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Geek Trivia: The Quibble of the Week for Aug. 5, 2008
This week's quibble comes from the July 29, 2008 edition of Geek Trivia, "A body shop in space." TechRepublic member bsandey was a little bent out of shape about my account of some "failed" repairs to a certain moon rover involving the most potent fix-it material in the universe. by...
Tags: Geek Trivia, Quibble, Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2008-08-05
Geek Trivia: The Quibble of the Week for July 29, 2008
This week's quibble comes from the July 15, 2008 edition of Geek Trivia, "ZIP code of honor." TechRepublic member aureolin took issue with Jay Garmon's description of Smokey Bear as a fictional character. by Jay Garmon
Tags: Geek Trivia, Quibble, Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2008-07-29
Geek Trivia: The Quibble of the Week for July 22, 2008
This week's quibble comes from the July 15, 2008 edition of Geek Trivia, "ZIP code of honor." TechRepublic members bgiroux, wwest, support, sysop-dr, tutor, and somethinggood4 all wrote in to remind me that the United States isn't the only country with special postal designations for letters addressed to Santa. by...
Tags: Geek Trivia, Quibble, Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2008-07-22
Geek Trivia: The Quibble of the Week for July 15, 2008
This week's quibble comes from the July 8, 2008 edition of Geek Trivia, "Monument alley." TechRepublic member Desmodeus set me straight as regards to my shallow knowledge of the Hippocratic Oath. by Jay Garmon
Tags: Geek Trivia, Quibble, Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2008-07-15
Geek Trivia: The Quibble of the Week for July 8, 2008
This week's quibble comes from the June 24, 2008 edition of Geek Trivia, "Tools of the Trademark." Pretty much everybody wrote in to suggest a genericized trademark that I didn't explicitly namedrop, but member tkeller's suggestion was a personal favorite. by Jay Garmon
Tags: Geek Trivia, Quibble, Styrofoam, Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2008-07-08
Geek Trivia: The Quibble of the Week for July 1, 2008
This week's quibble comes from the June 24, 2008 edition of Geek Trivia, "Tools of the trademark." TechRepublic member nathan.scott among several others took issue with my reading of a certain lexicographer's accomplishments. by Jay Garmon
Tags: Geek Trivia, Quibble, Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2008-07-01
Geek Trivia: The Quibble of the Week for June 24, 2008
This week's quibble comes from the June 17, 2008 edition of Geek Trivia, "A phone to pick with you." by Jay Garmon
Tags: Geek Trivia, Quibble, Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2008-06-24
Geek Trivia: The Quibble of the Week for June 17, 2008
This week's quibble comes from the June 3, 2008 edition of Geek Trivia "Fuel for disaster" -- again. by Jay Garmon
Tags: Geek Trivia, Quibble, Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2008-06-17
Geek Trivia: The Quibble of the Week for June 10, 2008
If you uncover a questionable fact or debatable aspect of this week's Geek Trivia, just post it in the discussion area of the article. Every week, yours truly will choose the best quibble from our assembled masses and discuss it in a future edition of Geek Trivia. This week's...
Tags: Geek Trivia, Quibble, Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2008-06-10
Geek Trivia: The Quibble of the Week for June 3, 2008
If you uncover a questionable fact or debatable aspect of this week's Geek Trivia, just post it in the discussion area of the article. Every week, yours truly will choose the best quibble from our assembled masses and discuss it in a future edition of Geek Trivia. ...
Tags: Geek Trivia, Quibble, Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2008-06-03
Geek Trivia: The Quibble of the Week for May 27, 2008
If you uncover a questionable fact or debatable aspect of this week's Geek Trivia, just post it in the discussion area of the article. Every week, yours truly will choose the best quibble from our assembled masses and discuss it in a future edition of Geek Trivia. ...
Tags: Geek Trivia, Quibble, Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2008-05-27
Geek Trivia: The Quibble of the Week for May 20, 2008
If you uncover a questionable fact or debatable aspect of this week's Geek Trivia, just post it in the discussion area of the article. Every week, yours truly will choose the best quibble from our assembled masses and discuss it in a future edition of Geek Trivia. ...
Tags: Geek Trivia, Quibble, Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2008-05-20
Geek Trivia: Quite a tail to tell
Geek Trivia QuibbleI can only assume that the source of this quibble is a plant designed to foster discussions, but I want to ask about your use of the word "eponymous" as it relates to the "Jurassic Park" film and book.When I look it up on dictionary.com, it's defined as...
Tags: eponym, Brontosaurus, geek trivia, DMambo, career, quibble, tail, Geek Trivia Quibble, Jurassic Park
Discussion threads 2006-08-16
Geek Trivia: The Quibble of the Week for Oct. 21, 2008
This week's quibble comes from the Oct. 14, 2008 edition of Geek Trivia, "Skies on the prize." NickNielsen used some cunning mathematics to explain why all those advertising messages we beam into space are money wasted, so far as the consumer extraterrestrial market is concerned. by Jay Garmon
Tags: Geek Trivia, Advertisement, Quibble, Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2008-10-21
Geek Trivia: The Quibble of the Week for Oct. 14, 2008
In last week's column, The Trivia Geek playfully suggested the danger of ham radio operators eavesdropping on U.S. Secret Service communications. TechRepublic member foster.ryan let him know just how implausible that bit of facetious fiction really was. by Jay Garmon
Tags: Geek Trivia, Radio, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Jay Garmon, Quibble
Blog posts 2008-10-14
Geek Trivia: The Quibble of the Week for Oct. 7, 2008
This week's quibble, TechRepublic member donald.yost calls out The Trivia Geek for failing to properly distinguish between the different types of credited writers for Monty Python's Flying Circus. by Jay Garmon
Tags: Geek Trivia, Quibble, Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2008-10-07
Geek Trivia: The Quibble of the Week for Oct. 28, 2008
This week's quibble comes from the Oct. 21, 2008 edition of Geek Trivia, "Where the action is @." TechRepublic member gwcarter nicked The Trivia Geek for invoking death where only mere finance was involved. by Jay Garmon
Tags: Geek Trivia, Quibble, Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2008-10-28
Geek Trivia: The quibble of the week for Nov. 4, 2008
This week's quibble comes from the Oct. 28, 2008 edition of Geek Trivia, "The root of all sequels." TechRepublic member Asterisk dinged The Trivia Geek for failing to disclose the inner workings of shady Hollywood accounting practices. by Jay Garmon
Tags: Geek Trivia, Quibble, Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2008-11-04
Geek Trivia: The quibble of the week for Nov. 11, 2008
This week's quibble comes from the Nov. 5, 2008 edition of Geek Trivia, "The Altered States of America." But this time, it's not a quibble with the article, it's a quibble with the U.S. Constitution. by Jay Garmon
Tags: Geek Trivia, Quibble, Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2008-11-11
Geek Trivia: The quibble of the week for Nov. 18, 2008
This week's quibble comes from the Nov. 11, 2008 edition of Geek Trivia, "A little white-hot lie." TechRepublic member gary along with several other folks took issue with the region of the sun which The Trivia Geek termed the coolest. by Jay Garmon
Tags: Geek Trivia, Quibble, Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2008-11-18

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