🎉 You Cracked it! Or… maybe not.

December 17, 2025

Which city has traffic lights with silhouettes of dancing couples instead of stick figures?

A) Vienna, Austria
B) Buenos Aires, Argentina
C) Berlin, Germany
D) Seth Rogen’s childhood diorama collection: “Stop, Drop, and Foxtrot”

Unfortunately, my A.I. image generator refused to create a twerking traffic light. Censorship! So instead, we ended up with something more wholesome to depict that city of music, Vienna’s streetlights.

From Germany’s Ampelmännchen (that iconic East German crossing dude with the fedora swagger) to Taiwan’s adorably anxious little walker who literally speeds up as the countdown runs out—it’s proof that public infrastructure doesn’t have to be boring or faceless. It can say something. Be playful. Be human.

Don’t we love when traffic lights get a little weird?

A dash of creativity at a crosswalk brightens everybody’s day.

P.S. Vienna installed same-sex dancing couples on their walk signs during Eurovision and never took them down. New York turned 99 pedestrian figures from around the world into a giant mural.

Your move, Austin.

December 10, 2025

Which of the following countries does not require a visa for U.S. passport holders staying under 90 days?

A) Japan
B) Argentina
C) Morocco
D) A private island Seth Rogen bought where weed is the visa

None of them requires a visa for that. But private islands deserve a fresh, positive look. So I leave it there.

December 03, 2025

What’s the world’s busiest international air route (pre-pandemic)?

A) New York to London
B) Hong Kong to Tai Pei
C) Seoul to Jeju Island
D) Seth Rogan’s commute, couch to fridge, round trip

Jeju, the Vegas of South Korea.

The busiest flight route in the world isn’t New York–London or L.A.–San Francisco. It’s Seoul to Jeju Island. Why?

Jeju is Korea’s go-to escape. Beaches, hiking, honeymoons, family trips, bachelor parties, and corporate offsites all funneled into one volcanic island. Think of it as Hawaii with better Wi-Fi and a shorter flight. When an entire country treats one place as “where we go when we need a break,” the planes never stop.

November 26, 2025

Which city holds the title for the world’s longest continuously inhabited settlement?

A) Varanasi, India
B) Athens, Greece
C) Jericho, West Bank
D) The Rogan Republic, or maybe that was longest continuous taco truck.

Jericho’s been continuously inhabited for around 10,000 years… basically the world’s oldest “open for business” sign. Its ancient ruins at Tell es-Sultan sit just down the street from modern apartment blocks, a city where Neolithic mud-brick walls and 21st-century life coexist like it’s no big deal. Also fun: it’s the lowest city on Earth, sitting 850 feet below sea level.

Although if you’re from Damascus, you’ll swear you’re the oldest. It’s the ancient-world equivalent of arguing over who invented the French dip: Philippe’s or Cole’s in L.A.

(I’m Team Cole’s!)

November 19, 2025

Which of the following is a real hotel amenity offered somewhere in the world?

A) A pillow menu with 13 types of pillows, including “Anti-Snore” and “Cuddle Buddy”
B) A goldfish rental service for lonely travelers
C) A “Sleep Concierge” who reads you bedtime stories in a British accent
D) A personal wake-up call from Seth Rogen whispering motivational quotes

Answer: Trick question. They’re all real. Except Seth Rogen. But he should be. Call us, Seth.

November 12, 2025

5. Nomads love Chiang Mai for its cafés, but what’s its actual nickname in Thailand?

A. The Rose of the North
B. The Land of Wi-Fi
C. The Mango Capital
D. Seth’s Meditation Retreat

Chiang Mai’s nickname, The Rose of the North, comes from its beauty and balance: lush jungle hills, misty mornings, and a calm, creative energy that blooms in contrast to Bangkok’s chaos. It was once the capital of the Lanna Kingdom, and that old-world grace still lingers in the temples and quiet sois.

Nomads flock here for the same reasons artists once did: it’s cheap enough to think clearly, scenic enough to feel inspired, and connected enough to build anything. You can rent a studio apartment for the price of a Manhattan lunch, drink better coffee than most American cities, and work from cafés that stay open all day without side-eyeing your laptop.

Add to that:

• Community: hundreds of coworking spaces, from Punspace to Yellow, buzzing with founders, writers, and misfits.

• Cost: you can live well under $1,500/month without sacrifice.

• Vibe: monks chanting at sunrise, Muay Thai gyms at dusk, and $3 khao soi between calls.

