[Closed] Totally Random Trivia - 2025

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Questions for
Wednesday, October 1, 2025

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

1. Beyoncé sings a cover of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” and a snippet from the Italian opera aria “Caro mio ben” on what 2024 album?

2. What berry is known regionally as an “alligator pear” or “butter fruit”?

3. In 2004, a man falsely accused of murder was released when footage of him at a Dodgers game emerged that confirmed his alibi. That footage was shot for “The Car Pool Lane,” an episode of what HBO comedy?

4. The capital of Lebanon has been called “The Paris of the Middle East.” Name that city.

5. If you look north while taking a boat through the Straits of Mackinac, you'll see Michigan. If you look south, you'll see which state?

5 Michigan 

4. Beirut

1.  Cowboy Carter

3. Curb Your Enthusiasm 

3. Curb Your Enthusiasm. (One of Larry's best episodes.)

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3. Curb Your Enthusiasm. (One of Larry's best episodes.)

Outstanding episode

Answers to Wednesday, October 1, 2025

1. Beyoncé sings a cover of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” and a snippet from the Italian opera aria “Caro mio ben” on what 2024 album?

“Cowboy Carter”

2. What berry is known regionally as an “alligator pear” or “butter fruit”?

Avocado

3. In 2004, a man falsely accused of murder was released when footage of him at a Dodgers game emerged that confirmed his alibi. That footage was shot for “The Car Pool Lane,” an episode of what HBO comedy?

“Curb Your Enthusiasm”

4. The capital of Lebanon has been called “The Paris of the Middle East.” Name that city.

Beirut

5. If you look north while taking a boat through the Straits of Mackinac, you'll see Michigan. If you look south, you'll see which state?

Michigan

Questions for
Theme Thursday, September 25, 2025

Playing God: You’ve heard the expression “playing God.” This potentially blasphemous round is all about people who did just that.

Answers in tomorrow’s email. 

1. The musician who appeared as God in the film “Dogma” also appears on its soundtrack with the song “Still,” which she wrote, performed, and produced. Who is she?

2. “Book II” and “You Devil” are the post-exclamation point subtitles to what 1980s sequels, starring George Burns as God?

3. God appeared repeatedly in Monty Python’s works as a cranky, impatient stop-motion collage figure. He was voiced by the same actor who played Arthur in “Monty Python and the Holy Grail.” Which Python was that?

4. What actor, more recently noted for his dramatic work, appeared as God in a “Mr. Show” sketch recording the audiobook version of his memoir, “My Life in the Fast Lane: God’s Autobiography”?

5. Zachary Quinto, will.i.am, Kathryn Joosten, and the lead actor’s father Russ Tamblyn are just a few of the dozens of actors who played God on what mid-2000s CBS fantasy drama?

2.  Oh God!

3.  Graham Chapman

1 Alanis Morisette

4. Bob Odenkirk

Answers to Thursday, October 2, 2025

Playing God: You’ve heard the expression “playing God.” This potentially blasphemous round is all about people who did just that.

1. The musician who appeared as God in the film “Dogma” also appears on its soundtrack with the song “Still,” which she wrote, performed, and produced. Who is she?

Alanis Morissette

2. “Book II” and “You Devil” are the post-exclamation point subtitles to what 1980s sequels, starring George Burns as God?

“Oh, God!”

3. God appeared repeatedly in Monty Python’s works as a cranky, impatient stop-motion collage figure. He was voiced by the same actor who played Arthur in “Monty Python and the Holy Grail.” Which Python was that?

Graham Chapman

4. What actor, more recently noted for his dramatic work, appeared as God in a “Mr. Show” sketch recording the audiobook version of his memoir, “My Life in the Fast Lane: God’s Autobiography”?

Bob Odenkirk

5. Zachary Quinto, will.i.am, Kathryn Joosten, and the lead actor’s father Russ Tamblyn are just a few of the dozens of actors who played God on what mid-2000s CBS fantasy drama?

