[Closed] Totally Random Trivia - 2025

Questions for
Tuesday, November 4, 2025

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

1. A Turkish word meaning “to turn” gave us the name of what beloved street food, whose sales in Germany alone add up to as much as 7 billion euros a year?

2. Ted Cassidy was the first actor to portray Thing in the live-action “Addams Family” TV show. He was more prominently seen onscreen playing which other resident of the home?

3. “I’m 8 years old and already own a four-bedroom home,” was a Daily Mail headline about the youngest daughter of the McLellan family, whose children saved their “pocket money” to buy a house in Victoria, located in which Commonwealth country?

4. Korean pajeon, Chinese cong you bing, and Japanese okonomiyaki are all savory East Asian variations of what kind of food — a stark contrast to the American version, which is usually sweet and eaten for breakfast?

5. The world’s oldest bicycle company still in existence was founded in Italy in 1885, and traditionally paints its bikes a shade of turquoise called “celeste,” but has a name that translates to “white.” Name that company.

2 Lurch

1. Gyro?

1. Doner kebab 

4. Pancake 

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1. Gyro?

Answers to Tuesday, November 4, 2025

1. A Turkish word meaning “to turn” gave us the name of what beloved street food, whose sales in Germany alone add up to as much as 7 billion euros a year?

Döner kebab
(also acceptable: shawarma)

2. Ted Cassidy was the first actor to portray Thing in the live-action “Addams Family” TV show. He was more prominently seen onscreen playing which other resident of the home?

Lurch

3. “I’m 8 years old and already own a four-bedroom home,” was a Daily Mail headline about the youngest daughter of the McLellan family, whose children saved their “pocket money” to buy a house in Victoria, located in which Commonwealth country?

Australia

4. Korean pajeon, Chinese cong you bing, and Japanese okonomiyaki are all savory East Asian variations of what kind of food — a stark contrast to the American version, which is usually sweet and eaten for breakfast?

Pancakes

5. The world’s oldest bicycle company still in existence was founded in Italy in 1885, and traditionally paints its bikes a shade of turquoise called “celeste,” but has a name that translates to “white.” Name that company.

Bianchi

Questions for
Wednesday, November 5, 2025

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

1. As a child, Princess Dala of the fictional country of Lugash is given a gift from her father: the world’s largest diamond. Thus begins what 1963 movie, named after that diamond?

2. What Detroit bank has had their logo on National Women’s Soccer League jerseys since 2021, and is the official banking partner of the WNBA?

3. The 1984 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical “Starlight Express” is famously produced with the cast in what type of footwear?

4. What bulbous Nintendo title character first explored Dream Land in 1992, and explored the Forgotten Land in a 2022 sequel?

5. Christian Pulisic is an American soccer player who plays for the U.S. men’s national team and AC Milan, and spent many years playing for what feminine-sounding English Premier League club?

1 The Pink Panther

4. Kirby

5. Chelsea

3. Roller skates

Answers to Wednesday,
November 5, 2025

1. As a child, Princess Dala of the fictional country of Lugash is given a gift from her father: the world’s largest diamond. Thus begins what 1963 movie, named after that diamond?

“The Pink Panther”

2. What Detroit bank has had their logo on National Women’s Soccer League jerseys since 2021, and is the official banking partner of the WNBA?

Ally

3. The 1984 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical “Starlight Express” is famously produced with the cast in what type of footwear?

Roller skates

4. What bulbous Nintendo title character first explored Dream Land in 1992, and explored the Forgotten Land in a 2022 sequel?

Kirby

5. Christian Pulisic is an American soccer player who plays for the U.S. men’s national team and AC Milan, and spent many years playing for what feminine-sounding English Premier League club?

Chelsea

Questions for
Theme Thursday, November 6, 2025

History of the White House: The White House completed construction in November 1800. Here are five questions about the history of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

Answers in tomorrow’s email.

