[Closed] Totally Random Trivia - 2025

Answers to Monday, June 2, 2025

1. What fashion retailer and subsidiary of Abercrombie and Fitch once required its employees to spritz the merchandise with SoCal, the store’s signature cologne, leading to a headache-inducing scent in malls across America?

Hollister

2. The Pat Summitt Rotunda welcomes visitors to what sport’s Hall of Fame, located in Knoxville, Tennessee?

Women’s Basketball

3. In 1997, Intel, Ericsson, Nokia, and IBM entered a joint research venture, which they named in honor of Harald Gormsson, the 10th-century king who united Denmark. What was Harald’s nickname?

Bluetooth

4. Doris Day first sang her signature song for the Hitchcock movie “The Man Who Knew Too Much.” It later became the theme song to “The Doris Day Show.” Name that song!

“Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)”

5. Actor Hailee Steinfeld officially tied the knot this past weekend with what reigning NFL MVP?

Josh Allen

Questions for
Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email. 

1. A 1971 single made what brotherly trio the first Australian band to score a No. 1 hit in the U.S.?

2. John J. Crittenden served as U.S. attorney general for one term in the 1840s, and another in the 1850s. Only one other person has served two separate terms as AG. Name that person.

3. Every country in a FIFA Men's World Cup Final has either been a part of Europe or South America. 1930 is the only year when a third-place winner wasn’t located on one of those two continents. Which continent did that country come from?

4. Though it sounds like flowers you might give on Valentine’s Day, what two-word French term means a bunch of dried or fresh herbs tied together with twine and added to soups or stews to enhance flavor?

5. At the 2024 Paris games, what now-retired Phoenix Mercury guard became the first person ever to have won six Olympic gold medals in basketball?

4 Bouquet Garni 

3. North America

1. The Bee Gees

5. Diana Turasi

2. William Barr

Answers to Tuesday, June 3, 2025

1. A 1971 single made what brotherly trio the first Australian band to score a No. 1 hit in the U.S.?

Bee Gees

2. John J. Crittenden served as U.S. attorney general for one term in the 1840s, and another in the 1850s. Only one other person has served two separate terms as AG. Name that person.

William Barr

3. Every country in a FIFA Men's World Cup Final has either been a part of Europe or South America. 1930 is the only year when a third-place winner wasn’t located on one of those two continents. Which continent did that country come from?

North America
(United States)

4. Though it sounds like flowers you might give on Valentine’s Day, what two-word French term means a bunch of dried or fresh herbs tied together with twine and added to soups or stews to enhance flavor?

Bouquet garni

5. At the 2024 Paris games, what now-retired Phoenix Mercury guard became the first person ever to have won six Olympic gold medals in basketball?

Diana Taurasi

Questions for
Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email. 

1. Architect Antoni Gaudí was famous for his fanciful style, which is most visible in buildings like the Sagrada Família church in what Spanish city?

2. Playing very much to type, what grizzled actor appeared as a grizzled frontiersman opposite a CGI St. Bernard in 2020’s “The Call of the Wild”?

3. “A more different S,” “consummate Vs,” and a “big, beefy arm” are three of the steps Strong Bad used in a 2003 webtoon to draw what burninating dragon?

4. In 2020, Pfizer partnered with what German-based company to accelerate development of vaccines against COVID-19?

5. An actor adopting the story “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love” to Broadway was at the center of what Best Picture winner?

4. BioNTech

2. Harrison Ford

1. Barcelona 

5) Birdman starring Michael Keaton

Answers to Wednesday, June 4, 2025

1. Architect Antoni Gaudí was famous for his fanciful style, which is most visible in buildings like the Sagrada Família church in what Spanish city?

Barcelona

2. Playing very much to type, what grizzled actor appeared as a grizzled frontiersman opposite a CGI St. Bernard in 2020’s “The Call of the Wild”?

Harrison Ford

3. “A more different S,” “consummate Vs,” and a “big, beefy arm” are three of the steps Strong Bad used in a 2003 webtoon to draw what burninating dragon?

Trogdor
(“Homestar Runner”)

4. In 2020, Pfizer partnered with what German-based company to accelerate development of vaccines against COVID-19?

BioNTech

5. An actor adopting the story “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love” to Broadway was at the center of what Best Picture winner?

“Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)”

Questions for
Theme Thursday, June 5, 2025

Non-Comic “San”s: In honor of Trivia Mafia’s favorite font, here are five questions about “San”s around the world.

