Spooky Trivia nerdsholmferret 10/31 '25

The Griswolds pulled ahead in music trivia and My Favorite Team couldn't catch them at the end.  

What TV anthology, first aired in 1991, features a teenage group called the Midnight Society that tells stories around a campfire?

What is the real name of the Colorado hotel that inspired The Shining  by Stephen King?

What does the Spanish word "brujas" mean in the Halloween expression "Día de las Brujas" ?

What real-life fungus that zombifies insects is the scientific basis for the plague in The Last of Us​​​​​​​ ?

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10/31 '25 5 Comments
only know the last two, witches and Cordyceps (which i've seen in some health supplements)
rone
Scary!
nerdsholmferret
I’m going to guess Are You Afraid of the Dark?

I’ve stayed at The Stanley.
Lindsay Harris Friel
Cool! I never watched the show, but somehow eventually got that entire title. “I think it’s… a question?”
nerdsholmferret
My brother loves that show.
Lindsay Harris Friel
 

The Others nerdsholmferret 10/29 '25

We borrowed this movie from the library and I remarked that Nicole Kidman was still married to Executive Producer Tom Cruise when it was being made.

B:  "What?  This movie isn't that old!"

Me:  "Yep, it was released in 2001."

B:  "What?!?"

Me:  [spooky finger waving] "Wooooooooo!"

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10/29 '25 5 Comments
I remember when that movie came out, and how Entertainment Tonight interviewed Tom Cruise on the red carpet about how talented Kidman is. I think they’d just gotten divorced, but it was to his benefit for the movie to make money, so the conversation was a masterclass in text and subtext.
Lindsay Harris Friel
Oh man. Just based on that comment, I may have to see if I can dig that up on YouTube...
Matt Lichtenwalner
I hope I remember it correctly!
Lindsay Harris Friel
Miiiight have been this? https://youtu.be/Ntt10eZYsZs?si=VxmVMayGDuU1FXU0&t=245
Matt Lichtenwalner
Seems about right. Tom Cruise could say “monkey cold banana copter, over aloe ingeborg humperdink,” and make it compelling, though.
Lindsay Harris Friel
 

I see your tree and raise you... a tree Thomas Boutell 10/29 '25

Honestly, it's not the prettiest tree posted on OnePo this week. But our block has a real humdinger of its own.

Lovely tree in autumn, leaves caught by the sun on the top bit, sunset reflecting off the clouds
The same tree from another angle, very busy and filling much of the frame, almost crowding out three houses

This second photo does a good job of capturing how much this tree dominates the frame in person as well.

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10/29 '25 3 Comments
Love it. Reminds me of the conversation when my father came out to find me in the pine forest behind my grandfather's place:

Dad: "Feel better?"

Me: "Infinitely."
Matt Lichtenwalner
I like big trees and I cannot lie.
Lindsay Harris Friel
That's a great tree. Looks like the shape has been slightly modified thanks to PECO but it still manages to be magnificent.
Chris Herdt
 

The Agony of Defeat nerdsholmferret 10/24 '25

My Favorite Team led at halftime, but cratered late. 

When the Seattle Mariners reached the American League Championship Series in 2025, what AL Central team then had the longest current ALCS appearance drought?

Giuseppe Zangara, Samuel Byck, and Francisco Duran are A) attempted presidential assassins, B) champion F1 drivers, or C) Nobel-winning physicists?

What software company, publisher of Call of Duty and Guitar Hero, was purchased by Microsoft in 2023?

Of the 11 elements whose symbols do not feature letters from their common English names, which one has the lowest atomic number?

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10/24 '25 2 Comments
Minnesota?; A; Bethesda?; sodium
rone
Bethesda got bought by Microsoft in 2021. Hm. I remember these guys publishing for the Atari 2600 back in the 80's.
nerdsholmferret
 

must i be a man in a suitcase? rone 10/20 '25

Moving might have been a mistake.

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10/20 '25 6 Comments
Is this before the boxes leave, or after the boxes arrive?
Lindsay Harris Friel
After, this is the new house, all design choices made by my better half.
rone
Moving is one of the most awful things that we do to ourselves voluntarily. And yet it usually works out!
Chris Herdt
yeah but whennnnnnn
rone
Hope the unpacking / settling in process surprises you in good ways.
Matt Lichtenwalner
Oooooooh I'm so sorry. I'm tired just looking at this photo.
Anne Mollo
 

No Prize For You nerdsholmferret 10/17 '25

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?

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10/17 '25 1 Comment
I once heard Henry Winkler’s cousin sing “Ricky Don’t Lose That Number” with Howard Stern. It only lasted a few seconds but they sounded pretty good for guys who claimed to dislike Steely Dan.
Lindsay Harris Friel
 

Trivia Royalty nerdsholmferret 10/10 '25

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 ?

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10/10 '25 2 Comments
noble gases, Daniel Day Lewis?, Jordan, Queen Latifah
rone
You win the crown.
nerdsholmferret
 

jello, like his mind rone 10/6 '25

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

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10/6 '25 2 Comments
Nice work. I’ve been wanting to take a shot at exactly the same song for a while but hadn’t sat down to try it yet.



Disposable Heroes are a tough act to follow with their “I’m your governor Pete Wilson, the baddest governor ever to grab a mic and go BOOM”.
CM Adams
I should try the other I had in mind a while ago: an update of Phil Ochs’s Here’s To the State of Richard Nixon (which was itself an update of his own Here’s to the State of Mississippi)
CM Adams
 

He’s Ours Because We Killed Him nerdsholmferret 10/3 '25

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?

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10/3 '25 3 Comments
it was driving me nuts that i could only remember the NHL star's first name, i gave up and looked it up
rone
It's a particularly fun name if you know French.
nerdsholmferret
indeed!
rone
 
 
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