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This Major League Baseball star was named AP Male Athlete of the Year for 2025 after a historic season with the Dodgers.
Shohei Ohtani
Will Ferrell played the oversized North Pole adoptee who sets off to find his father in this 2003 Christmas classic.
Elf
This pirate captain is known for having a hook where his hand should be—courtesy of a hungry crocodile
Captain Hook
This fruit’s core contains seeds and is often removed before baking it into pies
Apple
These hardworking body parts are the reason you can bend your legs, jump, and walk—one on the left, one on the right
Knees
This historic cycling race saw its closest finishing margin in decades, with the yellow jersey decided by just six seconds.
Tour de France
There is an ongoing debate online about whether this action flick starring Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman is actually a Christmas film
Die Hard
This household item often sits on a hook—whether in the closet, bathroom, or kitchen—holding keys, coats, or towels
Hanger
This workout area of the body includes your abs, obliques, and lower back muscles
Core workout
This pair of punctuation marks often frames a spoken remark—or a sarcastic air quote
Quotation Marks
This global soccer tournament for clubs expanded to include 32 teams in 2025 and was hosted in the United States.
FIFA Club World Cup
The actor who plays long-suffering Clark Griswold in “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” is this original SNL cast member.
Chevy Chase
This catchy part of a song often gets mistaken for the hook, but technically it’s the main repeated section with lyrics
Chorus
This molten, metallic center of our planet is responsible for Earth’s magnetic field
Earth's core
You might play with these in Vegas or on family game night; they always total 12 sides
Dice
This past weekend, a WWE legend for the last 2 decades stepped away from the ring in defeat.
John Cena
Jim Carrey’s grumpy green gremlin lays siege to this town in the 2000 film “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.”
Whoville
This basic fishing tool uses a hook on its end, but its name refers to the entire setup with line and pole
Fishing rod
In nuclear physics, this central part of an atom holds protons and neutrons
Nucleus
Birds have one pair; airplanes usually have one too. Without them, lift would be a real problem
Wings
In May, this country won its first IIHF World Hockey Championship gold since 1960.
United States
Sarah Jessica Parker’s character spills this multi-layered egg dish all over herself in the 2005 holiday romantic comedy, “The Family Stone".
Strata
(will accept French Toast)
This bungee-cord–using activity often employs metal hooks at the ends for safety and gear attachment.
Rock climbing
In project management or branding, this phrase describes the fundamental values that guide a team or company
Core principals
In mythology, these celestial twins—Castor and Pollux—make up a zodiac sign
Gemini