It’s where hustle meets stillness. A soft landing for hard drivers. A rose that doesn’t wilt under Wi-Fi.

November 5, 2025

What’s illegal to do in Florence, Italy?

A) Eat a sandwich on certain historic streets
B) Ride a bicycle while singing opera
C) Wear flip-flops inside the Duomo
D) Open a Seth Rogen-themed gelato shop called “Pineapple Drip”

Michelangelo’s David, mid-panini meltdown, wasn’t built for street food.

But the Duomo behind him? That beast was built for glory. The dome’s still the largest brick-and-mortar span in the world, held up by nothing but Renaissance nerve and architectural witchcraft.

And David? His oversized hands weren’t just for eating oversized paninis, they were sculpted that way on purpose, meant to be seen from far below. Florence was flexing hard: civic pride, divine geometry, and now… sandwich shame.

Unlike David, we at A Texas Nomad always try and leave the world a little cleaner than we found it!

October 29, 2025

Where is the “hell hole” Halloween is supposedly based on?

B) Transylvania, Romania, home of Dracula and suspiciously high cape sales
C) Salem, Massachusetts, where bad vibes and witch trials never went out of style
D) Tara, Ireland, where ancient Celts believed spirits crawled out through a seasonal death portal
E) Seth Rogen’s basement, now legally classified as an emotional support crypt

Oweynagat, in County Roscommon, was known as the “Gate to Hell” in Irish mythology.

It’s part of the Rathcroghan complex, which also features in tales from the Ulster Cycle, a sort of Celtic MCU but with more bloodletting and fewer capes.

During Samhain (the early version of Halloween) the Celts believed the barrier between the living and the dead thinned so much that spirits (and otherworldly beings) could wander into our world, meaning your shadow might not always be yours.

October 22, 2025

5. What country’s national animal is a mythical creature?

A) Scotland (Unicorn)
B) Bhutan (Thunder Dragon)
C) Wales (Red Dragon)
D) Seth Rogen (Highland Sloth)

Believe it or not, and perhaps it was some whiskey-fueled vision, but Scotland’s national animal is the unicorn, a creature that doesn’t exist, except in Scottish pride and folklore (and maybe on certain bar bathroom murals).

Britain is famous for loving lions, and in medieval lore, lions were the “king of beasts,” but unicorns were the only creatures that could defeat them. That’s Scotland’s way of saying: We see your lion, and we raise you one mythical murder pony.

A medieval mic drop.

October 15, 2025

Which of these places has a legal ban on dying?

A) Longyearbyen, Norway
B) Bhutan
C) Vatican City
D) Any movie where Seth Rogen plays a serious role

🏔️ Longyearbyen: Welcome to the Freezer

The northernmost “big” town on Earth. If you can call 2,400 people and a coal-stained past a “big” anything. Longyearbyen sits way up in Norway’s Svalbard archipelago, where the Arctic flexes hard and subtlety freezes to death.

• Name check: It’s named after John Munro Longyear, an American who showed up in the early 1900s and said, “Yeah, let’s mine coal here.”

• No street names: Just numbers. Naming a street “Polar Bear Alley” would’ve been too honest.

• Sunlight chaos: You get months of darkness followed by months of blazing midnight sun. Even when sunrise is official, some neighborhoods stay in the shadows like hungover vampires waiting for brunch.

• Death is banned. Not a joke. Bodies don’t decompose in the permafrost, so if you’re terminally ill, you get gently shipped to the mainland. Like a very cold eviction notice.

• Polar bears > people: Step outside town limits without a rifle and you’re lunch.

• Yes, you can see the Northern Lights. In winter, Longyearbyen’s total darkness makes it a prime seat for aurora borealis… like the sky is throwing a rave while the ground tries to kill you with frostbite.

Colorful houses. Cold laws. Cosmic light shows. This town makes the weird feel inevitable.

October 8, 2025

What country has more volcanoes than any other on Earth?

A) Japan
B) Indonesia
C) Iceland
D) Canada (because Seth Rogen can’t stop erupting with world-class stoner giggles)

🌋 The Fiery Truth

Maybe you have heard of, or even read the book about Krakatoa.

Well, that’s Indonesia.

Indonesia is the world’s lava factory, a place where the earth breathes fire, the soil grows paradise, and the people have mastered the art of living on a fuse.

