The Ultimate Holiday Trivia Challenge

On this holiday-themed episode of Past Tens: A Top 10 Time Machine, Dave and Milt crank up the festive vibes with a full-blown pop-culture trivia throwdown—covering Christmas songs, movies, TV episodes, and other seasonal nonsense we all pretend not to love (but absolutely do). Along the way, they pause to address the elephant in the studio: the growing list of celebrities who’ve inconveniently passed away shortly after being mentioned on the pod. Is it coincidence? A curse? Or just the most unfortunate branding accident in podcasting history? (Welcome back to the Murder Pod™.) The trivia pulls heavily from ‘80s-style music bar trivia, beloved TV shows like The Office and Friends, and classic holiday films and specials—some heartwarming, some traumatic, all fair game. There’s also a little holiday housekeeping, a stroll down Past Tens memory lane, and a tease for next week’s Second Annual Tennies Awards, because yes, we are absolutely giving trophies to songs again. Festive? Yes. Educational? Occasionally. Slightly unhinged? Always. Topics: 00:00 Welcome back to Past Tens 02:02 Holiday vibes & trivia setup 04:24 The ongoing “Murder Pod” situation 10:17 Holiday pop-culture trivia kicks off 30:50 Christmas movie trivia (brace yourself) 31:44 Bill Murray’s many brothers in Scrooged 34:24 Broadway Christmas movies (somehow a thing) 35:19 Christmas Movie PTSD 36:28 Classic Christmas songs & TV nostalgia 37:51 The Office and Friends holiday episodes 46:05 The Star Wars Holiday Special and other mistakes 56:37 Bonus questions & the wrap-up