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8:45
A new Who's the Expert? has begun. This hour: Songs of Night and Darkness. 58 played last hr.
On this day in History: 1668 : John Dryden became the first ever Poet Laureate
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8:40
garrybl2026 was the last player to complete challenge I'm the Smartest (Apr 12 26)
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8:35
A Challenge to complete: Halloween 2015 (Misc)

This challenge was a time-limited event during the last week of October 2015. It is no longer available.


...intercepted weak radio message...

"Help!

The evil twin has escaped his prison cell and locked me up instead! He plans to once again make FunTrivia unplayable and his method of choice seems to be explosives again - this time, however, he learned from last time and doesn't use stationary objects such as pumpkins. I fear his weapons of choice are exploding kittens and he's targeting the Pot of Gold rainbow.

He's sent out seven of these kittens, one for each color of the rainbow. If even one of them fulfils its mission, we'll have a hard time reading any quizzes. Thankfully each can be lured back to its kitty bed where it will purr itself to sleep (and completely forget about exploding). I left some CLUES FOR you in a quiz. It has twenty questions and for each of THE kittens, you will need to put together three of the clues and then act upon them. As seven times three is twenty-one, one answer must be used twice. Which of the clues go together is something you must find out for yourselves. Work in your teams just like you're used to - together you can gather information much better than any individual could.

Try to act as normally as possible so we can keep the evil one CLUELESS about our plans. In particular, when dealing with the eleventh clue, add to existing ones - too many new ones might tip him off and don't please the kitten anyway. Also remember that herding cats is difficult - if their favorite sleeping conditions are no longer met, they will jump back to the cat tree to wait for the sunrise and the rainbow. Finally, when dealing with the one whose name you need to find - she only craves human attention.

I'll work on a magical spell that'll get me out of here (and put the evil twin back), but don't rely on me being back before the scheduled blast time. And sorry for the weak transmission, but I cannot risk him picking this up. I hope you have a high gain antenna.

The Tower Guardian"



The signal of the message is very weak and we can't decode it without a high gain antenna. The best we have out of the box is 5 dB, but we'll need 30 for a clear signal. Thankfully, we can tune it by working together. For each daily FT point score of 10,000 or higher anyone plays, we will be able to improve it by 0.1, so we'll need 250 such scores. It doesn't matter who attains them, just that we get them quickly. Once the evil twin releases his menaces, the timer is ticking! We'll tune the antenna several times each day based on your contributions!

Current Antenna gain: >30.0 dB - Good work!

Creating NEW ones of the thing mentioned in the 11th clue does not help with it!!! (see boldfaced part above). All it does is create clutter - so don't do it!

We intercepted another weak transmission:


"If you think you found something but the number seems wrong, it could be you're looking at the wrong number."


Incoming data transmission:

***BEGIN FILE CONNECT.DAT***

 21403

 51911

 90115

 92007

100612

130817

161804

***END FILE CONNECT.DAT***



We have contacted a well-known cat psychologist and after several mishaps, he found out a few things:
  • A cat who never seems to stay put can be totally placated by stroking the smallest of its digits.

  • A cat who craves human attention initially needs a multi-step program, each of which addresses one part of her (ineffable, deep and inscrutable, singular) name in order. You can do that anywhere you want.

  • Entranced cats can't count well. When they gaze at stars, they will only see one even if you show them two at the same time.

  • A cat craving sweet treats needs the right amount - no more - and fast!

  • Don't challenge a cat more than needed. It will scare him away.

  • Playing with thread can be soothing to kittens. Get several different colors - not just one - and remember brand new ones just don't smell right.

  • Sometimes pleasing a cat can be as simple as having the right word in the right place.


