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Uncommon Trivia · Puzzle #26

Daily Trivia Answers for October 20, 2026

Replay the puzzle below, then open the answer notes to see why the rarest answers score the most.

Puzzle #26Oct 20, 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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About Puzzle #26

Puzzle #26 was the Uncommon Trivia daily puzzle for October 20, 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 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.

  2. 2. 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.

  3. 3. Name an SI base unit or named derived unit

    29 accepted answers. Most viewed: Degree Celsius (32k views a month), Joule (25k), Kelvin (25k). Rarest: Katal (580 views a month), Weber (3.8k), Henry (4k).

    4 answers are worth 90 points or more (Legendary): Katal, Weber, Henry, and Steradian.

    Why Katal is the rarest answer here: its English Wikipedia article gets a median of 580 views a month, the fewest in this category. Degree Celsius, the most viewed answer, gets about 55 times as many (32k). A typical answer sits in the middle of the list: Coulomb gets 12k views a month and scores 55 points.

  4. 4. Name one of the 20 standard amino acids

    20 accepted answers. Most viewed: Glycine (14k views a month), Phenylalanine (14k), Tryptophan (13k). Rarest: Isoleucine (2.5k views a month), Valine (2.6k), Asparagine (2.7k).

    3 answers are worth 90 points or more (Legendary): Isoleucine, Valine, and Asparagine.

    Why Isoleucine is the rarest answer here: its English Wikipedia article gets a median of 2.5k views a month, the fewest in this category. Glycine, the most viewed answer, gets about 5 times as many (14k). A typical answer sits in the middle of the list: Leucine gets 5.9k views a month and scores 53 points.

  5. 5. Name one of the 50 US states

    50 accepted answers. Most viewed: Hawaii (250k views a month), California (218k), Texas (154k). Rarest: North Dakota (40k views a month), South Dakota (43k), Nebraska (52k).

    6 answers are worth 90 points or more (Legendary): North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Idaho, Iowa, and Arkansas.

    Why North Dakota is the rarest answer here: its English Wikipedia article gets a median of 40k views a month, the fewest in this category. Hawaii, the most viewed answer, gets about 6 times as many (250k). A typical answer sits in the middle of the list: Maryland gets 75k views a month and scores 54 points.

  6. 6. Name a G20 member country

    19 accepted answers. Most viewed: United States (1.2M views a month), United Kingdom (583k), India (544k). Rarest: Argentina (188k views a month), South Korea (189k), Saudi Arabia (236k).

    3 answers are worth 90 points or more (Legendary): Argentina, South Korea, and Saudi Arabia.

    Why Argentina is the rarest answer here: its English Wikipedia article gets a median of 188k views a month, the fewest in this category. United States, the most viewed answer, gets about 6 times as many (1.2M). A typical answer sits in the middle of the list: Turkey gets 310k views a month and scores 55 points.

  7. 7. Name an official James Bond film

    25 accepted answers. Most viewed: No Time to Die (166k views a month), Casino Royale (102k), Skyfall (92k). Rarest: The Man with the Golden Gun (32k views a month), Thunderball (33k), Moonraker (33k).

    3 answers are worth 90 points or more (Legendary): The Man with the Golden Gun, Thunderball, and Moonraker.

    Why The Man with the Golden Gun is the rarest answer here: its English Wikipedia article gets a median of 32k views a month, the fewest in this category. No Time to Die, the most viewed answer, gets about 5 times as many (166k). A typical answer sits in the middle of the list: Licence to Kill gets 41k views a month and scores 55 points.

The rarest answers in the October 20, 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. Katal — SI base unit or named derived unit · 580 views a month · 100 points
  2. Isoleucine — 20 standard amino acids · 2.5k views a month · 100 points
  3. Valine — 20 standard amino acids · 2.6k views a month · 95 points
  4. Weber — SI base unit or named derived unit · 3.8k views a month · 97 points
  5. Statue of Zeus at Olympia — Seven Wonders of the Ancient World or the New 7 Wonders · 28k views a month · 100 points
  6. The Man with the Golden Gun — Official James Bond film · 32k views a month · 100 points
  7. Mausoleum at Halicarnassus — Seven Wonders of the Ancient World or the New 7 Wonders · 32k views a month · 93 points
  8. Thunderball — Official James Bond film · 33k views a month · 96 points
  9. North Dakota — 50 US states · 40k views a month · 100 points
  10. South Dakota — 50 US states · 43k views a month · 98 points

Questions about Puzzle #26

What were the categories in Uncommon Trivia Puzzle #26?

The October 20, 2026 puzzle had seven categories: Seven Wonders of the Ancient World or the New 7 Wonders, Country in South America, SI base unit or named derived unit, 20 standard amino acids, 50 US states, G20 member country, and Official James Bond film.

Which answer in Puzzle #26 is the rarest?

Katal, an accepted answer to "Name an SI base unit or named derived unit". Its English Wikipedia article gets 580 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 #26?

Yes. The board at the top of this page replays the October 20, 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 #27 followed on October 21, 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.