Answers in tomorrow’s email. 

1. A city known as the "Christmas Capital of the Philippines" shares what name with a large valley just north of the Los Angeles Basin?

2. In the film "Pee-wee’s Big Adventure," Pee-wee travels on an ill-fated mission to what city to find his stolen bicycle?
   
3. According to legend, Leonardo da Vinci once traveled to a town in northern Italy to sample and analyze the town’s “miraculous water.” What was the name of that town?

4. In 2017, Carmen Yulín Cruz drew global attention to the unfolding humanitarian crisis in the city of which she was the mayor. Name that city.

5. Two of the seven countries in Central America have capitals whose names begin with “San.” Name one of those capital cities.

2. San Antonio

5.  San Jose, Costa Rica & San Salvador, El Salvador 

1. San Fernando

3. San Pellegrino

Answers to Thursday, June 5, 2025

Non-Comic “San”s: In honor of Trivia Mafia’s favorite font, here are five questions about “San”s around the world.

1. A city known as the "Christmas Capital of the Philippines" shares what name with a large valley just north of the Los Angeles Basin?

San Fernando

2. In the film "Pee-wee’s Big Adventure," Pee-wee travels on an ill-fated mission to what city to find his stolen bicycle?

San Antonio

3. According to legend, Leonardo da Vinci once traveled to a town in northern Italy to sample and analyze the town’s “miraculous water.” What was the name of that town?

San Pellegrino (or San Pellegrino Terme)

4. In 2017, Carmen Yulín Cruz drew global attention to the unfolding humanitarian crisis in the city of which she was the mayor. Name that city.

San Juan
(Puerto Rico, following Hurricane Maria)

5. Two of the seven countries in Central America have capitals whose names begin with “San.” Name one of those capital cities.

San José (Costa Rica), San Salvador (El Salvador)

Questions for
Friday, June 6, 2025

Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in Monday’s email. 

1. Quit While You’re Ahead: An EGOT is someone who has won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony in competitive categories. There are six women who have received that honor. Name as many of them as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any incorrect.

2. In the 2024 film “Fly Me to the Moon,” a character based on legendary real-life NASA flight director Gene Kranz is played by what actor, whose prior roles include a wrestler, a LEGO Superman, a stripper, and — spoiler alert — Gambit, finally?

3. In anatomy, two muscles that work together to help flex and extend a joint are known by what names?

4. A group of students attempted to humiliate New York Republicans by inviting them to a 1930 banquet in honor of politico Hugo N. Frye… who didn’t actually exist. The prank almost got the students expelled from what Ivy League school in Ithaca, New York?

5. Today is June 6. On this day in 1892, entrepreneur Donald Duncan was born. He was best known for popularizing what toy, invented in California by Filipino immigrant Pedro Flores in 1928?

1. Rita Moreno, 

4. Cornell

3. Tensors and flexors

5. Yo-yo

2. Channing Tatum

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1. Rita Moreno, 

I’m pretty sure Whoopi Goldberg has an EGOT.

1) the ones not already mentioned are Helen Hayes, Audrey Hepburn, Jennifer Hudson and Viola Davis.

Rita and Whoopi round it out.  

Answers to Friday, June 6, 2025

1. Quit While You’re Ahead: An EGOT is someone who has won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony in competitive categories. There are six women who have received that honor. Name as many of them as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any incorrect.

Helen Hayes, Rita Moreno, Audrey Hepburn, Whoopi Goldberg, Jennifer Hudson, Viola Davis

2. In the 2024 film “Fly Me to the Moon,” a character based on legendary real-life NASA flight director Gene Kranz is played by what actor, whose prior roles include a wrestler, a LEGO Superman, a stripper, and — spoiler alert — Gambit, finally?

Channing Tatum

3. In anatomy, two muscles that work together to help flex and extend a joint are known by what names?

Flexor, extensor

4. A group of students attempted to humiliate New York Republicans by inviting them to a 1930 banquet in honor of politico Hugo N. Frye… who didn’t actually exist. The prank almost got the students expelled from what Ivy League school in Ithaca, New York?

Cornell

5. Today is June 6. On this day in 1892, entrepreneur Donald Duncan was born. He was best known for popularizing what toy, invented in California by Filipino immigrant Pedro Flores in 1928?

Yo-yo

Questions for
Monday, June 9, 2025

Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email. 