1. On October 12, 1901, the name of the Executive Mansion in Washington, D.C. was officially changed to “The White House” by which president, a month after he took office?

2. Michaele and Tareq Salahi gained national attention in November 2009 by breaching security to attend a White House state dinner. This occurred during filming of the first and only season of what reality TV series, of which Michaele was a cast member?

3. Which president joked in letters and diary entries about hearing the ghosts of presidents past in the White House? These mysterious noises were actually telltale signs that the White House was disintegrating, which is why he called for its complete renovation.

4. A 50-foot-long structure built in the 1930s for Franklin D. Roosevelt was used regularly until Richard Nixon arranged for the construction of a press briefing room above it, to accommodate the growing demand for television news. What is still hidden under the White House Press Briefing Room?

5. First lady Grace Coolidge set up a room she called her “Sky Parlor” — an old Virginia term for a sunny attic room. Today, it is known as what eight-letter word, from the Latin for “sun room”?

1. Theodore Roosevelt

4. A pool

3.  Truman

5.  Solarium  

History of the White House: The White House completed construction in November 1800 — 225 years ago! Here are five questions about the history of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

1. On October 12, 1901, the name of the Executive Mansion in Washington, D.C. was officially changed to “The White House” by which president, a month after he took office?

Theodore Roosevelt

2. Michaele and Tareq Salahi gained national attention in November 2009 by breaching security to attend a White House state dinner. This occurred during filming of the first and only season of what reality TV series, of which Michaele was a cast member?

“The Real Housewives of D.C.”

3. Which president joked in letters and diary entries about hearing the ghosts of presidents past in the White House? These mysterious noises were actually telltale signs that the White House was disintegrating, which is why he called for its complete renovation.

Harry S. Truman

4. A 50-foot-long structure built in the 1930s for Franklin D. Roosevelt was used regularly until Richard Nixon arranged for the construction of a press briefing room above it, to accommodate the growing demand for television news. What is still hidden under the White House Press Briefing Room?

A swimming pool

5. First lady Grace Coolidge set up a room she called her “Sky Parlor” — an old Virginia term for a sunny attic room. Today, it is known as what eight-letter word, from the Latin for “sun room”?

Solarium

Questions for
Friday, November 7, 2025

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

1. Quit While You’re Ahead: There are five classical French mother sauces. Name as many of them as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any incorrect.

2. A Bay Area slang term for spending 24 hours chilling out and smoking cannabis is the origin story for the name of what rock band?

3. There was once a police station located at 4 Whitehall Place, but most people knew it better by the street abutting its back entrance. Name that street.

4. A hollow cylinder, a chime-like musical bell, and the act of catching a cool wave while surfing can all be described with what seven-letter adjective?

5. Today is November 7. Happy 82nd birthday to Joni Mitchell! Six of the 10 songs on her 1971 album have lyrics that mention what color, which is also the name of that album?

3. Scotland Yard

4.  Tubular ?

5.  Blue

2. Green Day

1. Béchamel, Hollandaise, Tomato, ???, ???

Answers to Friday, November 7, 2025

1. Quit While You’re Ahead: There are five classical French mother sauces. Name as many of them as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any incorrect.

Béchamel, Velouté, Espagnole, Hollandaise, Tomato
(If you loved that question, come to Food trivia all this month!)

2. A Bay Area slang term for spending 24 hours chilling out and smoking cannabis is the origin story for the name of what rock band?

Green Day

3. There was once a police station located at 4 Whitehall Place, but most people knew it better by the street abutting its back entrance. Name that street.

Scotland Yard
(Great Scotland Yard, technically)

4. A hollow cylinder, a chime-like musical bell, and the act of catching a cool wave while surfing can all be described with what seven-letter adjective?

“Tubular”

5. Today is November 7. Happy 82nd birthday to Joni Mitchell! Six of the 10 songs on her 1971 album have lyrics that mention what color, which is also the name of that album?

