Family Trivia via Zoom

    Played Family Trivia via Zoom for the first time tonight, and thoroughly enjoyed it! Even if I didn't know the name of Willie Nelson's guitar.

Friday Fun Fact

    Even more incredible :  To go from MILK to WINE only requires THREE letter changes!!

History Trivia Thursday!

   And it's absolutely true, you know.

What Is It?

    Saturday Night Trivia Question!  Identify the object in the picture, and tell what it is used for.  (Answer in the comments)

Trivia Thursday

The historical Alice Liddell is pictured below, and that is also the person for whom the galactic space-barge in Take Back Plenty (which I just finished reading) is named. .

So just who is/was Alice Liddell? (Answer in the comments)

Computer Store Trivia Question

Once upon a time, there was a Babbage's at the nearby shopping mall. It sold computer software - especially computer games - and was a great place to hang out while Liz was shopping at the mall. . Alas, Babbage's is long gone, as are almost all other PC gaming stores. The trivia question is - for whom is Babbage's named? And why? And while we're at it, when did he live? (Hint : it is not any of the store's founders or owners). Links to the answer appear below. And while we're at it, who is considered to be the first computer programmer, and when did she live? . I know I'm showing my age, but IMNSHO, PC Gaming (and that includes things like Xbox, PlayStation, and NES) is the pits nowadays. I was looking at PS3 games yesterday, and 95% of them are either mindless hack-&-slash, or sports games. Sid Meier, where are you now? Link, we need you to go on another quest. Innovative programming is extinct. . Trivia Answers. Babbage's : The company answer is here (read the "Early Years of Babbage's" section); the Wikipedia article on the man is here. . First Computer Programmer : Wiki's article on her is here.

Musical Trivia Question...

What do John Denver, Mac Davis, Buffalo Springfield, the Doobie Brothers, and Steely Dan have in common? (Hint : it has something to do with the band pictured above). . (Answer given in the comments)