Totally Random Trivia - 2026

5.  Molting

2. Radio Disney

3. Tiffany & Co

Answers to Monday,
April 20, 2026

1. The British design collective Hipgnosis is perhaps most famous for designing the cover of the album with the most charted weeks on the Billboard Hot 200. Name that 1973 album.

“Dark Side of the Moon”
 
2. “We’re all ears” was an advertising slogan heavily used in jingles for what now-defunct radio network, which operated from November 1996 to April 2021?

Radio Disney

3. What store opened in New York City in 1837, calling itself a “stationery and fancy goods emporium”? Eight years later, the company published its first catalog, known to this day as the “Blue Book.”

Tiffany and Co. (or Tiffany’s)

4. LeBron James couldn’t wear his preferred jersey number when he played for Miami, because the Heat had already retired that number in honor of what player? Hint: It’s one of the only instances of an NBA team retiring the number of a player who didn’t play for that team.

Michael Jordan
(#23)

5. What is the technical term for the process in which an animal periodically casts off a part of its body at specific points in their life cycle?

Molting

Questions for
Tuesday, April 21, 2026

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

1. The die inside the Magic 8 Ball is an icosahedron. That means the fortune-telling device contains how many possible answers?

2. Panthalassa is the term for a prehistoric ocean that some scientists believe covered the Earth before the world's land mass broke up. What is the term for that supercontinent?

3. Robinson Crusoe's confidant, the lead detective on TV's “Dragnet,” and the king of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe all share what name?

4. Roughnecks, derrickhands, drillers, and roustabouts are names for people who work where?

5. What sport’s Wikipedia page lists alternative variants including “elephant,” “water,” “canoe,” “bicycle,” and “segway”?

2.  Pangaea 

4.  Oilfields / Oil Drilling 

3.Friday

1. 20

5. Polo

Answers to Tuesday,
April 21, 2026

1. The die inside the Magic 8 Ball is an icosahedron. That means the fortune-telling device contains how many possible answers?

20

2. Panthalassa is the term for a prehistoric ocean that some scientists believe covered the Earth before the world's land mass broke up. What is the term for that supercontinent?

Pangea

3. Robinson Crusoe's confidant, the lead detective on TV's “Dragnet,” and the king of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe all share what name?

Friday

4. Roughnecks, derrickhands, drillers, and roustabouts are names for people who work where?

Oil rigs

5. What sport’s Wikipedia page lists alternative variants including “elephant,” “water,” “canoe,” “bicycle,” and “segway”?

Polo

Questions for
Wednesday, April 22, 2026

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

1. If a hockey player scores a goal, records an assist, and gets into a fight all in one game, they have completed a special “hat trick” named after what NHL legend?

2. Which is largest: a petabyte, exabyte, or terabyte?

3. Bob Dylan infamously “went electric” at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival in what state?

4. If you're a mycologist collecting samples of Boletus and Agaricus, you're studying… what?

5. There are six locations mentioned in the titles of Shakespeare's plays. Only one is in England. Name that town.

1. Gordie Howe

3. Rhode Island

5. Windsor

4. Mushrooms

2 Exabyte 

Answers to Wednesday,
April 22, 2026

1. If a hockey player scores a goal, records an assist, and gets into a fight all in one game, they have completed a special “hat trick” named after what NHL legend?

Gordie Howe

2. Which is largest: a petabyte, exabyte, or terabyte?

Exabyte

3. Bob Dylan infamously “went electric” at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival in what state?

Rhode Island
 
4. If you're a mycologist collecting samples of Boletus and Agaricus, you're studying… what?

Fungi
(mushrooms)

5. There are six locations mentioned in the titles of Shakespeare's plays. Only one is in England. Name that town.

Windsor
("The Merry Wives of Windsor")

Questions for
Theme Thursday, April 23, 2026

Crossover Appeal: Five questions about various kinds of crossings.

Answers in tomorrow’s email. 

1. In the year 49 BCE, Julius Caesar crossed what river, setting in motion the Roman Civil War and spawning an idiom for passing a point of no return?

2. George Washington famously crossed the Delaware River in 1776. On what date did he make that crossing?

3. If you spent the ’90s in bold stripes and patterns, you may have been a fan of what hip-hop fashion brand, which uses the slogan “clothing without prejudice”?

4. One of the busiest border crossings in the world is a bridge between Malaysia and what city-state, nicknamed “The Lion City”?

5. Which installment in the “Animal Crossing” series became the second best-selling video game for the Nintendo Switch, due in part to its March 20, 2020 release? Hint: It shares its name with a space probe launched in 2006.

3. Cross Colours

2. Dec 25

     This might be a trick question as the crossing was on the night of the 25th. So it could have been the 26th by the time Washington actually crossed.

