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…
For what it's worth, my definition of the Gilded Age here is a little bit broad, extending up until the turn of the century. The two monuments pictured below commemorate…
I was planning on interrupting the history lesson and doing a math round in honor of Pi Day, but with the death of Stephen Hawking it seems appropriate to shift…
Day two of "late 19th century history around the world" trivia takes us to merry old England. Queen Victorian ruled for a loooong time; these questions are focused on the…
This is the first of several categories this week that will cover roughly the same period from the perspective of several different countries. Nous commençons en France. What "roi des…
Like so many great ideas, this category was inspired by day drinking. Whenever there's trouble, they're there on the double, unless they're too busy doin' it like they do on…
A few questions about magic computer money. What is the name for the smallest tradable fraction of one bitcoin? Equal to .00000001 BTC, this unit is named for bitcoin's pseudonymous…
I'll take countries I shamefully can never keep straight for $1200, Alex. The graphic below shows the cover art for the three entries in a video game series whose first…
Salty today. The difference between "naked" and "nude" cost me a perfect score and a tie in yesterday's Learned League match. Still, we must press on. Henri Matisse is often…
It's that time of the week again. In the wake of the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, what Pennsylvania based retailer announced that they would no longer be selling assault…
Canada has made a few cameos in Shoeless Trivia already, but now it's time for the Great White North to step into the spotlight. What is the newest of Canada's…