Nerdy Trivia: May 13, 2025

I feel the need... to admit that I still think I can rock a pair of aviators as well as Maverick. And to this day I quote "Talk to me, Goose" when I'm making a risky decision. The real miracle is that none of that was ruined by the 2022 sequel. If anything, it only made it better by introducing it to the next generation.

I'll never forget the first time I saw those insane fighter jet scenes from "Top Gun." Maverick's ability to get the adrenaline going had me just about ready to eject out of my own seat. But eventually his F-14 Tomcat had to land, and it was almost always on a massive aircraft carrier. What was the name of the ship where most of "Top Gun" took place?

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

When you think of computer effects, your mind probably jumps to modern blockbusters. But the story of computer-generated imagery (CGI) begins way back in the 1950s, when a legendary director and a pioneering graphic designer teamed up to create something audiences had never seen before. Which classic film kicked off the digital revolution?

• Buck Taylor (1938)
• Harvey Keitel (1939)
• Zoë Wanamaker (1948)
• Franklyn Ajaye (1949)
• Stevie Wonder (1950)
• Leslie Winston (1956)
• Stephen Colbert (1964)
• Susan Floyd (1968)
• Iwan Rheon (1985)
• Lena Dunham (1986)
• Robert Pattinson (1986)
• Hunter Parrish (1987)
• Debby Ryan (1993)