Geno’s 4:10 Useless Trivia Answers

Every weekday afternoon at 4:10 on 96.3 KKLZ, Geno finds some weird stat or fact that will in no way help you in life. It’s useless. Ya know… kind of like those calculus classes you took in high school. But he'll leave one part of that useless piece of information out for you to guess. Text your guess to (702) 739-9636. We'll randomly draw one text with the correct answer to win something fun from the KKLZ prize vault like concert tickets, gift cards and more. Miss the answer to today's Geno's 4:10 Useless Trivia question? Drop by this page after the show! We post the answer and the winner's name here. This week's prize: Elvis Costello tickets! December 18: The average American does this 22 times a day. Ariana Ketcham in North Las Vegas got it... open the fridge! December 17: The word Christmas never appears in this Christmas carol. But it's so popular in the New York town where it's based, they have a parade for it. Your hint was it doesn't have the word Christmas in it, but it does have the word coal! Candy Mueller in Las Vegas got it... Frosty The Snowman! December 16: This Christmas favorite almost never was because the main character was thought he could be thought to be an alcoholic! TW Carlson in Las Vegas knew it was Rudolph. That darn red nose! This week's prize: Duran Duran tickets! December 13: 42% plan to do this to save a little money during the holiday shopping season. Vinny Imbimbo in Las Vegas got it: regift! December 12: 7 out 10 say they feel pressured to do this before Christmas. First time KKLZ winner Michelle Williams in Las Vegas figured it out... go to the company holiday party! December 11: 25 years ago, one of the biggest Christmas gifts was from a TV show. Which show was it? Congrats to first time winner Christian Jacobson in North Las Vegas... it was the home game version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire! December 10: They ran the numbers and if you want the best chance to see snow on the ground on Christmas morning, these are the 3 NFL cities to visit. Leann Arlene Kramer in North Las Vegas got all 3: Chicago, Denver and Indianapolis! I totally would've thought Buffalo or Green Bay as many of you did. December 9: 43% say they'd like more of this during the holidays... 1 in 3 say if they don't get it, they become irritable! Congrats to Matt Trautman in Las Vegas! This week's prize: Brian Regan tickets! December 6: Most prefer to communicate with friends and family via text. Phone calls are #2. What's the third most popular way? The answer: face to face / in person! Remember when we used to do that!? Congrats to Carol Wherrity in North Las Vegas. December 5: 2 out of every 3 adults have one now, but 20 years ago, I bet you didn't have one. If you did, you were probably in college. And it didn't cost you anything then. It doesn't cost you anything now. Mark Johnson in Las Vegas got it... a Facebook account. December 4: 1 in 10 stress over this during holiday shopping season. Jodie Bean in Las Vegas got it - sending the gifts, hoping they arrive in time. December 3: Money is the most wanted Christmas gift of 2024. No big shock there huh? What's #2? Parisa Soleimani in Las Vegas knew it... clothing! December 2: Hope you stuffed yourself at Thanksgiving dinner. But for 2/3 of us, THIS meal is more enjoyable! Lori Bustos in Las Vegas got it... a meal of Thanksgiving leftovers! This week's prize: REO Speedwagon tickets! November 27: There will be about 700 of these in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade this year and many don't like them at all! The answer was clowns! Congrats to first time winner Joshua Nardozzi in Las Vegas! November 26: Half love them. Half don't when it comes to these 2 things on the Thanksgiving table. One is stuffing. What's the other? The answer was gravy! Danielle Plath in Las Vegas got it! November 25: Turkey's #1. Mashed potato is #2... but what's the 3rd most popular Thanksgiving food? Mary Alice Morgan in Las Vegas got it... bread (or rolls)! This week's prize: tickets to see Sammy Hagar in Las Vegas! November 22: Only 1 in 25 do this on Thanksgiving. Dorothy Barton in Las Vegas got it: volunteer! November 21: Only about 1 in 10 like this in their Thanksgiving leftovers sandwich. Kandace Perala got it... this grossed me out... pumpkin pie! November 20: About 62% buy a new one of these every 4 years. Answer: laptop! Congrats to Lana Robinson in North Las Vegas! November 19: Only about 29% of adults have done this in the past year, which is too bad it's good for you. First time winner Leo Luz in Las Vegas got it: ride a bike! November 18: You do this less often for the first time when you turn 23. I gave you 2 big hints... it's a one word answer and it's something you do with your upper body. Congratulations to first time winner Sarah Johnson in Henderson. She knew it was laugh! Sad answer isn't it!? This week's prize: Tickets to see the New Kids on the Block November 15: 11% are using this more on a regular basis than we did 20 years ago. Your hints were it's something you plug in and that we in Las Vegas use it more than most northern states do. The answer: air conditioning! November 14: Cranberry sauce is the #1 most disliked Thanksgiving food. What's #2? Michael Stewart in Las Vegas was among the many of you who got it... yams! November 13: Only 1 in 10 plan to do this Thanksgiving Day tradition. First time winner Leilani Re in Las Vegas got it... watch football! November 12: Only 30 percent say they are looking forward to doing this with friends and family at Thanksgiving this year. Amanda Lange in Henderson got it - talking about politics. November 11: 1 in 3 30-somethings do this weekly... which is more than the boomers do it... and it's something you'd think we do more as we get older. BTW, the 30-somethings are willing to pay twice as much to do this. Your hint was ... the colors of a candy cane. Angela Barton in Henderson figured it out: drink wine! Turns out those 30-somethings are willing to pay twice what the boomers do for a bottle! This week's prize: