Home of Major League Baseball’s Toronto Blue Jays, the Rogers Centre opened in 1989 as the SkyDome – the world’s first sports arena to feature a fully retractable what?
Roof
Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Ted Levine
Silence of the Lambs
Boris Karloff, Jim Carrey, and Benedict Cumberbatch have all voiced this green hater of Christmas.
The Grinch
This 16th president of the US was born here in Kentucky, in present-day LaRue County.
Abraham Lincoln
This famous holiday treat- and occasional building material- has English roots and typically contains cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and molasses.
Gingerbread
"The Run for the Roses" and "The Fastest Two Minutes in Sports" are both colloquial names for a horse race that occurs on the first Saturday of May in which U.S. State?
Kentucky
Adam Sandler, Henry Winkler, Kathy Bates
The Waterboy
What much-reviled Christmas edible is known for its long shelf life?
Fruitcake
This Oscar-winning Kentuckian got his start in ER. He now works alongside his activist wife in addition to making films.
George Clooney
Meringue is popular as a baked topping for baked goods and as a cookie in its own right. What is meringue made of primarily?
Egg Whites
Although timeouts, clock stoppages, and touchdowns make it last longer, what is the official duration of one quarter of NFL football?
15 Minutes
Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall
The Breakfast Club
The celebrated "Christmas Truce" temporarily halted fighting during what war?
World War 1
This country music icon put her home of Butcher Holler on the map.
Loretta Lynn
This baked good is named for the measurement of all four ingredients in its original recipe.
Pound Cake
"Pistol Pete" Maravich (1970) and Shaquille O'Neal both won player of the year honors while playing hoops for what university?
Louisiana State
Mike Meyers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy
Shrek
What Christmas song is the best selling single of all time?
White Christmas
This iconic horror film director is best known for films such as Halloween and the Fog and spent the majority of his childhood living on the campus of Western Kentucky University where his father taught music.
John Carpenter
You can get this substance, often used to set liquids into a more solid state, is often extracted from the hooves of farm animals.
Gelatin
What New York City baseball team did Jackie Robinson play for when he broke the MLB color barrier in 1947?
Brooklyn Dodgers
Corey Feldman, Ke Huy Quan, Sean Astin
The Goonies
In what year did president Ulysses S. Grant sign a procalmation declaring December 25th a National Holiday?
On June 24, 1870
Inventor Garrett A. Morgan, born in Paris, Ky, has stopped millions of accidents from taking place on American roads. What was his invention?
The three-way traffic light.
This ingredient must be cold when added and incorporated into any dough to create a flaky texture.
Butter