Nerdy Trivia: November 30, 2025

The dessert version and the hair product might share the same name because they're both foam, but mixing them up would ruin dinner and your salon. One belongs in a martini glass with a raspberry on top, the other belongs in a 1980s bathroom cabinet next to the crimping iron.

Michael Jackson had already conquered the world as part of the Jackson 5, then again with "Off the Wall," so by 1982 the pressure was on to prove he could keep delivering solo magic. "Thriller" went on to produce seven hit singles and turned Jackson into the undisputed King of Pop. Which song from "Thriller" was the first to top the Hot 100?

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35 years ago TODAY, every writer’s worst nightmare checked into a snowed-in cabin when “Misery” was released in theaters in 1990! Based on Stephen King’s novel, it strands James Caan’s bestselling author with his “number one fan” after a car accident, turning what looks like a rescue into a slow-burn hostage situation. Kathy Bates takes that lonely superfandom and turns it into one of the scariest screen performances of the 90s without ever needing a monster or a jump scare. The movie was a critical and box office hit, earned Bates the Oscar for Best Actress, and proved that two people in a house with a typewriter and a bed can be more intense than any big-budget explosion. Do you remember the name of Kathy Bates' character?

Apple's groundbreaking "1984" Super Bowl commercial transformed advertising forever with its cinematic vision and dystopian nightmare feel. A mysterious woman shatters conformity while Big Brother drones on a massive screen. The legendary spot needed a true visionary at the helm. Who directed this game-changing advertisement?

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