Totally Random Trivia - 2026

2. Hippocampus

1) Cars, Ratatouille, Up…

Answers to Friday, June 5, 2026

1. Quit While You’re Ahead: Pixar released seven feature-length films between “Toy Story 2” in 1999 and “Toy Story 3” in 2010. Name as many of those Pixar movies as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any incorrect.
“Monsters, Inc.,” “Finding Nemo,” “The Incredibles,” “Cars,” “Ratatouille,” “WALL-E,” “Up”

2. One of the structures of the brain that is most associated with memory is located in the medial temporal lobe and gets its name from the Greek for “seahorse,” due to its shape. What is it?
Hippocampus

3. A complete solar eclipse can only take place when the moon is in what phase, which is also the name of the most-shelved book released in 2006, according to Goodreads?
New moon

4. What “unsinkable” Titanic survivor, who encouraged the crewmember in charge of her lifeboat to go back and look for survivors, has been portrayed by Kathy Bates, Debbie Reynolds, and twice by Cloris Leachman?
Molly (or Margaret) Brown

5. Today is June 5. Happy 70th birthday today to the author of the 2024 celebrity memoir “Life in the Key of G.” That book is by what best-selling musician, whose surname you probably don’t know?
Kenny G  (it’s Gorelick)

Questions for Monday, June 8, 2026
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email. Answers to Friday’s questions below.

1. A fruit preserve made by boiling citrus fruit, including the peels, along with sugar and water is known as what?

2. Before his success with "I Think You Should Leave" and "The Chair Company," Tim Robinson wrote and starred in a 2017 series named after the residents of what Midwest city?

3. Sea hawk and fish hawk are names for what fish-eating raptor, which shares its name with a backpack brand?

4. A quarter century before his fellow countryman wrote a much more famous book, Irish author Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu gave us 1872’s “Carmilla,” a homoerotic Gothic novella that is one of the earliest English works featuring what kind of monster?

5. Thomas Paine donated the proceeds from what piece of Revolutionary War propaganda — one of the best-selling pamphlets of its day — to buy supplies for the Continental Army?

3.  Osprey

1. Marmalade

5. "Common Sense"

2. Detroit, MI

4. Vampire

Answers to Monday, June 8, 2026

1. A fruit preserve made by boiling citrus fruit, including the peels, along with sugar and water is known as what?
Marmalade

2. Before his success with "I Think You Should Leave" and "The Chair Company," Tim Robinson wrote and starred in a 2017 series named after the residents of what Midwest city?
Detroit (“Detroiters”)

3. Sea hawk and fish hawk are names for what fish-eating raptor, which shares its name with a backpack brand?
Osprey

4. A quarter century before his fellow countryman wrote a much more famous book, Irish author Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu gave us 1872’s “Carmilla,” a homoerotic Gothic novella that is one of the earliest English works featuring what kind of monster?
Vampire (Bram Stoker is the other author)

5. Thomas Paine donated the proceeds from what piece of Revolutionary War propaganda — one of the best-selling pamphlets of its day — to buy supplies for the Continental Army?
“Common Sense”

Questions for Tuesday, June 9, 2026
Five questions to wake up your noodle. 

1. What five-letter word meaning “nonsense” is also the title of Neon Studio's newest horror release starring “Severance” actor Adam Scott?

2. Alysa Liu, Lola Tung, and Hudson Williams are a few celebs who appeared in the “Madwoman” music video from what Icelandic-born singer?

3. The largest object in the Solar System that is not a planet or a star is the moon Ganymede, which orbits what planet?

4. The world's largest ethnic group contains 1.4 billion people, and is most commonly known by what three-letter name?

5. “In a Silent Way,” “Sketches of Spain,” and “Birth of the Cool” are three albums by what jazz trumpeter

5.  Miles Davis

3. Jupiter

1. Hokum

4. Han

2. Laufey

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5.  Miles Davis

Answers to Tuesday, June 9, 2026

1. What five-letter word meaning “nonsense” is also the title of Neon Studio's newest horror release starring “Severance” actor Adam Scott?
“Hokum”

2. Alysa Liu, Lola Tung, and Hudson Williams are a few celebs who appeared in the “Madwoman” music video from what Icelandic-born singer?
Laufey

3. The largest object in the Solar System that is not a planet or a star is the moon Ganymede, which orbits what planet?
Jupiter

4. The world's largest ethnic group contains 1.4 billion people, and is most commonly known by what three-letter name?
Han (Han Chinese)

5. “In a Silent Way,” “Sketches of Spain,” and “Birth of the Cool” are three albums by what jazz trumpeter?
Miles Davis

Questions for Wednesday, June 10, 2026

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

1. A defunct spin-off of United Airlines, a Canadian nonprofit known for video presentations, and the highest-grossing comedy film of 2012 all share what name?

