Nerdy Trivia: December 15, 2025

Mini cupcakes are a trap because I tell myself they don't count, and then I've eaten five before anyone notices. The math works out to more cupcake than if I'd grabbed a regular one, but the denial tastes sweeter.

I usually keep Classic Nerd a pretty positive place, but I wanted to step out for a second to talk about Rob Reiner, who tragically passed away yesterday alongside his wife, Michele. Reiner was one of those rare Hollywood icons whose work touched multiple generations. Whether you watched him as Mike “Meathead” Stivic on “All in the Family,” or grew up on the movies he directed like "Stand by Me," "When Harry Met Sally...," and "A Few Good Men" (among many, MANY others), his work was the reason many of us gathered around the TV or packed into theaters for decades.

Honestly, Rob Reiner's career is so vast and varied that if I only did trivia about it I'd still never run out of topics. It’s impossible not to feel grateful for the amount of joy and craft he put into the culture. So I want to say thank you to Rob Reiner for all of the laughs, and send love to their family, friends, and everyone shaped by his work.

Whitney Houston wanted to know if someone really loved her, and the world answered by sending "How Will I Know" straight to number one in early 1986. The pop hit became one of her signature songs and helped launch her into superstardom, but the songwriters wrote it for someone else. Which singer rejected "How Will I Know" before it was offered to Whitney Houston?

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47 years ago TODAY, we finally believed a man could fly when "Superman" was released in theaters in 1978!

Christopher Reeve’s Clark Kent starts as a Kansas farm kid hiding impossible powers before stepping into the cape in Metropolis to face Gene Hackman’s smug Lex Luthor and a string of disasters that test everything he can do. It was all set to a soaring John Williams theme and was a box-office smash. Do you remember what the "S" on his chest is for?

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it as many times as I have to —1984 was a hell of a year for cinema. I’m not even going to list all the other great movies that came out that year, because as you probably noticed this trivia question is about the legendary mockumentary, This Is Spinal Tap.

Check out more celeb birthdays in today's birthday post!