1. Which Caribbean nation has a name that translates to English as “the bearded ones”?

2. Kate McKinnon, Bowen Yang, and Danitra Vance are three of the handful of queer cast members in the 50-year history of what series?

3. What actor has appeared in eight Coen Brothers movies, and has been married to Joel Coen since 1984?

4. Fans of Muddy Waters, “The Powerpuff Girls,” and Austin Powers may know that what four-letter word comes from a Gullah or Creole term for “magic”?

5. Margaret Rudkin wrote the first-ever cookbook to make the New York Times best-seller list. She also founded a popular commercial bakery that is now owned by Campbell’s. She named both after her family’s 120-acre Connecticut estate. Name that estate!

3.  Frances McDormand

5.  Pepperidge Farm (??)

1. Barbados

2. Saturday Night Live

4 has to be Mojo, doesn't it?

Answers to Monday, June 9, 2025

1. Which Caribbean nation has a name that translates to English as “the bearded ones”?

Barbados

2. Kate McKinnon, Bowen Yang, and Danitra Vance are three of the handful of queer cast members in the 50-year history of what series?

“Saturday Night Live”

3. What actor has appeared in eight Coen Brothers movies, and has been married to Joel Coen since 1984?

Frances McDormand

4. Fans of Muddy Waters, “The Powerpuff Girls,” and Austin Powers may know that what four-letter word comes from a Gullah or Creole term for “magic”?

“Mojo”

5. Margaret Rudkin wrote the first-ever cookbook to make the New York Times best-seller list. She also founded a popular commercial bakery that is now owned by Campbell’s. She named both after her family’s 120-acre Connecticut estate. Name that estate!

Pepperidge Farm

Questions for
Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email. 

1. Showrunners Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy asked directors not to use handheld cameras until the Season 1 finale — the episode in which the android characters develop consciousness — of what HBO sci-fi series?

2. In a 1980s commercial, British comedian John Cleese became increasingly befuddled as he tried to tell people that, “Computers often make people quite angry.” What brand was that phrase trying (and failing) to promote?

3. At 1,959 feet tall, Goldin Finance 117 would be the sixth-tallest building in the world if completed, but it has stood empty for nearly a decade in what country, home to five of the 10 tallest buildings in the world?

4. In 2006, the Academy of Magical Arts awarded their “Parlour Magician of the Year” title upon which “Seinfeld” alum, an accomplished mentalist and magician since childhood?

5. What women’s fashion retailer markets a policy called “Radical Transparency,” in which a breakdown of costs such as materials, tariffs, and labor is provided for each of its items?

4) Jason Alexander.  I got to visit the Magic Castle once, it’s by member invite only.  It was the most fun I’ve ever had!  

okay I waited…I figured you guys wouldn’t know this one

5) Everlane

2. Compaq

1. Westworld
3. China

Answers to Tuesday, June 10, 2025

1. Showrunners Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy asked directors not to use handheld cameras until the Season 1 finale — the episode in which the android characters develop consciousness — of what HBO sci-fi series?

“Westworld”

2. In a 1980s commercial, British comedian John Cleese became increasingly befuddled as he tried to tell people that, “Computers often make people quite angry.” What brand was that phrase trying (and failing) to promote?

COMPAQ
(“Computers often…” is a failed acronym)

3. At 1,959 feet tall, Goldin Finance 117 would be the sixth-tallest building in the world if completed, but it has stood empty for nearly a decade in what country, home to five of the 10 tallest buildings in the world?

China

4. In 2006, the Academy of Magical Arts awarded their “Parlour Magician of the Year” title upon which “Seinfeld” alum, an accomplished mentalist and magician since childhood?

Jason Alexander

5. What women’s fashion retailer markets a policy called “Radical Transparency,” in which a breakdown of costs such as materials, tariffs, and labor is provided for each of its items?

Everlane

Questions for
Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email. 

1. Four theatrically released Disney animated movies are set in Africa. Three of them have “The Lion King” in their titles. What is the fourth?

2. What 10-letter word comes from the Latin for "a period of 40 days," which was the amount of time Venetian authorities kept foreign ships off-shore before allowing them into port?

3. Animator Niki Yang became an unexpected TV star in 2010 when she began providing the voices for the Korean-speaking Lady Rainicorn and the sentient video game console BMO on what Cartoon Network series?

4. Last year, what alliterative Grammy-winning country singer released “Passage Du Desir” under his new alter ego Johnny Blue Skies?

