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Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Plain #3

The day's seven targets and the closest answers in our lists, with their real values. Points are before the Dialed bonus and the Golden Round's ×2.

  1. Round 1Sport by Numbers

    Under FIBA rules, how high above the floor is the top of a basketball ring, in centimetres?

    The answer

    305 cm

    That’s 10 feet, used by FIBA, the NBA and NCAA alike, and FIBA allows a tolerance of just 6 mm either way.

    Source

  2. Round 2Busiest Airports(Airports with 8M+ passengers)

    Now boarding: name an airport with roughly 45M passengers a year.

    Target45M passengers

    Best answer

    Mexico City International

    Dialed

    44.6M passengers0.88% under97 pointsSource

    Also close

    • Bogotá El Dorado

      Close

      45.5M passengers1.05% over97 pointsSource

    • Bengaluru Kempegowda

      Close

      43.8M passengers2.6% under92 pointsSource

    • Moscow Sheremetyevo

      Close

      43.4M passengers3.6% under89 pointsSource

  3. Round 3Calories BurnedGolden Round ×2

    Name an activity that burns closest to 150 kcal per hour.

    Target150 kcal

    Best answer

    Brushing your teeth

    Close

    140 kcal6.7% under80 pointsSource

    Also close

    • Cooking

      Close

      140 kcal6.7% under80 pointsSource

    • Driving a car

      Close

      140 kcal6.7% under80 pointsSource

    • Doing laundry

      Close

      161 kcal7.3% over79 pointsSource

  4. Round 4Books & Words

    How many words are there in the seven Harry Potter novels combined, by the widely cited per-book counts?

    The answer

    1.08M words

    Order of the Phoenix is the longest at about 257,000 words, more than three times the length of Philosopher’s Stone.

    Source

  5. Round 5Fruit & Veg Weight

    From a grape to a watermelon: what weighs nearest 50 g, one piece?

    Target50 g

    Best answer

    Fig

    Dialed

    50 gExact100 pointsSource

    Also close

    • Rhubarb stalk

      Close

      51 g2.0% over94 pointsSource

    • Swiss chard leaf

      Close

      48 g4.0% under87 pointsSource

    • Belgian endive

      Close

      53 g6.0% over83 pointsSource

  6. Round 6Distance from Berlin

    Draw a line from Berlin: which capital lands roughly 4,500 km away?

    Target4,500 km

    Best answer

    N'Djamena

    Dialed

    4,495 km0.11% under100 pointsSource

    Also close

    • Dushanbe

      Dialed

      4,459 km0.91% under97 pointsSource

    • Niamey

      Close

      4,451 km1.1% under96 pointsSource

    • Bishkek

      Close

      4,558 km1.3% over96 pointsSource

  7. Round 7GDP per PersonFinale

    Slice the economy evenly: which country's GDP per person lands nearest $12K?

    Target$12K

    Best answer

    Grenada

    Close

    $12.13K1.1% over97 pointsSource

    Also close

    • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

      Close

      $12.39K3.2% over90 pointsSource

    • Mauritius

      Close

      $12.69K5.7% over83 pointsSource

    • Dominican Republic

      Close

      $11.24K6.3% under81 pointsSource

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