[Closed] Totally Random Trivia - 2025

Questions for
Theme Thursday, December 18, 2025

Double-Letter Countries: There are 11 countries in the world whose names in English contain a consecutive double letter (like the “N”s in “Minnesota”). This round is about those countries.

Answers in tomorrow’s email. 

1. Of the double-letter countries in the world, which is the largest by area?

2. Only one double-letter country is a member of the EU. What country is it?

3. Catalan is the official language of what small, landlocked, European double-letter country?

4. What country in the Maghreb region of North Africa is the only double-letter country with Arabic as an official language?

5. If you're going cliff-diving in Minalungao National Park in Central Luzon, you're in what double-letter archipelago country?

4. Morocco

5. The Philippines

3. Andorra?

2.  Greece ??

1) Russia

Answers to Thursday,
December 18, 2025

Double-Letter Countries: There are 11 countries in the world whose names in English contain a consecutive double letter (like the “N”s in “Minnesota”). This round is about those countries.

1. Of the double-letter countries in the world, which is the largest by area?

Russia

2. Only one double-letter country is a member of the EU. What country is it?

Greece

3. Catalan is the official language of what small, landlocked, European double-letter country?

Andorra

4. What country in the Maghreb region of North Africa is the only double-letter country with Arabic as an official language?

Morocco

5. If you're going cliff-diving in Minalungao National Park in Central Luzon, you're in what double-letter archipelago country?

The Philippines

Questions for Friday,
December 19, 2025

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

1. Quit While You’re Ahead: There are four Canadian provinces with populations of fewer than 1 million people. Name as many of them as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any incorrect. Note: This does not include the three Canadian territories! Only the provinces. 

2. What story, first published in 1843, ends with the protagonist shouting, among other things, “I admit the deed! Tear up the planks!” 

3. What kind of salad are you making if you’re tossing together apples, celery, grapes, walnuts, and mayonnaise? 

4. A species that disappears from the fossil record for an extended period, only to return later, is known as a BLANK species. What Biblical character fills in that blank?

5. Today is December 19. What French singer, portrayed by Marion Cotillard in the 2007 biopic “La Vie en Rose,” was born on this date in 1915?

2. The Telltale Heart

4. Lazarus

3 Waldorf 

1.  (Guesses)  New Foundland & Labrador, Nova Scotia, PEI, Saskatchewan 

1) Newfoundland, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island

5. Edith Piaf

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1.  (Guesses)  New Foundland & Labrador, Nova Scotia, PEI, Saskatchewan 

I looked up the answer after answering. Nova Scotia is probably going to be correct when the question was written. Though Nova Scotia went over 1m according to their 2025 census.

Answers to Friday, December 19, 2025

1. Quit While You’re Ahead: There are four Canadian provinces with populations of fewer than 1 million people. Name as many of them as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any incorrect. Note: This does not include the three Canadian territories! Only the provinces.

Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island

2. What story, first published in 1843, ends with the protagonist shouting, among other things, “I admit the deed! Tear up the planks!”

“The Tell-Tale Heart”

3. What kind of salad are you making if you’re tossing together apples, celery, grapes, walnuts, and mayonnaise?

Waldorf salad

4. A species that disappears from the fossil record for an extended period, only to return later, is known as a BLANK species. What Biblical character fills in that blank?

Lazarus

5. Today is December 19. What French singer, portrayed by Marion Cotillard in the 2007 biopic “La Vie en Rose,” was born on this date in 1915?

Édith Piaf

Questions for
Monday, December 22, 2025

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

1. “Angels With Filthy Souls” and “Angels With Even Filthier Souls” are a series of fictitious crime films featured within what film franchise?

2. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, a New York Times editor made the decision to run a feature in the paper to offer relief to its war-weary readers. Over 80 years later, it’s still a part of the daily paper. What is it?

3. A racing-themed fast food chain is largely known as “Checkers” in the Eastern U.S. What’s its name elsewhere?

4. What is the only chess piece that can never move to a different colored square on the board?

5. The name of Colorado’s highest peak can be found printed backwards on a guitar amp or stereo mixer. What is that mountain’s name?

4. Bishop

2. Crossword puzzle?

1.  Home Alone

3. Rally’s 

5. Mt. Elbert

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5. Figaro 

(Thank you Bugs Bunny & Elmer Fudd)

Answers to Monday,
December 22, 2025

1. “Angels With Filthy Souls” and “Angels With Even Filthier Souls” are a series of fictitious crime films featured within what film franchise?

