Ballpark
Puzzle #15 · 4 October 2026
The five questions from that day's Ballpark, each with its answer, the fact behind it and a link to the source. Rather play it first? It is in the archive.
1. About how many trees are there on Earth, according to a landmark 2015 study?
3.04T trees
About 3.04 trillion — roughly 422 per person. We cut down over 15 billion a year. Source
Image: lubasi · CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped
2. How tall is the world's tallest lighthouse, the Jeddah Port Control Tower in Saudi Arabia?
133 meters
133 m (436 ft). Built of concrete and steel in 1990, it gives three white flashes every 20 seconds. Source
Image: Vadym Gavrykov · CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped
3. About how many crayons does Crayola make each year?
3B crayons
Nearly 3 billion a year, by Crayola's own count. That works out to an average of twelve million crayons every day. Source
4. How much does NASA's Crawler-Transporter 2, the giant tracked vehicle that carries Moon rockets to the launch pad, weigh?
6.65M pounds
About 6.65 million pounds, equal to some 15 Statues of Liberty. In 2023 Guinness named it the heaviest self-powered vehicle. Source
Image: NASA · Public domain
5. How many points did Kareem Abdul-Jabbar score in his NBA career (regular season)?
38,387 points
38,387. He held the NBA scoring record from 1984 until LeBron James passed him in 2023. Source
Image: Frank Bryan · Public domain