Nerdy Trivia: March 16, 2026

Pandas are technically carnivores that evolved to exclusively eat salad, which is a dietary pivot I have questions about. The bamboo has almost no nutritional value, so they need to eat like 40 pounds of it a day, and that's a lot of effort for something that tastes like a tree.

What do you call a group of pandas?

That's right, I'm doing back-to-back Oscar trivia. I wasn't planning on it, but last night's Best Live-Action Short Film category had a tie, and now I have to update my notes. Blame the Academy. How many times has an Oscar category had a tie?

Take a swing at some random trivia. When you get the answer, just hit "Random Question" to keep going!

49 years ago TODAY, one overworked dad and eight kids turned a Sacramento household into prime-time chaos when "Eight Is Enough" premiered on ABC in 1977!

Dick Van Patten played Tom Bradford, a newspaper columnist trying to keep a huge family moving through crushes, curfews, money problems, and the kind of everyday disasters that only get louder with eight kids under one roof.

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