2. What syndicated radio host and “Roundball Rock” composer co-hosted “Entertainment Tonight” from 1986 to 1996?

3. What North American lake is said to contain a Nessie-like creature named “Champ”?

4. Humulus lupulus is the scientific name for what beer bittering and flavoring agent?

5. What martial arts maneuver shares a name with a building used for the storing and servicing of locomotives?

3.  Lake Champlain

2. John Tesh

4. Hops

5. Roundhouse?

1. Ted

Answers to Wednesday, June 10, 2026

1. A defunct spin-off of United Airlines, a Canadian nonprofit known for video presentations, and the highest-grossing comedy film of 2012 all share what name?
Ted

2. What syndicated radio host and “Roundball Rock” composer co-hosted “Entertainment Tonight” from 1986 to 1996?
John Tesh

3. What North American lake is said to contain a Nessie-like creature named “Champ”?
Lake Champlain

4. Humulus lupulus is the scientific name for what beer bittering and flavoring agent?
Hops

5. What martial arts maneuver shares a name with a building used for the storing and servicing of locomotives?
Roundhouse

Questions for Theme Thursday, June 11, 2026
Five Hundreds: Five questions about hundreds of things.

1. One hundred points is the NBA single-game scoring record. What player set that mark in 1962?

2. The Buendía family founded the city of Macondo, Colombia, in what 1967 novel?

3. If an Australian person offers you a donut with “hundreds and thousands” on it, what will you find on your donut?

4. The Hundred Schools of Thought period started in the sixth century BCE in China. Its most enduring legacy is the work of a man whose name in Chinese was Kong Qiu. He is better known in English by what name?

5. If you're doing an exercise called “The Hundreds,” you're engaging in what physical fitness system — originally called “Contrology,” and often practiced on a machine called a “reformer”?

1.  Wilt "the stilt" Chamberlain 

4. Confucius

5. Pilates 

3. Sprinkles

Answers to Friday, June 12, 2026

1. Quit While You’re Ahead: There are currently five teams in the WNBA with five-letter names. Identify as many of those WNBA teams as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any incorrect.
(Atlanta) Dream, (Indiana) Fever, (Seattle) Storm, (Toronto) Tempo, (Dallas) Wings  (and come to WNBA trivia all month long!)

2. “The Garden of Earthly Delights” is the most famous work by what 15th-century Dutch painter, whose first name is the Greek rendering of the name “Jerome”?
Hieronymus Bosch

3. A French dynasty, a Southern U.S. county, and a Southern U.S. street are each sometimes cited as the original namesake of what type of liquor?
Bourbon

4. When measured by flow rate, Niagara Falls is the largest waterfall in North America. It is found on what river, which forms part of the boundary between Ontario and New York?
The Niagara River

5. Today is June 12. On this day in 1967, a couple named Mildred and Richard won their case against the state of Virginia when the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously legalized interracial marriage. What was that couple's surname?
Loving

Questions for Monday, June 15, 2026
Five questions to wake up your noodle. 

1. Disney’s magical Mad Madam Mim, from “The Sword in the Stone,” has a similar Warner Bros. counterpart with what name, which she shares with an astringent plant?

2. In auto racing, the car that begins the race at the inside of the front row is said to be in what position?

3. The Bengal tiger is the national animal of two South Asian countries. One is India. The other is what neighboring country?

4. You’ll find a billboard for Little Hungry One Café, an exercise wheel owned by Harvey the Wonder Hamster, and a camera that says “Property of UHF 62” on the “Museum of Natural Hilarity” pinball machine, which is themed around what artist?

5. The 1854 Gadsden Purchase brought land into the U.S. that would later become part of which two states?

5.  Arizona & New Mexico

2. Pole position 

4. Weird Al Yankovic

1. Witch Hazel

3. Bangladesh 

Answers to Monday, June 15, 2026

1. Disney’s magical Mad Madam Mim, from “The Sword in the Stone,” has a similar Warner Bros. counterpart with what name, which she shares with an astringent plant?
Witch Hazel

2. In auto racing, the car that begins the race at the inside of the front row is said to be in what position?
Pole position

3. The Bengal tiger is the national animal of two South Asian countries. One is India. The other is what neighboring country?
Bangladesh

4. You’ll find a billboard for Little Hungry One Café, an exercise wheel owned by Harvey the Wonder Hamster, and a camera that says “Property of UHF 62” on the “Museum of Natural Hilarity” pinball machine, which is themed around what artist?
“Weird Al” Yankovic

5. The 1854 Gadsden Purchase brought land into the U.S. that would later become part of which two states?
Arizona, New Mexico

Questions for Tuesday, June 16, 2026
Five questions to wake up your noodle. 

