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Uncommon Trivia · Puzzle #23

Daily Trivia Answers for October 17, 2026

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Puzzle #23Oct 17, 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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  • Rare
  • Legendary

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About Puzzle #23

Puzzle #23 was the Uncommon Trivia daily puzzle for October 17, 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 country in Europe

    49 accepted answers. Most viewed: United Kingdom (583k views a month), Russia (332k), Germany (329k). Rarest: San Marino (103k views a month), Andorra (103k), Moldova (104k).

    6 answers are worth 90 points or more (Legendary): San Marino, Andorra, Moldova, Latvia, Estonia, and Slovakia.

    Why San Marino is the rarest answer here: its English Wikipedia article gets a median of 103k views a month, the fewest in this category. United Kingdom, the most viewed answer, gets about 6 times as many (583k). A typical answer sits in the middle of the list: Montenegro gets 172k views a month and scores 55 points.

  2. 2. Name one of the 88 modern constellations

    88 accepted answers. Most viewed: Orion (55k views a month), Ursa Major (23k), Gemini (19k). Rarest: Telescopium (862 views a month), Microscopium (898), Triangulum Australe (1k).

    10 answers are worth 90 points or more (Legendary): Telescopium, Microscopium, Triangulum Australe, Circinus, Pictor, Indus, Octans, Chamaeleon, and 2 more.

    Why Telescopium is the rarest answer here: its English Wikipedia article gets a median of 862 views a month, the fewest in this category. Orion, the most viewed answer, gets about 63 times as many (55k). A typical answer sits in the middle of the list: Canis Minor gets 3k views a month and scores 54 points.

  3. 3. Name a Canadian province or territory

    13 accepted answers. Most viewed: Quebec (92k views a month), Ontario (80k), British Columbia (76k). Rarest: Northwest Territories (33k views a month), Manitoba (37k), Yukon (41k).

    2 answers are worth 90 points or more (Legendary): Northwest Territories and Manitoba.

    Why Northwest Territories is the rarest answer here: its English Wikipedia article gets a median of 33k views a month, the fewest in this category. Quebec, the most viewed answer, gets about 3 times as many (92k). A typical answer sits in the middle of the list: Nunavut gets 53k views a month and scores 55 points.

  4. 4. 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.

  5. 5. Name a film that won the Academy Award for Best Picture

    97 accepted answers. Most viewed: One Battle After Another (343k views a month), The Godfather (182k), No Country for Old Men (179k). Rarest: The Life of Emile Zola (2.5k views a month), Cavalcade (3.4k), The Great Ziegfeld (3.7k).

    12 answers are worth 90 points or more (Legendary): The Life of Emile Zola, Cavalcade, The Great Ziegfeld, The Broadway Melody, Hamlet, Going My Way, All the King's Men, You Can't Take It with You, and 4 more.

    Why The Life of Emile Zola is the rarest answer here: its English Wikipedia article gets a median of 2.5k views a month, the fewest in this category. One Battle After Another, the most viewed answer, gets about 138 times as many (343k). A typical answer sits in the middle of the list: The Last Emperor gets 39k views a month and scores 55 points.

  6. 6. 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.

  7. 7. Name a play by William Shakespeare

    39 accepted answers. Most viewed: Hamlet (99k views a month), Romeo and Juliet (85k), Macbeth (69k). Rarest: Henry VI, Part 2 (1.9k views a month), Edward III (1.9k), Henry VI, Part 3 (2k).

    5 answers are worth 90 points or more (Legendary): Henry VI, Part 2, Edward III, Henry VI, Part 3, The Two Noble Kinsmen, and Henry IV, Part 2.

    Why Henry VI, Part 2 is the rarest answer here: its English Wikipedia article gets a median of 1.9k views a month, the fewest in this category. Hamlet, the most viewed answer, gets about 52 times as many (99k). A typical answer sits in the middle of the list: The Comedy of Errors gets 10k views a month and scores 55 points.

The rarest answers in the October 17, 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. Charles Édouard Guillaume — Nobel Prize in Physics laureate · 179 views a month · 100 points
  2. Clifford G. Shull — Nobel Prize in Physics laureate · 310 views a month · 100 points
  3. Telescopium — 88 modern constellations · 862 views a month · 100 points
  4. Microscopium — 88 modern constellations · 898 views a month · 99 points
  5. Henry VI, Part 2 — Play by William Shakespeare · 1.9k views a month · 100 points
  6. Edward III — Play by William Shakespeare · 1.9k views a month · 98 points
  7. The Life of Emile Zola — Film that won the Academy Award for Best Picture · 2.5k views a month · 100 points
  8. Cavalcade — Film that won the Academy Award for Best Picture · 3.4k views a month · 99 points
  9. Indianapolis Colts — Team in the NFL · 23k views a month · 100 points
  10. Cincinnati Bengals — Team in the NFL · 24k views a month · 97 points

Questions about Puzzle #23

What were the categories in Uncommon Trivia Puzzle #23?

The October 17, 2026 puzzle had seven categories: Country in Europe, 88 modern constellations, Canadian province or territory, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate, Film that won the Academy Award for Best Picture, Team in the NFL, and Play by William Shakespeare.

Which answer in Puzzle #23 is the rarest?

Charles Édouard Guillaume, an accepted answer to "Name a Nobel Prize in Physics laureate". Its English Wikipedia article gets 179 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 #23?

Yes. The board at the top of this page replays the October 17, 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 #24 followed on October 18, 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.