What late comedian and actor from Homicide: Life on the Street and Law and Order: Special Victims Unit was a cousin of Henry Winkler?

What party game involves selecting from a 5x5 grid and trying to avoid the assassin, which ends the game instantly?

What U.S. state name comes from an Algonquian word that may mean 'it lies red', a reference to the reddish sandstone banks of its central river?

In what decade was the most recent year in which a Nobel Peace Prize was not awarded?

What is the common name for the elements on the far right of the periodic table, including helium, neon, and argon?

What three-time Oscar winner for Best Actor recently came out of retirement for Anemone ?

Of what West Asian nation is King Abdullah II the current monarch?

What is the stage name of Dana Elaine Owens, the first hip hop artist to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame ?

I am businessman Donald Trump
I smell like i just took a dump
I am now your president

NATO power will soon go away
I will be Putin one day
I will command all of you
We'll host Andrew Tate in school 
We'll host Andrew Tate in school

Mar-a-Lago über alles
Mar-a-Lago über alles
Über alles, Mar-a-Lago
Über alles, Mar-a-Lago

Podcasters will control you
One-hundred percent supplements
You will buy all of their crap
And always wear the MAGA cap

Captured media won't report
On those suckers we deport
And they won't come back, we say
Immigrants, oh you will pay
Immigrants, oh you will pay

Mar-a-Lago über alles
Mar-a-Lago über alles
Über alles, Mar-a-Lago
Über alles, Mar-a-Lago

Now it is 2025
Masked goons rent vans to drive
It's the neck gaiter secret police
They have come to ruin the peace

Come quietly to the car
You'll look nice behind our bars
Don't resist our display of power
This should only take an hour

Bam! Throwing tear gas at the mob
We're just here to do our job
We'll deport you little chumps
When you mess with President Trump
When you mess with President Trump

Mar-a-Lago über alles
Mar-a-Lago über alles
Über alles, Mar-a-Lago
Über alles, Mar-a-Lago

What NHL star scored "5 goals 5 ways" for the Penguins in 1988? (even-strength, power-play, short-handed, penalty-shot, open-net)

What scientific constant is celebrated at 6:02 on October 23rd?

What German philosopher and economist was a correspondent for the New-York Daily Tribune from 1852 to 1862?

What author is credited with the first modern detective story, in which C. Auguste Dupin solves a double homicide?

You know - like Inktober, but with goblins!

(More as I do them, but I wanted to share the list since the clock has ticked over to the first.)

We drove to Portland last week to say goodbye this weekend to a longtime friend from the days of Usenet, who also happened to be the boss who held my job while I recovered from GBS. He's had ALS for about fifteen months now and he can barely move. Watching his wife tend to his respiratory needs (he is no longer able to clear fluid from his lungs) was heartbreaking and also brought back memories when Kim had to do something very similar while I was paralyzed.  But we were both glad to be there, tell him we loved him, and also to give his wife as much support as we could.

They didn't show us Lake Assal on the map, unfortunately, but we did win.  I got the first one below from the lyrics to "Tears of a Clown" by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles.

What opera about a clown is featured in a double-bill with Cavalleria rusticana ?

Hal Newhouser quit his scouting job in protest when the Houston Astros did not select what shortstop from Kalamazoo with their first overall pick?

In what Horn of Africa country is Lake Assal, from which 4 million tons of salt is extracted annually?

What car rental company has the slogan "We try harder" ?

We finished eighth out of about 18 teams in the semis.  Oh well...

What U.S. president was known for saying "speak softly and carry a big stick"?

What city, which held the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition in 1898, had its name used at the line by a player inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2021?

What meal was ordered by Margot from Chef Julian Slowik in The Menu?

What 9-letter word describes the body's hormone system of glands and tissues?

What is the most common type of star in our galaxy, comprising 60%-70% of the stars in the Milky Way?

What NHL team has the nickname "Habs" ?

According to BBC Earth, what is the shortest-lived land vertebrate?  A) Flores giant rat, B) Labord's chameleon, C) dwarf pygmy goby, D) Fresno kangaroo rat?

Before And After (two answers that smoosh together):  Boxer Mancini and an aboriginal Australian invention.

In 1976, what band was sent a telegram by Groucho Marx congratulating them on their "sage choice" in album titles?  [This was a Final Jeopardy question that eliminated a Baltimorean contestant]

What 3 countries and one autonomous region were labeled the Four Asian Tigers for their industrial growth and export economies after World War II?

What type of foods are spelt, teff, and triticale?

What video game is featured in the plot of the 2009 film "Couples Retreat"?

Dunlop manufactures balls with different-colored dots for various skill levels in what sport, developed in 19th century England?

The phrase "fior di latte" (Italian for "flower of milk") refers to what type of cheese?

Valletta, the smallest capital city in the European Union, is in what country of historically strategic importance?

What three U.S. states have the lowest average elevation?

What Game of Thrones character said "confession feels good under the right circumstances" ?

From what is the Native American crafted product wampum made?

What actor appears in the three movies "The Replacements", "Four Christmases", and "Iron Man"?

What Maryland county is named for the longest-surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence?

What U.S. state is the only one without any Division I sports?

What U.S. territory claims to be "Where America's Day Begins"  because of its proximity to the International Date Line?  Other territories have a better claim, including the Northern Mariana Islands, whose capital is Saipan.

What 11-letter word starting with "c" describes fruits such as apples, pears, and bananas, which continue to ripen after being harvested?

Debbie Reynolds is to Carrie Fisher as Peggy Lipton is to what Parks and Recreation actress?

STOP DOING TYPING INDICATORS

• YEARS OF ONLINE CHAT yet NO REAL-WORLD USE FOUND for "x is typing..."

• Wanted to see what your partner was typing in real time? We had a tool for that, it was called "talk(1)"

• "Please cause me anxiety by giving me the illusion that someone is taking their time composing a thoughtful reply" - Statements dreamed up by the utterly Deranged

"Hello please give me blinking, bouncing ellipses"
They have played us for absolute fools