The rules for cooperation are the same as the last two years - you can discuss, brainstorm or exchange information within your teams as much as you want, but in the end, every player will need to meet all requirements themselves to receive the badge. (Of course it's much easier once you know what they are...) By the way, even if you want to figure it out all by yourself, you need to be in a team (of any size or activity level) to complete the challenge. [ 383 winners so far. ]
Today's FunTrivia Duel includes Rainbow Mixture, Who Am I?, and USA in the 20th Century.
8:30
Division C League Leaders:1. Geographers 2. XYPers 3. The Usual Suspects 
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Today's Trending Topics: 1. Skyscrapers & Towers 2. Thematic Invertebrates 3. Entertainment Grab Bag 
8:20
garrybl has started new topic "Question for the Editors" on the chat boards.
8:17
Player mazza47 was the first player to score 100% on new quiz Rock At its Best, scoring the Early Bird Badge and 500 points!
8:15
Quiz Rock At its Best (GBfan) has been added in Classic Rock (editor agony).
The Buzzy Bee Scavenger Hunt is over! Player sabbaticalfire found the magic quiz and earned the Buzzy Bee badge! The magic quiz was Jerry Lewis: Over The Years.
FT News: A new challenge has been added: Chapter 6c: A Victor's Spoils - - Awa... (see news)
A Buzzy Bee scavenger hunt remains unsolved in the Celebrities : Lewis & Martin category. One of the quizzes in that category is the magic quiz. Be the first player to score at least 70% in the magic quiz (HTML version), and you will win the Buzzy Bee badge! (more info)
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8:10
Most points so far today: 1. Luckycharm60 (30651)   2. alythman (16552)   3. genoveva (16140)  
Some new quizzes over the last week: 1. Place the City - South America [3] (kyleisalive)     2. 1960s Australian Top 50 Songs Vol. 11 (wwe84)     3. Paul McCartney And Wings (Lord_Digby)     4. Nebulous (1nn1)     5. Let's H"Ear" About These Animals (stephgm67)    
A total of 506 Daily Challenges have been completed so far today.
8:07
The Quiz of the Hour is "Just Name the Band..." (by EnglishJedi). Play it and earn 100 bonus FunTrivia points!
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8:05
Welcome to the 5 new players who have joined FunTrivia in the past hour! Feel free to give them a warm FunTrivia welcome! 1L0V3TR1V14 , BigG1991 , Mpilwenhle , Lanelfhfhrhrbf , tlg501 
A Buzzy Bee scavenger hunt remains unsolved in the Celebrities : Lewis & Martin category. One of the quizzes in that category is the magic quiz. Be the first player to score at least 70% in the magic quiz (HTML version), and you will win the Buzzy Bee badge! (more info)
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7:57
Player mazza47 was the first player to score 100% on new quiz Children's Lit Titles in Latin (Part 16): Dogs, scoring the Early Bird Badge and 500 points!
7:56
Quiz Children's Lit Titles in Latin (Part 16): Dogs (Billkozy) has been added in Latin (editor stedman).
7:55
A new Video Games quiz added today: Giant Lord (cavalier87)    
7:52
Player Luckycharm60 was the first player to score 100% on new quiz Giant Lord, scoring the Early Bird Badge and 500 points!
7:51
Player rossian was the first player to score 100% on new quiz Atomic Heart, scoring the Early Bird Badge and 500 points!
7:50
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Quiz Atomic Heart (kyleisalive) has been added in A (editor kyleisalive).
Quiz Giant Lord (cavalier87) has been added in Dark Souls 2 (editor kyleisalive).
7:45
A new Who's the Expert? has begun. This hour: Old Testament / Tanakh People. 94 played last hr.
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On this day in History: 1964 : Sidney Poitier became the first black man to win an Oscar for best actor
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sarryman was the last player to complete challenge Cosmic Balance (Apr 11 26)
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A Challenge to complete: Fantasy KO Winner (Misc)

"Is this a real game?
Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a knockout
No escape from FunTrivia
Open your eyes
Look up to the scores and weep
I'm a gold member
I need much sympathy
Because it's easy yes, easy no
Some play high, others low
And the way the scores fall
Absolutely matters to me, to me" [ 474 winners so far. ]
Today's FunTrivia Duel includes Who Am I?, Movies, and Caribbean.
7:34
Most points so far today: 1. Luckycharm60 (27828)   2. alythman (16102)   3. genoveva (15990)  
7:30
A new Easier Trivia (World) game has just begun. 102 played last hr.
Division B League Leaders:1. New Horizons 2. Quiz Makers Guild 3. THE CONSERVATIVES 
7:25
Reminder! Today is Monday, registration day for FunTrivia Knockout. Join today so that you can play in this week's head to head contest.
Today's Trending Topics: 1. Skyscrapers & Towers 2. Thematic Invertebrates 3. Wings 
7:15
The Buzzy Bee Scavenger Hunt is over! Player Lenny15 found the magic quiz and earned the Buzzy Bee badge! The magic quiz was In Bed with Idioms.
A Buzzy Bee scavenger hunt remains unsolved in the Humanities : Household Items in Idiom category. One of the quizzes in that category is the magic quiz. Be the first player to score at least 70% in the magic quiz (HTML version), and you will win the Buzzy Bee badge! (more info)
April 13, 2026: Celebrate Scrabble Day on the birthday of Alfred Butts (who invented the game in 1938) by playing the word Oxyphenbutazone - correctly placed, it will earn you 1,778 points. Or just play this quiz. Play our Scrabble Quiz!
FT News: A new challenge has been added: Chapter 6c: A Victor's Spoils - - Awa... (see news)
7:10
A total of 428 Daily Challenges have been completed so far today.
Some new quizzes over the last week: 1. Bad Company (blake_aus_nsw)     2. Science for 11th Graders (MotherGoose)     3. Colonial History of Virginia (JJHorner)     4. Songs Of 1964 In Opposite Words (bigjohnsludge)     5. Good For Nothing (stephgm67)    
7:07
The Quiz of the Hour is " In Memoriam - 2013" (by EnglishJedi). Play it and earn 100 bonus FunTrivia points!
A total of 51 players played in last hour's Quiz of the Hour. Cumulative Stats
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Welcome to the 5 new players who have joined FunTrivia in the past hour! Feel free to give them a warm FunTrivia welcome! Sharonda2026 , jtwhitaker , Andrea_Logan , Ichabod21214 , creywaskid