Christmas Songs
Christmas Movies
Christmas Toys
Christmas Potpourri
FINAL JEOPARDY
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The pair that wishes for “a pair of Hopalong boots and a pistol that shoots” in the song “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas”.
Who are Barney & Ben?
100
This comedian plays Gus Polinski, a polka musician who helps Kate in Home Alone
Who is John Candy?
100
The best selling toy of 1964 had a United Kingdom copy called "Action Man".
What is G.I. Joe?
100
The president who made Christmas a Federal holiday in 1870.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
200
They are in the Grinch's Smile
What are termites?
200
This is the name of the head elf in the North Pole in The Santa Clause
Who is Bernard?
200
His "Stunt Cycle" was the top selling toy of 1973.
Who is Evel Knievel?
200
Reindeer with names meaning "Thunder" and "Lightning" in German
Who are Donner and Blitzen?
300
The decade that "Jingle Bell Rock" hit the radio waves.
What is the 1950s? (1957)
300
A weakness The Abominable Snow Man, called a "Bumble" by Yukon Cornelius, has in Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
What is "sinking" ?
300
Designer of the Cabbage Patch Kids, one of the most popular selling toys of the 1980s. They bear his signature on the their butt.
Xavier Roberts
300
A poem published in 1823 under the title "Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas". In 1837, Clement Clarke Moore claimed he wrote it. But so did Henry Livingston Junior. It for sure wasn't Run DMC...
What is "'Twas the Night Before Christmas"?
300
Category is Christmas Movies.
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Winning an Oscar with a Christmas film is rare. Numerous films have been nominated, but only about 6 have actually won an Oscar. This Christmas Film has the record for most Oscars by a Christmas movie, winning 3 out of its 4 nominations. Best Supporting Actor for Edmund Gwynn, Valentine Davies for Best Writing, Original Story, and George Seaton for Best Writing, Original Screenplay.
400
A song written in 1943, sung from the point of view of a WWII soldier.
What is "I'll Be Home For Christmas"?
400
A disability that excludes George from fighting in WWII.
What is deafness?
400
Best selling toy of 1985, his mouth and eyes moved along to a cassette tape you would put in his back.
What is Teddy Ruxpin?
400
The material that artificial christmas trees, first sold in Germany in the late 1800s, used originally for their leaves. The trend caught on quickly, and Sears began selling artificial trees in 1883. Things progressed from here, eventually using toilet brush machinery to create the bristled branches in the 1930s
What are goose feathers?
500
A rock artist that sings “Rockin’ on Top of the World” as an elf in the animated Christmas Movie, The Polar Express
Who is Steven Tyler?
500
The secret message Ralphie deciphered from the Little Orphan Annie radio show?
What is “Be sure to drink your Ovaltine.”?
500
The phrase that "Jenga" means in Swahili?
What is "to build"?
500
Fast Food Chain that is traditionally eaten in Japan on Christmas day, the tradition started in 1974 with an ad campaign using the slogan....well, you read for yourself...
"Kurisumasu ni wa Kentakkii"
What is KFC?
600
Christmas song originally sung by Judy Garland in the 1944 Film "Meet Me in St. Louis". It had much sadder lyrics before being rewritten for Frank Sinatra in 1957.
What is "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"?
600
The final day portrayed in the movie Christmas Vacation
What is Christmas Eve?
600
The best selling toy of 1986
What is the Koosh Ball?
600
Christmas Character introduced by department store Montgomery Ward in 1939. They asked copywriter Robert L. May, to create a Christmas story the store could give away to shoppers as a promotional gimmick.
Who is Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer?