Daily Trivia for January 16, 2026

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Daily Trivia for January 16, 2026

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+6
Level 50
Jan 16, 2026
A quiz on surnames...nice
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Level 75
Jan 16, 2026
Note that Russian surnames will end in A if the person is a female
+5
Level 43
Jan 16, 2026
Noted.
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Level 91
Jan 16, 2026
Yeah I vacillated between A & V for that reason before finally picking the accepted answer, but it seems to me that it could go either way.
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Level 60
Jan 16, 2026
Which makes the question wrong. As there are more women than men in Russia, it is very likely that the right answer is that most popular surnames end with A. I would encourage the author to remove answer "A", or specify "male surname" in the question
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Level 61
Jan 16, 2026
Yes, and am I right in thinking that most or all surnames which don't end in V end in A for women (eg. Yeltsina)? In which case there would be considerably more surnames ending in A than in V. It smacks a bit of the bolted horse, but perhaps A should be taken away as an option. Having realised this I feel like my first 10 of 2026 should really be a 9
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Level 60
Jan 16, 2026
@johnofkent Yes, you are absolutely right, it's a great point!
+2
Level 74
Jan 16, 2026
I would assume that the "a"s attached to female surnames are merely different forms of the same last name, rather than entirely new surnames themselves.
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Level ∞
Jan 16, 2026
Sorry about that. Changed the incorrect answer to C.
+1
Level 51
Jan 16, 2026
So Russians have more variety for women

Noted

+6
Level 53
Jan 16, 2026
3/10 I sure named a lot of questions incorrectly.
+4
Level 54
Jan 16, 2026
TIL my last name is patronymic. Neat!
+14
Level 17
Jan 16, 2026
Wow ur dad is called the Eagle?
+17
Level 34
Jan 16, 2026
No, otherwise he would be StevebinEagle
+2
Level 21
Jan 16, 2026
2/10
+7
Level 58
Jan 16, 2026
It is with tired fingers and a heavy heart I must announce that omtomtomtomtomto has officially been banned from the JetPunk comment section.

Whether you remember him for his wit or eloquence, he never failed to speak from the heart, and for that, omtom, I thank you.

Please look after yourselves during this difficult time.

+6
Level 17
Jan 16, 2026
#freeomtomtomtomtomttomtom
+8
Level 69
Jan 16, 2026
But why? I'm not even familiar with the user, is this a joke?
+3
Level 58
Jan 16, 2026
I wish it were a joke.
+3
Level 58
Jan 16, 2026
Steady on sawhat.

But long story short, omtom was a daily commenter of the utmost pedigree, until one day he could comment no more. No warning, no notice, just gone at the snap of Quizmasters fingers.

+4
Level 21
Jan 16, 2026
sawhat = reported. You can kiss goodbye your freedom on the keys.
+3
Level 21
Jan 16, 2026
The most important protest going on right now. I stand with omtom.
+4
Level 83
Jan 16, 2026
Didn't see what may have crossed a line, but I saw plenty of annoying non sequiturs. But I'm an old curmudgeon. Maybe QM is too.
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Level 78
Jan 16, 2026
I think you should reword that last question, or remove the option for A. As said, all (or virtually all) Russian female last names end with A. Because of this, A is the most common ending letter for Russian surnames as it applies to every surname regardless of ending.
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Level 65
Jan 16, 2026
I agree it's a bit confusing and I also hesitated with A.

However, the question isn't what is the most common ending of Russian last names but what letter ends all of the ten most common Russian names.

If female and male names would be counted separately you would expect that there would be both some female names and some male names in the top 10 and thus they wouldn't all end with the same letter - so it means the question doesn't count them separately and you shouldn't pick A.

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Level 78
Jan 16, 2026
Not necessarily. The problem with the question is that if a male Russian surname ends in V, the female version ends in A. Every single surname on that list has an equally as common female version, so the question is inherently flawed. If you're asking what are the top 10 most common endings to Russian surnames, the answer of A is as equally valid as V. You can't count male and female surnames separately because that's not how Russian surnames work, a family doesn't share a single male or female surname. If a father's last name is Pavlov, his wife's last name is Pavlova, and this same gendering applies to any children they may have. At that point you'd have to research the gender demographics of each surname, which far more complicated, unnecessary and confusing compared to just simplifying the question or answer.
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Level ∞
Jan 16, 2026
Removed A as an incorrect answer. Sorry about that.
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Level 74
Jan 16, 2026
Glad you didn’t put n as an option for the last one. I definitely would’ve gone for that.
+3
Level 67
Jan 16, 2026
Last question quite bad.

Letter V in Cyrillic looks exactly like "B".

+3
Level ∞
Jan 16, 2026
Removed B as an incorrect answer too. Russian names are hard, lol.
+2
Level 53
Jan 16, 2026
7/10 double guessed myself on Q1, chose Jackson, didn't know Q2 or Q8.
+2
Level 46
Jan 16, 2026
Argh, I clicked too fast at #9. Otherwise it would be a 10/10. So stupid.
+2
Level 78
Jan 16, 2026
Very very slow, but 10/10! #8 was a guess and was not entirely sure on #4, so very very happy!
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Level 89
Jan 16, 2026
10/10, at a fairly sluggish 9,866. Spent a long time agonising over question 1 wondering if it was a trap 😂 Also got a fairly lucky educated guess with Cohen
+4
Level 70
Jan 16, 2026
If it makes you feel better I was even more sluggish with 9727. Took forever guessing Cohen and you're not the only one worried about Smith.
+4
Level 66
Jan 16, 2026
10/10 with a speedy roadrunner of 9,751....Q6 slowed me down, I knew it wasn't baker or farmer, then remembered the huntsmen in Snow White and the deer on the Jaegermeister label
+3
Level 80
Jan 16, 2026
Frankii, you got me by one point. I too spent a little time on Cohen. Pretty much a guess on that one.
+2
Level 65
Jan 16, 2026
You got 8 of 10 correct
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Level 56
Jan 16, 2026
9/10, would've been my all-time best score if I hadn't missed Cohen.
+3
Level 70
Jan 16, 2026
Very slow 10/10, but I'll take it. 2 days in a row. Whoo-hoo!!!!
+1
Level 23
Jan 16, 2026
fun quiz, enjoyed this and the lack of moderators!
+2
Level 89
Jan 16, 2026
A verrrrrrry slooooooow 10.
+2
Level 24
Jan 16, 2026
5/10
+2
Level 46
Jan 16, 2026
10/10
+2
Level 23
Jan 16, 2026
I'm a Patronymic.
+2
Level 37
Jan 16, 2026
i loved this one!
+2
Level 23
Jan 16, 2026
well I made my average, 6/10
+2
Level 80
Jan 16, 2026
8/10 so mediocre... at least i managed to do better than over half of quiz takers finally.
+1
Level 46
Jan 17, 2026
8/10!!