mighty fine trivia by James Callan

Tag: meat loaf

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”?

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TODAY’S QUESTION:

Bonus difficulty level! This is a puzzler as well as a question of the day. (What’s a puzzler? Pretty much anything that’s not just a simple Googleable factual answer.)

What do these actors have in common?

Lon Chaney, Jr.
Brendan Fraser
Phil Hartman
Meat Loaf
John Lone
Matt Salinger

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