5. From an old term for the peddlers that used to sell them, small collections of written work usually under 40 pages are known by what name?

2. Quarantine

2 Quarantine 

1. Tarzan

3. Adventure Time

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Answers to Tuesday, June 10, 2025

2. In a 1980s commercial, British comedian John Cleese became increasingly befuddled as he tried to tell people that, “Computers often make people quite angry.” What brand was that phrase trying (and failing) to promote?

COMPAQ
(“Computers often…” is a failed acronym

4. Sturgill Simpson

Answers to Wednesday, June 11, 2025

1. Four theatrically released Disney animated movies are set in Africa. Three of them have “The Lion King” in their titles. What is the fourth?

“Tarzan”

2. What 10-letter word comes from the Latin for "a period of 40 days," which was the amount of time Venetian authorities kept foreign ships off-shore before allowing them into port?

“Quarantine”

3. Animator Niki Yang became an unexpected TV star in 2010 when she began providing the voices for the Korean-speaking Lady Rainicorn and the sentient video game console BMO on what Cartoon Network series?

“Adventure Time”

4. Last year, what alliterative Grammy-winning country singer released “Passage Du Desir” under his new alter ego Johnny Blue Skies?

Sturgill Simpson

5. From an old term for the peddlers that used to sell them, small collections of written work usually under 40 pages are known by what name?

Chapbooks

Questions for
Theme Thursday, June 12, 2025

QueeReality TV: Five questions about LGBTQ+ people in the victory, mess, and drama of unscripted TV.

Answers in tomorrow’s email. 

1. In November 2021, Amazon Prime Video released a docuseries following a group of lesbian friends catching some rays and navigating a high-voltage social life in what coastal city?

2. Armando Rubio and Kenny Niedermeier won hearts and made history as the first gay couple on what reality TV show franchise, whose name refers to the time frame given to couples in which there is an immigrant to the U.S. seeking marriage to a U.S. citizen?

3. Isis King became one of the most visible trans people on TV when she made appearances on both the 11th and 17th cycles of what competitive reality show?

4. Ted Allen, formerly the food expert on “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,” is the host for what sharp, reality-based cooking TV game show on Food Network?

5. In 2022, Paramount+ aired a reunion of the New Orleans cast of what MTV series, reminding us of how cast member Danny’s boyfriend had to have his face obscured in the original, 2000 season due to “don’t ask, don’t tell”?

4. Chopped

5. Real World

Answers to Thursday, June 12, 2025

QueeReality TV: Five questions about LGBTQ+ people in the victory, mess, and drama of unscripted TV.

1. In November 2021, Amazon Prime Video released a docuseries following a group of lesbian friends catching some rays and navigating a high-voltage social life in what coastal city?

Tampa Bay
(“Tampa Baes”)

2. Armando Rubio and Kenny Niedermeier won hearts and made history as the first gay couple on what reality TV show franchise, whose name refers to the time frame given to couples in which there is an immigrant to the U.S. seeking marriage to a U.S. citizen?

“90 Day Fiancé”

3. Isis King became one of the most visible trans people on TV when she made appearances on both the 11th and 17th cycles of what competitive reality show?

“America’s Next Top Model”
4. Ted Allen, formerly the food expert on “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,” is the host for what sharp, reality-based cooking TV game show on Food Network?

“Chopped”

5. In 2022, Paramount+ aired a reunion of the New Orleans cast of what MTV series, reminding us of how cast member Danny’s boyfriend had to have his face obscured in the original, 2000 season due to “don’t ask, don’t tell”?

“The Real World”

Questions for
Friday, June 13, 2025

Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in Monday’s email.

1. Quit While You’re Ahead: In “The Sound of Music,” five types of non-human animals are mentioned in the lyrics of the song “My Favorite Things.” Name as many of those animals as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any incorrect.

2. Talcum is at the bottom at a 1 on what scale that measures hardness, or in other words, the resistance of a smooth surface to scratching?

3. What dice game takes its name from the Hindi word for “25”?

4. Opened in 1971 and located in Austin, Texas, the southernmost presidential library is dedicated to which U.S. president?

5. Today is June 13. Happy birthday to what pair of twins whose ’90s film roles include “How the West Was Fun,” “To Grandmother's House We Go,” “It Takes Two,” and “Billboard Dad”?

2. Mohs scale

4. LBJ