“Home Alone”

2. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, a New York Times editor made the decision to run a feature in the paper to offer relief to its war-weary readers. Over 80 years later, it’s still a part of the daily paper. What is it?

Crossword puzzle

3. A racing-themed fast food chain is largely known as “Checkers” in the Eastern U.S. What’s its name elsewhere?

Rally’s

4. What is the only chess piece that can never move to a different colored square on the board?

Bishop

5. The name of Colorado’s highest peak can be found printed backwards on a guitar amp or stereo mixer. What is that mountain’s name?

Mount Elbert
(or “treble” backwards)

Trivia is off Wednesday and Thursday.  Back Friday

Questions for
Tuesday, December 23, 2025

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

1. What word — a synonym for “misfortune” or “calamity” — comes from the Greek for “bad star”?

2. The arcade/pizza chain Chuck E. Cheese was founded by Nolan Bushnell not long after he sold what previous company, which revolutionized home entertainment in the ’70s with a product called the 2600?

3. In 1977, the Pointer Sisters recorded “Pinball Number Count” for “Sesame Street.” It famously featured the sisters singing up to what number?

4. What muscle group in the thigh gets its name from the Latin for “four heads”?

5. The three races that comprise the “Triple Crown of Motorsport” are the Indy 500, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and a Formula 1 Grand Prix held in what European microstate?

4. Quadriceps

5. Monaco

2 Atari

1. Disaster

3. 12

Answers to Tuesday,
December 23, 2025
1. What word — a synonym for “misfortune” or “calamity” — comes from the Greek for “bad star”?

“Disaster”

2. The arcade/pizza chain Chuck E. Cheese was founded by Nolan Bushnell not long after he sold what previous company, which revolutionized home entertainment in the ’70s with a product called the 2600?

Atari

3. In 1977, the Pointer Sisters recorded “Pinball Number Count” for “Sesame Street.” It famously featured the sisters singing up to what number?

12

4. What muscle group in the thigh gets its name from the Latin for “four heads”?

Quadriceps

5. The three races that comprise the “Triple Crown of Motorsport” are the Indy 500, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and a Formula 1 Grand Prix held in what European microstate?

Monaco

Questions for
Friday, December 26, 2025

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

1. Quit While You’re Ahead: There are six types of birds mentioned in the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” Name as many of those birds as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any incorrect.

2. In 1984, Representative Geraldine Ferraro of New York became the first female major party candidate for what national office?

3. 1984’s “Mama He’s Crazy” was the first of eight consecutive No. 1 country music singles recorded by what mother-daughter duo? 

4. Domino’s Pizza originally intended their logo to include a dot for each of their locations, and if they hadn’t quickly abandoned that idea, their logo would now have 21,000 dots. How many dots are currently on the Domino’s logo?

5. Today is December 26. On this day in 1982, TIME Magazine revealed that its Person of the Year was, in fact, what non-human entity that describes Deep Thought, Mother, GLaDOS, and Watson?

1. Partridge, turtle doves, french hens, calling birds, geese, swans

3. The Judds

4. Three, although they have altered the logo on the pizza boxes.

2. Vice President

5. The PC

Answers to Friday, December 26, 2025

1. Quit While You’re Ahead: There are six types of birds mentioned in the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” Name as many of those birds as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any incorrect.

Partridge, (turtle) dove, (French) hen, calling (or colly) bird, goose, swan

2. In 1984, Representative Geraldine Ferraro of New York became the first female major party candidate for what national office?

Vice president

3. 1984’s “Mama He’s Crazy” was the first of eight consecutive No. 1 country music singles recorded by what mother-daughter duo?
 
The Judds

4. Domino’s Pizza originally intended their logo to include a dot for each of their locations, and if they hadn’t quickly abandoned that idea, their logo would now have 21,000 dots. How many dots are currently on the Domino’s logo?

Three

5. Today is December 26. On this day in 1982, TIME Magazine revealed that its Person of the Year was, in fact, what non-human entity that describes Deep Thought, Mother, GLaDOS, and Watson?

Computer

Questions for
Monday, December 29, 2025

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

1. Tom Hanks learned in 2019 that he’s a sixth cousin of one of his film characters. Name that character played by Tom Hanks that same year.

