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100

Mariah Carey returns to the charts every December with this 1994 hit. 

All I Want for Christmas is You

100

In the Grinch (2000), the Grinch lives on this mountain above Whoville. 

Mount Crumpit

100

Name the 3 gifts that the wise men offered

Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh

100

What gas do plants release during photosynthesis?

Oxygen

100

Geese fly in a v shape pattern. Why is one side of the v longer than the other?

One side has more geese on it

200

What did the Grinch have in his smile? 

Termites

200

In Christmas Vacation, Clark Griswold's Christmas bonus ends up being a subscription to this. 

Jelly of the Month Club

200

This angel appears to Mary to announce that she will give birth to Jesus

Gabriel

200

Name the seven continents

North America, South America, Africa, Asia, Europe, Antarctica, & Australia. 

200
What is the name of a group of pigs/hogs?

Sounder, drift, or drove

300

This tear jerking song is about a young boy trying to buy his dying mother shoes on Christmas Eve

The Christmas Shoes

300

In Jingle All the Way, Arnold Schwarzenegger spends the entire movie trying to find this toy. 

Turbo Man Doll

300

Where can mistletoe be found? And what is the traditional southern method for retrieval? 

On tree branches. Shoot it down with a shotgun

300

What is the perimeter of a rectangle that is 6 feet by 4 feet

20 Feet

300

Birds have an organ most mammals do not have. This organ grinds up food before digestion. What is the name of this organ? 

Some reptiles, fish, and insects also have the organ.

Gizzard

400

Brenda Lee recorded this upbeat Christmas hit at age 13, which later became a #1 chart-topper decades after release.

Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

400

In the movie Home Alone 2, name the electronic voice recording device that Kevin uses throughout the movie. 

The Talkboy. The toy didn't exist prior to the movie. It was created as a prop. Tiger electronics developed it after the movie and sold over 2 million units. 

400
Which two books of the bible contain the Christmas Story

Matthew and Luke

400

What are the first ten amendments to the Constitution called?

The Bill of Rights

400

What creature in the animal kingdom has infrared pit organs that allow them to see in true thermal vision? 

Pit Vipers - Rattlesnakes, copperheads, cottonmouths, bushmasters, lanceheads, asian pit vipers, palm vipers

500

Elvis's 1957 Christmas Album became the best-selling holiday album of all time; this gospel track from the record is the only one he insisted be performed will full reverence and no rock influence.

Silent Night

500
In the movie "The Homecoming: A Christmas Story" The Baldwin Sisters give out their famous Moonshine for gifts. What do the sisters call their moonshine? 

Recipe or Holiday Recipe

500

This U.S. state was the first to officially recognize Christmas as a holiday in 1836. 

Alabama

500

A cannon fires a ball horizontally from a 1,000 foot vertical cliff. At the exact same moment the cannon ball is fired, a second cannon ball is dropped from the same 1,000 foot cliff. Which ball will hit the ground first?

They hit at the same time. Horizontal speed doesn't cancel gravity. 

500
This animal has the largest eyes of any creature? 10-12" Diameter

Colossal Squid