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100

I'm a distant relative of the scarecrow in the original wizard of oz

Damian

100

When founded, the original name of "Duende Software Inc."

"Allen Baier Software Inc."

100

This is the most common language used with the .NET platform

C#

100

What 3 holidays are celebrated during the month of December? (hint: New years is not one)

Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa

100

This is the specific item that Ralphie and Flick are both dared to put their tongue on, resulting in Flick getting stuck to it.

Flagpole

200

This person once worked with Whoopi Goldberg

Marc

200

The year in which Duende Software was founded

2020

200

This “P” in WPF has nothing to do with PowerPoint, but has helped .NET devs build desktop apps.

Presentation

200

This four-sided spinning top is the traditional game played during the Festival of Lights.

Dreidel

200

In the first Home Alone movie, this is the main destination the McCallister family accidentally travels to without Kevin

Paris, France

300

SPG (Salt Pepper Garlic) is this leaders favorite BBQ seasoning

Maarten 

300

The number of full time employees of "Duende Software Inc." (prior to Aug 8, 2024, which was when we were acquired).

1. (Dom was not an employee of the US Inc. He was a employee of our German subsidiary.)

300

In .NET, this component of the Common Language Runtime (CLR) converts Common Intermediate Language (CIL) into native machine code at runtime

Just-In-Time (JIT) Compiler

300

This is the specific day in December that marks the beginning of Kwanzaa.

December 26th

300

This Christmas film features Hans Gruber, Holly Gennaro, Joe Takagi, and Argyle—where a holiday office party comes with hostages, explosions, and a very unhappy cop

Die Hard

400

This person loves early childhood education and gender economics, enough to almost do a PhD and give up halfway through learning the Georgian alphabet

Elise

400

The world headquarters of Duende Software up until Aug 8, 2024

Barrington, Rhode Island

400

Creator of C#, this language author now works on the popular TypeScript language

Anders Helsberg

400

In the popular story Twas the Night Before Christmas, this small, festive item is hung by the chimney with care, in hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.

Stocking

400

The 1946 classic directed by Frank Capra starring James Stewart as George Bailey

Its a Wonderful Life

500

Got food poisoning in Peru (ceviche) the night before embarking on the 4-day Inca Trail hike, but managed to start and complete the hike

Tyler

500

How many countries do we have FTEs in?

500

 The rewrite of .NET to .NET Core commonly used this branding phrase to signal the focus on Azure workloads and multi-OS targets

Cloud-first

500

The lighting of the Menorah for eight nights is done to commemorate what?

Miracle of the Oil

500

When the children board the Polar Express, the ticket conductor punches the letter "B" and the letter "E" into one child's ticket to spell out this crucial word.

Believe