Our newest trivia puzzle is out today. avxwords.com/puzzles-by-y... We've got just a few more open slots on our schedule for 2025. If you've got a great trivia puzzle waiting to see the light of day, this is your sign to send it to us! avxwords.com/submit-a-puz...

Our AQCAG from our most recent puzzle is Hollie S. She shared this nugget with us. Sailors have been wearing striped clothing since medieval times - not just for fashion purposes (tho stripes do look pretty cool). Stripes increase visibility against the waves if someone falls into the water.

We're overdue on congratulating our July 27, AQCAG. Well done, Ian G. Ian shared this fun tidbit with us: "there is a polar bear jail in one of the towns I grew up in (Churchill, Manitoba). I don't think they get tv privileges."

Congrats to our most recent All Question Correct Answer Getter: @sburney05.bsky.social You too could win this prestigious award. Just play our newest Trivia Puzzle, get all the answers right, then get randomly selected from a pool of other players who aced the puzzle. Simple!

We'll get straight to the point this week. Today's puzzle is by Karen Lurie is back with her second AVCX Trivia puzzle. There are eight questions. There's one about composers. There's one about Questlove. And there's a rodent and some wine. Enjoy!

Congrats to our most recent AQCAG: Rosemarie K. She gave us this fun fact: In addition to solving trivia puzzles together, my husband Vince and I write mystery novels featuring Hollywood costume designer Edith Head, under the pen name Renee Patrick. Head received 8 Oscars during her career.

It's trivia puzzle time! This one comes from Forest Walker Davis. Forest runs live pub quizzes as FWD Trivia in OR, and serves as the quizmaster of The Conundrum, a weekly quiz show on NPR's KLCC. This is Forest's first puzzle for AVCX. We hope you enjoy, and Forest, we'd love to have you back!

Congrats to our most recent AQCAQ, Dan K. Dan gives us this question Suppose you face north and begin listening to Bonnie Tyler's classic, "Total Eclipse of the Heart." Every time you hear the phrase "turn around," you turn 90 degrees to the right. What direction are you facing when the song ends?

Our next trivia puzzle is from Peter Gwinn. He's been here before, most recently back on September 21st. Do you remember? Peter is an Emmy-award winning comedian and writer, currently writing for NPR's "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me." Enjoy his 6-quesstion puzzle!

Our most recent AQCAG is @sethdoesthings.com It was a tough puzzle to ace, so well done, Seth. We asked Seth for a fun fact and he told us he has a show of his songs happening at NYC's 54 Below on Mon. Apr. 21, and that it's available via livestream at 54below.org/events/lives...? How fun!

One of our hardest Q's yet, from last week's quiz. It needs a thread to fit it... What two-word design style is missing from this passage in a 2021 “Wired” article decrying its ubiquity? "It’s an aesthetic that’s often referred to as [blank], and it’s become the definitive style for big tech...

Today's puzzle is from Christopher Adams. Christopher runs a trivia company in Iowa City, IA. At 9 questions, it's got some length to it. Try to settle into a flow and you'll be done in no time. And if you like your quizzes spicy, there's some Tabasco sauce in this one. Enjoy! avxwords.com

Hot fresh trivia! Our newest trivia puzzle is by Patrick Iber. Patrick is the editor of the Hidden Connections puzzles at LearnedLeague. With 7 questions, this one is pitched at a medium difficulty and touches on musical modifiers, structural shapes, and more. Enjoy!

Congrats to our most recent AQCAG, Rory! @mr-m-26.bsky.social A fun nugget from him: If every professional sports team were named after the most common animal in their geographic region, every single team would be named the Ants.

Trivia puzzle #5 is out - It's by Karen Lurie, a comedy and game show writer making her AVCX Trivia debut. At 6 questions, this one is small but feisty. We think it's best to bring your thinking cap along. avxwords.com

Congrats to our most recent AQCAG, Jake. @guess-what.bsky.social He shares this delightful little fact with us: "a young female turkey is called a Jenny and a young male turkey is called a Jake (I am married to a Jenny and we are arguably turkeys)"

Today's puzzle is by Anna Lotto. Anna is a casual puzzle solver & a professional trivia writer. She is thrilled to have her first AVCX trivia puzzle published. At 8 questions, and touching on topics from historical novels to geometry to logos, we hope it's a good stretch for your brain muscles.

