Thursday, August 6, 2026 · Puzzle #3
Trivia Five hints and answer for August 6, 2026
The hints run vaguest to plainest — take the smallest one that unsticks you. Not played it yet? Start puzzle #3, about 3 minutes.
At a glance
Trivia Five #3 in brief
- The five questions, easiest first: 1. How many letters are there in the modern English alphabet? 2. Which family of instruments does the timpani belong to? 3. The Ashes is a long-running cricket series between England and which country? 4. What grain is couscous made from? 5. Which country is completely surrounded by South Africa?
- Five questions, ordered gently upward: today opens on language and closes on geography.
- 20 options across the five, so 15 of them are wrong and a blind guess lands about a quarter of the time.
Step by step
Trivia Five hints
Each hint reveals a little more than the last. Open only as many as you need.
Hint 1
Hint 2
Hint 3
Hint 4 — the big one
Spoiler
Trivia Five answer
Last chance to go back and try a hint instead.
Full solution
The other nine answers
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