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"Welcome to Elevate Your Event, your favorite podcast for transforming fundraising events. Join us weekly for expert tips and creative ideas to make your next event a standout success. Welcome back to Elevate Your Event, and welcome to the most wonderfully chaotic episode of the year. It's our third annual Handbid Holiday Trivia Showdown, where Christmas knowledge is questionable, and the competition gets real intense. From movie moments and classic carols, to pop culture weirdness and Bible deep cuts, we go head-to-head to see who will be crowned this year's Holiday Trivia Champion. Grab some cocoa, play along, and get ready to laugh, because this is the festive chaos you didn't know you needed. Let's get into it."

Holiday Trivia Showdown

Jeff Porter: Well, this is the Elevate Your Event Podcast, I suppose. We're gonna do a Christmas show to.

Elise Neugebauer: We're having fun today. We're having fun today.

Jeff Porter: We are.

Elise Neugebauer: And we're dressed for it. And we're dressed for it.

Jeff Porter: Well, some of us are dressed to the occasion. I actually do not own a Christmas sweater.

Elise Neugebauer: What? How is that possible? What? How is that possible?

Jeff Porter: I have a red, look, I'm wearing red.

Elise Neugebauer: Yeah, that's good. Yeah, that's good.

Jeff Porter: So I was talking to my wife, I'm like, do we have any Christmas sweaters? And she said, "Well, I think we have one that maybe is in Jake's closet from when he was in like eighth grade or something." Well, that's not for me.

Elise Neugebauer: So I'll just... So I'll just...

Jeff Porter: Unless Jake was completely shredded in eighth grade.

Elise Neugebauer: Yeah. Yeah.

Jeff Porter: I have the dad bod.

Elise Neugebauer: Okay. Okay.

Jeff Porter: Yeah, me and Baker Mayfield, we are definitely, we're two twins. Me, Patrick Mahomes and Baker Mayfield have the same dad bods.

Elise Neugebauer: It's awesome. That's fantastic. All right. It's awesome. That's fantastic. All right.

Jeff Porter: Okay.

Elise Neugebauer: Okay. All right. Well, we have in the studio today, Elise Neugebauer and she has come with all of her Christmas knowledge because we're going to do a trivia today. Okay. All right. Well, we have in the studio today, Elise Negobauer and she has come with all of her Christmas knowledge because we're going to do a trivia today.

Elise Druckenmiller: Elise Druckenmiller, who just finished saying a prayer to the Lord, apologizing for all of the Bible trivia questions. She's about to get wrong.

Jeff Porter: True story. True story.

Elise Druckenmiller: And producer Mark back here, just for moral support.

Jeff Porter: No, you're bringing in the Bible trivia. No, you're bringing in the Bible trivia.

Elise Druckenmiller: I'm counting on you winning this thing.

Jeff Porter: Yeah, I'm hoping. Yeah, I'm hoping.

Elise Druckenmiller: Exactly.

Jeff Porter: All right. Should we dive into this thing here? All right. Should we dive into this thing here?

Elise Druckenmiller: Yes.

Jeff Porter: All right. Let's dive in. I'm going to keep score on my phone. All right. Let's dive in. I'm going to keep score on my phone.

Elise Druckenmiller: I'm also going to keep track of who's cheating and who's not. Anyway, these are all...

Jeff Porter: There's no cheaters in this group. There's no cheaters in this group.

Elise Druckenmiller: No one has access to this Figma file but me, so I think I'm feeling pretty good about that. Are you guys ready to start?

Jeff Porter: We're ready. We're ready.

Elise Druckenmiller: We got four sections.

Jeff Porter: Okay. Okay.

Elise Druckenmiller: We're going to start with movies. Then we're going to go to music.

Jeff Porter: Okay. Okay.

Elise Druckenmiller: Then we're going to go to pop culture.

Jeff Porter: Okay. Okay.

Elise Druckenmiller: And we're going to end with the Lord.