Congrats to Dena, our previous AQCAG. Dena is a published xword constructor and in lieu of a trivia fact she wanted to share this lovely song her husband wrote about her. m.soundcloud.com/jgibson78/th...

Congrats to Zachary for being our most recent AQCAG. @zacharyinstereo.bsky.social You too can win this award if you do our newest trivia puzzle released today, get all the answers correct, and have the luck of the random number generator land in your favor.

The easiest question from our Jan 25 quiz 3) What is the term for the sensationalist writing that was encouraged by publishing magnates William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer as their New York papers vied for readers in the late 19th century?

The hardest question from our Jan 25 quiz 5) Originally invented by paint manufacturers and used by artists like Paul Gauguin and Claude Monet, what arsenic-based pigment named for a European capital later became one of the first widely used chemical insecticides near the end of the 19th Century?

Our newest trivia puzzle is out. It’s a tasty treat written by Derrick Schneider. avxwords.com/memberships/

Our first All Question Correct Answer Getter (AQCAG) for 2025 was two people! Congrats to the solving duo of Chelsea and Sean. @unusualcondor.bsky.social They've shared a tidbit with us in the next post

This what the hardest question from our latest trivia puzzle: 3) What Bobby Helms holiday song is at the center of a 2004 cinematic talent show performance that includes a busted boombox, a “cool mom” dancing in the aisle, and Ms. Norbury on piano accompaniment?

Our first 2025 quiz is out today. It’s a little ditty from a new member of our team. avxwords.com/puzzle/

Congrats to our 2024 Champions. 4 of our All Questions Correct Answer Getters (AQCAG) from 2024 also had a perfect Championship puzzle. Put your hands together for: Jim Kaye, Mel, Eli Selzer, and Kelsey Dixon! They'll get a modest prize from us, but you really can't really put a price on this.

Kudos to Jeff as our reigning AVCX All Questions Correct Answer Getter! Trivia courtesy of Jeff coming next…

This question wouldn't quite fit the theme from our Saturday quiz...but it's close. What is the only book in the King James Bible that shares its name with the team name (not location) of a major 4 professional sports team?

This week is our last regularly-scheduled trivia puzzle before the championship in two weeks. More info on that when it comes...but if you're a 2024 All Questions Correct Answer Getter, keep your eyes peeled for more info. And if you haven't won yet, this may be your chance!

New trivia today from Will Eisenberg. Will is a French horn player, music teacher, and puzzlemaker. avxwords.com/puzzles/1736/ Rhyming cartoons, advocating athletes, medical terms and more. Give it a go.

Kudos to Chris as our reigning AVCX All Questions Correct Answer Getter! @cshabsin.bsky.social A fun fact from him: I thought Airplane! was a genre parody of "Airport" movies, but then I learned it was a parody of a specific movie and closely followed the original's plot. The movie: Zero Hour!

A question from our Trivia Mafia guest post...can you guess the theme just from this? In December 2023, a certain eponymous object reached its aphelion point. What is the common name of this object, which we will see when it reaches its perihelion in 2061?

We're partnering with Trivia Mafia during our subscription drive. They run a boatload of trivia nights in/ around Minneapolis. A new quiz from us went in their Morning Rounds email today. Subscribe now & get the answers tomorrow + 5 new trivia questions every weekday after. www.triviamafia.com

Congratulations to Eric!!!! on being the reigning AVCX All Questions Correct Answer Getter! @qippoz.bsky.social His fun fact is long enough to split up this posts, so keep reading...

A question that could have been in Trivia Puzzle #23... What golfer who had previously won the gold medal at the 2020 Olympics took home his first career major championship in May 2024? He then added his second major just a few months later.

New trivia touching down in our subscribers‘ inboxes. Fans of fireworks and Family Guy will find it fun. avxwords.com

Answer below . . . Hello! This greeting became the default way to answer the telephone. And we realize now we've got a typo on our initial question. Should have been patented *7* years earlier.

Greetings! We're late (or early) to the party here depending on your perspective. But isn't everything just perspective? Anyways...how about a trivia question? What word that first appeared in Webster’s American Dictionary in 1883 owes its proliferation to an invention patented 3 years earlier?