Nerdy Trivia: December 5, 2024

Last updated: December 5, 2024

Nerdy Trivia: December 5, 2024

Happy National Blue Jeans Day!

Levi Strauss was just trying to keep miners from splitting their pants when he added those copper rivets back in 1873, then James Dean had to go and make them cool. Now we're out here paying extra for jeans that look like they've already done a few shifts in the gold mines. Strauss is definitely watching us from somewhere, probably thinking "Y'all know those rips are supposed to happen naturally, right?"

Morning Trivia: What was Wayne Gretzky's first professional hockey team?

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Every legend has an origin story, and hockey's greatest tale started with a teenager who could barely grow a beard and couldn't even drink. Before Wayne Gretzky became The Great One, before he rewrote the record books and redefined what was possible on ice, some team took their first chance on him. Which organization can claim they discovered hockey's future king?

Guess The Team

🎂 Celebrity Birthdays for December 5, 2024

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  • John Rzeznik (1965)
  • Gary Allan (1967)
  • Margaret Cho (1968)
  • Paula Patton (1975)
  • Keri Hilson (1982)
  • Frankie Muniz (1985)
  • Josh Smith (1985)

Morning XP Boost

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