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100

In the UK, Santa Claus is more commonly known by this moniker. 

Who is Father Christmas?

100

The unit used to measure power, per the International System of Units.

What is a watt?

100

Bruce Willis climbs, jumps, and runs around Nakatomi Plaza in this movie, set on Christmas Eve in Los Angeles. 

What is Die Hard?

100

This artist, whose name was also the song's parenthetical subtitle as well as its accompanying viral dance, recorded the chart-topping 2007 hit song "Crank That"

Who is Soulja Boy?

100

In 1963, a machine called the Bunn-O-Matic was introduced that revolutionized the making of this product.

Coffee

200

This holiday comes from the Hebrew word for "dedicate". 

What is Hanukkah?

200

This form of electricity storage was first used in 1907 in Switzerland before being brought to the US in 1930 by the Connecticut Electric and Power Company.

What is pumped hydro?

200

This character in Toy Story is voiced by Tom Hanks. 

Who is Woody?

200

This English rockstar wrote the soundtrack for Tarzan (1999).

Who is Phil Collins?

200

This ice cream flavor is widely believed to have been invented in 1929 by William Dreyer, who chopped up marshmallows and walnuts and mixed them into chocolate ice cream, playfully naming the concoction in acknowledgment of the harsh challenges faced during the Great Depression

What is Rocky Road?

300
On Christmas in Japan, many families gather around the kitchen table with a bucket of chicken from this American fast food chain, brought to the country in the 1970s.

What is KFC?

300

"Energy and Atmosphere", "Water Efficiency", and "Materials and Resources" are among the categories assessed in a framework for the certification of sustainable and environmentally responsible buildings, which is recognized internationally and known by these four letters.

What is LEED?

300

Two different actors have won Academy Awards for portraying this comic book character. 

Who is the Joker?

300
This sophomore album from pop-country star Taylor Swift shares its name with a 1993 movie starring Jeff Bridges. 

What is Fearless?

300

This Latin word was first used in a physics context by Johannes Kepler in 1617 and defined in principle by Isaac Newton in his first law of motion toward the end of that century 

What is inertia?

400

Typically falling on January 5th or 6th, this holiday also shares a name with one of Shakespeare's comedies.

What is Twelfth Night?

400

This four letter acronym is a measure of a generating resource’s ability to produce energy when a grid is most likely to experience electricity shortfalls.

What is ELCC?

400

A new horror movie to be released on December 25th, 2024 is a remake of this silent German Expressionist film from 1922. 

What is Nosferatu?

400
This genre of easy listening music from the 1970s and 80s was coined by an internet comedy group in 2005 and was recently featured in a documentary on HBO. 

What is Yacht Rock?

400

Although it now calls a different area of London home, this football (soccer) team was founded in 1886 in the southeast London district of Woolwich, by a group of workers at a local munitions factory.

What is Arsenal Football Club?

500

First recorded to be used by German Lutherans in the 16th century, this coniferous symbol of Christmas is now a staple in living rooms across the world.

What is a Christmas tree?

500

A key metric for profitability in the energy sector, this term refers to the difference between the wholesale price of electricity and the cost of producing it using natural gas.

What is a spark spread?

500

This actor only appeared in five movies, all in the 1970s, and each one was nominated for Best Picture Academy Award.

Who is John Cazale?

500

This Amsterdam-born American musician provided the guitar solo for Michael Jackson's "Beat It" in 1982.

Who is Eddie Van Halen?

500

Computer scientist Katie Bouman led the development of the algorithm that, in 2019, helped produce the first-ever image of this celestial phenomenon. 

What is a black hole?