TODAY’S QUESTION:

When uninformed spellcheckers take an uncommon but perfectly spelled word and replace it with a word in their dictionary, that’s known as the Cupertino effect.

Example: Spellcheckers unfamiliar with Obama would suggest Osama as a replacement. Hitting “replace all” without looking could accidentally make you look like a McCain supporter. Whoops.

Question: The Cupertino effect got its name a couple of years ago when spellcheckers would suggest replacing what word with “Cupertino”?

YESTERDAY’S ANSWER:


What do Lon Chaney, Jr., Brendan Fraser, Phil Hartman, Meat Loaf, John Lone, and Matt Salinger have in common? Such a tough question deserves a hint before we get to the spoilerrific answer.

Hint: Jack Nicholson got halfway to qualifying for the list.

Think!

Think a little more!

Think the end of The Shining!

The answer: They all played human popsicles — characters who were frozen, then thawed out later. Specifically, the wolfman in House of Frankenstein, Link in Encino Man, Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer on Saturday Night Live, Eddie in Rocky Horror Picture Show, the title character in Iceman, and Captain America in the horrible movie of the same name.

Yes, that was hard. That’s how we roll.