Nerdy Trivia: May 12, 2026

A real Irish city is Limerick,
With a castle of Norman-laid brick.
The form bears its name,
But how it got the claim
Is a riddle no scholar can lick.

Before he ever flipped an oversized playing card on a daytime soundstage, the original "Card Sharks" host had spent three years on a Vegas stage. Somehow, that wasn't even the strangest line on his pre-NBC résumé. Who was the original host of "Card Sharks"?

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28 years ago TODAY, the brutal license tests stood between you and your first real car when Gran Turismo arrived on the PS1 in North America in 1998!

It traded arcade drift for weight and grip, asking you to grind a used hatchback through B-license cones before earning your way up to a Skyline GT-R. The roster spanned 140 real cars from real manufacturers, with a tuning menu deep enough to feel like homework. It moved 10.85 million copies, spawned seven mainline sequels, and got a 2023 film built around GT Academy driver Jann Mardenborough.

Since everyone has tried to sing along to "Bohemian Rhapsody" at least once, you know just how hard it is to sing like Freddie Mercury. There's an argument to be made that he stands alone as the most talented singer in the history of rock and roll.

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