An Item in the First Three Rounds
California’s Six Flags Magic Mountain holds a record with 19 of these, the most of any park in the world
What is a ROLLER COASTER?
Bong, Mozzy, and their children Kiefer, Thirdy, and Dani are enjoying their big Christmas Eve meal
What is RAVENA NOCHE BUENA?
Wind turbine generators are really just large electric fans - they capture energy from the wind as it blows on these long, protruding parts of the wind turbine
What are BLADES?
1066: William the Conqueror is crowned King of England in this church, the first documented royalty to have been crowned here, where recent royalties have also been crowned
What is WESTMINSTER ABBEY?
Simply too many holiday nightgoers in December along Tomas Morato Avenue, named after the first mayor of this city from 1939 to 1942, where the avenue is located
Where is QUEZON CITY?
Integral to Christmas, while not being part of the Christmas season, is the event of the Annunciation to Mary of Jesus’ birth by this archangel
Who is GABRIEL?
A Filipino Christmas decor is used as a smoky mosquito repellent
What is a PAROL KATOL?
Solar panels primarily consist of these basic building blocks
What are CELLS?
2004: The Huygens spacecraft separates from the Cassini orbiter, and on January 14, lands on Titan, the largest moon of this ringed planet
What is SATURN?
From JRU to Kapitolyo, there’s no reprieve for holiday traffic along Shaw Boulevard, named for William James Shaw, American philanthropist who founded this country club in Mandaluyong, its access road connected to Shaw
What is WACK-WACK?
Phil Oakey’s 1984 song “Together in” these “Dreams” is often misattributed as a song performed by Oakey’s band, The Human League
What is ELECTRIC?
In Jesus’ birth town, it's the only place to withdraw money from
What is BETHLEHEM ATM?
This is the unit of measurement for energy
What is a JOULE?
1898: Brigadier General Marcus P. Miller leaves Manila for this Western Visayas city, with orders to occupy it; Miller captures its Jaro district eventually in February 1899
What is ILOILO CITY?
Francisco Ortigas Sr., head of the Ortigas clan, married this woman, with a regularly congested street in Ortigas Center named after her, now more crowded with holiday mall traffic
Who is JULIA VARGAS?
Emilio Aguinaldo defeated Andres Bonifacio and Mariano Trias in this Convention in 1897, electing Aguinaldo as president of a new post-KKK revolutionary government
What is TEJEROS?
A Magi gift's limo driver
What is MYRRH CHAUFFEUR?
It is said that battery storage is the technology that will unlock renewable energy - imagine large battery units within solar farms that are made of this same material that makes up your smartphone’s battery
What is LITHIUM ION?
1809: Dr. Ephraim McDowell performs the first ever documented successful oophorectomy, having removed a tumor attached to this female body part
What are OVARIES?
Despite road widening, there’s still heavy holiday traffic along Bonny Serrano Aveue, named for a colonel who enlisted in the PEFTOK, the Philippine Expeditionary Forces to this region, fighting in its war in the early 1950s and earning medals for it
What is KOREA?
Made of disputed islands and territories with Malaysia, Vietnam, and China found west of mainland Palawan, this somewhat wryly-named Palawan town is the least-populated municipality of the Philippines
What is KALAYAAN?
Holiday conifer decorations as foot soldiers
What is CHRISTMAS TREE INFANTRY?
Embellishing the background on your drives across the highways, these are the structures that bring power from the far away power plants to the cities
What are TRANSMISSION LINES?
1991: He, the last leader of the Soviet Union, resigns, with the union itself dissolving the following day
Who is MIKHAIL GORBACHEV?
BF Homes Parañaque has got too many Christmas happenings along Aguirre Avenue, named after Tomas Aguirre, founder of said BF, short for this defunct bank
What is BANCO FILIPINO?