Who should get the ticker tape
Today in New York City, there was a parade. Can you guess why?The first ticker-tape parade was an impromptu celebration in 1886, to honor the dedication of the Statue of Liberty; a bunch of office schmoes decided to thank France by tossing scrap paper out the window (actually, this does make sense; I recall a 1991 Montreal Canadiens game where an excellent save by Patrick Roy prompted the crowd to t

Want to win free admission to the BQT throughout 2010?
Seriously!As announced at last week's quiz, this is an actual offer. All I ask: Recommend the BQT to whoever is in charge at your office of organizing the holiday party. If we're hired, you win an actual physical pass that will admit you to the Big Q

The picture here is ironic, don't you think?
At last week's quiz, I asked this question:Last summer, researchers at Carleton University in Canada conducted a mathematical exercise concluding that yes, civilization would very possibly come to an end if what actually existed?
I thought it was only mildly challenging, but EDP commented from the stage that he found it nearl

Yelpin' in up
Yelp, I'm sure you're familiar with. I've visited it here and there (it helped me find a good service for my semiannual apartment cleaning), but it's my lady friend who is all over it: She literally cannot visit any business without recording her reactions on the site. She is, in fact, an Elite Yelper. Hooray.It always bothered me that the BQT had a minimal presence on the site--'cause, you know, there was nothing in NYC more worth crowing about. It seemed to me you could Yelp only abou

Creepy, crawly, trivia-y
Thank you, gods of baseball, for letting the Yankees win on Sunday night. Oh, I don't particularly care which teams play in the World Series (could you guess, based on the rarity of sports questions at the BQT?), but I'm so, so glad there wasn't a game seven to conflict with last night's quiz. Al