1660 because it was considered unbiblical and too Catholic-influenced.

What is England?

400

In this show's pilot, a father brings his aunt to live with him and his son after their housekeeper moves out.

What is The Andy Griffith Show?

400

This happened for the first time in human history on Christmas Eve, 1968.

What is people orbiting the moon?

400

This comedian said, "I don't own a watch because I want my arms to weigh the same."

Who is Mitch Hedberg?

400

"Kevin! What did you do to my room?!"

What is Home Alone?

400

This department store created Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer as part of a Christmas promotion in 1939.

What is Montgomery Ward?

500
In this show's pilot, a woman tries to have a quiet birthday at home, but her husband's family keeps interrupting.

What is Everybody Loves Raymond?

500

Physicists have proven that no matter how carefully you pack these, they are almost guaranteed to get tangled.

What are Christmas lights?

500

This comedian said, "Perhaps, if I am very lucky, the feeble efforts of my lifetime will someday be noticed, and maybe, in some small way, they will be acknowledged as the greatest works of genius ever created by Man."

Who is Jack Handey?

500

"Mein Fuhrer! I can walk!"

What is Dr. Strangelove?

500

This recording artist made the best-selling Christmas album of all time.

Who is Elvis?