1. Rubicon

4  Singapore 

Posted by: @mnnavy

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1. Rubicon

Sounds like a good Sabaton song

5 New Horizons

Answers to Thursday,
April 23, 2026

Crossover Appeal: Five questions about various kinds of crossings.

1. In the year 49 BCE, Julius Caesar crossed what river, setting in motion the Roman Civil War and spawning an idiom for passing a point of no return?

Rubicon

2. George Washington famously crossed the Delaware River in 1776. On what date did he make that crossing?

December 25 (or 26 — it was overnight)

3. If you spent the ’90s in bold stripes and patterns, you may have been a fan of what hip-hop fashion brand, which uses the slogan “clothing without prejudice”?

Cross Colours

4. One of the busiest border crossings in the world is a bridge between Malaysia and what city-state, nicknamed “The Lion City”?

Singapore

5. Which installment in the “Animal Crossing” series became the second best-selling video game for the Nintendo Switch, due in part to its March 20, 2020 release? Hint: It shares its name with a space probe launched in 2006.

“New Horizons”

Questions for Friday,
April 24, 2026

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

1. Quit While You’re Ahead: Aside from Mario, of course, there are seven other playable characters you can drive as in 1992's “Super Mario Kart” for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Name as many of those characters as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any incorrect. (And join us for our final few “Mario” Trivia theme nights through the rest of April!)

2. The Susquehanna River originates at Otsego Lake in Cooperstown, New York, and empties into Chesapeake Bay. Along the way, it passes through the capital city of which state?

3. While it’s wildly popular in Europe, China, and Brazil, in the U.S., volleyball is still somehow only the second-most popular sport invented in Western Massachusetts in the 1890s. What other sport, invented by a YMCA PE instructor, is more popular?

4. “The Birth of Venus” currently hangs in the Uffizi Gallery in the city of Florence, where it was likely painted in the mid-1480s. Who painted it?

5. Today is April 24. Author Sue Grafton was born on this date in 1940. She began her “Alphabet” series of mystery novels in 1982 with a book whose title tells us that “A” is for... what?

2.  Harrisburg, PA

3.  Basketball 

3. Basketball

5. Alibi

4. Boticelli

1. Luigi, Princess Peach, Yoshi, Bowser, Koopa Troopa, Toad, Donkey Kong Jr.

Answers to Friday, April 24, 2026

1. Quit While You’re Ahead: Aside from Mario, of course, there are seven other playable characters you can drive as in 1992's “Super Mario Kart” for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Name as many of those characters as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any incorrect. (And join us for our final few “Mario” Trivia theme nights through the rest of April!)

Luigi, Yoshi, Bowser, Peach, Donkey Kong Jr., Koopa Troopa, Toad

2. The Susquehanna River originates at Otsego Lake in Cooperstown, New York, and empties into Chesapeake Bay. Along the way, it passes through the capital city of which state?

Pennsylvania

3. While it’s wildly popular in Europe, China, and Brazil, in the U.S., volleyball is still somehow only the second-most popular sport invented in Western Massachusetts in the 1890s. What other sport, invented by a YMCA PE instructor, is more popular?

Basketball

4. “The Birth of Venus” currently hangs in the Uffizi Gallery in the city of Florence, where it was likely painted in the mid-1480s. Who painted it?

Sandro Botticelli

5. Today is April 24. Author Sue Grafton was born on this date in 1940. She began her “Alphabet” series of mystery novels in 1982 with a book whose title tells us that “A” is for... what?

“Alibi”

Questions for
Monday, April 27, 2026

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

1. A jaunty march for tuba by Luciano Michelini titled “Frolic” was repurposed by Larry David to introduce “the idea that you're in for something pretty idiotic” on what TV show?

2. Mickey Mouse famously has a dog named Pluto. Minnie Mouse also has a pet, a cat who shares what name with the lead character of the opera “The Barber of Seville”?

3. What famous maritime passage is known in the shipping industry as the “STROG”?

4. If you are “edentulous,” that means you are lacking… what?

5. Attracted by the giant light, a mini ecosystem of moths, bats, and owls has formed around the Sky Beam that shines nightly from what Las Vegas casino?

2. Figaro

3. Straits of Gibraltar

1. Curb Your Enthusiasm 

5. Luxor

4. Teeth

4. Teeth

Answers to Monday,
April 27, 2026

1. A jaunty march for tuba by Luciano Michelini titled “Frolic” was repurposed by Larry David to introduce “the idea that you're in for something pretty idiotic” on what TV show?

“Curb Your Enthusiasm”

2. Mickey Mouse famously has a dog named Pluto. Minnie Mouse also has a pet, a cat who shares what name with the lead character of the opera “The Barber of Seville”?

Figaro

3. What famous maritime passage is known in the shipping industry as the “STROG”?

The Strait of Gibraltar

4. If you are “edentulous,” that means you are lacking… what?

Teeth

5. Attracted by the giant light, a mini ecosystem of moths, bats, and owls has formed around the Sky Beam that shines nightly from what Las Vegas casino?

