Christmas Movies
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Pop Culture by Decade
100

This 1946 holiday film was considered a box-office flop on in its release but later became a Christmas staple through television syndication.

What is It's a Wonderful Life

100
Our department's former name.

What is the department of Business Oversight? 

100

Passed in 2025, this US law focuses on stablecoins, reserve requirements, and consumer protections in the digital-asset market.

What is the Genius Act? 

100

DFAL belongs under this division. 

Consumer Financial Protection. 

100

This 90s sitcom about 6 friends living in New York helped define fashion, humor and haircuts

What is Friends?

200

In Home Alone, this actor portrays the bumbling burglar known as Harry, part of the "Wet Bandits"

Who is Joe Pesci?

200

California's Consumer Financial Protection Law was modeled after this federal agency.

CFPB

200

This Chinese AI model made headlines in 2025 after demonstrating performance comparable to leading US systems at a fraction of the cost. 

What is DeepSeek?

200

DFAL was signed into law on this date.

What is October 13, 2023

200

This animated series debuted in 1997 and became known for its irreverent humor and social satire. 

What is South Park?

300

The fictional company, "Nakatomi Corporation" is central to the plot of this Christmas action film. 

What is Die Hard?

300

This law established the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation

What is the California Consumer Financial Protection law? 

300

In 2025, a kiss-cam moment at this band's concert went viral after revealing a tech CEO with someone who was not his spouse.

What is Coldplay? 

300

This provision of DFAL covers what's considered a completed application and the evaluation criteria for denying or approving an application. 

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300

This 2007 product fundamentally changed how people consume media and communicate. 

What is the iPhone? 

400

This animated Christmas film was the first full-length animated feature to be released entirely in iMAX theaters.

What is The Polar Express?

400

This Department Program is tasked with protecting consumers from unlawful, unfair, deceptive, & abusive acts or practices in previously unsupervised companies. 

What is New Covered Persons?

400

This world-famous museum found itself in the news in 2025 for reasons that had nothing to do with art appreciation. 

What is the Louvre? 

400

In addition to consumer general consumer protections, DFAL includes protections from risks also found in these other department programs. 

What is BDIA, Money Transmitters, and Banking?

400

This streaming series turned a deadly children's game into a global phenomenon and sparked countless costumes and memes.

What is Squid Game? 

500

In a Christmas Story, the Leg Lamp is won by the old man through this method. 

What is a newspaper contest?

500

Effective July 1, 2026, the department will be under this agency. 

Business and Consumer Services Agency (BCSA)

500

This chart-topping song is the marquee track from the animated movie K Pop Demon Hunters.

What is Golden?

500

The specific provision (incl. letter and number) that lists required policies and procedures.  

3701a 1

500

After starring in a crypto ad that urged viewers with the phrase "Fortune favors the brave," this actor was widely mocked online following the market's crash. 

Who is Matt Damon?