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BIRTHS & DEATHS
BIRTHS & DEATHS
D. 1977: THIS ENGLISH COMIC ACTOR WAS PERHAPS THE MOST FAMOUS FIGURE TO COME OUT OF THE SILENT FILM ERA DUE TO HIS RECURRING CHARACTER KNOWN AS “THE TRAMP” AND HIS STUPENDOUS PHYSICAL COMEDY.
WHO IS CHARLIE CHAPLIN?
RACHEL MCADAMS’ REGINA GEORGE LEADS THE PLASTICS IN A JINGLE BELL ROCK PERFORMANCE FOR THEIR HIGH SCHOOL’S HOLIDAY TALENT SHOW IN THIS TINA FEY COMEDY.
WHAT IS MEAN GIRLS?
2006: NINTENDO MADE WAVES IN THE CONSOLE MARKET WHEN IT UNVEILED THIS MOTION-CONTROLLED GAMING SYSTEM.
WHAT IS THE WII?
PINE TREES’ POLLEN AND SEEDS ARE CARRIED IN THESE WOOD-LIKE PACKAGES.
WHAT ARE PINECONES?
THE ARTIST OF THIS SONG! (1:04)
WHO IS ELTON JOHN?
ON CHRISTMAS EVE, BRUCE WILLIS BATTLES ALAN RICKMAN AND HIS CRONEYS INSIDE THIS NOVELTY RESTAURANT FULL OF ROCKSTAR MEMORABILIA.
WHAT IS DIE HARD ROCK CAFE?
B. 1821: THIS CIVIL WAR NURSE AND EDUCATOR IS BEST KNOWN FOR FOUNDING THE AMERICAN RED CROSS AND ESTABLISHING SOME OF THE FIRST PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES.
WHO IS CLARA BARTON?
DANIEL RADCLIFFE’S HARRY POTTER OPENS UP A FIREBOLT-BRAND MAGIC BROOMSTICK FROM AN ANONYMOUS GIFTER IN THIS ENTRY IN THE HARRY POTTER FRANCHISE.
WHAT IS HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN?
1993: IT WAS SAID AT THE HEIGHT OF THEIR POPULARITY, SELLING JUST ONE OF THESE ANIMAL TOYS COULD FUND YOUR SEMESTER OF COLLEGE TUITION.
WHAT ARE BEANIE BABIES?
PINE NEEDLES ARE EVEN MORE RICH THAN ORANGES IN VITAMIN C, AND SOME CULTURES BREWED THEM INTO A TEA IN ORDER TO COMBAT THIS DISEASE COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH SAILORS.
WHAT IS SCURVY?
THE ARTIST OF THIS SONG! (0:17)
WHO IS WHAM!?
THIS GHIBLI MOVIE ABOUT A YOUNG GIRL FINDING HERSELF IN A BATHHOUSE FOR SPIRITS IS A HYMN DESCRIBING THE NATIVITY SCENE IN BETHLEHEM.
WHAT IS SPIRITED AWAY IN A MANGER?
B. 1899: SELECTED AS THE GREATEST MALE STAR OF CLASSIC AMERICAN CINEMA BY THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE, THIS ICON OF GOLDEN AGE HOLLYWOOD WAS THE LEAD IN FAMOUS FILMS LIKE CASABLANCA AND THE MALTESE FALCON.
WHO IS HUMPHREY BOGART?
LEONARDO DICAPRIO PLAYS A CON ARTIST ON THE RUN FROM TOM HANKS PLAYING AN FBI AGENT IN THIS SPIELBERG FILM, WHOSE CLIMAX TAKES PLACE ON CHRISTMAS.
WHAT IS CATCH ME IF YOU CAN?
2000: THIS ALUMINUM TOY CAN FOLD TOGETHER FOR EASY TRANSPORT, THAT IS, IF YOU’RE NOT RIDING IT IN THE FIRST PLACE. CAREFUL AROUND THE ANKLES!
WHAT ARE RAZOR SCOOTERS?
