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- Geek Trivia: Name-drop it like it's hot
- What is the official term for a volcanic eruption that emits enough force in a specific manner to successfully launch an object into space -- a term that is inspired by science fiction? by Jay Garmon
- Tags: Geek Trivia, Earth, Extinction, Operation Plumbob, Geologist, Verneshot, Craton, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- 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: A body (shop) in space
- What problem part broke on two lunar rovers during two Apollo missions, proving that even the most ingeniously engineered vehicles still suffer from the same maintenance woes as conventional automobiles? by Jay Garmon
- Tags: Geek Trivia, Car, Mph, Tesla Roadster, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2008-07-29
- Geek Trivia: The name of the (blame) game
- What rather comical misunderstanding of the Internet led to media outlets referring to the dwarf planet Eris as Lila, despite the fact that neither the discovering astronomers nor the International Astronomical Union ever called the celestial object by that name? by Jay Garmon
- Tags: Game, Geek Trivia, Planet, Pluto, Eris, Dwarf Planet, International Astronomical Union, Plutoids, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- 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: ZIP code of honor
- Who is the only fictional character ever to be granted a U.S. Postal Service Unique ZIP code, a distinction normally reserved for corporations, universities, and government agencies that are routinely deluged with high volumes of mail delivered to a single address? by Jay Garmon
- Tags: Geek Trivia, ZIP Code, U.S. Postal Service, Unique Zone Improvement Plan, Smokey Bear National Park, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2008-07-15
- Geek Trivia: Monument alley
- What ancient astronomic monument is accidentally and occasionally mimicked by the layout of New York City as described by the Commissioner's Plan of 1811, the urban planning document that defines modern Manhattan? by Jay Garmon
- Tags: Geek Trivia, Hippocrates, Father, Euclid, Homer, Hippodamus, Commissioner, Stonehenge, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- 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: Two Fourths for the price of one
- What country somehow managed to observe two Fourths of July in the same calendar year -- a timekeeping feat unmatched by any other nation in recorded history, including the July 4th obsessed United States? by Jay Garmon
- Tags: U.S., Geek Trivia, July, 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: Tools of the trade(mark)
- What popular linguistic authority -- which presides over the evolution of the English language and is occasionally cited in legal discussions regarding genericized trademarks -- has itself been a victim of genericide? by Jay Garmon
- Tags: Geek Trivia, Google Inc., Trademark, Brand, Tool, Webster, Branding, Marketing, 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: A phone to pick with you
- What was the method of communication originally employed by the Washington-Moscow Hotline, a historically significant telecommunications link between the United States President and Soviet Premier that -- while called The Red Phone -- wasn't originally a telephone link at all? by Jay Garmon
- Tags: U.S., Geek Trivia, President, Phone, Telecom & Utilities, 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: Pioneer and far
- In many cultures, Friday the 13th is occasionally considered bad luck, but at least for 2008, Friday, June 13 will mark a momentous if only mildly inaccurate anniversary. On June 13, 1983, the space probe Pioneer 10 became the first man-made object to leave the solar system... sort of. ...
- Tags: Geek Trivia, Spacecraft, Pioneer 10, Pioneer Anomaly, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2008-06-10
- Geek Trivia: Fuel for disaster
- On May 4, 1988, the U.S. National Earthquake Information Center NEIC in Colorado detected a seismic event of magnitude 3.5 on the Richter scale, situated in or around Henderson, Nevada. At first blush, it appeared to be an earthquake barely strong enough to be felt by locals, but still notable...
- Tags: Geek Trivia, NASA, PEPCON, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2008-06-03
- 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
