Totally Random Trivia - 2025

3. The Little Prince

5) Jellycat.  Our neighbor girl is obsessed with these, I’ve been introduced to all of them! 😀

Answers to Wednesday, March 26, 2025

1. Lake Havasu, Lake Mead, and Lake Powell are all reservoirs located along what river?

Colorado River

2. Foods such as baklava and spanakopita are prepared using what thin, layered pastry, whose name comes from the Greek for “leaf”?

Filo
(also spelled "phyllo")

3. What 1943 novella takes place partially on an asteroid called “B-612”?

“The Little Prince”

4. Micky Dolenz is the last surviving member of what '60s band, which featured his vocals on hits like “Pleasant Valley Sunday” and “I'm a Believer”?

The Monkees

5. The latest TikTok fad are plushies, or “Amusables,” like Clyde Capybara, Bashful Bunny, and Mia Macaron made by what London-based company with an endearingly cute name?

Jellycat

Questions for
Theme Thursday, March 27, 2025

“B” Quiet: All answers this round are words containing a silent “B.” I’ll give you the definition, you tell me the word.

Answers in tomorrow’s email. 

1. Five letters: What Sampson bites in the opening scene of "Romeo and Juliet," or a type of wrestling.

2. Four letters: An upright piece or surface forming the side of a door; it comes from the French word for “leg.”

3. Nine letters: Human-made subterranean passageways used for religious purposes and burial of the dead, most famously beneath Paris.

4. Six letters: Not obvious. Or a type of knife, according to British author Philip Pullman.

5. Seven letters: A job title that comes from the Latin word for “lead,” held by the star of the best-selling video game franchise of all time.

2. Jamb

3. Catacomb

5. Plumber

4. subtle

1. Thumb

Answers to Thursday, March 27, 2025

“B” Quiet: All answers this round are words containing a silent “B.” I’ll give you the definition, you tell me the word.

1. Five letters: What Sampson bites in the opening scene of "Romeo and Juliet," or a type of wrestling.

Thumb

2. Four letters: An upright piece or surface forming the side of a door; it comes from the French word for “leg.”

Jamb

3. Nine letters: Human-made subterranean passageways used for religious purposes and burial of the dead, most famously beneath Paris.

Catacombs  

4. Six letters: Not obvious. Or a type of knife, according to British author Philip Pullman.

Subtle  

5. Seven letters: A job title that comes from the Latin word for “lead,” held by the star of the best-selling video game franchise of all time.

Plumber
(the video game franchise is "Mario")

Questions for
Friday, March 28, 2025

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

1. Quit While You’re Ahead: Earlier this month, Lady Gaga released her seventh studio album, “Mayhem.” She has released six other solo studio albums. Name as many of them as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any incorrect.

2. Designed in 1920 by political activist Marcus Garvey, the Pan-African flag has become a symbol of the African diaspora and its three colors have found their way into many other Black pride designs. What are those colors?

3. The largest Spanish-speaking nation in the world by area is located 6,615 miles southwest of Spain. Name that country!

4. Tupac Shakur had “Thug Life” tattooed on his stomach, below his chest tattoo of which Egyptian queen?

5. Today is March 28. On this day in 1930, the city of Constantinople was officially renamed to… what?

3) Mexico

5. Istanbul

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4. Tupac Shakur had “Thug Life” tattooed on his stomach, below his chest tattoo of which Egyptian queen?

$100 that @the-rube knows this one!!!

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3) Mexico

I would guess it's Argentina.  

1. The Fame, Born This Way, Artpop.  That's all I got.

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3) Mexico

I would guess it's Argentina.  

 

It is.  8th largest country in the world by land mass.  Sneaky huge. 

2) the pan African flag has 4 colors…red, green, black and yellow?

I see the one designed by Garvey has no yellow.  Multiple flags described as Pan-African, but the question did say Garvey.  

4) Nefertiti 

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4. Tupac Shakur had “Thug Life” tattooed on his stomach, below his chest tattoo of which Egyptian queen?

$100 that @the-rube knows this one!!!

 

You lost $100. I never really got into Tupac. 

Answers to Friday, March 28, 2025

1. Quit While You’re Ahead: Earlier this month, Lady Gaga released her seventh studio album, “Mayhem.” She has released six other solo studio albums. Name as many of them as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any incorrect.

“Chromatica,” “Joanne,” “ARTPOP,” “Born This Way,” “The Fame Monster,” “The Fame”

2. Designed in 1920 by political activist Marcus Garvey, the Pan-African flag has become a symbol of the African diaspora and its three colors have found their way into many other Black pride designs. What are those colors?

Red, green, black

3. The largest Spanish-speaking nation in the world by area is located 6,615 miles southwest of Spain. Name that country!

