Sunday, October 25, 2026

Plain #8

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 1Famous Moments

    What is the most Oscars won by a single film, as of 2026?

    The answer

    11 Oscars

    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King won in every one of the 11 categories it was nominated in.

    Source

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

    Check-in rush: name an airport that counted roughly 70M passengers in 2025.

    Target70M passengers

    Best answer

    Singapore Changi

    Dialed

    70M passengers0.026% under100 pointsSource

    Also close

    • Beijing Capital

      Close

      70.7M passengers1.1% over98 pointsSource

    • Amsterdam Schiphol

      Close

      68.8M passengers1.8% under97 pointsSource

    • Madrid–Barajas

      Close

      68.1M passengers2.7% under95 pointsSource

  3. Round 3Body & Mind

    What percentage of people are left-handed?

    The answer

    10.6%

    Earlier, smaller studies had put the figure anywhere from under 3% to over 15%.

    Source

  4. Round 4Planet & Space

    How high above Earth does the ISS orbit?

    The answer

    400 km

    To stay up at that height it has to race along at about 28,800 km/h.

    Source

  5. Round 5Million-Plus Cities(Cities of 1M+ people)

    Only cities of a million or more count: name one that's home to nearest 5M people.

    Target5M people

    Best answer

    Hefei

    Close

    5.06M people1.1% over98 pointsSource

    Also close

    • Dalian

      Close

      4.91M people1.7% under97 pointsSource

    • Shijiazhuang

      Close

      5.09M people1.8% over96 pointsSource

    • Ankara

      Close

      5.19M people3.7% over93 pointsSource

  6. Round 6What It Sold For

    What was the price of the most expensive car ever sold?

    The answer

    €135M

    Only two were ever built, and Mercedes kept the other one in its museum in Stuttgart.

    Source

  7. Round 7Guess the YearFinale

    In what year was the first email sent?

    The answer

    1971

    Tomlinson picked the @ sign to separate the user from the computer, and later said the test messages were so forgettable that he forgot them.

    Source
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