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Last Week's Quiz

Created by Sam Liao
Edited by T.J. Szafanski

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  • Submit your answers by 9:31am ET 1/28/26
  • Don't cheat. Cheating is bad. Using Google/AI/ChatGPT/Gemini IS cheating.
  • Trivia graders don't care about spelling (but try your hardest)
  • No negative points for incorrect responses (so guess to your heart's content)
  • Email [email protected] for clarification on any questions

Hey there gumshoes! We could use your help again solving this week's mystery round.



You'll need to answer questions 1 - 9 and then help us figure out how they're all connected in question 10! Happy hunting!

SOCIAL STUDIES Q1. Illuminated Intersections: You can meet a bootleg Spider-Man, check out an annual ball drop, or visit a certain news daily’s HQ at what midtown New York site?



SOCIAL STUDIES Q2. Scary Seas: Lloyd’s of London doesn’t increase rates for traveling through the, let’s say, roughly three-sided region of the Atlantic between a small British territory, Florida, and Puerto Rico known by what geometric name?



SOCIAL STUDIES Q3. Defense Department: While the entirety of the building sits in the state of Virginia, what office building, the largest in the world from 1943 to 2023, has a Washington, D.C. address?



MISCELLANEOUS Q4. Egyptian Eating: The original one, introduced in the early '90s, was narrow at the top and wide at the bottom. But in early 2026, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins relaunched what set of guidelines with a wider top and narrower bottom?



SPORTS & GAMES Q5. Crystalized Carbon: “Less than two out, score tied last of ninth inning, runner on first, batter hits a ball out of park for winning run, the runner on first passes second and thinking the home run automatically wins the game, cuts across REDACTED toward his bench as batter-runner circles bases.” The REDACTED word above is the only time in the official rules of Major League Baseball that they mention what form?



MISCELLANEOUS Q6. Vegas Venues: The world’s largest LED screen is inside what pricey Las Vegas venue that’s hosted residencies by U2, Backstreet Boys, and the Eagles?



SPORTS & GAMES Q7. Puzzling Pastimes : If you knew that CFOP most notably stands for “cross, first two layers, orientation, permutation” then you are probably someone who’s quite familiar with what 1974 single-player game?



FINE ARTS Q8. Club Classics: The winds of change blow Amir back to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan to find his murdered friend’s son in what 2003 Khalid Hosseini book club fave-turned-2007 film?



POP CULTURE Q9. Triplicate Tunes: Three songs from “The Lion King” received Oscar nominations for Best Original Song: "Can You Feel the Love Tonight,” "Hakuna Matata,” and what song from the film's opening scene?



MISCELLANEOUS Q10. Resolution Riddle: You’ve probably heard that January is by far the month with the most gym membership signups. That’s because an incredibly common New Year’s resolution involves getting into what personal status that describes this quiz’s answers?



TIEBREAKER Summing Sides: How many sides does an enneacontakaienneagon have?

Quiz is closed and your answers are now locked! Graders are grading and results will be sent on 1/28/26