Argentina

4. Tupac Shakur had “Thug Life” tattooed on his stomach, below his chest tattoo of which Egyptian queen?

Nefertiti

5. Today is March 28. On this day in 1930, the city of Constantinople was officially renamed to… what?

Istanbul

Questions for
Monday, March 31, 2025

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

1. Playing by the official rules of Monopoly, if you are sent to jail and you do not roll doubles on any of your next three turns, how much do you have to pay the bank to get out?

2. What full name belongs to both a nautical folklore figure and a founding member of The Monkees?

3. The ancient Maya city of Tikal is found in the northeast corner of what country, just 30 miles from its border with Belize?

4. Perhaps the most watched instance of skywriting in history occurred in 1984, when 2.5 billion people watched a pilot named Greg Stinis and his team create five identical characters in the sky over Los Angeles. For what event did they do this?

5. Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco, and Paramore were all at one point signed to what tasty-sounding record label, co-founded by Less Than Jake drummer Vinnie Fiorello?

1. $50

2. Davy Jones

4.  Summer Olympics ?  
Presume they were the Olympic rings.

3. Guatamala

5. Fueled by Ramen

Answers to Monday, March 31, 2025

1. Playing by the official rules of Monopoly, if you are sent to jail and you do not roll doubles on any of your next three turns, how much do you have to pay the bank to get out?

$50

2. What full name belongs to both a nautical folklore figure and a founding member of The Monkees?

Davy Jones

3. The ancient Maya city of Tikal is found in the northeast corner of what country, just 30 miles from its border with Belize?

Guatemala

4. Perhaps the most watched instance of skywriting in history occurred in 1984, when 2.5 billion people watched a pilot named Greg Stinis and his team create five identical characters in the sky over Los Angeles. For what event did they do this?

The Olympics
(he drew the Olympic rings)

5. Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco, and Paramore were all at one point signed to what tasty-sounding record label, co-founded by Less Than Jake drummer Vinnie Fiorello?

Fueled by Ramen

Questions for
Tuesday, April 1, 2025

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

1. What popular music producer won his third consecutive Producer of the Year award at the Grammy Awards in 2024, presumably for something involving Taylor Swift?

2. Last fall, what author published the widely panned ”Revenge of the Tipping Point,” to ostensibly revisit theories put forward in his first book, “The Tipping Point”?

3. An English land agent was surprised in 1880 when residents of an Irish community began refusing to work for him or serve him in their shops unless he stopped a planned round of evictions. What was that agent's surname?

4. In 2021, the NCAA changed its rules regarding the monetization of its student athletes' NIL. What does "NIL" stand for?

5. Which U.S. state capital is named for a fur trader whose surname was Chouteau?

4. The death of college sports.  Or name image likeness.  😉

3. Boycott

1. Jack Antonoff

5. Pierre, SD

2.Malcolm Gladwell

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4. The death of college sports.  Or name image likeness.  😉

4. Now It's Legal 😉

Answers to Tuesday, April 1, 2025

1. What popular music producer won his third consecutive Producer of the Year award at the Grammy Awards in 2024, presumably for something involving Taylor Swift?

Jack Antonoff

2. Last fall, what author published the widely panned ”Revenge of the Tipping Point,” to ostensibly revisit theories put forward in his first book, “The Tipping Point”?

Malcolm Gladwell

3. An English land agent was surprised in 1880 when residents of an Irish community began refusing to work for him or serve him in their shops unless he stopped a planned round of evictions. What was that agent's surname?

Boycott

4. In 2021, the NCAA changed its rules regarding the monetization of its student athletes' NIL. What does "NIL" stand for?

“Name, image, and likeness”

5. Which U.S. state capital is named for a fur trader whose surname was Chouteau?

Pierre
(South Dakota)

Questions for
Wednesday, April 2, 2025

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

1. What Nintendo game — which debuted in 1986, and whose latest installment was released in 2024 to great acclaim — was the first major console game release to allow players to save their games?

2. A Polynesian nation earns about one-twelfth of its gross national income by licensing its country code top-level domain to streaming giants such as Twitch. Websites for this country end in dot… what?

3. A 1974 newspaper column titled "Richard M. Nixon, Will You Please Go Now!" was written by what best-selling children's author as a parody of one of his own books?

4. In Greek mythology, who was the only Gorgon who wasn’t immortal, as confirmed by Perseus?

5. An element’s atomic number refers to the number of what in its nucleus?

3.  Dr Suess  

4. Medusa

5. Protons

2 .tv.  Tuvalu

1) Zelda?

Answers to Wednesday, April 2, 2025

1. What Nintendo game — which debuted in 1986, and whose latest installment was released in 2024 to great acclaim — was the first major console game release to allow players to save their games?

“The Legend of Zelda”

2. A Polynesian nation earns about one-twelfth of its gross national income by licensing its country code top-level domain to streaming giants such as Twitch. Websites for this country end in dot… what?

tv
(the top-level domain for Tuvalu)

3. A 1974 newspaper column titled "Richard M. Nixon, Will You Please Go Now!" was written by what best-selling children's author as a parody of one of his own books?

