This fell for "forty days and forty nights" during the flood
What is rain
100
In this sport's scouting process, a player's value is partially calculated by how quickly he can run a 40-yard dash
What is football
100
After the Civil War, there were plans to offer the freed slaves 40 acres and one of these animals
What is a mule
100
On average, there are 40 weeks of this period before a baby is born
What is pregnancy
100
It is said that Eskimo have 40 words for this
What is snow
200
This person challenged the Israelites twice a day, for forty days, before being defeated by an unlikely foe
Who is Goliath
200
In this sport, the number 40 represents the third point gained in a game
What is tennis
200
For 77 years, the Fair Labor Standards Act has ensured this for American workers
What is the 40 hour work week
200
This stone commemorates 40 years of marriage (Listen up R. Lucas)
What is the Ruby
200
To "catch 40 winks" means to do this
What is nap (or Ben-nap)
300
In modern Christian practice, this season consists of the 40 days preceding Easter
What is Lent
300
In this professional league, each team is allowed to have 40 players under contract at any given time
What is Major League Baseball
300
This radio program is hosted by Ryan Seacrest
What is American Top 40
300
The unique temperature at which the Fahrenheit and Celsius scales correspond
What is -40 degrees
300
When the bubonic plague gripped Europe during the Middle Ages, ships were isolated in the harbor for 40 days before passengers could go ashore, thus inspiring this English word.
What is quarantine
400
This person was forty years old when they first received the revelation delivered by the archangel Gabriel.
Who is Muhammad
400
There are 40 spaces on the board of this classic American game
What is Monopoly
400
40 was the highest number ever counted to on this PBS children's television show
What is Sesame Street
400
It took chemists 40 attempts to develop this magical spray
What is WD-40
400
The number 40 is used in many religious writings to convey this
What is a large approximate number or "a long time"
*forty days & forty nights, forty days in the desert, forty days before Jesus resurrected, etc.
500
In Hinduism, many of these consist of forty shlokas or dohas
What are prayers
500
In Britain's "Grand National" annual event, there are 40 participants competing in this type of sporting contest
What is horse racing
500
Interstate 40 is a cross-country freeway that runs from California to this eastern state
What is North Carolina
500
40 is the atomic number of this chemical element, the main component of what is often called a poor man's diamond
What is Zirconium
500
In this Holy Book, it is said that a person’s intellect attains maturity in forty years, everyone according to their own capacity.