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Uncommon Trivia · Puzzle #38

Daily Trivia Answers for November 1, 2026

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

Puzzle #38Nov 1, 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 #38

Puzzle #38 was the Uncommon Trivia daily puzzle for November 1, 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 ten main cloud genera

    10 accepted answers. Most viewed: Cumulonimbus (19k views a month), Cumulus (9.3k), Cirrus (9.2k). Rarest: Cirrostratus (1.4k views a month), Altostratus (1.6k), Stratocumulus (2.4k).

    2 answers are worth 90 points or more (Legendary): Cirrostratus and Altostratus.

    Why Cirrostratus is the rarest answer here: its English Wikipedia article gets a median of 1.4k views a month, the fewest in this category. Cumulonimbus, the most viewed answer, gets about 14 times as many (19k). A typical answer sits in the middle of the list: Nimbostratus gets 3.1k views a month and scores 50 points.

  2. 2. 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.

  3. 3. 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.

  4. 4. 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.

  5. 5. Name a country that uses the euro

    21 accepted answers. Most viewed: Germany (329k views a month), France (297k), Spain (272k). Rarest: Latvia (113k views a month), Estonia (115k), Slovakia (118k).

    3 answers are worth 90 points or more (Legendary): Latvia, Estonia, and Slovakia.

    Why Latvia is the rarest answer here: its English Wikipedia article gets a median of 113k views a month, the fewest in this category. Germany, the most viewed answer, gets about 3 times as many (329k). A typical answer sits in the middle of the list: Belgium gets 160k views a month and scores 55 points.

  6. 6. Name an official language of the European Union

    24 accepted answers. Most viewed: English (256k views a month), Spanish (106k), French (91k). Rarest: Slovak (13k views a month), Latvian (15k), Estonian (15k).

    3 answers are worth 90 points or more (Legendary): Slovak, Latvian, and Estonian.

    Why Slovak is the rarest answer here: its English Wikipedia article gets a median of 13k views a month, the fewest in this category. English, the most viewed answer, gets about 20 times as many (256k). A typical answer sits in the middle of the list: Romanian gets 30k views a month and scores 53 points.

  7. 7. Name a Studio Ghibli feature film

    22 accepted answers. Most viewed: Spirited Away (95k views a month), Grave of the Fireflies (83k), Howl's Moving Castle (75k). Rarest: My Neighbors the Yamadas (8.6k views a month), Pom Poko (15k), The Red Turtle (16k).

    3 answers are worth 90 points or more (Legendary): My Neighbors the Yamadas, Pom Poko, and The Red Turtle.

    Why My Neighbors the Yamadas is the rarest answer here: its English Wikipedia article gets a median of 8.6k views a month, the fewest in this category. Spirited Away, the most viewed answer, gets about 11 times as many (95k). A typical answer sits in the middle of the list: Whisper of the Heart gets 32k views a month and scores 53 points.

The rarest answers in the November 1, 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. Cirrostratus — Ten main cloud genera · 1.4k views a month · 100 points
  4. Altostratus — Ten main cloud genera · 1.6k views a month · 90 points
  5. My Neighbors the Yamadas — Studio Ghibli feature film · 8.6k views a month · 100 points
  6. Concord — US state capital · 9.8k views a month · 100 points
  7. Dover — US state capital · 10k views a month · 98 points
  8. Slovak — Official language of the European Union · 13k views a month · 100 points
  9. Latvian — Official language of the European Union · 15k views a month · 96 points
  10. Pom Poko — Studio Ghibli feature film · 15k views a month · 96 points

Questions about Puzzle #38

What were the categories in Uncommon Trivia Puzzle #38?

The November 1, 2026 puzzle had seven categories: Ten main cloud genera, US state capital, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate, Official James Bond film, Country that uses the euro, Official language of the European Union, and Studio Ghibli feature film.

Which answer in Puzzle #38 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 #38?

Yes. The board at the top of this page replays the November 1, 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 #39 followed on November 2, 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.