Trivia of the Day: Monday, October 12, 2026

The trivia questions Trivia Cafe ran on October 12, 2026, each with its answer. Play today's Daily 10.

The Daily 10 for October 12, 2026

1.On October 2, 1920, the Cincinnati Reds and the Pittsburgh Pirates did something on the same day, that no baseball teams have ever done since. What did they do?
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PLAYED A TRIPLE HEADER
2.What 1950s fad involved cramming as many people as possible into a telephone booth?
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Phone booth stuffing
3.Who said 'The buck stops here'?
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Harry Truman
4.The first time humans ever saw "it" was 1959, when a Soviet space probe first photographed it. What was it?
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OTHER SIDE OF THE MOON
5.George Miller directed which 2015 post-apocalyptic action film, starring Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron, where Imperator Furiosa leads a daring escape across a desolate wasteland from the tyrannical Immortan Joe?
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Mad Max: Fury Road
6.First names of Pres. Wives: a. Jimmy Carter's wife b. Abe Lincoln's wife c. Lyndon Johnson's wife's real first name d. James Buchanan's wife
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a. ROSALYNN b. MARY TODD c. LADY BIRD d. NONE (Buchanan was unmarried)
7.a. What is Newton's first law of motion? c. What is Newton's second law of motion? b. What is Newton's third law of motion?
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a. AN OBJECT MOVES IN A STRAIGHT LINE UNLESS ACTED UPON BY AN OUTSIDE FORCE c. FORCE = MASS * ACCELERATION b. EVERY ACTION HAS AN EQUAL AND OPPOSITE REACTION
8.Elvis the King recorded on which two record labels?
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RCA VICTOR / SUN
9.A. If you suffer from arachnophobia, what are you afraid of? b. Neophobia? c. Photophobia?
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a. SPIDERS b. CHANGE (or NEW THINGS, or THE NEW) c. LIGHT
10.If a rubber band weighs 40 milligrams, how many of them will weigh one kilogram?
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25,000

New trivia questions published that day

100 questions added on October 12, 2026, built from sourced entries on Codexery.

