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Geek Trivia: (Doctor) Who's who in Hollywood
What famous Hollywood director turned down the job of designing the original Daleks from Dr. Who? If ever there was an excuse to redecorate your cubicle like a gloriously out-of-date British police box, this week has it: On Nov. 23, 1963, the first episode of Britain's premiere...
Tags: Daleks, Jay Garmon, Geek Trivia Newsletter, Villain, TechRepublic Inc., Dr., Science Fiction, Director, Professional Development, Recruitment & Selection, Career, Human Resources, Workforce Management
Technical articles 2006-11-21
Geek Trivia: Action-pact science fiction
What did the Clarke-Asimov Treaty stipulate between the two iconic sci-fi writers? Ask someone what the Big Three refers to, and you'll get an interesting variety of answers. In 20th-century history, you're likely referring to the three heads of the World War II Allies: Joseph Stalin,...
Tags: Isaac Asimov, Games, Jay Garmon, Game players, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert A. Heinlein, science fiction, Geek Trivia Newsletter, Clarke, Corporate Communications, Wiki, Professional Development, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Online Communications, Career
Technical articles 2006-10-31
Geek Trivia: Science-fiction double feature
Who are the only four writers to have two books win both the Hugo and Nebula awards for best science-fiction/fantasy novel? If the Hugo Award is the science-fiction and fantasy equivalent of the Oscar, then the Nebula Award is geekdom's Emmy. Together, these two prestigious paperweights single...
Tags: Nebula, Jay Garmon, Hugo Award, Nebula Award, novel, science fiction, fantasy, Geek Trivia Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., Hugo, Scott Card, Clarke, Games, Corporate Communications, Professional Development, Personal Technology, Marketing, Career
Technical articles 2006-10-03
Geek Trivia: Rising from the ashes
What notable item of symbolic, nonscientific cargo survived the Challenger disaster completely unscathed? Twenty years ago this week, one of the gravest moments in the history of the American space program came to pass. On Jan. 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded a mere 73 seconds...
Tags: Jay Garmon, Challenger, Geek Trivia Newsletter, Cargo, TechRepublic Inc., NASA, Disaster, Professional Development, Aerospace & Defense, Strategy, Career, Manufacturing, Management
Technical articles 2006-01-24

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Geek Trivia: Name of the game
What was the original name of the Nintendo video-game character Mario, and what was his occupation? Editor's note: The Trivia Geek is on extended leave, but he did get off his slacker butt long enough to pull this Classic Geek, which originally ran on Sept. 13, 2005, from the...
Tags: Mario, Games, Jay Garmon, game, video game, Geek Trivia Newsletter, Nintendo Co. Ltd., Editor, Character, Personal Technology
Technical articles 2007-01-03
Geek Trivia: And called them by name(s)
What names besides Rudolph did writer Robert L. May consider for his famous red-nosed reindeer? Editor's note: The Trivia Geek is scrambling to finish his traditional last-minute holiday shopping, so we've pulled this Classic Geek from our archives, which originally ran Dec. 22, 2004. And because the Geek is...
Tags: Jay Garmon, Team management, Santa Claus, Saint Nicholas, Donner, Blitzen, Rudolph, Geek Trivia Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., Quibble, Editor, Nose, Copywriter, Gillen, Management
Technical articles 2005-12-20
Geek Trivia: Credits where credit is due
What real-life test pilot survived the crash shown in the opening credits of TV's "The Six Million Dollar Man"? Start running in slow motion and imitating the world's most famous electronic echo, boys and girls. Thirty-two years ago this week, "The Six Million Dollar Man" debuted on...
Tags: TV, TVs, Jay Garmon, Gender and diversity, TV & Home Theater, Million-Dollar Man, wine, women, Geek Trivia Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., Austin, Man, Ethernet, Networking, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment
Technical articles 2005-10-18
Geek Trivia: Fighting fire with wireless
Editor's note: The Trivia Geek is saddled with some distracting project management responsibilities this week, so he reached way back into the archives for this Classic Geek, which originally ran on Sept. 24, 2003. In some respects, the birth of the American space program, and specifically...
Tags: Patent, Radio, Editor, Missile, Wireless, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2007-08-07
Geek Trivia: Raiders of the lost art
If you ever come into possession of a time machine and are thus faced with that famous chrononautic conundrum -- "what one person can I go back in time and eliminate to bring about the most significant change to the present?" -- a legitimate case can be made for altering...
