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Ian S. Pumpkins

@ianm5280.bsky.social

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36 ✝️ 🏳️‍🌈 Geek of several kinds, occasional kilt wearer, trivia/game show lover! NO FOLLOW FOR FOLLOW Spinarts in banner by Blue Man Group (NY '05, CHI '25)

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Ian S. Pumpkins @ianm5280.bsky.social · Sep 14

My humble apologies to @thecityofedmonton.bsky.social and @edmontonoilers.bsky.social for getting that clue about the Oilers wrong.

In my defense I'm a Coloradan who doesn't follow hockey very closely! #GoAvsGo

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The Jeopardy! Fan @thejeopardyfan.com · 22h

With #Jeopardy moving into using more stats than wins/money won to determine who gets into 2026 Champions Wildcard, who might end up getting the call to return to the Alex Trebek Stage? I take a look at some possible candidates here: thejeopardyfan.com/2025/10/who-...

Who Might We See In 2026 Champions Wildcard?

Andy Saunders of thejeopardyfan.com gives predictions on who he thinks will receive invitations to the 2026 Champions Wildcard tournament.

thejeopardyfan.com

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castawayfarm.bsky.social @castawayfarm.bsky.social · 1d

Feeding America has a page where you can input your zip code and it'll show you all of the food banks near you overlaid on a map. If you need it, it's there. If you don't need it, think about donating money if you have it and your time if you don't.

www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...

Find Your Local Food Bank | Feeding America

Find the Feeding America member food bank nearest you. Over 200 member food banks can connect you with free food, food pantries, soup kitchens, and mobile pantries in your community.

www.feedingamerica.org

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Ian S. Pumpkins @ianm5280.bsky.social · 23h

I know I'm very late to the @sporcle.bsky.social party, but I just published my very first quiz on there!
www.sporcle.com/games/ianmcg...

Fannee Doolee

Fannee Doolee is an assertive go-getter with dissimilar obsessions. Your assignment is to differentiate them based these miscellaneous riddles of quizzing riffraff!

www.sporcle.com

Ian S. Pumpkins @ianm5280.bsky.social · 1d

Screenshot it and put the full quote in the alt text!

Ian S. Pumpkins @ianm5280.bsky.social · 1d

I made a custom #Connections board!
"My Country, 'Tis of Thee"
connectionsplus.io/game/t3GJfE

connectionsplus.io

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 1d

you should be able to steal a home run if you want to. just drop the bat and try to book it for the fence before anyone can tag you. if you can make it all the way out there and throw yourself over the fence, you're good

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Ian S. Pumpkins @ianm5280.bsky.social · 1d

This story is 5 months old but I only just learned about it today when I was checking out at the grocery store! 😧
www.npr.org/2025/05/22/n...

No more pennies: In big change, Treasury will stop minting them

In a cost-cutting move, the U.S. Treasury will stop minting new pennies. Originally introduced in 1793, the one-cent coins will still be legal tender. There are more than 100 billion pennies in circul...

www.npr.org

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Ian S. Pumpkins @ianm5280.bsky.social · 2d

youtube.com/shorts/J5I12...

EEEYAN #Shorts

YouTube video by Carisa Hendrix & Lucy Darling

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🖖 @truedrew.bsky.social · 2d

Get you a man who audibly gasps when contestants win big on Jeopardy (that’s me)

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Chris Bianchi @bianchiweather.bsky.social · 2d

Congrats to Arapahoe Basin for winning the race for earliest Colorado ski area to open their doors! They’ll open for the season tomorrow.

And they’ll get a little natural snow tomorrow night as well!

#COwx

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Lebanexican @lebanexican.bsky.social · 2d

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness

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Ian S. Pumpkins @ianm5280.bsky.social · 2d

It's right! And they randomly choose who the challengers for the next episode will be

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Ian S. Pumpkins @ianm5280.bsky.social · 2d

Nope, that doesn't happen 🙂

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Ian S. Pumpkins @ianm5280.bsky.social · 2d

OMG, I wanna see!

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Matt Carberry @mfc248.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe if #Jeopardy lasts long enough, a contestant will have to figure out how to get back to Earth to compete on the show — not just back to the U.S.

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Ian S. Pumpkins @ianm5280.bsky.social · 2d

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Ian S. Pumpkins @ianm5280.bsky.social · 2d

ICONIC.

Ian S. Pumpkins @ianm5280.bsky.social · 2d

#JeopardyBlindGuess
Relics: What is the Crown of Thorns?

Ian S. Pumpkins @ianm5280.bsky.social · 2d

"What is Wang?"

Iconic.

#Jeopardy

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Ian S. Pumpkins @ianm5280.bsky.social · 3d

We won Round 1 outright,
Round 2 on a tiebreaker...
AND THE OVERALL GAME ON A TIEBREAKER!

$30 gift card from Waldschänke Ciders.

Design features the lion from the Thurgau 🇨🇭 coat of arms with the outline of an apple in its mouth.

Ian S. Pumpkins @ianm5280.bsky.social · 3d

I pulled an "Um, Actually..." ☝🏻🤓 at pub trivia tonight!

They had a question asking which state park has the highest waterfall in the 🇺🇸

The correct answer was Yosemite, but Yosemite is a national park, not a state park. I told the host that and he gave everyone a free point for it.

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Ian S. Pumpkins @ianm5280.bsky.social · 4d

Emmanuel from yesterday's #Jeopardy

a bottle of milk is sitting on a table next to other bottles

Alt: Napoleon Dynamite testing a sample of milk

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Ian S. Pumpkins @ianm5280.bsky.social · 5d

All I can tell you is the title: Fanee Doolee.

Ian S. Pumpkins @ianm5280.bsky.social · 5d

Just got a really fun and silly idea for a trivia quiz, but the window for 2026 @learnedleague.com One-Day Specials proposals was back in August! I can't wait that long!

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