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200

This holiday on October 31 is most associated with ghosts, costumes, and trick-or-treating.

What is Halloween?

200

This is the largest country in the world by land area.

What is Russia?

200

This is the largest animal known to have ever lived.

What is the blue whale?

200

In basketball, a shot made from beyond the arc is worth this many points.

What is three?

200

Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus on this holiday.

What is Easter?

400

In folklore, this transparent or shadowy appearance of a dead person is commonly called this.

What is an apparition?

400

This river flows through Egypt and empties into the Mediterranean Sea.

What is the Nile?

400

This is the only mammal capable of true sustained flight.

What is a bat?

400

This Jamaican sprinter holds the men's world records in both the 100- and 200-meter sprints.

Who is Usain Bolt?

400

Muslims face this holy city in Saudi Arabia during their daily prayers.

What is Mecca?

600

This famous “friendly ghost” first appeared in cartoons in the 1940s.

Who is Casper?

600

This South American country has the world's longest coastline on the Pacific Ocean.

What is Chile?

600

This land animal has the highest blood pressure, helping pump blood all the way to its brain.

What is a giraffe?

600

In baseball, this term describes a batter hitting a single, double, triple, and home run in the same game.

What is hitting for the cycle?

600

This Jewish holiday commemorates the Israelites' Exodus from slavery in Egypt.

What is Passover?

800

In A Christmas Carol, this deceased business partner is the first ghostly visitor to Scrooge.

Who is Jacob Marley?

800

This tiny European country is located entirely within the city of Rome.

What is Vatican City?

800

Unlike most mammals, this Australian animal lays eggs and has a duck-like bill.

What is a platypus?

800

This country won the first FIFA World Cup in 1930.

What is Uruguay?

800

Siddhartha Gautama is better known by this title, meaning “Awakened One.”

Who is the Buddha?

1000

This 1984 comedy featured Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, Egon Spengler, and Winston Zeddemore hunting the supernatural in New York.

What is Ghostbusters?

1000

The Strait of Malacca separates the Malay Peninsula from this large Indonesian island.

What is Sumatra?

1000

This marine animal has three hearts, blue blood, and can squeeze through extremely small openings.

What is an octopus?

1000

This NHL legend is the only player in league history to surpass 200 points in a season—and he did it four times.

Who is Wayne Gretzky?

1000

In Hinduism, this Sanskrit term refers to the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth.

What is samsara?