It sits squarely on the Pacific Ring of Fire, which sounds like a death metal tour but is actually the world’s most active tectonic zone. This one country alone has more than 130 active volcanoes, the largest collection on Earth. It’s basically a geological buffet of chaos.

Today, Indonesia’s volcanoes are both a danger and a draw. Hikers trek up Mount Bromo for sunrise selfies that make you look like you’ve conquered Mordor. Locals leave offerings to appease the mountain spirits. And somewhere in Java, a guide is definitely telling a tourist, “Don’t worry, it’s only mostly active.”

October 1, 2025

Where can you find the world's largest salt flat?

A) Bolivia
B) Chile
C) Utah
D) The inside of Seth Rogen’s abandoned margarita glass.

Utah’s Bonneville is a cracked desert speedway. Its Bolivian cousin, the Salar de Uyuni, is 100x bigger, a salt flat the size of Hawaii.

Bonneville’s a salt shaker. Uyuni’s the mirror of the gods, complete with flamingos and volcanic islands covered in 30-foot cacti.

And here’s the kicker: it’s the lithium motherlode. Half the world’s supply of the stuff inside your phone battery sits under that blinding white crust.

September 24th, 2025

What country has the only flag that isn’t rectangular?

A) Switzerland
B) Nepal
C) Vatican City
D) Seth Rogen’s poorly folded laundry

Nepal is the only country in the world with a non-rectangular flag. Its striking design represents the towering Himalayan peaks.

While 🇨🇭 Switzerland and 🇻🇦 Vatican City both have square flags, only 🇳🇵 Nepal breaks the rectangle mold entirely, making it the world’s only truly non-rectangular flag.

(Though we’d also pay good money to see D) flying over the UN.) 🧦.

September 17th, 2025

Who finally won his first Emmy in 2025, proving that stoner laughs can, in fact, earn golden trophies?

A) Bryan Cranston for his one-man show as a haunted Roomba
B) Pedro Pascal for whispering menacingly in five different languages
C) Larry David for just being Larry David
D) Seth Rogen, for playing a Hollywood exec who’s basically him but meaner

Answer: D — Seth Rogen. Finally, our always-joke answer becomes prophecy. The man didn’t just win—he torched the scoreboard. Rogen took home four Emmys in one night: Lead Actor, Directing, Writing, and as a Producer for Outstanding Comedy Series.

His show, The Studio, racked up 13 Emmys total out of 23 nominations—the most ever for a freshman comedy. Apple’s press release practically lit itself on fire in celebration.

We called The Studio “Succession on shrooms with better hoodies” way back in Issue #17. Nice to see the Emmys finally catching up.

September 10, 2025

Which famous artist swore by long walks and naps as essential to his creative process?

A) Ludwig van Beethoven
B) Charles Dickens
C) Leonardo da Vinci
D) Seth Rogen, during his “highly elevated” watercolor phase

Dickens was a creative insomniac with a pedometer problem. The guy walked 12+ miles a day (24,000 steps) through London, Paris, and anywhere else his characters haunted him. He claimed long walks helped him untangle plot knots and conjure new scenes. Basically, he pace-edited his way to literary greatness.

The man’s routine was basically:

Write like a madman → Walk like a fugitive → Repeat.

When asked how he found inspiration, he didn’t say “hustle harder.” He said “walk it off.”

Take notes. Or better yet, take a nap and a lap.

September 3, 2025

Which country has the most time zones?

A) Russia - because size matters
B) France - thanks to all those leftover colonies
C) USA - for when you need three versions of 5 p.m. traffic
D) Seth Rogen’s mind - it’s always 4:20 somewhere

🇫🇷 Why France?

Despite its modest size in Europe, France actually has the most time zones of any country: 12 in total. That’s more than Russia (11), even though Russia spans a massive chunk of the planet.

How? Colonialism, baby.

France still controls a scattering of overseas territories like:

• Guadeloupe and Martinique in the Caribbean

• Réunion in the Indian Ocean

• French Polynesia in the Pacific

• French Guiana in South America

• New Caledonia near Australia

Each of these places lives in its own little time bubble, contributing to France’s time zone buffet.

It’s like the baguette empire never really closed up shop, just diversified its hours.

August 26, 2025

Which country was the first to offer a “digital nomad visa” specifically aimed at remote workers?

