Holiday Movies
Will Ferrell played the oversized North Pole adoptee who sets off to find his father in this 2003 Christmas classic
What is Elf?
The UMBC mascot.
What is a chesapeake bay retriever?
The “Big Four” in the tech industry are Google (Alphabet), Apple, Meta (Facebook), and Amazon. This corporation known for computers, software, and Bill Gates, is sometimes added to form the “Big Five” (or GAMAF).
What is Microsoft?
This 'N Sync member went solo with the hit song 'Cry Me A River'
Who is Justin Timberlake?
This country is a continent and a country.
What is Australia?
There is an ongoing debate online about whether this action flick starring Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman is actually a Christmas film
What is Die Hard?
The current president of UMBC.
Who is Valerie S. Ashby?
This word was created by web browser programmer Lou Montulli to refer to a coin that refers to information that is sent from the browser to the web server and is also a tasty treat!
What is a cookie?
This band had a 2006 hit with 'Sugar, We're Goin' Down'
Who is Fall Out Boy?
The capital of this country is Vienna.
What is Austria?
This “Home Alone” character fends off a pair of robbers by building slapstick traps in his house
Who is Kevin McAlister?
UMBC's address.
1000 Hilltop Cir.
Voice actor Elwood Edwards recorded the famous “You’ve got mail!” announcement on a tape deck in his home. You’d know his voice if this was your Internet service provider in the 1990s.
What is AOL?
Nelly Furtado compared herself to this animal in the 2001 track - 'I'm Like a…..'
What is a bird?
This country is bordered by Iran and Pakistan.
What is Afghanistan?
Jim Carrey’s grumpy green gremlin lays siege to this town in the 2000 film “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.”
What is Whoville?
The year that UMBC was created.
What is 1966?
Often abbreviated an Fn on a computer keyboard.
What is function?
This song was Lady Gaga's first hit.
What is Just Dance?
The primary language spoken in this country is Spanish.
What is Argentina?
The actor who plays long-suffering Clark Griswold in “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” is this original SNL cast member
Who is Chevy Chase?
UMBC research category according to the Carnegie Classification.
What is R1?
This is the typical four-letter word that is occasionally referred to as "Whole Home" Wi-Fi which leverages a main router and a series of nodes placed around a home for full coverage. These all share the same SSID and password.
What is Mesh Wifi?
Their song '1985' was a big hit in 2004
Who is Bowling for Soup?
This country borders Greece and faces the Ionian Sea.
What is Albania?