Dr. Seuss
(“Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now!”)

4. In Greek mythology, who was the only Gorgon who wasn’t immortal, as confirmed by Perseus?

Medusa

5. An element’s atomic number refers to the number of what in its nucleus?

Protons

Questions for
Theme Thursday, April 3, 2025

Take Me Out of this State to the Ballgame: A round about baseball teams over 120 years old, and their original homes.

Answers in tomorrow’s email. 

1. There have been two American League teams known as the Washington Senators, before the National League’s Expos became the Nationals in 2005. The second of these teams moved to Dallas-Fort Worth and became the Texas Rangers. Which state did the first of these two teams move to in 1961, their immediate stadium now the site of a big ol’ mall?

2. The Athletics spent five decades in Philadelphia, 12 years in Kansas City, and then another five decades in Oakland. While they await their new Vegas stadium, they’re about to play the next season without a location name, at a minor league stadium just west of what California city?

3. What franchise was founded in 1883 as the New York Gothams, then changed to their current name just two years later, before finally moving out west to California in 1958?

4. In what city did Atlanta’s current franchise first begin play, testing out such names as the Bees, the Rustlers, and the Beaneaters before settling on their current name?

5. Which of the founding members of the National League has a long-standing tradition of raising a “W” flag following victories, and has been playing on the north side of its home city since 1916?

3. Giants

4. Boston. 

5. Chicago Cubs

1. Minnesota

2. Sacramento

Maybe the easiest group of 5 questions in GPL ‘Random Trivia’ history…

Answers to Thursday, April 3, 2025

Take Me Out of this State to the Ballgame: A round about baseball teams over 120 years old, and their original homes.

1. There have been two American League teams known as the Washington Senators, before the National League’s Expos became the Nationals in 2005. The second of these teams moved to Dallas-Fort Worth and became the Texas Rangers. Which state did the first of these two teams move to in 1961, their immediate stadium now the site of a big ol’ mall?

Minnesota
(Twins)

2. The Athletics spent five decades in Philadelphia, 12 years in Kansas City, and then another five decades in Oakland. While they await their new Vegas stadium, they’re about to play the next season without a location name, at a minor league stadium just west of what California city?

Sacramento

3. What franchise was founded in 1883 as the New York Gothams, then changed to their current name just two years later, before finally moving out west to California in 1958?

(San Francisco) Giants

4. In what city did Atlanta’s current franchise first begin play, testing out such names as the Bees, the Rustlers, and the Beaneaters before settling on their current name?

Boston

5. Which of the founding members of the National League has a long-standing tradition of raising a “W” flag following victories, and has been playing on the north side of its home city since 1916?

Chicago Cubs
(they were the Chicago White Stockings when the NL was founded)

Questions for
Friday, April 4, 2025

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

1. Quit While You’re Ahead: There are currently four judges on NBC’s “The Voice.” Name as many of those judges as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any incorrect.

2. The fifth-largest city in Texas by population takes its name from a U.S. Army general who proposed building a series of well-defended outposts to mark the boundaries of the West Texas frontier. Name that valuable city!

3. What beverage brand — which originated in Germany, despite its Italian name — comes in such flavors as Coastal Cooler, Mountain Cooler, and Pacific Cooler?

4. In late 2021, Steve Jordan took over as the drummer for what band, a position that had been held by Charlie Watts for the previous 58 years?

5. Today is April 4. On this day in 1954, Arturo Toscanini conducted his last concert at what famed New York venue?

2. Fort Worth?

2 given the military nature, I'm assuming For Worth  MNNavy best me to that, so I'll go Austin instead to cover the only other real possibility.

4 Rolling Stones

3. Capri-Sun

5. Carnegie Hall

1) I know 3- John Legend, Adam Levine and Michael Buble.  

Answers to Friday, April 4, 2025

1. Quit While You’re Ahead: There are currently four judges on NBC’s “The Voice.” Name as many of those judges as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any incorrect.

Adam Levine, John Legend, Michael Bublé, Kelsea Ballerini

2. The fifth-largest city in Texas by population takes its name from a U.S. Army general who proposed building a series of well-defended outposts to mark the boundaries of the West Texas frontier. Name that valuable city!

Fort Worth

3. What beverage brand — which originated in Germany, despite its Italian name — comes in such flavors as Coastal Cooler, Mountain Cooler, and Pacific Cooler?

Capri Sun

4. In late 2021, Steve Jordan took over as the drummer for what band, a position that had been held by Charlie Watts for the previous 58 years?

Rolling Stones

5. Today is April 4. On this day in 1954, Arturo Toscanini conducted his last concert at what famed New York venue?

Carnegie Hall