“Joan of Arcadia”
(Amber Tamblyn was the lead)

Questions for
Friday, October 3, 2025

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

1. Quit While You’re Ahead: Taylor Swift’s highly anticipated 12th studio album “The Life of a Showgirl” is out today. There are five other full-length Taylor Swift albums that will not get a re-recorded “Taylor’s Version,” due to her already owning the masters for those recordings. Name as many of those recent TSwift albums as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any incorrect.

2. What is the name of the theoretical “cloud” of icy planetesimals as far as 3.2 light years away from Earth’s sun, proposed by and named for a Dutch astronomer in 1950?

3. While still a teenager in the ’60s, actor-singer Donna Loren appeared on variety shows, in movies, and on magazine covers as the bubbly spokesperson known as “the BLANK Girl.” What Texas soda brand fills that blank?

4. What daily newspaper comic strip features such supporting characters as Private Rocky, Captain Scabbard, and Specialist Chip Gizmo?

5. Today is October 3. On this day in 1992, Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor tore up a picture of Pope John Paul II after a performance on what weekly show?

5. Saturday Night Live

2 Oort Cloud

5 Saturday night live

3.  Dr. Pepper?  It's based in TX.

4.  Beetle Bailey

1) Come on @greyeagle … Name those Taylor Swift songs!!!

Answers to Friday, October 3, 2025

1. Quit While You’re Ahead: Taylor Swift’s highly anticipated 12th studio album “The Life of a Showgirl” is out today. There are five other full-length Taylor Swift albums that will not get a re-recorded “Taylor’s Version,” due to her already owning the masters for those recordings. Name as many of those recent TSwift albums as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any incorrect.

“Lover,” “Folklore,” “Evermore,” “Midnights,” “The Tortured Poets Department”

2. What is the name of the theoretical “cloud” of icy planetesimals as far as 3.2 light years away from Earth’s sun, proposed by and named for a Dutch astronomer in 1950?

Oort cloud

3. While still a teenager in the ’60s, actor-singer Donna Loren appeared on variety shows, in movies, and on magazine covers as the bubbly spokesperson known as “the BLANK Girl.” What Texas soda brand fills that blank?

Dr Pepper

4. What daily newspaper comic strip features such supporting characters as Private Rocky, Captain Scabbard, and Specialist Chip Gizmo?

“Beetle Bailey”

5. Today is October 3. On this day in 1992, Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor tore up a picture of Pope John Paul II after a performance on what weekly show?

“Saturday Night Live”

Questions for
Monday, October 6, 2025

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

1. The process of coating steel or iron with molten zinc to prevent rusting is known as… what?

2. The word for “finger pressure” in Japanese is also the name of what form of massage therapy?

3. After interviewing Jim Morrison in a darkened wine cellar in 1967, a critic described The Doors' music with what six-letter adjective, coining the name of a genre later associated with bands like Bauhaus and Siouxsie and the Banshees?

4. “To eliminate racism and empower women” is the official mission of what organization with 200 chapters nationwide?

5. Janine Teagues’ always-sunny disposition often bumps into her world-weary coworkers, but that’s nothing compared to when the cast of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” showed up to what titular workplace earlier this year?

1. Galvanization

2. Shiatsu?

3. Gothic

4. YWCA

5. Abbott Elementary 

Answers to Monday, October 6, 2025

1. The process of coating steel or iron with molten zinc to prevent rusting is known as… what?

Galvanization

2. The word for “finger pressure” in Japanese is also the name of what form of massage therapy?

Shiatsu

3. After interviewing Jim Morrison in a darkened wine cellar in 1967, a critic described The Doors' music with what six-letter adjective, coining the name of a genre later associated with bands like Bauhaus and Siouxsie and the Banshees?

“Gothic”

4. “To eliminate racism and empower women” is the official mission of what organization with 200 chapters nationwide?

YWCA

5. Janine Teagues’ always-sunny disposition often bumps into her world-weary coworkers, but that’s nothing compared to when the cast of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” showed up to what titular workplace earlier this year?

