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Christmas Category Duh
100

This annual California festival is known for setting trends in music, fashion, and culture.

What is Coachella?

100

This is the only drum in a standard drum kit that uses a foot pedal.

What is the Bass Drum?

100
This is the name of the space where Honors band rehearses.

What is the Ensemble Room?

100

This small digital music player, released in 2001, was a precursor to modern smartphones.

What is the iPod?

100

This 1990 movie features a boy left behind when his family goes on vacation, and he must defend his home from burglars.

What is Home Alone?

200

This artist performed in the first-ever Fortnite in-game concert in 2020.

Who is Travis Scott?

200

This South American wind instrument, often made of bamboo or reeds, is named after a Greek god.

What is the Pan Flute?

200

This is the address of Rodman Steele Studio.

What is 5111 Pebblebrook Dr, Dallas, TX 75229

200

This device, worn on the belt, allowed people to receive numeric or alphanumeric messages in the 1980s and 1990s.

What is a pager?

200

Santa’s sleigh is traditionally pulled by this many reindeer.

What is eight?

300

This artist curated the Black Panther soundtrack, which was both a commercial and critical success.

Who is Kendrick Lamar?

300

This instrument, used by John Cage, modifies a piano by placing objects like screws and bolts between its strings.

What is Prepared Piano?

300

This is the musician painted in the Lobby.

Who is Stevie Ray Vaughan?

300

This early messaging service, released in 1997, allowed users to chat using screen names.

What is AOL Instant Messenger (AIM)?

300

This U.S. president declared Christmas a federal holiday in 1870.

Who is Ulysses S. Grant?

400

This Mississippi Delta blues musician was rumored to have made a deal with the devil at a crossroads.

Who is Robert Johnson?

400

This electronic instrument is played without physical contact and uses electromagnetic fields to produce sound.

What is the Theremin?

400

This animated TV show gets the most air time in the studio.

What is The Simpsons?

400

This portable device, popular in the 1980s, allowed people to listen to cassette tapes on the go.

What is a Walkman?

400

In this country, people often celebrate Christmas with a special meal of KFC.

What is Japan?

500

This American composer wrote "Rhapsody in Blue" in 1924.

Who is George Gershwin?

500

This instrument combines elements of a keyboard and wind instrument, requiring the player to blow air into it while pressing keys.

What is the Melodica?

500

This person's signature is on the soccer ball in the Lobby.

Who is Rod Stewart?

500

This sound was familiar to anyone using a 56K modem to connect to the internet in the 1990s.

What is the dial-up tone?

500

This Christmas song, written in 1818 in Austria, was originally performed on guitar due to a broken church organ.

What is Silent Night?