Jeff Porter: That's right. Okay. That's right. Okay. Now, they get progressively harder in each group. There's six questions in each section. There's a couple of some bonus questions.

Jeff Porter: It'll be fun. I hope they will get a little harder for each question. Okay. It'll be fun. I hope they will get a little harder for each question. Okay.

Elise Druckenmiller: Uh-oh.

Jeff Porter: All right. You guys ready? All right. You guys ready?

Elise Druckenmiller: Somebody should have brought the eggnog. I agree.

Christmas Movies

Jeff Porter: Christmas movies. Christmas movies. Here we go. Christmas movies. Christmas movies. Here we go.

Question 1: In Home Alone, what city does Kevin's family travel to for Christmas vacation?

Elise Neugebauer: Paris. Paris.

Elise Druckenmiller: See, I was going to be like, Home Alone, one or two.

Jeff Porter: I also know where he lives, Chicago. I also know where he lives, Chicago.

Elise Druckenmiller: Let's make sure.

Jeff Porter: Maybe I should get a bonus. Maybe I should get a bonus.

Elise Druckenmiller: She's right.

Jeff Porter: There we go, Paris. There we go, Paris.

Elise Druckenmiller: Paris is the right answer. Okay. Remember, they start out easy.

Jeff Porter: I'll take them where I can get them. I'll take them where I can get them.

Elise Druckenmiller: That's the rule.

Question 2: In Elf, what is the first rule of the Code of the Elves? In Elf, what is the first rule of the Code of the Elves?

Elise Neugebauer: The first rule is, oh my gosh, I feel like I just, my daughter was watching this movie the other day. The first rule, dang it.

Jeff Porter: I don't know. Something about Santa? I don't know. Something about Santa?

Elise Neugebauer: No, I think it has something to do with like, I can't think of it either. I feel like as soon as you hit it, I'm like, ah, dang it. It's like, spreading Christmas cheer?

Jeff Porter: No, singing loud for all to hear. No, singing loud for all to hear.

Elise Neugebauer: No, I mean, that's-

Jeff Porter: We have singing loud for all to hear. We got spreading Christmas cheer. We have singing loud for all to hear. We got spreading Christmas cheer.

Elise Neugebauer: It's part of the rhyme she's picking up on. The first code of, I can't think of it.

Jeff Porter: Well, you're going to go with- Spreading Christmas cheer. You're going to go with singing loud for all to hear. Well, you're going to go with- Spreading Christmas cheer. You're going to go with singing loud for all to hear.

Elise Neugebauer: Treat every day-

Jeff Porter: You both are wrong. You both are wrong.

Elise Neugebauer: Oh, you guys, so-

Jeff Porter: Treat every day like Christmas. Treat every day like Christmas.

Elise Neugebauer: Look at that.

Jeff Porter: Oh, we're rule number three. Oh, we're rule number three.

Elise Neugebauer: I'm on the nice list, look.

Jeff Porter: Yeah, there you go. Yeah, there you go.

Elise Neugebauer: Well, that was number two, and we were going with the first one. So anyway, treat every day like Christmas. No points.

Question 3: In The Santa Clause, what causes Scott Calvin to become Santa? In The Santa Clause, what causes Scott Calvin to become Santa?

Elise Neugebauer: Santa fell off the roof.

Jeff Porter: No, but he takes the card. No, but he takes the card.

Elise Neugebauer: He put on the card.

Jeff Porter: He put on the suit. He put on the suit.

Elise Neugebauer: Yeah.

Jeff Porter: Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

Elise Neugebauer: He puts on the suit. Puts on the suit. Mark gets a point.

Jeff Porter: He should get half for falling off the roof. He should get half for falling off the roof.

Elise Neugebauer: Not gonna half.

Jeff Porter: Yeah, but he puts on the suit, because remember, he goes to... Yeah, but he puts on the suit, because remember, he goes to...

Elise Neugebauer: He doesn't become Santa. Santa does have to die, right, by falling off the roof.