Blue

Questions for
Monday, November 10, 2025

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

1. A 2018 addition to the Lucky Charms marshmallow lineup appears in the title of a Peter S. Beagle novel, a viral flash video from 2005, and on the British coat of arms. What is it?

2. What regular “SNL” cast member’s first live appearance on the show was impersonating Kim Jong-Un in a September 2019 cold open?

3. Kirk Franklin, Amy Grant, and Johnny Cash are among the notable artists who have won a Dove Award, an annual honor given to artists in what genre of music?

4. It’s a four-letter Japanese family name, a city in Burkina Faso, and a synonym for “et cetera” popularized in a 1997 sitcom episode. What is it?

5. In August 2025, the flight attendants of what flag carrier airline went on a four-day strike, despite an order from that country’s federal labor board not to do so?

5.  Air Canada

3. Christian / Gospel

4. Yada, Yada, Yada,...

1: Unicorn

2. Bowen Yang

Answers to Monday, November 10, 2025

1. A 2018 addition to the Lucky Charms marshmallow lineup appears in the title of a Peter S. Beagle novel, a viral flash video from 2005, and on the British coat of arms. What is it?   

Unicorn
(“The Last Unicorn,” “Charlie the Unicorn”)

2. What regular “SNL” cast member’s first live appearance on the show was impersonating Kim Jong-Un in a September 2019 cold open?

Bowen Yang

3. Kirk Franklin, Amy Grant, and Johnny Cash are among the notable artists who have won a Dove Award, an annual honor given to artists in what genre of music?

Gospel (Christian)

4. It’s a four-letter Japanese family name, a city in Burkina Faso, and a synonym for “et cetera” popularized in a 1997 sitcom episode. What is it?

“Yada”

5. In August 2025, the flight attendants of what flag carrier airline went on a four-day strike, despite an order from that country’s federal labor board not to do so?

Air Canada

Questions for
Tuesday, November 11, 2025

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

1. Mark Twain thought the late 19th century looked great on the outside, but was corrupt and full of social ills on the inside. That’s why he gave those years what nickname?

2. Megalon, Hedorah, and King Ghidorah are among the many antagonists who have tangled with what character on the big screen since 1954?

3. Long-distance relationships are the loose concept behind what 2003 album that put Death Cab for Cutie on the musical map?

4. A ballpoint pen known as the “Cristal” is in the Museum of Modern Art thanks to its ubiquitous, classic design. What company makes the Cristal?

5. Around 1813, a famed composer helped German inventor Johann Maelzel craft an automated music machine. When his friend began losing his hearing soon after, Maelzel designed him a number of custom ear trumpets. Name that composer!

5. Beethoven

2. Godzilla 

5. Beethoven

1. Guilded Age

4.  It must be Bic

3. Transatlanticism

1. Mark Twain thought the late 19th century looked great on the outside, but was corrupt and full of social ills on the inside. That’s why he gave those years what nickname?

“Gilded Age”
 
2. Megalon, Hedorah, and King Ghidorah are among the many antagonists who have tangled with what character on the big screen since 1954?

Godzilla

3. Long-distance relationships are the loose concept behind what 2003 album that put Death Cab for Cutie on the musical map?

“Transatlanticism”

4. A ballpoint pen known as the “Cristal” is in the Museum of Modern Art thanks to its ubiquitous, classic design. What company makes the Cristal?

Bic

5. Around 1813, a famed composer helped German inventor Johann Maelzel craft an automated music machine. When his friend began losing his hearing soon after, Maelzel designed him a number of custom ear trumpets. Name that composer!

Ludwig van Beethoven

Questions for
Wednesday, November 12, 2025

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

1. What Pixar movie character’s original name was Lunar Larry?

2. Louise Elisabeth Glück won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2020. She was the first woman from the U.S. to win the award since 1993, when what author won?

3. Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo were real names from the historical record who were adapted into fictional characters for the short-lived HBO series “Rome.” The real-life counterparts were praised as being particularly brave soldiers by what historical figure?