1. The dots above lowercase “I”s and “J”s share what name with a New York Giants Hall of Fame quarterback who retired in 1964?

2. Rose Byrne won a Golden Globe for her performance in “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,” which also stars A$AP Rocky and a rare dramatic turn by what former “Simpsons” writer and late-night host?

3. Appleton, Wisconsin native Esmir Bajraktarević scored the winning penalty for Bosnia and Herzegovina to clinch their World Cup berth over what country, now set to miss their third tournament in a row?

4. Before his voice work on “Archer” and “Bob's Burgers,” H. Jon Benjamin voiced characters Coach McGuirk and Jason Penopolis on what Adult Swim cartoon?

5. What fruit's genus name is also a Latin word for “evil”?

5. Apple

1. YA Tittle

3. Italy

2. Conan O’Brien 

4. Home Movies

Answers to Tuesday, June 16, 2026
1. The dots above lowercase “I”s and “J”s share what name with a New York Giants Hall of Fame quarterback who retired in 1964?
Tittle (Y.A. Tittle)

2. Rose Byrne won a Golden Globe for her performance in “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,” which also stars A$AP Rocky and a rare dramatic turn by what former “Simpsons” writer and late-night host?
Conan O'Brien

3. Appleton, Wisconsin native Esmir Bajraktarević scored the winning penalty for Bosnia and Herzegovina to clinch their World Cup berth over what country, now set to miss their third tournament in a row?
Italy

4. Before his voice work on “Archer” and “Bob's Burgers,” H. Jon Benjamin voiced characters Coach McGuirk and Jason Penopolis on what Adult Swim cartoon?
“Home Movies”

5. What fruit's genus name is also a Latin word for “evil”?
Apple (Malus)

Questions for Wednesday, June 17, 2026
Five questions to wake up your noodle. 

1. “I never touched a pitch. Her fastball was the fastest thing I've ever seen from that distance.” That's former MLB star Brian Giles describing being struck out by what Olympic champion and softball legend?

2. In which administrative region of Italy did author Frances Mayes purchase an abandoned villa as a renovation project, as detailed in her 1996 memoir which was adapted to a 2003 rom com starring Diane Lane?

3. The titular comedian switched his real-life last name of Youssef to Hassan while playing a millennial Muslim living in New Jersey on what Hulu show that premiered in 2019?

4. A Thatcher who starred in “Yellowjackets” and “Companion,” a Turner who starred in “Game of Thrones” and “Dark Phoenix,” and a mononymous producer who worked with Charli XCX, Madonna, and Vince Staples all share what name?

5. Which is the only U.S. state commemorative quarter to feature a king on its reverse side?

1.  Jennie Finch

5. Hawai'i

4. Sophie

2. Tuscany

Answers to Wednesday, June 17, 2026

1. “I never touched a pitch. Her fastball was the fastest thing I've ever seen from that distance.” That's former MLB star Brian Giles describing being struck out by what Olympic champion and softball legend?
Jennie Finch

2. In which administrative region of Italy did author Frances Mayes purchase an abandoned villa as a renovation project, as detailed in her 1996 memoir which was adapted to a 2003 rom com starring Diane Lane?
Tuscany ("Under the Tuscan Sun")

3. The titular comedian switched his real-life last name of Youssef to Hassan while playing a millennial Muslim living in New Jersey on what Hulu show that premiered in 2019?
“Ramy”

4. A Thatcher who starred in “Yellowjackets” and “Companion,” a Turner who starred in “Game of Thrones” and “Dark Phoenix,” and a mononymous producer who worked with Charli XCX, Madonna, and Vince Staples all share what name?
Sophie

5. Which is the only U.S. state commemorative quarter to feature a king on its reverse side?
Hawai’i  (King Kamehameha I)

Questions for Theme Thursday, June 18, 2026

What’s It 2 U?: Each answer will contain two “U”s. For example: The Forester and the Outback are two models manufactured by what Japanese automotive company? Answer: Subaru.

1. What French loanword describes a person employed to drive a private or rented automobile?

2. The biggest college football rivals to the University of Alabama Crimson Tide are the Tigers, from which other Alabama university?

3. What element, atomic number 16, has historically been called “brimstone”?

4. The fleshy extension at the back of the soft palate which hangs above the throat is known as what?

5. Which of the Powerpuff Girls has a name that fits this round?

2.  Auburn University

4. Uvula

3. Sulfur

1 Chauffeur