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Uncommon Trivia · Puzzle #18

Daily Trivia Answers for October 12, 2026

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Puzzle #18Oct 12, 2026

7 questions. 25 seconds each. One guess.

Name a correct answer few people would think of. The rarer it is, the more it scores.

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  • Legendary

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About Puzzle #18

Puzzle #18 was the Uncommon Trivia daily puzzle for October 12, 2026. It asked seven category questions, and every accepted answer is scored by how rarely its English Wikipedia page is viewed: the most viewed answer in each category earns 10 points and the least viewed earns 100. Play it above first if you want to avoid spoilers, then open the answer notes to see the most common and the rarest answers.

Rarity here comes from one public number per answer: the median of its monthly English Wikipedia page views over six full months, currently March to August 2026. Fewer readers means a rarer answer and a higher score. This edition freezes its answers and scoring data; future refreshes do not change this snapshot. For reconstructed history, the original publication remains unverified. Rarity is not a judgment of how important an answer is, only of how rarely people look it up.

Show the answer notes (spoilers)

  1. 1. Name a moon of Jupiter

    73 accepted answers. Most viewed: Europa (39k views a month), Ganymede (39k), Io (36k). Rarest: S/2017 J 5 (93 views a month), S/2017 J 7 (103), Sponde (104).

    9 answers are worth 90 points or more (Legendary): S/2017 J 5, S/2017 J 7, Sponde, S/2017 J 8, S/2017 J 2, S/2017 J 6, Eukelade, S/2017 J 9, and 1 more.

    Why S/2017 J 5 is the rarest answer here: its English Wikipedia article gets a median of 93 views a month, the fewest in this category. Europa, the most viewed answer, gets about 419 times as many (39k). A typical answer sits in the middle of the list: Orthosie gets 333 views a month and scores 55 points.

  2. 2. Name a Nobel Prize in Physics laureate

    225 accepted answers. Most viewed: Albert Einstein (326k views a month), Marie Curie (167k), Richard P. Feynman (103k). Rarest: Charles Édouard Guillaume (179 views a month), Clifford G. Shull (310), Horst L. Störmer (321).

    28 answers are worth 90 points or more (Legendary): Charles Édouard Guillaume, Clifford G. Shull, Horst L. Störmer, Robert C. Richardson, Leo James Rainwater, Hans G. Dehmelt, Ben Roy Mottelson, Donald Arthur Glaser, and 20 more.

    Why Charles Édouard Guillaume is the rarest answer here: its English Wikipedia article gets a median of 179 views a month, the fewest in this category. Albert Einstein, the most viewed answer, gets about 1,824 times as many (326k). A typical answer sits in the middle of the list: Reinhard Genzel gets 1.4k views a month and scores 57 points.

  3. 3. Name a team in the NFL

    32 accepted answers. Most viewed: New York Giants (61k views a month), New England Patriots (58k), Seattle Seahawks (57k). Rarest: Indianapolis Colts (23k views a month), Cincinnati Bengals (24k), Carolina Panthers (24k).

    4 answers are worth 90 points or more (Legendary): Indianapolis Colts, Cincinnati Bengals, Carolina Panthers, and Houston Texans.

    Why Indianapolis Colts is the rarest answer here: its English Wikipedia article gets a median of 23k views a month, the fewest in this category. New York Giants, the most viewed answer, gets about 3 times as many (61k). A typical answer sits in the middle of the list: Cleveland Browns gets 41k views a month and scores 54 points.

  4. 4. Name a country in South America

    12 accepted answers. Most viewed: Brazil (279k views a month), Argentina (188k), Colombia (181k). Rarest: Paraguay (70k views a month), Ecuador (90k), Bolivia (96k).

    2 answers are worth 90 points or more (Legendary): Paraguay and Ecuador.

    Why Paraguay is the rarest answer here: its English Wikipedia article gets a median of 70k views a month, the fewest in this category. Brazil, the most viewed answer, gets about 4 times as many (279k). A typical answer sits in the middle of the list: Suriname gets 122k views a month and scores 51 points.

  5. 5. Name an Australian state or territory

    8 accepted answers. Most viewed: Tasmania (73k views a month), New South Wales (53k), Queensland (46k). Rarest: Australian Capital Territory (21k views a month), South Australia (25k), Victoria (27k).

    Only one answer is worth 90 points or more (Legendary): Australian Capital Territory.

