Look up in the sky!
It’s episode 103 and I am a little embarrassed that it has taken so long to get around to such an iconic character as Superman. But, we rectify this today!
So pull on your tights and we will get this show on the road.
Author Archives: Brian
Dorky Geeky Nerdy #102 | Feel-Good Movie Trivia
Let’s start 2021 off right, shall we?
This week, we’re all about feeling good with thirty questions from movies that leave us smiling like big saps as the credits roll. Something funny, touching, or just plain silly makes these movies a nice “comfort food” for watching when times are tough.
We’ll kick this year off by leaving 2020 behind and having a few laughs and and some happy tear. Sound good? Then let’s get to it.
Dorky Geeky Nerdy Trivia #101 | Disaster Movie Trivia
Is 2020 over yet? I’m done, how about you?
This week, we’re celebrating the end of one disastrous year by talking about disaster movies.
Dorky Geeky Nerdy #100 | Star Trek Trivia Spectacular
Has it really been one-hundred episodes? Feels like it was only yesterday I was putting this thing together on a whim. Well, here we are. 100 episodes. Over 30,000 episode downloads. What a wild ride.
This week, we’re going back to where it all began, Star Trek. This time, the questions can come from anywhere in the Star Trek universe. Any series. Any movie. And elsewhere.
Also, we’re turning this episode up to 40. That’s right, the Freaky Round is back. Well, don’t just sit there letting me prattle on, get going and listen!
Dorky Geeky Nerdy #99 | Movie Musical Trivia
99 episodes! Next week is the big 100! For now, we’re going to talk about Movie Musicals. These are either original musicals for the big screen or adaptations of stage musicals.
Either way, we’re going have some fun and maybe sing along, if you know the words (and even if you don’t we won’t judge).
Dorky Geeky Nerdy #98 | 1980’s Fantasy Film Trivia
They were weird and they were wonderful. Those fantasy films of the 1980s. The same decade that saw the rise and fall of Dungeons and Dragons had a plethora of fantastic films to inspire and delight.
Dorky Geeky Nerdy #97 | Quotable 1970’s Trivia
Between the turbulent 60’s and Reagan-era 80’s, sat the 1970’s. A period of transition. For this week’s Quotable episode, we’re offering a new spin. Each round will be from a different area of the 1970’s. Round one will be movie quotes. Round two, TV show quotes. Round three will be real-world quotes from world leaders, celebrities, and so on.
Pretty simple, right?
The Arecibo Observatory has collapsed
(Sorry for the double-whammy of sad news, it’s just one of those days)
The observatory had been shut down since August from a cable snap that had punched a huge hole in the dish. But yesterday, the structure collapsed catastrophically.
Amigos es con profundo pesar comunicarles que acaba de colapsar la plataforma del Observatorio de Arecibo. pic.twitter.com/stJScy2Old
— Deborah Martorell (@DeborahTiempo) December 1, 2020
RIP Ben Bova
The Science Fiction author passed away on November 29 at age 88 of complications from COVID-19. He authored over 120 works of sci-fi, won six Hugo Awards, and has been the president of both the National Space Society as well as the Science Fiction Writers of America.
The Expanse is getting a sixth and final season
So good news/bad news.
There will be a sixth season of the series, presumably covering the events in Babylon’s Ashes. However, this will end the TV series (the books have three more in the series).
It’s sad, but at least they have a set stopping point, rather than getting cut off mid-story. Book six has a clean(ish) stopping point (the books are basically three arcs tied together in nine books).
Honestly, I was wondering how they were going to handle the [spoiler]time jump[/spoiler] at the start of Persepolis Rising. [spoiler]Maybe in 20 years we’ll get three more seasons of the show[/spoiler].