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200

This Bobby "Boris" Pickett song was the No. 1 hit on Halloween in 1962

Monster Mash

200

In the last line of the book, Dorothy says, "and here is" this pup, "too. And oh, Aunt Em! I'm so glad to be at home again!"

Toto

200

In 1995, 2 Swiss astronomers announced the first known one of these to orbit a star other than the sun

a planet

200

Population 7 million & lends its name to a type of bean

Lima

200

A half-lemon, half-lime appears to dot the "I" in this soda's name

Sprite

200

No. 10:
Pat & Vanna lead the fun

The Wheel of Fortune

400

This animal joined Halloween after the 15th century fear of witches spread through Europe

black cat

400

A hyena, zebra, orangutan & tiger do not walk into a bar, but are instead on a lifeboat with a teenaged boy in this novel

Life of Pi

400

In 1979 Voyager 1 discovered that this large body has rings, just like Saturn & Uranus

Jupiter

400

It's home to Kim Il-sung University

Pyongyang

400

This "medical" soda is advertised as being made from 23 different flavors

Dr. Pepper

400

No. 7:
An ancient wheeled transport of war

The Chariot

600

"Halloween" is coming--the 1978 horror film with this actress who strode in as babysitter Laurie Strode

Jamie Lee Curtis

600

Mole says this "Wind in the Willows" guy has been in the hospital 3 times after car crashes; maybe amphibians shouldn't drive

Mr. Toad

600

In 585 B.C. Thales of Miletus accurately predicted one of these astronomical events

solar eclipse

600

The Amstel flows under some 1,300 bridges & viaducts in this capital

Amsterdam

600

Caleb Bradham named his elixir this because it was supposed to relieve dyspepsia

Pepsi Cola

600

No. 17:
Alpha or Beta in Aquarius

The Star

800

The first time the White House was decorated for Halloween was in 1958, when she, Ike's better half, hung owls & goblins

Mamie Eisenhower

800

Akela the wolf & Baloo the brown bear are two of the animals featured in this collection of stories

The Jungle Book

800

In 1801 Giuseppe Piazzi discovered the first known one of these heavenly objects & dubbed it Ceres

asteroid

800

Indonesia's capital, it's on the island of Java

Jakarta

800

In 1982 this 3-letter soda began losing a lot of weight in sales after the debut of a fellow Coca-Cola item, Diet Coke

Tab

800

No. 4:
Napoleon, starting on Dec. 2, 1804

The Emperor

1000

This mythical Halloween being in the title of the oft-repeated animated TV special debuted on October 27, 1966

the Great Pumpkin from It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

1000

Hazel, Fiver & Blackberry are exceptional rabbits in this 1972 Richard Adams tale

Watership Down

1000

Around 240 B.C. Chinese astronomers observed this, later named for a British astronomer

Halley's Comet

1000

Barack Obama Sr. died in a car accident Nov. 24, 1982 in this city

Nairobi

1000

The name of this carbonated beverage once meant a type of Appalachian moonshine

Mountain Dew

1000

No. 9:
Howard Hughes lived as one for the last years of his life

The Hermit