I Want Candy
American Myths and Legends
American Pie References
Girls and Women in Sports
Famous Jacks
Rhyme Time
Potpourri
100
This red gummy fish candy is known to be of this nationality.
What is Swedish?
100
This mythical logger is a beloved character in Northwestern and Midwestern folklore. He's credited with creating Puget Sound and the Grand Canyon, by dragging his axe along the ground.
Who is Paul Bunyan?
100
In American Pie, McLean says "This will be the day that I die," in reference to one of this artist's most popular songs, "That'll Be The Day."
100
In the Ancient times, the Olympics was traditionally held for men only, but women had their own games named after this Queen of the Gods.
Who is Hera?
100
Sometimes called Leather Apron or The Whitechapel Murder, this Jack was an unidentified serial killer who was active in and around the impoverished Whitechapel district of London, England, in 1888.
Who is Jack the Ripper?
100
Inebriated stinky mammal
What is a Drunk Skunk?
100
This is the only vowel on a standard QWERTY keyboard that is not on the top line of letters.
What is A?
200
This candy's name is a derivation of the German word for peppermint (pfefferminz) and the original flavor of the little block candies
What is Pez?
200
According to Nathaniel Hawthorne, "One if by land and two if by sea" is how this real person (with a slightly trumped up legend) would know how the British were coming.
Who is Paul Revere?
200
Helter Skelter, in a summer swelter . . . that song, featured on this Beatles album, was considered an inspiration for the Tate/LaBianca murders carried out by cult leader Charles Manson in 1969.
What is the White Album?
200
Born in 1956 in Prague, this Czech-born tennis player has won 18 Grand Slam singles titles. She has won the Women's Singles title at Wimbledon nine times. She had a well-storied rivalry with Chris Everett.
Who is Martina Navratilova?
200
This famous Jack was an American professional baseball player who became the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era. He broke the color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
200
A puzzle about a violin
What is a fiddle riddle?
200
This is the name of the spicy fermented cabbage dish that’s a staple in Korean cuisine.
What is Kimchi?
300
Grape, orange, lemon and lime were the original flavors of this candy when it debuted in 1921.
What are Lifesavers?
300
Though this mythical character is mainly fiction, he's based on a man named John Chapman. The myth is known for barefoot walks around the west, planting trees. The real guy died of exposure.
Who is Johnny Appleseed?
300
"I Met a Girl who sang the blues" refers to this singer, famous for Piece of My Heart, Mercedes Benz and her cover of Kris Kristofferson's Me And Bobby McGee. Unfortunately, she joined the 27 Club on October 4, 1970.
300
This athlete began studying gymnastics in Romania when she was 6. In the 1976 Olympic Games, she scored the first perfect tens ever awarded in her sport, and won five Olympic medals
300
This Jack is an American actor and filmmaker whose career has spanned more than 60 years. Recently seen here when we screened A Few Good Men, you may also know him from The Shining and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
Who is Jack Nicholson?
300
Uncontrollable bleeding
What is a blood flood?
300
Globe and Jerusalem are both varieties of this vegetable.
What is the artichoke?
400
Originally called the Papa Sucker, this caramel candy on a stick debuted in 1925 and is now known by a slightly less graphic name. Maybe?!?!?
What is a Sugar Daddy?
400
This Wild West legend was shot and killed while playing poker in a Deadwood saloon. Legend has it he held the dead-man's hand, aces and eights, when he was gunned down.
Who is Wild Bill Hickok?
400
The line "Jack be nimble, jack be quick, Jack Flash sat on a candlestick" refers to this charismatic lead singer who you'll hear prominently in the Rolling Stones song Jumpin' Jack Flash.
Who is Mick Jagger?
400
Chloe Kim is a two-time Olympic gold medalist. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, she became the youngest woman to win an Olympic gold in this sport when she was just 17 years old.
What is Snowboarding?
400
A pioneer in the world of comedy, this Jack's career has spanned radio, television, and film, making him one of the most recognizable entertainers of his time. He portrayed himself as a miser who obliviously played his violin badly and claimed perpetually to be 39 years of age
Who is Jack Benny?
400
Spiteful pasta
What is petty spaghetti?
400
A full tour of all of this state’s escalators, including rides up and down and the travel time between them, takes 10 minutes.
What is Wyoming?
500
Schrafft's candy in Boston urged families to send these tiny treats with soft candy shell and a thick gel interior to their loved ones in the Union Army. The colorful candies would provide quick energy and resist melting.
What are jelly beans?
500
This famous Tennessee backwoodsman, who legend says killed a bear when he was only three, was elected to Congress multiple times, but his title will remain "King of the Wild Frontier."
Who is Davy Crockett?
500
"In a coat he borrowed from James Dean . . ." in this film from 1955, James Dean wears a plot-driving red windbreaker. On the cover of "The Free-wheelin' Bob Dylan", Dylan is in a similar coat.
What is Rebel Without A Cause?
500
Following her incredible swimming career in which she won twelve Olympic medals (from 1992-2004), she received a medical degree from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and now works as an anesthesiologist in Maine.
Who is Jenny Thompson?
500
This Jack was a nightclub owner who became infamous due to his connection to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy when he shot and killed suspected assassin Lee Harvey Oswald on live television.
Who is Jack Ruby?
500
A tense carrot
What is an edgy veggie?
500
This Pulitzer Prize winner is credited with coining the term “colorism” in 1982.
Who is Alice Walker?