FICTION-ALE
SHOE GAZING
TRIPLE "A"-RATED FOOD
SLANG
WINTER WONDERLAND
200

PABST BLUE ROBOT IS BENDER'S FAVORITE ON THIS TV SHOW

WHAT IS FUTURAMA

200

THE STAN SMITH COLLECTION OF TENNIS SHOES IS FROM THIS COMPANY FOUNDED IN BAVARIA

WHAT IS ADIDAS

200

IT'S SQUID! BUON APPETITO!

WHAT IS CALAMARI

200

THIS 3-LETTER WORD CAN REFER TO A STATE OF INTOXICATION, MAKING A PERSON INCANDESCENT

WHAT IS LIT

200

HIS HEART IS 2 SIZES TOO SMALL -- THAT'S WHY HE SETS OUT AT NIGHT TO RUIN CHRISTMAS IN WHO-VILLE

WHO IS THE GRINCH

400

HARRY POTTER MIGHT GET CARDED TRYING TO DRINK A PINT OF THIS AT THE THREE BROOMSTICKS 

WHAT IS BUTTERBEER


400

ON MARCH 10, 2023, THE NINTENDO NEW YORK FLAGSHIP STORE DISPLAYED A REAL LIFE VERSION OF THE SHOES WORN BY THIS CHARACTER.


WHO IS SUPER MARIO

400

MEAT, CHEESE, & VEGETABLES ARE POPULAR FILLINGS FOR THIS BAKED OR FRIED PASTRY WITH A SPANISH NAME

WHAT IS AN EMPANADA 

400

COULD YOU BE ANY MORE THIS 5-LETTER WORD THAT MEANS MAINSTREAM, LIKE PUMPKIN SPICE LATTES

WHAT IS BASIC

400

IN MEXICO, THIS FESTIVE DISH IS MADE WITH A SWEETENED CORN DOUGH WRAPPED IN A CORN HUSK AND OFTEN ENJOYED DURING CHRISTMAS

WHAT IS TAMALE

600

IN THE TV SHOW "THE SIMPSONS," HOMER SIMPSON DRINKS THIS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE AT MOE'S TAVERN.

WHAT IS DUFF BEER

600

A 1989 AD FROM THIS NIKE RIVAL ADVISED, "IF YOU GET TOO PUMPED UP, LET SOME AIR OUT WITH THE RELEASE VALVE ON THE BACK"

WHAT IS REEBOK

600
FROM TURKISH, IT'S THE NAME OF A SWEET NUTTY PASTRY

WHAT'S BAKLAVA?

600

THE NAME OF THIS ITALIAN FASHION HOUSE MEANS STYLISH OR ALL IS WELL

WHAT IS GUCCI

600

IN THE TV SHOW "SEINFELD," THE CHARACTERS CELEBRATE THIS HOLIDAY TRADITION INSTEAD OF CHRISTMAS

WHAT IS FESTIVUS

800

THIS SITCOM INTRODUCED MONKEYSHINE BEER; MARCEL WAS THE MASCOT

WHAT IS FRIENDS

800

IN A SONG OFF "ILLMATIC", NAS RAPS ABOUT WEARING THIS BRAND'S SUEDE BOOT ASSOCIATED WITH NEW YORK HIP-HOP

WHAT IS TIMBERLAND

800

THESE LITTLE ANISE-FLAVORED SEEDS ARE POPULAR IN BREADS AND CRACKERS

WHAT IS CARAWAY

800

IT SOUNDS LIKE IT MEANS "STOLEN" BUT THIS 8-LETTER COMPLIMENT MEANS YOUR STYLE IS FIERCE

WHAT IS SNATCHED

800

IN SPAIN AND SOME LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES, IT IS CUSTOMARY TO EAT TWELVE OF THESE AT THE STROKE OF MIDNIGHT ON NEW YEAR'S EVE FOR GOOD LUCK.  

WHAT ARE GRAPES

1000

YOU'LL FIND ENT-DRAUGHTS, SERVED BY AN OLD STICK IN THIS TRILOGY

WHAT IS LORD OF THE RINGS

1000

THIS SPANISH SHOE DESIGNER FAMOUS FOR HIS STILETTOS MADE SHOES FOR SOFIA COPPOLA'S FILM "MARIE ANTOINETTE"

WHO IS MANOLO BLAHNIK 

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THIS BREAD WAS CREATED IN THE 1980S AS ITALY'S ANSWER TO THE BAGUETTE

WHAT IS CIABATTA

1000

ELI5 IS SHORTHAND FOR THIS EXPRESSION, SO USE SMALL WORDS TO CLARIFY

WHAT IS EXPLAIN (IT TO ME) LIKE I'M FIVE

1000

IN THIS COUNTRY, LOCALS CELEBRATE THE CHRISTMAS SEASON WITH THE TRADITION OF THE "Jólabókaflóð," WHICH INVOLVES GIVING BOOKS AS GIFTS ON CHRISTMAS EVE. 

WHAT IS ICELAND