Hiya Skeleton Crew, 🎃🎃 Happy October 🎃🎃 If ya haven’t started workin on yer Halloween costume, now’s the time! Fun fact, I got inspired for my own costume by one of the answers to yesterday’s trivias. Specifically, it was the birdman question – I really liked that _Harvey Birdman_ show when it was on & I figured that could be a cool costume. Is that kinda random? I dunno, I guess. But ya gotta choose SOMETHIN to be, right? So why not that? Anyways, I asked my pal Milo & he said he was into it. He even suggested doin a whole group costume thing: he’d be Space Ghost, our friend Roy’d be Captain Caveman, & maybe we could even rope Jen into bein … hmm. I dunno. Maybe Velma from _Scooby-Doo_? #### Answers to Last Time * The egg-snatchin contest I described yesterday was to determine who’d become Rapa Nui’s official __tangata manu__ , or ****birdman****. No relation to the Birdman of Alcatraz or to Harvey Birdman. * ****Tanzania**** is where ya can find the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, home to Olduvai Gorge. If that sounds familiar, it’s ’cause Olduvai Gorge is where Mary & Louis Leakey found all sortsa important anthropological remains from hominid species datin all the way back to __Homo habilis__. ## Today’s Trivias # Trivia 1 **What actor** , whose credits include the replicant Pris Stratton in _Blade Runner_ & the Cro-Magnon woman Ayla in _The Clan of the Cave Bear_ , had this to say ’bout her portrayal in FX’s teevee show _Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette_ that came out this year? > The character […] portrayed in the series is not even a remotely accurate representation of my life, my conduct or my relationship with John. The actions and behaviors attributed to me are untrue. I have never used cocaine in my life or hosted cocaine-fueled parties. I have never pressured anyone into marriage. I have never desecrated any family heirloom or intruded upon anyone’s private memorial. I have never planted any story in the press. I never compared Jacqueline Onassis’ death to a dog’s. It’s appalling to me that I even have to defend myself against a television show. These are not creative embellishments of personality. They are assertions about conduct – and they are false. # Trivia 2 The University of California system has got ten different campuses, nine of which have official sports teams. (UCSF, which doesn’t got an undergraduate school, is the odd one out.) These sports teams go by the followin names: * Aggies * Anteaters * Banana Slugs * Bruins * Gauchos * Golden Bears * Golden Bobcats * Highlanders * Tritons **Which UC school** is home to the Gauchos? * * * 💀 Submit Your Answers 💀 💀 View Season Leaderboard 💀 * * * ## OK then Byeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Hiya Skeleton Crew, Happy Wednesday! #### Answers to Last Time * The mysteeeeeeeerious rongorongo glyphs I showed ya yesterday come from the Pacific island of ****Rapa Nui**** , a.k.a. ****Easter Island****. * If a mathematician or computer person ever mentions “postfix” notation to ya, make sure to say, “Oh, do ya mean ‘Reverse ****Polish**** ’ notation?” ## Today’s Trivias # Trivia 1 There was this amazin race they used to do on Rapa Nui, maybe ya’ve heard of it? Guys’d swim out to this li’l islet called Motu Nui, in a competition to bring back the first sooty tern egg of the season. If ya got the egg first, ya had to swim it back & climb up a sea cliff & hopefully not break the li’l thing (or, y’know, die). The winner’d be declared the _tangata manu_ , which came with cool perks like free food & favors & a special ceremonial house where ya’d seclude yerself for months at a time. Nice! The kinda crazy thing ’bout this race, in my opinion, is that the official contestants were NOT the guys who actually did all that swimmin & climbin. Instead, a contestant would appoint someone ELSE to do all that stuff on their behalf. That’s right! Even though he didn’t do any of the real work, it was the manager who got all the credit. Ah jeez, don’t THAT sound familiar?? Anyways, can ya tell me **what does _tangata manu_ mean**? Despite the usual English translation, I’m pretty sure neither Burt Lancaster nor Michael Keaton was ever involved in the competition. # Trivia 2 It seems like every other conversation I have these days is ’bout either (1) an undeciphered system of glyphs from a distant Polynesian island, or (2) a big volcanic