Abbott Elementary

Questions for
Tuesday, October 7, 2025

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

1. The 2015 mixtape album “What a Time To Be Alive” is a collaboration between Future and what other one-named rapper, who’s also featured on Future’s 2022 hit “Wait For U”?

2. In Hindu tradition, what river is considered the embodiment of all sacred waters?

3. If your pancake is technically a “johnnycake,” it contains what distinguishing ingredient?

4. You may have heard of the United Way. Before it was called the United Way, it was known by what name, which you might have also seen on a Monopoly board?

5. The National Wildlife Federation launched a children’s nature magazine in 1967. It was named after its raccoon mascot, who was shown extinguishing a forest fire in the first issue. Name that raccoon!

2. Ganges

3. Cornmeal

5. Ranger Rick

4. Community Chest

Answers to Tuesday, October 7, 2025

1. The 2015 mixtape album “What a Time To Be Alive” is a collaboration between Future and what other one-named rapper, who’s also featured on Future’s 2022 hit “Wait For U”?

Drake

2. In Hindu tradition, what river is considered the embodiment of all sacred waters?

The Ganges

3. If your pancake is technically a “johnnycake,” it contains what distinguishing ingredient?

Cornmeal

4. You may have heard of the United Way. Before it was called the United Way, it was known by what name, which you might have also seen on a Monopoly board?

Community Chest

5. The National Wildlife Federation launched a children’s nature magazine in 1967. It was named after its raccoon mascot, who was shown extinguishing a forest fire in the first issue. Name that raccoon!

Ranger Rick

Questions for
Wednesday, October 8, 2025

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

1. The Triassic period comes before the Jurassic period. What period comes after?

2. “Superbad” and “High School Musical 2” were both released on August 17, 2007. Who is older: Michael Cera or Zac Efron?

3. Google Chrome accounts for more than 50 percent of global web browser traffic. Which browser ranks second?

4. What breed of pony was traditionally used to pull carts through the tight-fitting tunnels of Scottish coal mines?

5. According to the 1948 book “The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks,” if you mix rum, lime juice, and simple syrup in a shaker, you’ve just made what classic cocktail, which is sometimes prepared in a blender?

1. Cretaceous

3. Guessing Safari based on iPhone/iPads alone

4. Shetland

5. Daiquiri 

Answers to Wednesday, October 8, 2025

1. The Triassic period comes before the Jurassic period. What period comes after?
 
Cretaceous

2. “Superbad” and “High School Musical 2” were both released on August 17, 2007. Who is older: Michael Cera or Zac Efron?

Zac Efron
(by about eight months)

3. Google Chrome accounts for more than 50 percent of global web browser traffic. Which browser ranks second?

Safari

4. What breed of pony was traditionally used to pull carts through the tight-fitting tunnels of Scottish coal mines?

Shetland 

5. According to the 1948 book “The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks,” if you mix rum, lime juice, and simple syrup in a shaker, you’ve just made what classic cocktail, which is sometimes prepared in a blender?

Daiquiri
 

Questions for
Theme Thursday, October 9, 2025

Literary Locations: Five questions about places in famous fantasy and adventure book series.

Answers in tomorrow’s email. 

1. Panem’s Districts 1 through 12 are progressively farther from The Capitol in what series of books by Suzanne Collins?

2. “Because it is here — and only here — where spice is found.” That’s Princess Irulan explaining why the desert planet of Arrakis is so valuable to the people of what book series?

3. What is the regal name of the capital city of the Seven Kingdoms, which overlooks Blackwater Bay, in George R.R. Martin’s novels?

4. In one of L. Frank Baum’s books, what colorfully named capital is described as having exactly 9,654 buildings?

5. The villain Sauron lives in what realm, which is separated from the Bay of Belfalas by Gondor and famously doesn't get much foot traffic?