1.In what year was "Forge of Heaven" first published: 1990, 1993, 2000 or 2004?
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2004
2.Who wrote "Dances on the Snow": Sergey Lukyanenko, Robin Cook, Ramez Naam or Olaf Stapledon?
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Sergey Lukyanenko
3.In what year was "The Last Book in the Universe" first published: 1990, 1993, 2000 or 2001?
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2000
4.In what year was "Delta V" first released: 1994, 1995, 1997 or 2001?
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1994
5.Which company developed "Fast Racing Neo": Irrgheist, Nextech, Shin'en Multimedia or Konami?
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Shin'en Multimedia
6.Which company developed "MegaRace": Crystal Dynamics, Acclaim Studios Cheltenham, Cryo or Hertz?
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Cryo
7.In what year was Sierra Nevada National Park established: 1937, 1952, 1958 or 1973?
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1952
8.In what year was Caura National Park established: 1973, 1974, 1978 or 2017?
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2017
9.In what year was Mochima National Park established: 1937, 1958, 1973 or 1974?
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1973
10.Which company published "Dungeons 2": Kalypso Media, Paradox Interactive, Mark Pinder or Flying Buffalo?
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Kalypso Media
11.Which company published "Dungeon Keeper": Electronic Arts, Flying Buffalo, Paradox Interactive or Mark Pinder?
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Electronic Arts
12.Which company developed "Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3": Backbone Entertainment, Sumo Digital, Eurocom or Electronic Arts?
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Backbone Entertainment
13.Which company published "Beijing 2008": Capcom, Sega, Bad Robot or PopCap Games?
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Sega
14.Which company developed "Heavy Weapon": Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, PopCap Games, Electronic Arts or London Studio?
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PopCap Games
15.Who directed "The Shout": Navin Dev, Jerzy Skolimowski, Jonas Quastel or Ernest Morris?
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Jerzy Skolimowski
16.Who directed "Salvage": Navin Dev, Lawrence Gough, Jerzy Skolimowski or Ewen Glass?
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Lawrence Gough
17.In what year was "Tam Lin" first released: 1940, 1970, 1978 or 2004?
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1970
18.Which company developed "Unruly Heroes": Magic Design Studios, Sluggerfly, Dejima or Jonathan Lavigne?
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Magic Design Studios
19.Which company published "Flynn: Son of Crimson": Ripstone, GT Interactive, Thunderful Games or Humble Games?
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Humble Games
20.In what year was American choreographer Bob Fosse born: 1894, 1912, 1927 or 1931?
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1927
21.What was the nationality of Alessandra Ferri: Danish, Italian, French or English?
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Italian
22.In what year did Rudolf Nureyev die: 1987, 1991, 1993 or 1996?
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1993
23.Who wrote "1901": Garrett P. Serviss, Robert Conroy, Harry Turtledove or Donald R. Bensen?
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Robert Conroy
24.Who wrote "The Riddle of the Sands": Harry Turtledove, Alan Judd, Erskine Childers or Donald R. Bensen?
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Erskine Childers
25.Who wrote "The Kaiser's Last Kiss": Garrett P. Serviss, Alan Judd, Donald R. Bensen or Harry Turtledove?
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Alan Judd
26.Who designed "Honda RA099": Harvey Postlethwaite, Robin Herd, Adrian Newey or Tony Rudd?
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Harvey Postlethwaite
27.Who designed "Jordan 191": Gary Anderson, Enrique Scalabroni, Owen Maddock or Christian Vanderpleyn?
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Gary Anderson
28.Who designed "Andrea Moda C4B": Derek Gardner, Adrian Reynard, Mauro Forghieri or Christian Vanderpleyn?
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Christian Vanderpleyn
29.In what year was American pharmacist Caleb Bradham born: 1864, 1867, 1876 or 1879?
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1867
30.In what year was Norwegian-American civil engineer Nils F. Ambursen born: 1867, 1876, 1878 or 1889?
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1876
31.In which place was Earnest Andersson born: Burr Oak, Iowa, Fredrikstad, Østfold, Norway, Irving, Illinois or Medina County, Ohio?
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Burr Oak, Iowa
32.In what year was Spanish thrash metal band Angelus Apatrida formed: 1991, 2000, 2004 or 2014?
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2000
33.In what year was Spanish heavy metal band Lords of Black formed: 1988, 1994, 2004 or 2014?
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2014
34.In what year was alternative rock band Sôber formed: 1982, 1991, 1994 or 2000?
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1994
35.In what year was "Torchlight III" first released: 2020, 2022, 2023 or 2025?
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2020
36.Which company developed "The Blood of Dawnwalker": OverBorder Studio, Sever, Rebel Wolves or Double Cross?
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Rebel Wolves
37.Which company published "Sea of Stars": Crimson Herring Studios, The Arcade Crew, Humble Games or Sabotage Studio?
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Sabotage Studio
38.In what year was "Definitely Maybe" first published: 1925, 1930, 1977 or 1998?
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1977
39.Who wrote "The Garin Death Ray": Dmitry Glukhovsky, Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Vladimir Sorokin or Alexander Belyayev?
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Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy
40.Who wrote "Death or Glory": Ekaterina Sedia, Dmitry Glukhovsky, Nikolay Nosov or Vladimir Vasilyev?
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Vladimir Vasilyev
41.In what year was Italian professional basketball club Pallacanestro Cantù founded: 1927, 1936, 1938 or 1954?
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1936
42.In what year was Italian basketball club Basket Torino founded: 1966, 1975, 2016 or 2019?
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2019
43.In what year was Italian amateur basketball club Stella Azzurra Roma founded: 1927, 1936, 1938 or 1960?
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1938
44.Who wrote "Critique of Pure Reason": Mary Wollstonecraft, Samuel Johnson, Martin Heidegger or Immanuel Kant?
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Immanuel Kant
45.Who wrote "Being and Time": David Hume, Alexis de Tocqueville, Plato or Martin Heidegger?
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Martin Heidegger
46.Who wrote "A Dictionary of the English Language": Jean-Paul Sartre, Henry David Thoreau, Alexis de Tocqueville or Samuel Johnson?
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Samuel Johnson
47.What was the nationality of Josef Kramer: American, Mexican, German or Cambodian?
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German
48.What was the nationality of Kermit Gosnell: Cambodian, American, French or Mexican?
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American
49.What was the nationality of Joaquin Murrieta: British, Cambodian, German or Mexican?
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Mexican
50.Who wrote "The Possibility of an Island": Robert Merle, Jean de La Hire, Michel Houellebecq or René Barjavel?
