Dear Friends:
This trivia puzzle is our last of 2025, and we're taking the opportunity to look back on the year -- our Trivia Wrapped playlist, if you will.
What better place to start looking back then our "Hindsight is 20/20" puzzle --a "so simple why didn't I think of that" theme. It was sneaky, but fair, and proves how impactful a well-executed gimmick can be.
Our "Is a Hot Dog a Sandwich?" puzzle was an example of how a trivia theme can expand into a bigger conversation. We really enjoyed reading all your takes on the particulars of culinary classification.
Two of our most common theme types are "members of a category" and "wordplay." The first was exemplified by our "Movie Dogs" puzzle, and the second by a letter string puzzle where we "Put a P-I-N In" the answers. These types of themes are stalwarts of the triviasphere, and we expect we'll deliver more of them next year, too.
Then there was the "Breakdance" puzzle, a multi-layered treat which started with a "members of a category" idea, combined it with wordplay, then threw a meta-esque bonus in at the end. Impressive, and another fan favorite.
We're excited for what the next year will bring.
Submission Period
We are closing submissions for the first few months of 2026. Submissions will reopen in the spring of 2026, and we'll share more precise dates as it gets closer.
AQCAG
The All Questions Correct Answer Getter from our November 29 puzzle is David Erb. Much to be thankful for, David.
Trivia Puzzle #24
Speaking of AQCAG, this is our "Championship Puzzle." Any 2025 AQCAG who gets a perfect score on this quiz is eligible for our grand* prize. If there are multiple perfect scores, we will draw a winner randomly. To help us track things, we encourage you to enter the same name and email on the Google form that you used when you won your AQCAG.
And to be clear, this puzzle is still open for everyone to take, even if you have never been an AQCAG.
We've got 6 questions total, and as it's the Championship, there may be a touch more resistance than normal. But sometimes you already know more than you think you do. Enjoy!
Thanks for solving all year, T.J., Karen & The AVCX News avxwords.com | @avcx.bsky.social | @lilavcx.bsky.social | @avcxtrivia.bsky.social
*Grand is in the eye of the beholder.