Jeff Porter: He goes to see, what's the head elf's name? Bernard, yeah, he's like, hey, I don't make the rules. You put the suit on, now you're Santa. He goes to see, what's the head elf's name? Bernard, yeah, he's like, hey, I don't make the rules. You put the suit on, now you're Santa.

Elise Neugebauer: Now you're Santa.

Jeff Porter: Yeah. Yeah.

Elise Neugebauer: That's right. It is all about the suit. I mean, he could have shot him on the roof and put the suit on, right?

Jeff Porter: So falling off the roof is not the critical element here. So falling off the roof is not the critical element here.

Elise Neugebauer: Yeah, it's putting on the suit. And who puts on a dirty, dead suit?

Jeff Porter: I mean, look at that thing. I mean, look at that thing.

Elise Neugebauer: Scott Calvin. Yeah.

Jeff Porter: All right, here we go. All right, here we go.

Question 4: In How the Grinch Stole Christmas, the live-action version, what is the name of the celebration the Grinch disrupts?

Elise Neugebauer: Whoville. Whoville.

Jeff Porter: Well, yeah, it's Whoville, but the celebration is...

Elise Neugebauer: It is called... It is called...

Jeff Porter: Oh, man.

Elise Neugebauer: It's a good one. It's a good one.

Jeff Porter: It has nothing to do with who. It's like Hanukkah.

Elise Neugebauer: Hanukkah, Hanukkah. I forget that song. We should play that one. Hanukkah, Hanukkah. I forget that song. We should play that one.

Jeff Porter: I can sing that one.

Elise Neugebauer: Have James dub that one in there. That is not the song, by the way. Okay. Have James dub that one in there. That is not the song, by the way. Okay.

Jeff Porter: It's like some Dr. Seuss kind of name.

Elise Neugebauer: Okay, I'll give you. Okay, I'll give you.

Jeff Porter: The word who is in it.

Elise Neugebauer: I know. Who, who-mus, who, who-licious. I know. Who, who-mus, who, who-licious.

Jeff Porter: Who-alicious.

Elise Neugebauer: That sounds like a... That sounds like a...

Jeff Porter: Sounds like bootylicious.

Elise Neugebauer: Yeah, exactly. Yeah, exactly.

Jeff Porter: Who-licious.

Elise Neugebauer: That sounds like the strip joint he goes to after he disrupts. That sounds like the strip joint he goes to after he disrupts.

Jeff Porter: Exactly.

Elise Neugebauer: All right. All right.

Jeff Porter: Who-belation.

Elise Neugebauer: We were so close. We were so close.

Jeff Porter: I was kind of close.

Elise Neugebauer: And I was. And I was.

Jeff Porter: Who-belation. The who-belation.

Elise Neugebauer: We're just making it, giving time for our audience to really get these, you know. We're just making it, giving time for our audience to really get these, you know.

Jeff Porter: That's right. Okay, we're gonna go on to question five. Remember, these are getting harder.

Elise Neugebauer: I know. I know.

Jeff Porter: Who-belation. All right.

Question 5: In A Christmas Story, what exact phrase does Ralphie rehearse to ask Santa for the BB gun? In A Christmas Story, what exact phrase does Ralphie rehearse to ask Santa for the BB gun?

Elise Neugebauer: I don't know this one.

Jeff Porter: I'll give you some slides on this one. It doesn't have to be exact, but... I'll give you some slides on this one. It doesn't have to be exact, but...

Elise Neugebauer: Yeah, okay. What exact phrase does Ralphie rehearse to ask Santa for the BB gun?

Jeff Porter: You'll shoot your eye out. You'll shoot your eye out.

Elise Neugebauer: Um, oh, he's going up the stairs with his little brother, and there's the kid.

Jeff Porter: Oh, it's kind of fun. Oh, it's kind of fun.

Elise Neugebauer: He gets on his lap. Oh, man.

Jeff Porter: You can see some of it in the little... I see a couple of words that are in that phrase. You can see some of it in the little... I see a couple of words that are in that phrase.