A) Estonia
B) Barbados
C) Portugal
D) Seth Rogen’s backyard treehouse, Wi-Fi password: “PineappleExpress”

🇪🇪 Estonia: The OG Digital Nomad Visa

Estonia launched its digital nomad visa in August 2020, making it the first country to officially roll out a visa tailored specifically for remote workers. The move wasn’t random—Estonia’s been flirting with digital utopia since it introduced e-Residency in 2014, letting foreigners start businesses online without setting foot in the country.

Estonia: for when you want your workspace to have cobblestones and fiber optics.

July 30, 2025

What passport lets you visit the most countries without a visa?

A) Japanese
B) Singaporean
C) USA
D) Seth Rogan’s Costco card.

The strongest passport in the world is Singapore. Holders enjoy visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 193 destinations. Singapore punches far above its weight in international relations. It’s politically stable, economically prosperous, and known for low corruption.

Singapore leads the world in frictionless travel with automated gates, biometric IDs, and even passport-less exit lanes.

ATN recommends Singapore as a strategic base for nomads and entrepreneurs working with Asian markets.

The USA is tied for 10th place with 182 destinations.

July 23, 2025

Which country gives new parents a “Baby Box” full of supplies, even if the baby is born in a field?

🇫🇮 Finland’s Baby Box: What’s Inside

• Clothes: Bodysuits, mittens, socks, wool layers, and a snowsuit that makes your baby look like a Michelin Man.

• Sleep setup: Foam mattress + fitted sheet + blanket = crib in a box. Literally.

• Care gear: Baby nail scissors, bath thermometer, hooded towel, toothbrush (for the toothless), nipple cream, and condoms (yes, really).

• Extras: Board book, teether toy, and a guilt-free reminder to get prenatal care early.

Basically: Finland out here parenting harder than most people’s actual parents.

July 16, 2025

Which of these iconic highways has been immortalized in more songs than any other?

Route 66 runs from Chicago, Illinois to Santa Monica, California, covering approximately 2,448 miles (3,940 kilometers). Dubbed the “Main Street of America,” Route 66 has soundtracked more American dreams than a Springsteen concert.

Since the 1940s, it’s been immortalized in over a hundred songs, from Bobby Troup’s original ”(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66” to riffs by Chuck Berry, The Rolling Stones, and even Depeche Mode.

It’s not just a road: it’s a mixtape etched in asphalt, stretching from Chicago to Santa Monica with enough roadside kitsch and neon nostalgia to fill a Spotify playlist and a few therapy sessions.

July 9, 2025

Which of these is not an actual method people use to “hack” their mood while traveling?

But if you can pull it off, I want a cut of the documentary rights!

The rest? Totally real. Some travelers love booking extra-long layovers on purpose — it’s called layover tourism, and it’s like squeezing a bonus city into your itinerary for the price of airport coffee.

Hostels? Basically group therapy with bunk beds. Eavesdropping on strangers’ breakdowns in the common room is half the charm.

The wardrobe thing? Also legit. Backpackers tweak their colors to blend in or stand out, depending on how much local attention (or alone time) they crave. White and blue in Greece, muted earth tones in conservative spots — your vibe, coded in fabric.

🇨🇦 Bonus: the classic Canadian flag patch — the world’s politest camouflage. Plenty of Americans slap it on when they’d rather dodge side-eyes abroad.

July 2nd, 2025

Answer:

This week’s brain snack: A) A Buddhist monastery in Thailand

Turns out the monks mastered Deep Work centuries before Slack and TikTok started melting your brain. No phone. No Wi-Fi. No dopamine slot machine in your pocket. Just you, your breath, and your excuses.

One example: Wat Suan Mokkh in southern Thailand hosts 10-day silent retreats every month. No talking, no reading, no writing, no sugar. Wake up at 4 AM. Meditate. Sweep the forest floor. Repeat. If that doesn’t sharpen your mind, nothing will.

🕵️‍♂️ New week. New trivia. Same mischief.

Every week I drop a new curveball to test if you’re paying attention or just clicking like a caffeinated squirrel.

📣 Pass It On 

Nomads don’t hoard brain snacks.

If this made you think, share A Texas Nomad with one friend who needs to ghost the noise and come back undeniable.

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TRIVIA ARCHIVE

JULY 2, 2025

Which of these places was specifically designed to keep people focused for weeks at a time?

A) A Buddhist monastery in Thailand

B) A 19th-century writer’s retreat in Scotland

C) A sensory deprivation tank in Portland

D) Seth Rogen’s mind, which is technically just a giant hotbox