Tickets to see Duran Duran at Fontainebleau Las Vegas! November 8: 1 in 5 of us has to do with our cell phone every week. Marni Torre in Las Vegas got it: call it to find it! November 7: Workers under 30 feel 4 times more guilt for doing this than their parents and grandparents did. Congrats to Jody Post in Las Vegas... she knew it was take a lunch hour! November 6: 4 out of 5 say if you want a great pizza, you've gotta do this! The answer was add pepperoni! Richard Kirkendall in Las Vegas got it! November 5: 1 in 4 say they will probably do this tomorrow is their candidate loses tonight. Congrats to first time winner Timothy Granger in Henderson - he knew it was call in sick! November 4: Today we sadly said goodbye to Quincy Jones. Quincy once said anyone who claims to know how to make a record that sells millions is lying. He says he just makes music that gives him these. The answer: goosebumps! Quite a few of you figured this one out. We drew a winner from the correct answers and way to go Holly Jensen in Henderson! This week's prize: Tickets to see The Scorpions at Planet Hollywood! November 1: The average person taking a weeklong trip will pack at least 2 of these. Paul Andricopulos in Henderson was one of the many... lots of you figured this one out. You're getting too smart for me. Pajamas! October 31: This 3 word phrase just turned 97! Easy one right? "Trick or Treat!" A bunch of you got it right. Angela Heath in Las Vegas won the drawing from the correct answers texted in. October 30: Only 1 in 10 plan to do this for Halloween this year. You probably will need some kind of ID. The answer was travel! I never knew traveling for Halloween was a thing. Apparently inflation isn't as bad as we thought! Congrats to Judy Sundin in Las Vegas for getting that one... I never would have! October 29: Only 2 in 5 adults think they could do this thing they probably did when they were teenagers... it's more mental than physical and it helped you attain freedom! Congrats Tamara Cook in Las Vegas who knew it was pass your driver's license exam! October 28: 13% like this for a french fry topping. Your hints were... it's a 2 word answer and it's sweet and sour... but not Sweet & Sour. Kelly Kaneshi in Las Vegas got it: honey mustard! Never tried it, but might have to now! This week's prize: Tickets to see Heart at Fontainebleau Las Vegas! October 25: 1 in 3 do this after watching a scary horror movie. Candy Mueller in Las Vegas got it: check to make sure the doors are locked! October 24: 45% of Americans like watching these. That puts us in the middle. More like to watch them in Mexico and Spain. Fewer enjoy them in Germany and France. Congratulations Linda Kenny in Henderson - you got it: horror movies! October 23: Decorating for Halloween this year? 42% say this is a must for Halloween decoration. Your hint today was you've gotta plug it in! Kenneth Ponder in North Las Vegas got it: fog/fog machines! October 22: A survey asked people if they're thriving, struggling or suffering in life. Those who have one of these at home were 16% more likely to say they're thriving. Lots of you got it when we told you this was usually heavier than the wrong answer most were guessing (a pet). Karen Gutierrez in North Las Vegas knew it was a spouse! October 21: Almost half of football fans say they've done this on game day. Mark Johnson in Las Vegas got it... stream the game illegally! This week's prize: Tickets to see Chicago at The Venetian! October 18: 2/3 of pizza lovers say they feel no guilt in doing this. Jeff McLean in Henderson got it today: take the last slice of pizza! October 17: Only about 13% do this while they're at the office. Andrea Meadows in Henderson got it: pop popcorn! October 16: 74% have had this unfortunate thing happen to them outside. Mary Alice Morgan in Las Vegas got it (as many did actually) without even a hint... 74% have had a bird poop on their head!!! October 15: Only 1 in 25 adults admit they do this at Halloween. Many said eat their kids candy, but were missing one big word... ALL the kids candy! Wow! I would've run away from home. Congrats to Daphne Pena in Las Vegas! October 14: Reese's Cups, Hershey Bars and Snickers are the 3 most consumed candy bars. What's #4? Angela Pflederer in Las Vegas knew it was Kit Kat! This week's prize: Tickets to see Creed! October 11: That round food we eat one to two of each month on average: Reese's Cups! Congrats James Gostomski in North Las Vegas. October 10: The Halloween activity that even adults say they enjoy doing? Susan Bajorek in Henderson got it: pumpkin carving! October 9: Very few had them 50 years ago. Now 9 out 10 homes have one but that number is declining. Brian Bridgeman in North Las Vegas got it: Microwave. October 8: Almost half of us have done this in the past 24 hours. About 6% have never done it! Jennifer Kendrick in Henderson got it... Google your own name! October 7: Lisa Pugh in Henderson got it... 1 in 5 of those over 68 looking to date are looking for attractiveness first! That one surprised me! October 4: 23% plan do this when they do their holiday shopping this year. A bunch of you got it right today... shop in person! When a bunch of you get it right, we randomly draw one from the correct entries received and we're waiting to hear back from the winner (if your phone number ends at 84, check your texts!) :) October 3: Don't blink. This will be over in 22 seconds next week. Easy one... lots of you got it right today... the implosion of the Tropicana! Congrats to Karen LaFayette in Las Vegas. October 2: A third of homebuyers say they’d be ok with this… if the house they were looking at was priced below market value. Congrats to Michelle French in Henderson - she got it... they'd be ok if the house is haunted! Thought that was a fun October question for today. October 1: 2 in 5 have one of these lying around just collecting dust. They're light and you probably didn't buy it - it was probably given to you. Lynn Danny in Las Vegas got it... an unused gift card! Missed one of the answers from September? They're here!