caldera & its associated conservation area that’s home to the famous Olduvai Gorge, one of the cradles of human evolution. Which is to say, I’m CONSTANTLY gettin rongorongo & Ngorongoro confused with one another. Can ya tell me **what African nation** is home to the Ngorongoro crater & Conservation Area? * * * 💀 Submit Your Answers 💀 💀 View Season Leaderboard 💀 * * * ## OK then Byeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Hiya Skeleton Crew, I hope ya have a BERRY good day today! (That pun’ll make more sense after ya read the rest of this email.) #### Answers to Last Time * An old lip-sync app called Musical.ly was one of the progenitors of the app that youse all know & love(??) as ****TikTok****. * Ya can pick up some ****lingonberry**** jam at IKEA under the name VAGGSÅNG. ## Today’s Trivias # Trivia 1 It ain’t just lingonberry that’s the only flavor of VAGGSÅNG ya can get! There’s also an orange & elderflower spread, a bilberry one, & a strawberry jam too. Or … is it a jelly? What’s the difference between jam & jelly, again? Ah jeez, I can never keep that stuff straight! Good news, I just cooked up a li’l rhyme to help me remember: > If cuttin & smashin’s yer jam, > Then ya def want a jam. > Hate pulp? Then – whoa nelly! – > Filter that stuff for a jelly. > If a Peruvian bear must be paid > Boil citrus peels into marmalade! > & if stewin a whole fruit’s yer _manoeuvre_? > Well, that’d be a … **WHAT**? > I’ll admit this one’s maybe a bit of a stretch – more of a slant rhyme, really, ’specially dependin on how ya pronounce stuff. But think of it this way: if I made it a more obvious rhyme, this question’d be too easy! So anyway, **what’s the word for whole-fruit preserves** that finishes my li’l “rhyme”? Sometimes people’ll also use it to mean a fruit preserve made with some nuts in there. # Trivia 2 **What filmmaker** wrote & directed _Smultronstället_ , which generally gets translated into English as _Wild Strawberries_? * * * 💀 Submit Your Answers 💀 💀 View Season Leaderboard 💀 * * * ## OK then Byeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Hiya Skeleton Crew, Long time no chat!!! It’s time for a BRAND NEW SEASON of Skeleton Trivia! Ain’t that just so _excitin_? I’ve got all sortsa goodies for ya this go-’round, includin stuff ’bout Grammy-winnin canines, 16th-century Iberian nautical science, & a problematic quantity of balloons. Will we come across a long-lost Maya manuscript at some point? All signs point to MAYBE! It’s everythin ya ever coulda hoped for … & MORE? If that’s somehow even possible??? ## Today’s Trivias # Trivia 1 Shh! Everyone, quiet! QUIET!!! Do ya hear that? That’s right – it’s the sound of time, & it’s A-WASTIN! So let’s get right into things, eh? The online service formerly known as Musical.ly got purchased in 2017 & then rebranded to become **what**? # Trivia 2 At a certain international retailer, ya can buy some tasty jam made from the deep-red fruit of the shrub _Vaccinium vitis-idaea_ , where it’s sold under the name VAGGSÅNG. Don’tcha just love sayin that? VAGGSÅNG. VAGGSÅNG? VAGGSÅNG! Ya gotta write it in ALL-CAPS like that, too. It’s just part of the rules, I’m ’fraid to say. Anyways, **by what name** is that li’l _Vaccinium vitis-idaea_ plant better known to youse & me? * * * 💀 Submit Your Answers 💀 💀 View Season Leaderboard 💀 * * * ## OK then Byeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Trivias you should know about Laguna Lake in the Philippines.

El Ministerio de Educación del Chubut convoca a la comunidad a participar de la Feria Provincial de Educación, Artes, Ciencias y Tecnología 2026, que se realizará del 27 al 28 de agosto en la Escuela N° 795 de Rawson. La iniciativa reunirá proyectos de escuelas de toda la provincia, talleres interactivos, trivias científicas y charlas a cargo de especialistas del MEF y CENPAT. Durante las jornadas, estudiantes y docentes presentarán sus trabajos, que serán valorados por equipos técnicos. La feria incluirá actividades didácticas, visitas a instituciones educativas y espacios para la divulgación científica. El cronograma incluye charlas sobre paleontología, insectos y tecnología educativa, además de talleres de cartografía participativa y fotobiología. El evento busca fomentar la investigación, la creatividad y la innovación en el ámbito educativo, convocando a familias y la comunidad en general a participar en las actividades programadas.