A dynasty sets another postseason record, a song is more successful than the film it came from and a new law sets off protests. 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! On the Field Oct. 28, 2009 Game […]
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Trivia inspiration strikes in a lot of different ways. Today I saw a laptop sticker that said, “Never stop learning.” Church. But the style of the sticker made me think of The Max restaurant from “Saved by the Bell.” And voila, mid-meeting, I’m writing “Saved by the Bell” trivia. The fashion. The hijinks. The relationship
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When I’m working on a new trivia quiz or book, I usually listen to instrumental music, mostly movie scores. Pixar movie soundtracks are my current jam. Give Michael Giacchino all the Oscars, every year. Animated movies get a bad rap sometimes, mainly because CG has become so fast and cheap that’s it’s easy to turn
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I’m going to play a “Scrubs”-themed quiz this week with Geeks Who Drink, so of course my head is filled with nothing but appletinis and super chocolate bears and EAGLEs. To help myself prep — and to get ready for the book on “Scrubs” I’ll be working on soon — I wrote this bite-size quiz
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One of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history hits California, we learn not to talk about Fight Club and a wrestling legend leaves us. 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 Oct. 17, 1989
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It’s finally time to get schwifty. After an interminable two-year wait, “Rick and Morty” is coming back. Cartoon Network dropped a trailer today for the upcoming Season 4 of the wildly inappropriate, beautifully animated, filthy and hilarious animated cult hit. It’s only five episodes long (what the hell?), but it looks fantastic. Can’t wait for
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Jennifer Lopez was announced last week as the Super Bowl halftime show headliner for February’s game in Miami, along with Shakira. Is it 2002? Just kidding, I love them both. There will be so. Much. Hair flipping. And I love that we’re going to get some pyro and choreography and lasers and stuff, because J.
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The Emmys went down on Sunday, and “Game of Thrones” won best drama for perhaps its weakest season, which is a bummer. But also “Fleabag” and “Chernobyl” and “Barry” and “John Oliver”! That’s just a list of stuff that make my Top 10 TV shows list from the past year. All that’s missing is “Schitt’s
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My niece, Carys, turns 16 years old today, which makes me feel very old and also makes me think about how “Sweet 16” is such a big part of our culture. Of all the milestone birthdays, it may be the best. On my 16th, I went to the DMV first thing in the morning, got
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A behemoth NFL stadium opens, Ashley Judd gets revenge and faking the funk works temporarily: 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! On the Field Sept. 20, 2009 What NFL team played their first game — a loss
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