It happened in December
Are you ready for some football movies
Some Last-Minute Christmas Shopping
Homophonic Pairs
a Christmas Carol Collage
100
On December 5, 1933 FDR announced the repeal of this; cheers!
Prohibition
100
In "Remember the Titans", this actor is the coach of an integrated football team in 1971
Denzel Washington
100
You're looking for the dress this woman wore as she wed Prince William? Talk about one of a kind--that cost $434,000!
Kate Middleton
100
Waaaah! The store ran out of my favorite Cabernet
whine wine
100
Arriving on November 19, 1867 for a U.S. reading tour, this author practiced "A Christmas Carol" in front of the mirror here, now named for him
Charles Dickens
200
In what was then the largest corporate bankruptcy in U.S. history, this energy giant filed for Chapter 11 protection in 2001
Enron
200
Burt Reynolds starred as Paul Crewe in the original version of "The Longest Yard"; this "SNL" alum, in the remake
Sandler
200
A $200,000 horse of this breed from the American Stud Book--how kind, especially with the $50,000 annual upkeep thrown in
a Thoroughbred
200
What's that smell coming from your penny?
scent cent
200
In English, it's "O Christmas Tree"; in German, it's "O" this
Tannenbaum
300
On December 26, 2004 a 9.1 undersea earthquake in this ocean triggered a massive & deadly tsunami
the Indian Ocean
300
Billy Dee Williams is his friend Gale Sayers & James Caan is the title dying football player in this TV movie
Brian's Song
300
I can't believe you bought me this NHL team that had players like Guy Carbonneau, Guy Lapointe & Guy Lafleur... merci!
The Canadiens
300
What you're in if you can't remember if it's the first of the month, the third, the fourth, the tenth
a daze days
300
Inspired by "A Christmas Carol", the movie "Scrooged" starred him as a venal TV executive
Bill Murray
400
In December 1577 he set sail from England with 5 ships & a crew of more than 150 men on a voyage around the world
(Sir Francis) Drake
400
As a high school football star in a Pennsylvania steel town, this actor had "All the Right Moves"
Tom Cruise
400
This indoor bike-making co. had a market value of $31 billion in 2021, so don't go crazy--just 50% of it would be enough for anyone
Peloton
400
Unfriendly lodging for young travelers abroad
a hostile hostel
400
O! American clergyman Phillips Brooks wrote the words to this Christmas carol after a pilgrimage to the Holy Land
O little town of Bethlehem
500
Deciding he was better suited for the Senate, in December 1832 this South Carolinian resigned as vice president
Calhoun
500
The Marx Brothers took the field in this "equine" comedy about Huxley College's football team
Horse Feathers
500
An ancient sculpture of an athlete about to throw this should arrive by Christmas --Myron's original is lost, so it's just a copy
the discus
500
An official document seal belonging to a young swan
a signet cygnet
500
"A Christmas Carol" says, "However & whenever we part from one another, I am sure we shall none of us forget poor" him
Tiny Tim