Elise Neugebauer: Red Rider, BB gun, Red Rider.

Jeff Porter: But is this something like, oh, double action? But is this something like, oh, double action?

Elise Neugebauer: Getting there?

Jeff Porter: Yeah, yeah, I know. Yeah, yeah, I know.

Elise Neugebauer: It's not double action. It's not double action, but the word is on there.

Jeff Porter: Yeah. Yeah.

Elise Neugebauer: Carbon, carbon fiber?

Jeff Porter: No, carbon fiber BB gun. No, carbon fiber BB gun.

Elise Neugebauer: Back in the 40s.

Jeff Porter: Back in the 40s. Back in the 40s.

Elise Neugebauer: Also, carbon is full of an L. Super light. Doesn't get detected through TSA.

Jeff Porter: I was like, all of that. Single action. I was like, all of that. Single action.

Elise Neugebauer: It's not single action.

Jeff Porter: No, it's golden banded, golden banded, 1,000 shot red rider BB gun. No, it's golden banded, golden banded, 1,000 shot red rider BB gun.

Elise Neugebauer: Golden banded, 1,000 shot red rider BB gun?

Jeff Porter: Single shot. Single shot.

Elise Neugebauer: I don't know.

Jeff Porter: Single, I don't know. Single, I don't know.

Elise Neugebauer: You guys ready?

Jeff Porter: Yeah. Yeah.

Elise Neugebauer: Official rider carbine action. Carbine action. Two handed.

Jeff Porter: 200 shot. 200 shot.

Elise Neugebauer: 200 shot range model air rifle.

Jeff Porter: I'm gonna go with none on that one. I'm gonna go with none. I'm gonna go with none on that one. I'm gonna go with none.

Elise Neugebauer: I would say none.

Jeff Porter: Okay, this one might be a little harder. Okay, this one might be a little harder.

Question 6: In A Christmas Story, what is the name of the department store where Ralphie first sees the big red rider BB gun?

Elise Neugebauer: It's not Macy's. It's not Macy's.

Jeff Porter: Bloomingdale's.

Elise Neugebauer: I didn't say Bloomingdale's. I didn't say Bloomingdale's.

Jeff Porter: No.

Elise Neugebauer: I've never seen the movie. I've never seen the movie.

Jeff Porter: Is it Gimbley or...

Elise Neugebauer: Gimbals, that's Elf. Gimbals, that's Elf.

Jeff Porter: Gimbals, that's Elf.

Elise Neugebauer: Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

Jeff Porter: That was last year's question.

Elise Neugebauer: Yeah. And I want to say, like, they're panning in and they're all looking through the window and he's telling the narrators, like, you know, every year they dress up the window at blah, blah, blah at, is it, start with an H? Yes. Yeah. And I want to say, like, they're panning in and they're all looking through the window and he's telling the narrators, like, you know, every year they dress up the window at blah, blah, blah at, is it, start with an H? Yes.

Jeff Porter: Oh, my gosh. It's like right there. H.

Elise Neugebauer: Harry's. Harry's.

Jeff Porter: Harmon's? Nope. Or, uh, Hendersons or...

Elise Neugebauer: Come on, Mark. Come on, Mark.

Jeff Porter: I know. I got close.

Elise Neugebauer: Have you seen this movie, Elise? I've seen it, but not from here. Then where's your guesses? Have you seen this movie, Elise? I've seen it, but not from here. Then where's your guesses?

Jeff Porter: I've, I've got none.

Elise Neugebauer: All right, got nothing. All right, got nothing.

Jeff Porter: All right, moving on.

Elise Neugebauer: Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh.

Jeff Porter: Higbee's.

Elise Neugebauer: I knew it was an H. I'm like, it's something. I knew it was an H. I'm like, it's something.

Jeff Porter: All right. Obviously, movies are not your all's thing.

Elise Neugebauer: Hey, I got, who got the only point in the room? Hey, I got, who got the only point in the room?

