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Uncommon Trivia · Puzzle #28

Daily Trivia Answers for October 22, 2026

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Puzzle #28Oct 22, 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 #28

Puzzle #28 was the Uncommon Trivia daily puzzle for October 22, 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 US state capital

    50 accepted answers. Most viewed: Boston (119k views a month), Atlanta (104k), Nashville (76k). Rarest: Concord (9.8k views a month), Dover (10k), Pierre (10k).

    6 answers are worth 90 points or more (Legendary): Concord, Dover, Pierre, Frankfort, Jefferson City, and Augusta.

    Why Concord is the rarest answer here: its English Wikipedia article gets a median of 9.8k views a month, the fewest in this category. Boston, the most viewed answer, gets about 12 times as many (119k). A typical answer sits in the middle of the list: Jackson gets 27k views a month and scores 54 points.

  2. 2. Name one of the 30 largest lakes in the world by area

    30 accepted answers. Most viewed: Caspian Sea (85k views a month), Lake Baikal (64k), Lake Superior (39k). Rarest: Lake Mweru (570 views a month), Lake Rukwa (603), Nettilling Lake (897).

    4 answers are worth 90 points or more (Legendary): Lake Mweru, Lake Rukwa, Nettilling Lake, and Lake Winnipegosis.

    Why Lake Mweru is the rarest answer here: its English Wikipedia article gets a median of 570 views a month, the fewest in this category. Caspian Sea, the most viewed answer, gets about 149 times as many (85k). A typical answer sits in the middle of the list: Lake Ladoga gets 7.8k views a month and scores 53 points.

  3. 3. 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.

  4. 4. Name a vitamin the body needs

    13 accepted answers. Most viewed: Vitamin B12 (28k views a month), Vitamin C (25k), Vitamin D (24k). Rarest: Vitamin B5 (5k views a month), Vitamin B3 (6.4k), Vitamin B6 (7k).

    2 answers are worth 90 points or more (Legendary): Vitamin B5 and Vitamin B3.

    Why Vitamin B5 is the rarest answer here: its English Wikipedia article gets a median of 5k views a month, the fewest in this category. Vitamin B12, the most viewed answer, gets about 6 times as many (28k). A typical answer sits in the middle of the list: Vitamin A gets 11k views a month and scores 55 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 president of the United States

    45 accepted answers. Most viewed: Donald Trump (1.3M views a month), Barack Obama (489k), John F. Kennedy (409k). Rarest: James Monroe (53k views a month), Millard Fillmore (56k), Benjamin Harrison (59k).

    6 answers are worth 90 points or more (Legendary): James Monroe, Millard Fillmore, Benjamin Harrison, Franklin Pierce, Rutherford B. Hayes, and John Tyler.

    Why James Monroe is the rarest answer here: its English Wikipedia article gets a median of 53k views a month, the fewest in this category. Donald Trump, the most viewed answer, gets about 25 times as many (1.3M). A typical answer sits in the middle of the list: John Adams gets 146k views a month and scores 55 points.

  7. 7. Name a city that has hosted the Summer Olympics

    23 accepted answers. Most viewed: London (232k views a month), Los Angeles (212k), Paris (160k). Rarest: Antwerp (38k views a month), Helsinki (47k), Stockholm (61k).

    3 answers are worth 90 points or more (Legendary): Antwerp, Helsinki, and Stockholm.

    Why Antwerp is the rarest answer here: its English Wikipedia article gets a median of 38k views a month, the fewest in this category. London, the most viewed answer, gets about 6 times as many (232k). A typical answer sits in the middle of the list: Amsterdam gets 92k views a month and scores 55 points.

The rarest answers in the October 22, 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. Lake Mweru — 30 largest lakes in the world by area · 570 views a month · 100 points
  4. Lake Rukwa — 30 largest lakes in the world by area · 603 views a month · 97 points
  5. The Life of Emile Zola — Film that won the Academy Award for Best Picture · 2.5k views a month · 100 points
  6. Cavalcade — Film that won the Academy Award for Best Picture · 3.4k views a month · 99 points
  7. Vitamin B5 — Vitamin the body needs · 5k views a month · 100 points
  8. Vitamin B3 — Vitamin the body needs · 6.4k views a month · 93 points
  9. Concord — US state capital · 9.8k views a month · 100 points
  10. Dover — US state capital · 10k views a month · 98 points

Questions about Puzzle #28

What were the categories in Uncommon Trivia Puzzle #28?

The October 22, 2026 puzzle had seven categories: US state capital, 30 largest lakes in the world by area, Moon of Jupiter, Vitamin the body needs, Film that won the Academy Award for Best Picture, President of the United States, and City that has hosted the Summer Olympics.

Which answer in Puzzle #28 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 #28?

Yes. The board at the top of this page replays the October 22, 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 #29 followed on October 23, 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.