The Luxor

Questions for
Tuesday, April 28, 2026

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

1. An accountant at a Minnesota correspondence school named Donna Mae Wold inspired "The Little Red-Haired Girl" in 1950 by turning down a marriage proposal from what cartoonist?

2. Orville Burrell is a real-life singer. Norville Rogers is a fictional character. They both go by what nickname?

3. In 2011, Antonio Banderas attended a special screening with 25 real cats all wearing 3D glasses to promote what spin-off film?

4. After its introduction in 1982, Diet Coke quickly replaced what soft drink as the Coca-Cola Company’s most popular diet cola?

5. Legendary playwright Tom Stoppard passed away in November 2025. In addition to his five Tony wins, he also won a Best Original Screenplay Oscar in 1999 for what Best Picture winner?

2. Shaggy

4. Tab?

1. Charles Schulz

3. "Puss in Boots"?

5. Shakespeare in Love

Answers to Tuesday,
April 28, 2026

1. An accountant at a Minnesota correspondence school named Donna Mae Wold inspired "The Little Red-Haired Girl" in 1950 by turning down a marriage proposal from what cartoonist?

Charles M. Schulz

2. Orville Burrell is a real-life singer. Norville Rogers is a fictional character. They both go by what nickname?

Shaggy

3. In 2011, Antonio Banderas attended a special screening with 25 real cats all wearing 3D glasses to promote what spin-off film?

“Puss in Boots”

4. After its introduction in 1982, Diet Coke quickly replaced what soft drink as the Coca-Cola Company’s most popular diet cola?

Tab

5. Legendary playwright Tom Stoppard passed away in November 2025. In addition to his five Tony wins, he also won a Best Original Screenplay Oscar in 1999 for what Best Picture winner?

“Shakespeare in Love”

Questions for
Wednesday, April 29, 2026

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

1. Commandaria is one of the world’s oldest wines. It’s a sweet fortified blend made from grapes grown in the Troodos Mountains of what island nation — the Mediterranean’s third-most populous?

2. The first private liberal arts college for Black women in the U.S. was the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, founded in 1881. Three years later, following a large donation by John D. Rockefeller, its name was changed to honor his wife Laura. What is it called today?

3. “Water bears,” “space bears,” and “moss piglets” are all alternative names for what eight-legged micro-animal, which can be found in every ecosystem on Earth?

4. Goiters have all but been eliminated from countries that have added what dietary mineral to their salt supply?

5. According to Terry Gilliam, production was briefly halted on what 1975 film when the crew couldn't get fake blood washed out of the fur of a white rabbit they had borrowed?

4. Iodine

5.  Monty Python and The Holy Grail

1. Cyprus

3. Tardigrades

Answers to Wednesday,
April 29, 2026

1. Commandaria is one of the world’s oldest wines. It’s a sweet fortified blend made from grapes grown in the Troodos Mountains of what island nation — the Mediterranean’s third-most populous?

Cyprus

2. The first private liberal arts college for Black women in the U.S. was the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, founded in 1881. Three years later, following a large donation by John D. Rockefeller, its name was changed to honor his wife Laura. What is it called today?

Spelman College
(his wife was Laura Spelman)

3. “Water bears,” “space bears,” and “moss piglets” are all alternative names for what eight-legged micro-animal, which can be found in every ecosystem on Earth?

Tardigrades

4. Goiters have all but been eliminated from countries that have added what dietary mineral to their salt supply?

Iodine

5. According to Terry Gilliam, production was briefly halted on what 1975 film when the crew couldn't get fake blood washed out of the fur of a white rabbit they had borrowed?

“Monty Python and the Holy Grail”

Questions for
Theme Thursday, April 30, 2026

Ex-Pats: Five questions about celebrities born with names like Patrick and Patricia who became famous under another name.

Answers in tomorrow’s email. 

1. John Joseph Patrick Ryan is best known for playing Steve McGarrett on the original series of “Hawaii Five-O.” What name was he credited under?

2. Actor and singer Patricia Kotero is better known by her middle name, which was also the name of her character in “Purple Rain.” What is her middle name?

3. Declan Patrick MacManus released his first single, “Less Than Zero,” in 1977, and worked with the backing bands The Attractions and The Imposters. What’s his stage name?

4. The model, actor, and sometimes singer born Tara Leigh Patrick appeared on “Baywatch” and “Singled Out,” and had prominent marriages to Dennis Rodman and Dave Navarro. By what name is she better known?

5. Actors Patricia and Kate are sisters with the same middle name — but only Patricia uses it as her screen name. It’s the surname of their great-grandfather, who founded the Pittsburgh Steelers. What is that middle name?

3. Elvis Costello 

1. Jack Lord

5. Rooney

2.  Apollonia