That was easier than I expected. There were five questions that everybody knew and the cumulative score was a whopping nine.
I left off my real stumper (Nanny and the Professor) because I thought it would make the quiz too difficult and because the actor who played the professor has a name that would have [...]

Those of us with a working command of the language often take delight in pointing out the grammatical bumbling of lesser writers. After all, what could be more fun than laughing at the illiterate? Still, I’ve decided to take a less pedantic stance on such matters. Not because I think that correct usage is negligible, [...]

Back by popular demand (I think Johann mentioned once that he liked it), it’s TRIVIA TIME at the ol’ BFS.
Ready?
I name two actors, you provide the TV show in which their characters’ names provided the show’s title. For example, if the clue is Cindy Williams and Penny Marshall, you would answer with Laverne and Shirley. [...]

"I thought AGP was dead. Found on Newegg I can get a 1gb video card for about $80. MW2 may have a chance yet!"
This was a recent Tweet by a friend of mine, the content of which wouldn’t be any less clear to me if it was written in Mandarin. Yet I don’t question his [...]

You know what I don’t like, those slice-of-life radio advertisments featuring two people having a "real" conversation where they keep repeating the name of the spot’s sponsor. And they don’t just repeat the name, the repeat the full name, no matter how clumsily it makes them sound. It’s almost as if they’re being paid to [...]