In this game of name’s the same, I’ll give you two very different descriptions that can be applied to the same word or name. Consider me influenced by Wikipedia’s disambiguation pages. A flood of these popped in my brain when I started thinking about them, and bet they will for you too. See if you […]
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The “Iron Lady” steps down, a huge holiday movie sleighs its way into theaters and a powerful pop-rap relationship blooms. Do you remember what was going on 10, 20 and 30 years ago this week? Find out in this week’s decades of trivia quiz! In the News Nov. 22, 1990 After 11 years as prime
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No, not the good kind of four-letter words. These particular words I’m describing as “stately” because all of them can be spelled by smushing the postal abbreviations of two U.S. states together. Use the clues, and your knowledge of U.S. geography to come up with the answers: Questions: A Disney animated feature character who was
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It’s four days after Halloween so naturally there are candy wrappers everywhere. I bought a boatload of candy for the neighborhood kids, but it was a little slower than usual and we ended up with a ton of leftovers. Which is good because even though I usually go for a square of dark chocolate with
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After years of thinking of it but never pulling the trigger, I’m finally going as a Rockford Peach for Halloween. My uniform has the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League patch and everything. So of course, it’s time for “A League of Their Own” trivia! “A League of Their Own” is one of my all-time favorite
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I spent a good part of this past Saturday watching a TruTV marathon of “Impractical Jokers.” It was a solid use of my time. (Seriously. That shows is so addictively funny.) So I started thinking how Joe, Sal, Q and Murr should be added to the canon of fabulous pop culture foursomes in trivia. You
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Mr. C says goodbye, terrorists attack a U.S. ship, and Steven Seagal fights bad guys and punches faces – again. Do you remember what was going on 10, 20 and 30 years ago this week? Find out in this week’s decades of trivia quiz! In Memoriam Oct. 18, 2010 What actor, who had worked steadily
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Wikipedia is great for lists. While researching questions for one of our weekly quizzes I came across a list of movies from 2000, and man, some classics are having their 20th anniversary this year. I counted, and I saw 58 of the movies released in 2000 in theaters. Some of them are indelible. Some of
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Trying out a new format of question today: Trivia sequence. Figure out what the trivia sequence is and then determine what’s missing. I’ll give you a category hint to help you out. Happy Friday, quizzers! Questions: What number is next in this historical sequence: 9, 12, 16, 20, 25, 29, 32, _____? What show is
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Have you seen “Ex Machina”? I rewatched it last night and now I have pop culture robots on the brain. “Ex Machina” is awesome and thought-provoking, and it’s the movie that Alicia Vikander should have won her Oscar for, instead of “The Danish Girl.” (Let’s not even get into the category fraud issue.) She’s outstanding
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