Jeff Porter: No, he got a point.

Elise Neugebauer: Yeah. Yeah, I got the, you know, two points. All right. Yeah. Yeah, I got the, you know, two points. All right.

Jeff Porter: Oh, my gosh. Okay, here we go. Next section.

Christmas Music

Jeff Porter: All right, next section. Chris, okay, Mark, you should master Christmas music. I'm not trying to insinuate anything. All right, next section. Chris, okay, Mark, you should master Christmas music. I'm not trying to insinuate anything.

Elise Neugebauer: I know, jeez. I feel like, you know.

Jeff Porter: All right. All right.

Elise Neugebauer: Pressure's on.

Jeff Porter: Pressure's on, guys. Here we go. Pressure's on, guys. Here we go.

Elise Neugebauer: All right.

Question 1: What Christmas song begins with the lyrics... Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer? Oh. What Christmas song begins with the lyrics... Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer? Oh.

Elise Neugebauer: Oh, wow, okay.

Jeff Porter: I'm gonna get points. I'm gonna get points.

Elise Neugebauer: She's coming out hot at the gate.

Jeff Porter: Elise has got two points. Can I say the rest for our audience? What Christmas song begins with the lyrics, You Know Dasher and Dancer? Elise has got two points. Can I say the rest for our audience? What Christmas song begins with the lyrics, You Know Dasher and Dancer?

Elise Neugebauer: And Prancer and Vixen.

Jeff Porter: Yeah. Yeah.

Elise Neugebauer: All right.

Jeff Porter: It is Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Okay, next question. It is Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Okay, next question.

Question 2: Which Christmas song became famous through a Stop Motion TV special?

Elise Neugebauer: Is it Frosty, the Snowman? Is it Frosty, the Snowman?

Jeff Porter: What's Stop Motion TV special?

Elise Neugebauer: Well, no, it's Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. But Frosty does too. But Frosty... Well, no, it's Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. But Frosty does too. But Frosty...

Jeff Porter: Oh yeah, Frosty was...

Elise Neugebauer: You're Frosty. What are you? You're Frosty. What are you?

Jeff Porter: What is a Stop Motion, like, that was brutal.

Elise Neugebauer: I'm like, you're telling me. I'm like, you're telling me.

Jeff Porter: Made it a little easier this year.

Elise Neugebauer: It was good. Yeah, it was good. It was good. Yeah, it was good.

Jeff Porter: We'll have to do a turn of the year dad jokes episode.

Elise Neugebauer: Okay. Okay.

Jeff Porter: It'll be Mark and I going off like this.

Elise Neugebauer: Yeah, I love it. Let's do it. Yeah, I love it. Let's do it.

Jeff Porter: We'll have to do that.

Elise Neugebauer: Yeah, New Year's Resolutions. Yeah, New Year's Resolutions.

Jeff Porter: That's right. New Year's Resolution dad jokes.

Elise Neugebauer: And everybody should submit a dad joke. And everybody should submit a dad joke.

Jeff Porter: Maybe. We'll see.

Elise Neugebauer: What is this? What is this?

Jeff Porter: I don't like dad jokes from women. I'm sorry. I have lots of dad jokes.

Elise Neugebauer: Does that sound sexist? That does sound sexist. Does that sound sexist? That does sound sexist.

Jeff Porter: But shouldn't dad jokes come from dads?

Elise Neugebauer: No, it's true. I agree. Yeah. No, it's true. I agree. Yeah.

Jeff Porter: No, we live with the dads.

Elise Neugebauer: We live with dads. We live with dads.

Jeff Porter: Then have your dad submit them. All right, should we wrap this thing up?

Elise Neugebauer: That's it. That's it.

Jeff Porter: Happy Christmas.

Elise Neugebauer: You guys have a wonderful, amazing Christmas, holiday, new year, and we'll see you next year. You guys have a wonderful, amazing Christmas, holiday, new year, and we'll see you next year.

Jeff Porter: Happy Holidays.

Outro

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