Tags: Geek Trivia, Indiana, Comic Book, George Lucas, Jim Steranko, Heston, Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2008-05-20
Geek Trivia: May the Schwartz be with you
Four filmsYou missed one.There were four Superman films staring Christopher Reeve. The final installment was Superman 4 – The Quest for Peace.I forgot nothing......I simply refuse to acknowledge the film travesty that killed the franchise. "Nuclear Man"...? Poppycock!--Jay, AKA The Trivia GeekThe "Living Legend"...that's how pretty much every account...
Tags: Ed Woychowsky, Julius Schwartz, Ray, Ray Bradbury, Superman, Superman 4
Discussion threads 2004-10-05
Geek Trivia - Four years and counting
Tomorrow is something of a significant anniversary for yours truly. On Aug. 31, 2001, the first issue of Geek Trivia that I authored was published. Those of you around in the old days will recall that Geek Trivia was once a very different animal. The articles were...
Tags: Newsletter, Cancellation, Mail, Geek Trivia, Matt Groening, Corporate Communications, E-mail, Marketing, Online Communications, Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2005-08-30
Geek Trivia: Museum of natural mystery
Which two high-ranking U.S. government positions involve serving on the Smithsonian's board of regents? A mere 159 years ago, the U.S. government laid the legal foundation for the world's largest museum complex. On Aug. 10, 1846, President James K. Polk signed into law a congressional act that...
Tags: James Smithson, Jay Garmon, Geek Trivia Newsletter, U.S., Tradition, Board, Smithsonian Institution, Chancellor, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law
Technical articles 2005-08-09
Geek Trivia: Federal funning
Test your command ofuseless knowledge by subscribing to TechRepublic's Geek Trivia e-newsletter. Automaticallysign up today!Editor's note: The TriviaGeek's sabbatical has been unexpectedly extended for another week, so to makeit up to you, we're publishing three abbreviated trivia tidbits, all on thetimely election-season subject of politics. Hope that's enough to keep...
Tags: Grover Cleveland, Jay Garmon, U.S. Congress, U.S. STATE, United States Constitution
Technical articles 2004-10-26
Jay is bailing! (But best of luck to him).
From Jay's blog, The Written Weird, I received this newsletter.http://writtenweird.blogspot.com/2009/04/giving-up-that-which-defines-me.html-------------------------------------------Thursday, April 23, 2009Giving up that which defines meFor seven and a half years, I've written a column called Geek Trivia. On Wednesday, April 29, 2009, the last issue of that column I'll likely ever write will be publicized in its...
Tags: seanferd, Geek Trivia, Jay, Geekend
Discussion threads 2009-04-24
Help rebuild Tech Q&A, choose TR's contest prizes
Help rebuild Tech Q&A, choose TR's contest prizesTECHREPUBLIC COMMUNITY NETNOTE NEWSLETTER for June 21, 2005HELP REBUILD TECH Q&A, CHOOSE TR'S CONTEST PRIZES No big feature release news from the TechRepublic Community team this week, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. We're nearing the end of our first big "improvement"...
Tags: Apotheon, Community, community netnote, feedback, Help Rebuild, Help rebuild Tech Q&A, newsletter, site improvements, sweepstakes, Tech Q&a, technical q and a, TechRepublic Inc., The Trivia Geek
Discussion threads 2005-06-20
Zealotry in the blogosphere: The open source debate
Zealotry in the blogosphere: The open source debateTECHREPUBLIC BLOG ROUNDUP NEWSLETTER for July 27, 2005ZEALOTRY IN THE BLOGOSPHERE: THE OPEN SOURCE DEBATE When you see a blog post tagged "zealotry," you can be pretty sure it's going to draw fire--or at least some curious onlookers. TechRepublic Community Manager Shawn...
Tags: beth.blakely@..., blog, Blog Roundup, blog roundup newsletter, blogosphere, blogs, feedback, http://techrepublic.com.com/5254-6257-0.html?forumID=99&threadID, open source
Discussion threads 2005-07-26
TR's Hot Topics: Control of the Net, AD administration
TECHREPUBLIC COMMUNITY NETNOTE NEWSLETTER for October 11, 2005TR'S HOT TOPICS: CONTROL OF THE NET, AD ADMINISTRATION This week's TechRepublic community keyword is politics, as in the politics behind who should control the root servers of the Internet, the United States or the United Nations? This topic roused the ire...
Tags: active directory, advertisement, community netnote, domain, feedback, Internet, law, marriage, newsletter, politics, Sonja Thompson, spam, spyware, TechRepublic Inc., The Trivia Geek, TR
Discussion threads 2005-10-10
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