The Mystical Column of Synthetically Random Trivia
ASTRONOMY
This type of star, smaller and cooler than the Sun, makes up about 75% of all stars in the Milky Way.
What is a Red Dwarf?
This substance, enough for one day, lasted eight.
What is oil?
According to several polls, it is the least popular Thanksgiving side dish among Americans.
What is cranberry sauce?
Though called “man’s best friend,” this dog’s true loyalty belonged to the Grinch.
Who is Max? I
This country is made up of 10 provinces and 3 territories.
What is Canada?
GEOGRAPHY
Sitting below sea level at 86 meters (282 feet), this desert basin in Israel and Jordan is the lowest land point on Earth.
What is the Dead Sea Depression?
This country's culture celebrates Ōmisoka, a New Year's Eve celebration.
What is Japan?
Americans' favorite Thanksgiving side dish.
What is stuffing? H
The city that Jesus is of.
What is Nazareth?
The capital of the country that boasts the most islands in the Mediterranean.
What is Athens? O
LITERATURE
In this dystopian novel by George Orwell, “Big Brother” watches everyone, and thoughtcrime is punishable by death.
What is 1984?
Celebrated on December 26 in many Commonwealth nations, this holiday began as the day when employers gave “Christmas boxes” to workers.
What is Boxing Day?
DAILY DOUBLE
This breed of dog was the winner of the 2025 National Dog Show.
Who is Soleil the Belgian Sheepdog?
Bing Crosby's best-selling Christmas song and is also what many Americans have come to expect out of the holiday.
What is White Christmas?
TRIPLE POINTS (60s)
The two U.S. state capitals that are closest to each other.
What are Providence, Rhode Island and Boston, Massachusetts?
ART & SCIENCE
Leonardo da Vinci’s sketches of this device anticipated a modern invention used in flight, despite it never being built in his lifetime.
What is a Helicopter (or aerial screw)? Y
Hanukkah celebrates the victory of this group over the Seleucids.
Who are the Maccabees?
The land that the pilgrims landed on eventually became this U.S. State.
What is Massachusetts?
On Christmas Eve, this is the creature that is not even stirring.
What is a mouse?
The country that has an overseas territory on the continent of South America.
What is France? R
MYTHOLOGY
Punished for revealing divine secrets, this Titan had his liver eaten daily by an eagle, only for it to regenerate each night.
Who is Prometheus?
All celebrated in the late months of the year, Hanukkah, Diwali, Kwanzaa, and St. Lucia’s Day are Jewish, Hindu, African-American, and Swedish festivals of this.
What is light? K
What are TV dinners?
Once that hat was placed upon his head, these are the first words Frosty the Snowman ever uttered.
What is "Happy Birthday"? C
Copenhagen is the capital of this country.
What is Denmark?