    Why Australian Capital Territory is the rarest answer here: its English Wikipedia article gets a median of 21k views a month, the fewest in this category. Tasmania, the most viewed answer, gets about 4 times as many (73k). A typical answer sits in the middle of the list: Western Australia gets 34k views a month and scores 49 points.

  6. 6. Name an opera by Giuseppe Verdi

    26 accepted answers. Most viewed: La traviata (26k views a month), Aida (16k), Rigoletto (11k). Rarest: La battaglia di Legnano (265 views a month), Alzira (331), Il corsaro (350).

    3 answers are worth 90 points or more (Legendary): La battaglia di Legnano, Alzira, and Il corsaro.

    Why La battaglia di Legnano is the rarest answer here: its English Wikipedia article gets a median of 265 views a month, the fewest in this category. La traviata, the most viewed answer, gets about 96 times as many (26k). A typical answer sits in the middle of the list: Ernani gets 1.1k views a month and scores 53 points.

  7. 7. Name one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World or the New 7 Wonders

    14 accepted answers. Most viewed: Taj Mahal (123k views a month), Great Wall of China (114k), Colosseum (99k). Rarest: Statue of Zeus at Olympia (28k views a month), Mausoleum at Halicarnassus (32k), Lighthouse of Alexandria (37k).

    2 answers are worth 90 points or more (Legendary): Statue of Zeus at Olympia and Mausoleum at Halicarnassus.

    Why Statue of Zeus at Olympia is the rarest answer here: its English Wikipedia article gets a median of 28k views a month, the fewest in this category. Taj Mahal, the most viewed answer, gets about 4 times as many (123k). A typical answer sits in the middle of the list: Christ the Redeemer gets 62k views a month and scores 52 points.

The rarest answers in the October 12, 2026 puzzle

Uncommon Trivia never collects the answers players type, so this is not a ranking of what people guessed. It ranks the accepted answers from the puzzle's seven categories by their monthly English Wikipedia views, lowest first, with the points each one scores in its own category. To keep one category from filling the list, it takes at most two answers from each.

Show the 10 rarest answers (spoilers)
  1. S/2017 J 5 — Moon of Jupiter · 93 views a month · 100 points
  2. S/2017 J 7 — Moon of Jupiter · 103 views a month · 99 points
  3. Charles Édouard Guillaume — Nobel Prize in Physics laureate · 179 views a month · 100 points
  4. La battaglia di Legnano — Opera by Giuseppe Verdi · 265 views a month · 100 points
  5. Clifford G. Shull — Nobel Prize in Physics laureate · 310 views a month · 100 points
  6. Alzira — Opera by Giuseppe Verdi · 331 views a month · 96 points
  7. Australian Capital Territory — Australian state or territory · 21k views a month · 100 points
  8. Indianapolis Colts — Team in the NFL · 23k views a month · 100 points
  9. Cincinnati Bengals — Team in the NFL · 24k views a month · 97 points
  10. South Australia — Australian state or territory · 25k views a month · 87 points

Questions about Puzzle #18

What were the categories in Uncommon Trivia Puzzle #18?

The October 12, 2026 puzzle had seven categories: Moon of Jupiter, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate, Team in the NFL, Country in South America, Australian state or territory, Opera by Giuseppe Verdi, and Seven Wonders of the Ancient World or the New 7 Wonders.

Which answer in Puzzle #18 is the rarest?

S/2017 J 5, an accepted answer to "Name a moon of Jupiter". Its English Wikipedia article gets 93 views a month, the fewest of any accepted answer in this puzzle, so it scores 100 points.

How are answers scored in Uncommon Trivia?

Each accepted answer is ranked within its category by the median of its monthly English Wikipedia page views over six full months, currently March to August 2026. The most viewed answer earns 10 points, the least viewed earns 100, and the rest are spaced evenly in between by rank. A wrong answer, or running out of the 25 seconds, scores 0.

Can I still play Puzzle #18?

Yes. The board at the top of this page replays the October 12, 2026 puzzle with the same seven categories, scored with the current view counts. Archive games don't change your stats or your daily streak.

When does the next puzzle come out?

A new puzzle unlocks for everyone at 00:00 UTC each day. Puzzle #19 followed on October 13, 2026, and today's puzzle is always on the home page.

More to play: today's puzzle, every past puzzle, or unlimited mode with random categories.