2. What European city is home to the headquarters of the Red Cross, as well as the second-largest U.N. office?

3. In filmmaking, a “dolly zoom” involves zooming in on a subject while simultaneously moving the camera away from it, often to convey a sense of unease. It was created to mimic the titular sensation of what 1958 film?

4. In 2022, UNESCO experts decided that what boulangerie staple would be added to its Intangible Cultural Heritage list, which aims to preserve significant traditions and crafts in an era of increased globalization and mass production?

5. There is a move in chess that used to be called “the King’s Leap.” What is it called today?

3. Vertigo?

5. Castle?

2 Geneva 

1. Mr. Rogers

Answers to Monday,
December 29, 2025

1. Tom Hanks learned in 2019 that he’s a sixth cousin of one of his film characters. Name that character played by Tom Hanks that same year.

Fred Rogers

2. What European city is home to the headquarters of the Red Cross, as well as the second-largest U.N. office?

Geneva
(Switzerland)

3. In filmmaking, a “dolly zoom” involves zooming in on a subject while simultaneously moving the camera away from it, often to convey a sense of unease. It was created to mimic the titular sensation of what 1958 film?

“Vertigo”

4. In 2022, UNESCO experts decided that what boulangerie staple would be added to its Intangible Cultural Heritage list, which aims to preserve significant traditions and crafts in an era of increased globalization and mass production?

Baguette

5. There is a move in chess that used to be called “the King’s Leap.” What is it called today?

Castling

Questions for
Tuesday, December 30, 2025

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

1. France’s motto consists of three words that were used to describe the principles of the French Revolution. The first word is “liberty.” What are the other two?

2. Before 1924, sports teams at one of only two private schools in the Big Ten Conference were officially known as “The Purple,” and unofficially known as “The Fighting Methodists.” Name that school!

3. What fast-fashion retail chain, which declared bankruptcy and closed all of its U.S. locations in 2025, is in fact 41 years old, and was founded as a single store selling discount fashions to LA's South Korean community in 1984?

4. A nationally syndicated radio host, Samson’s lover, and a Plain White T’s muse share what name?

5. What is the three-letter term for the much-admired triangular sail located in front of the foremast on a sailing ship?

4. Delilah

5. Jib

2 Northwestern

1. Equality, Fraternity

Answers to Tuesday,
December 30, 2025

1. France’s motto consists of three words that were used to describe the principles of the French Revolution. The first word is “liberty.” What are the other two?

Equality, fraternity (or brotherhood)
(“Liberté, égalité, fraternité”)

2. Before 1924, sports teams at one of only two private schools in the Big Ten Conference were officially known as “The Purple,” and unofficially known as “The Fighting Methodists.” Name that school!

Northwestern University

3. What fast-fashion retail chain, which declared bankruptcy and closed all of its U.S. locations in 2025, is in fact 41 years old, and was founded as a single store selling discount fashions to LA's South Korean community in 1984?

Forever 21

4. A nationally syndicated radio host, Samson’s lover, and a Plain White T’s muse share what name?

Delilah

5. What is the three-letter term for the much-admired triangular sail located in front of the foremast on a sailing ship?

Jib
(“much admired” refers to the phrase “I like the cut of your jib”)

Trivia is off tomorrow and back on Friday.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Questions for
Wednesday, December 31, 2025

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

1. Napoleon Bonaparte famously never defeated the Russians, but his nephew, Napoleon III, did. He did so in alliance with the British in what war that lasted from 1853 to 1856?

2. “Casino Royale” was the first James Bond novel to be released in 1953, but it was not the first James Bond movie. Which Sean Connery vehicle was the first Bond film adaptation?

3. What dice game, similar in play to Yahtzee, has a six-letter name that means “fate” in Turkish?

4. The double-decker cheeseburger was invented in 1937 at a restaurant called Bob’s Pantry. It was so popular that the restaurant renamed itself after this burger. Today, it’s a chain with fewer than 100 locations in the U.S., known for the checkered overalls worn by its mascot. Name that burger chain!

5. Brazil has the largest population of people who speak Portuguese as their first language. Portugal has the third largest. Name the African country that falls in between.

4. Big Boy

3. "Dr. No"

4. Kismet

1 Crimean War 

5 Angola