1.  The Hunger Games

4.  Emerald City

4. The Emerald City

2. Dune

3 King's Landing

5 Mordor

The villain Sauron lives in what realm?

The Big Ten; currently in the land of maroon and gold.

It’s something from lord of the rings though. 
edit: Steve posted at the same time and has the more correct answer.  😉

Answers to Thursday, October 9, 2025

Literary Locations: Five questions about places in famous fantasy and adventure book series.

1. Panem’s Districts 1 through 12 are progressively farther from The Capitol in what series of books by Suzanne Collins?

“The Hunger Games”

2. “Because it is here — and only here — where spice is found.” That’s Princess Irulan explaining why the desert planet of Arrakis is so valuable to the people of what book series?

“Dune”

3. What is the regal name of the capital city of the Seven Kingdoms, which overlooks Blackwater Bay, in George R.R. Martin’s novels?

King’s Landing

4. In one of L. Frank Baum’s books, what colorfully named capital is described as having exactly 9,654 buildings?

Emerald City

5. The villain Sauron lives in what realm, which is separated from the Bay of Belfalas by Gondor and famously doesn't get much foot traffic?

Mordor
 

Questions for
Friday, October 10, 2025

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

1. Quit While You’re Ahead: The Warsaw Pact was signed in 1955 by the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern European countries as a response to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Name as many of those seven countries as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any incorrect.

2. The BBC children’s show “Furchester Hotel” features a character named Biscuit Monster, which is one clue that it’s a spin-off of what American program?

3. Soon after Franklin D. Roosevelt was first elected president, he declared the state song of Kansas and the “unofficial anthem of the American West” to be his favorite song. What is that song?

4. In text-speak, what does “IIRC” stand for? 

5. Today is October 10. Happy 58th birthday to composer Michael Giacchino! He won an Oscar for scoring a 2009 film that includes such tracks as “Married Life,” “Walkin' the House,” and “Giving Muntz the Bird.” Name that movie!

2. Sesame Street

3. "Home On the Range"

4. If I remember correctly….IIRC

1. USSR, East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, …

1. … Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania

5. Up

Answers to Friday, October 10, 2025
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: The Warsaw Pact was signed in 1955 by the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern European countries as a response to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Name as many of those seven countries as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any incorrect.

Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania

2. The BBC children’s show “Furchester Hotel” features a character named Biscuit Monster, which is one clue that it’s a spin-off of what American program?

“Sesame Street”
(the Brits call cookies “biscuits”)
 
3. Soon after Franklin D. Roosevelt was first elected president, he declared the state song of Kansas and the “unofficial anthem of the American West” to be his favorite song. What is that song?

“Home on the Range”

4. In text-speak, what does “IIRC” stand for? 

“If I Remember (or Recall) Correctly”

5. Today is October 10. Happy 58th birthday to composer Michael Giacchino! He won an Oscar for scoring a 2009 film that includes such tracks as “Married Life,” “Walkin' the House,” and “Giving Muntz the Bird.” Name that movie!

“Up”

Questions for
Monday, October 13, 2025

Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. In the early 1990s, a chain of U.S. airport bars named for a TV show tried to drum up business by installing a pair of animatronic patrons. They were retired after the stars of the TV show sued. Name that TV show!

2. Pep Comics was a monthly anthology focused on action and crime until 1941, when stories featuring supervillain Madam Satan were phased out in favor of what new character, described as “America's Typical Teenager”?

3. Malaria tablets, letters from a girl back home, and the New Testament are among the titular items in what 1990 collection of war stories by author Tim O’Brien?

4. Philip Clapp is an actor and stunt performer born in 1971 in the third-largest city in Tennessee. He chose his stage name to honor his hometown. What name is that?

5. Commedia dell’arte actors in 16th-century Italy used to hit each other with a small wooden baton, designed to make a loud noise at the slightest touch. This early sound effect prop eventually lent its name to what form of comedy?

1. Cheers

5. Slapstick

4. Has to be Johnny Knoxville

2. Archie