Christmas
Assassination Nation
Candy Crush
Fears
The Oscars
300

Starting on Thanksgiving Day, this north central West Virginia radio station plays nothing but Christmas hits throughout the remainder of the year.

WWLW 106.5

300

On November 22, 1963, U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in this Texas city during a presidential motorcade.

Dallas

300

Conservative pundits were outraged when this candy mascot traded her white go-go boots for "woke" sneakers in 2022.

The Green M&M

300

Acrophobia

Fear of heights

300

Masked luchador Óscar Gutiérrez Rubio, a former WWE champion, is better known by this in-ring name, which he inherited from his uncle.

Rey Mysterio

400

Directed by Bob Clark, "My Summer Story" is a little-known 1994 film that serves as a sequel to this 1983 holiday cult classic by the same director.

A Christmas Story

400

This rock icon was assassinated outside of his New York City hotel on December 8, 1980 by Mark David Chapman, whose motives included the musician's religious beliefs and "communist" songs.

John Lennon

400

With more than $2 billion in annual sales, this often mispronounced brand is the most popular candy of the 21st century.

Reese's Cups

400

Bibliophobia

Fear of books

400

Hollywood superstar Oscar Isaac plays this superhero suffering from dissociative identity disorder in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Moon Knight

500

This entertainment company has made 18 animated and stop-motion Christmas specials, including "Frosty the Snowman", "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", and "The Year Without a Santa Claus".

Rankin/Bass

500

On March 30, 1981, John Hinckley, Jr. tried - and failed - to assassinate U.S. President Ronald Reagan in an attempt to impress this barely legal "Taxi Driver" actress.

Jodie Foster

500

First released in the U.S. in 1979, this fruity candy brand has released limited time editions named "Darkside", "Zombie", "Shriekers", and "Smoothie".

Skittles

500

Ichthyophobia

Fear of fish

500

One of London's most popular poets and playwrights of the late 1800s, this Irish native wrote the novel "The Portrait of Dorian Gray" before being imprisoned and exiled for gross indecency and homosexual acts. 

Oscar Wilde

600

This "A Christmas Carol" character, a deceased associate of Ebenezer Scrooge who warns his former friend about the ghosts who will soon visit, is played by both Statler and Waldorf in "The Muppet Christmas Carol".

Jacob Marley

600

On June 28, 1914, Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of this country, was assassinated by 19-year-old Gavrilo Princip in what would be a key event leading up to World War I.

Austria-Hungary

600

Everlasting Gobstoppers, Nerds, and Wonka Bars are all real-life candies inspired by the 1964 children's book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", which was written by this British author.

Roald Dahl

600

Panphobia

Fear of everything

600

This NBA Hall of Famer co-captained the 1960 U.S. Olympic Basketball team with Jerry West and garnered 12 NBA All-Star nods, yet won only a single NBA Championship with the Milwaukee Bucks in 1971.

Oscar Robertson

700

The birth of Jesus Christ, including the journey of Mary and Joseph to Jerusalem and the nativity, is detailed in this book of the Bible's New Testament. 

Luke

700

On April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth assassinated U.S. President Abraham Lincoln during a performance of this play.

Our American Cousin

700

In 1970, the Peter Paul Candy Company created the slogan - and later jingle - "Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't" to advertise these two candy bars.

Almond Joy and Mounds

700

Heptadecaphobia

Fear of the number 17

700

For 50 years, Oscar the Grouch's trashcan has sat in front of this exact fictional address.

123 Sesame Street