4. Fans of gumdrops might know that “American,” “Jamaican,” “Somali,” and “Philippine jungle” are some of the many species of what globe-spanning bird?

5. If you’re studying renal medicine, you’re dealing with which organs of the human body?

2.  Toni Morrison

1. Buzz Lightyear?

5. Kidney

3.Julius Caesar

4. Albatross?

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Answers to Wednesday,November 12, 2025

1. What Pixar movie character’s original name was Lunar Larry?

Buzz Lightyear

2. Louise Elisabeth Glück won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2020. She was the first woman from the U.S. to win the award since 1993, when what author won?

Toni Morrison

3. Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo were real names from the historical record who were adapted into fictional characters for the short-lived HBO series “Rome.” The real-life counterparts were praised as being particularly brave soldiers by what historical figure?

Julius Caesar

4. Fans of gumdrops might know that “American,” “Jamaican,” “Somali,” and “Philippine jungle” are some of the many species of what globe-spanning bird?

Crow

5. If you’re studying renal medicine, you’re dealing with which organs of the human body?

Kidneys

Questions for Theme Thursday, November 13, 2025

Feel It In Your Bones: November is Bone Marrow Awareness Month! Here are five questions to get you aware o’ the marrow.

1. In a human fetus, bone marrow first develops in a long bone that connects the shoulder blade to the sternum. Name that bone — the most frequently broken bone in the human body.
2. Bone marrow is an excellent source of what non-specialized cells, which can develop into many different cell types?
3. Bone marrow is essential to the process that produces which oxygen-transporting cells?
4. Sapu Mhichā is a dish made by wrapping marrow in the stomach lining of a water buffalo, then boiling and frying it. It’s served for special occasions in the Kathmandu Valley of what country?
5. Tracy Marrow won his first Grammy in 1991, for Best Rap Performance. He won his most recent Grammy in 2021 for Best Metal Performance. What is his stage name?

2. Stem cells

4. Nepal

3.  Red Blood Cells

1. Clavicle!!!

5) Ice T

Answers to Thursday,November 13, 2025

Feel It In Your Bones: November is Bone Marrow Awareness Month! Here are five questions to get you aware o’ the marrow.

1. In a human fetus, bone marrow first develops in a long bone that connects the shoulder blade to the sternum. Name that bone — the most frequently broken bone in the human body.

Clavicle (collarbone)

2. Bone marrow is an excellent source of what non-specialized cells, which can develop into many different cell types?

Stem cells

3. Bone marrow is essential to the process that produces which oxygen-transporting cells?

Red blood cells

4. Sapu Mhichā is a dish made by wrapping marrow in the stomach lining of a water buffalo, then boiling and frying it. It’s served for special occasions in the Kathmandu Valley of what country?

Nepal

5. Tracy Marrow won his first Grammy in 1991, for Best Rap Performance. He won his most recent Grammy in 2021 for Best Metal Performance. What is his stage name?

Ice-T

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Questions for Friday, November 14, 2025

Five questions to wake up your noodle.

1. Quit While You’re Ahead: According to National Beef Wire, since 2021, there are four countries that contain more cows than the number of people. Name as many of those countries as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any incorrect.
2. What 2006 Cormac McCarthy novel features a protagonist known simply as “the man,” who was played by Viggo Mortensen in the 2009 film adaptation?
3. Otitis externa, an infection of the outer ear canal, is more commonly known as… what?
4. If you’re drinking grapefruit-flavored LaCroix sparkling water, what 12-letter French word will you find on the can?
5. Today is November 14. On this day in 1889, pioneering journalist Nellie Bly embarked on a two-and-a-half month trip around the globe, as inspired by what author?

3.  Swimmer's Ear

1) Brazil is one of the 4. The other 3 are probably South American countries as well.

I Montana has more cows than people as well… 😉

2. The Road