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Michel Houellebecq
51.Who wrote "L'Homme truqué": François Bordes, Jean Bruller, Tomi Ungerer or Maurice Renard?
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Maurice Renard
52.Who wrote "Submission": Robert Merle, Catherine Dufour, Michel Houellebecq or Jean-Baptiste Cousin de Grainville?
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Michel Houellebecq
53.What is the nationality of Apolo Ohno: American, British, Belarusian or Austrian?
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American
54.In what year was Lydia Lassila born: 1956, 1982, 1986 or 1995?
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1982
55.What was the nationality of Toni Sailer: Australian, Belarusian, British or Austrian?
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Austrian
56.In what year was "Ultraman: Rising" first released: 2017, 2018, 2019 or 2024?
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2024
57.Who directed "Shin Ultraman": Kiyotaka Taguchi, Shannon Tindle, Yuichi Abe or Shinji Higuchi?
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Shinji Higuchi
58.In what year was "Ultraman Ginga S The Movie" first released: 2015, 2018, 2019 or 2023?
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2015
59.In what year was Brandon Manning born: 1987, 1990, 1995 or 1997?
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1990
60.In which place was Ryan Parent born: Lac-Beauport, Quebec, London, Ontario, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan or Newmarket, Ontario?
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Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
61.In which place was Denver Barkey born: Newmarket, Ontario, Alliston, Ontario, Thunder Bay, Ontario or Grimsby, Ontario, Canada?
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Newmarket, Ontario
62.In what year did "Cyberchase" premiere: 2000, 2002, 2005 or 2019?
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2002
63.Who created "Being Ian": Sandra Sheppard, Ian James Corlett, Ron Harris or Douglas Gayeton?
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Ian James Corlett
64.Who created "20 Minute Workout": Ron Harris, Matthew Wexler, Ian James Corlett or Sandra Sheppard?
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Ron Harris
65.In what year was American jazz double bassist Jimmy Garrison born: 1934, 1935, 1947 or 1952?
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1934
66.In what year was American trumpeter Irvin Mayfield born: 1956, 1961, 1965 or 1977?
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1977
67.In what year was Dutch jazz drummer Eric Ineke born: 1947, 1948, 1953 or 1956?
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1947
68.Who created "Doraemon": Joanna Lee, Paul Reubens, Jeffrey O'Kelly or Hiroshi Fujimoto?
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Hiroshi Fujimoto
69.Who created "Pee-wee Herman": Paul Reubens, Jef Nys, Jeffrey O'Kelly or Joanna Lee?
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Paul Reubens
70.Who created "The Great Gazoo": Joanna Lee, Pendleton Ward, Paul Reubens or Jef Nys?
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Joanna Lee
71.In what year was Hirobo founded: 1949, 1955, 1962 or 1974?
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1949
72.In which city is ParkZone headquartered: Champaign, Illinois, United States, Bretten-Gölshausen, Germany, Irvine, California, US or Vista, California?
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Champaign, Illinois, United States
73.In which city is AstroFlight headquartered: Bretten-Gölshausen, Germany, Champaign, Illinois, Irvine, California, US or Vista, California?
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Irvine, California, US
74.In what year did "The Choir" first air: 2000, 2004, 2006 or 2017?
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2006
75.In what year did "The Body in Question" first air: 1978, 2000, 2004 or 2006?
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1978
76.In what year did "Antiques Road Trip" first air: 2004, 2006, 2010 or 2017?
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2010
77.Which company published "Donkey Kong": Nintendo, Activision, Ubisoft or Eidos Interactive?
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Nintendo
78.In what year was "Space Invaders" first released: 1979, 1980, 1993 or 1998?
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1980
79.Which company developed "Dance Dance Revolution": King, Infinity Ward, Konami or Ion Storm?
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Konami
80.In what year was English actor Paul Ritter born: 1966, 1967, 1971 or 1982?
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1966
81.In what year was British actor Adam Nagaitis born: 1966, 1971, 1982 or 1985?
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1985
82.In what year was Swedish director Johan Renck born: 1961, 1966, 1967 or 1982?
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1966
83.Which company developed "Fantasia": Angel Studios, Christophe de Dinechin, Rebellion Developments or Infogrames?
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Infogrames
84.Who wrote "White Noise": A. A. Milne, Don DeLillo, Italo Svevo or Zadie Smith?
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Don DeLillo
85.Who wrote "Their Eyes Were Watching God": D. H. Lawrence, Nikos Kazantzakis, Zora Neale Hurston or Malcolm Lowry?
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Zora Neale Hurston
86.Who wrote "Zorba the Greek": Malcolm Lowry, Zora Neale Hurston, Hilary Mantel or Nikos Kazantzakis?
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Nikos Kazantzakis
87.In what year did "Ichhapyaari Naagin" premiere: 2002, 2011, 2016 or 2018?
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2016
88.Which network originally aired "Divya Drishti": Star Jalsha, Colors TV, StarPlus or Sahara One?
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StarPlus
89.Which network originally aired "Ek Deewaana Tha": Star Bharat, Sony Entertainment Television, Zee TV or Asianet?
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Sony Entertainment Television
90.To which biological order does the Asteraceae belong: Asterales, Dipsacales, Icacinales or Boraginales?
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Asterales
91.To which biological order does the Icacinaceae belong: Asterales, Dipsacales, Solanales or Icacinales?
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Icacinales
92.To which biological order does the Boraginaceae belong: Aquifoliales, Icacinales, Boraginales or Solanales?
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Boraginales
93.In what year did "The Hidden Moon" premiere: 2023, 2024, 2025 or 2026?
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2024
94.Who directed "Satja Nai Chum Joan": Anuwat Thanomrod, Intorn Lokaew, Boss Wasakorn Khumklaowiriya or Somching Srisuphap?
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Anuwat Thanomrod
95.In what year did "Interminable" premiere: 2021, 2023, 2024 or 2025?
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2025
96.Which network originally aired "Robin Hood": Starz, Netflix, ABC Weekend TV or BBC One?
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BBC One
97.Which network originally aired "The Irregulars": Starz, ABC Weekend TV, Netflix or ITV?
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Netflix
98.Which network originally aired "The Gay Cavalier": ABC Weekend TV, Netflix, BBC One or ITV?
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ITV
99.Who wrote "Aru Shah and the End of Time": Roshani Chokshi, Ernest La Prade, James Thurber or Ann Eliza Smith?
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Roshani Chokshi
100.In what year did German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin die: 1909, 1924, 1926 or 1936?
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1926