WHILE NOT “TRUE NUTS” (THEY ARE GYMNOSPERMS), PINE NUTS ARE AN ESSENTIAL INGREDIENT IN THIS GREEN ITALIAN SAUCE.
WHAT IS PESTO?
THE ARTIST OF THIS SONG! (0:54)
WHO ARE THE EAGLES?
DAILY DOUBLE!
THIS ARRANGEMENT FOR WHICH A CURRENT TENANT RENTS THEIR LEASED APARTMENT TO A TEMPORARY RESIDENT IS A TUNE WELCOMING A BLIZZARD WHILE CUDDLING WITH YOUR BOO.
WHAT IS SUBLET IT SNOW?
B. 1978: THIS AMERICAN ACTOR IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS ROLE AS KENDALL ROY IN HBO’S SUCCESSION, AND ALSO ALSO PLAYED ROLES IN THE GENTLEMEN, THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7, AND THE APPRENTICE, IN WHICH HE PLAYED ROY COHN.
WHO IS JEREMY STRONG?
THE CHRISTMAS EVE SCENE FOR THIS COMEDY FEATURES WILL FARRELL AND JOHN C. REILLY BEGGING THEIR PARENTS TO OPEN PRESENTS EARLY FOLLOWED BY THEM EVENTUALLY SLEEPWALKING AND DESTROYING ALL OF THE PRESENTS.
WHAT IS STEP BROTHERS?
2001: THESE DOLLZ WERE THE FIRST REAL COMPETITOR TO BARBIE’S GRIP ON THE FASHION DOLL MARKET.
WHAT ARE BRATZ?
DAILY DOUBLE!
PINE TREES ARE KNOWN FOR EXCRETING THIS STICKY, STRONG-SCENTED SUBSTANCE THAT HAS BEEN USED FOR THINGS LIKE FOOD FLAVORING, PERFUME, CLEANING AGENTS, VARNISH, MEDICINE, OR MECHANICAL ADHESIVE.
WHAT IS RESIN?
THE ARTIST OF THIS SONG! (0:19)
WHO IS NAT KING COLE?
DON’T GET CAUGHT IN A CASINO CHEATING IN CARDS WHILE SINGING THIS TUNE ALL ABOUT DECORATING FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
WHAT IS STACKING THE DECK THE HALLS?
D. 2008: THIS PROLIFIC SINGER AND ACTRESS AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN ICON EARNED EARLY FAME FOR HER HIT SONGS C’EST SI BON AND SANTA BABY AS WELL AS A MULTITUDE OF BROADWAY APPEARANCES AND A LATER CAREER IN TELEVISION AND FILM, PLAYING CATWOMAN IN THE ADAM WEST BATMAN SHOW AND YZMA IN THE EMPEROR’S NEW GROOVE.
WHO IS EARTHA KITT?
THE INCITING INCIDENT FOR THIS ROMANCE TAKES PLACE ON CHRISTMAS EVE WHEN TOM HANKS’ CHARACTER’S SON CONVINCES HIM TO TALK ABOUT HIS LATE WIFE ON A RADIO SHOW, WOOING WOMEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING MEG RYAN.
WHAT IS SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE?
1998: THIS SMALL ROBOTIC CREATURE STARTS OUT SPEAKING ITS OWN LANGUAGE NAMED AFTER ITSELF, BUT SLOWLY LEARNS ENGLISH AS ITS OWNER PLAYS WITH IT.
WHAT IS FURBY?
EVERGREENS ARE THE PRIMARY FEATURE OF THIS FOREST BIOME THAT WRAPS AROUND THE WORLD JUST UNDER THE ARCTIC CIRCLE.
WHAT IS TAIGA / BOREAL FOREST?
THE ARTIST OF THIS SONG! (0:17)
WHO IS JONI MITCHELL?
THIS COPPOLA CLASSIC ABOUT AN ANGEL EARNING HIS WINGS BY HELPING JIMMY STEWART IS ALSO THE SIGNATURE TUNE PLAYED BY RASCAL FLATTS IN PIXAR’S CARS.
WHAT IS IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE IS A HIGHWAY?