Remember my animated LED Easter basket? It's back... in pog Christmas form. To recap: In 2020 maths YouTuber Matt Parker made a video about his animated LED Christmas tree. I…
First things first: I put the blog back up. Whoopee! Whether I'll do much with it remains to be seen but it's useful for sharing things that don't fit nicely…
This is not a sponsored post, but if Disney would like to send me some money I would not object. John DeLorean's father was born Alsó-Fehér County, then part of…
They weren't all happy days. Who was the losing candidate in the United States presidential election of 1952? Four years later he also lost the rematch. Of the two films…
This round is Toto-lly awesome. The flag of Zanzibar is a tricolor of blue, black, and green with the flag of what sovereign nation in the upper left corner? In…
I don't know why, but for some reason I have been thinking a lot this week about people who seize power extralegally. Remember, remember the 5th of November. What monarch…
Sorry there was no post yesterday. Busy and stuff. What Ohioan was elected US President in 1876, defeating Samuel Tilden by only one Electoral vote? The symbol seen below as…
It's "Reeb" spelled backwards. Against the Grain, Blue Stallion, Goodwood, and Alltech are all breweries located in what US state? In the image below, what word is blurred out on…
It's not just for flying over any more. "Herky" is the name of the avian mascot of what school? Name the late game designer and long time Wisconsin resident whose…
I was going to do a different theme for today, but I totally spaced on it. The word protomartyr is sometimes used to refer to what Christian saint, whose death…
I know some of these rounds are cruelly difficult, but this one is downright cold blooded. The common basilisk can't turn you to stone but does have what other remarkable…
Stuff happens. Harry Anderson, who died this week, spent nine seasons playing judge Harry T. Stone and four seasons playing a fictionalized version of what humor columnist? SpaceX's massive next…
We'll bring you the thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat, and because we've got soccer highlights, the sheer pointlessness of a zero-zero tie. — Dan Rydell What is…
Americans have the best words. Our literature is YUGE. The structure seen below, the titular setting of an 1851 Nathaniel Hawthorne novel, is located in what American city? What American…
All about Central Asia, except the parts that aren't. Unless the trivia muse grabs me by the neck and shakes me like a Polaroid of a crying baby, I don't…
After wading through a Facebook feed full of fecund families on Tuesday, I'm happy to note that it's National Only Child Day today, when we celebrate the true heroes. What…