Does anyone know a way to scramble the elements in a list?

>>> import random
>>> thelist = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']
>>> random.shuffle(thelist)
>>> thelist
['d', 'a', 'c', 'b']

Your result will (hopefully!) vary.

import random
random.shuffle(thelist)

Note, this shuffles the list in-place.

Use the random.shuffle() function:

random.shuffle(thelist)