The Ultimate Trivia Thread

[trichobezoar]

Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

That is interesting. And well done for resurrecting this thread!

Thanks!

Originally Posted by wodin

Uh; what about topics that are even inappropriate in the Sand Box?

Um, I would appreciate it if you didn't post trivia that objectifies women... or is sexual in nature.

Another piece of astronomy trivia:
Saturn has the most moons in our solar system--more than twenty.

[HomeInMyShoes]

The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.

Definitely useful to know around here.

[Solitaire1]

Originally Posted by wodin

Uh; what about topics that are even inappropriate in the Sand Box?

To make sure that this thread is appropriate to all posters, it's probably best to avoid those topics (meaning those that are not even appropriate for the Politics and Religion Forum).

The number two (2) is the only even prime number.

[HomeInMyShoes]

1 in every 8,000 potassium atoms is a radioactive isotope, and bananas contain so much potassium that eating 600 bananas is equivalent to a chest x-ray.

[Solitaire1]

Modern chess began in the 1490s (when the queen moves became a combination of the bishop and rook, castling, and en passant were introduced).

[HomeInMyShoes]

Reno, Nevada is west of Los Angeles, California.

[trichobezoar]

The earliest predecessor of chess probably originated in India, before the 6th century AD.

[Solitaire1]

"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" was the first Beatles album that had the same track listing in both the U. K. and the U. S. A.

[trichobezoar]

From India, the predecessor of modern chess spread to Persia and when the Arabs conquered Persia, the game was taken up by the Muslim world and subsequently spread to Southern Europe.


Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_chess

[crich70]

Ted Geisel (Dr. Seuss) submitted his 1st book "To think that I saw it on Mulberry Street" to some 20 + publishers (I think 27) before finding one that would publish it.

[Solitaire1]

With the exception of the last book, every book in the "A Series Of Unfortunate Events" series by Lemony Snicket has 13 chapters.

[crich70]

We are actually in November of 2013 if you think about it. The calendar jumped from 1 B.C. to 1 A.D. without counting the year 0. Of course that's only by 1 particular calendar out of many.

[Solitaire1]

The arrangement of the QWERTY keyboard was designed to slow typists down to prevent key jams.

[trichobezoar]

Originally Posted by Solitaire1

The arrangement of the QWERTY keyboard was designed to slow typists down to prevent key jams.

lol That's why it's so awful!

One theory about the birth of our solar system:

The Tidal Theory (or Chamberlain-Moulton Theory) asserts that a passing star pulled dust and debris from the forming Sun, leaving a string of debris that eventually formed the planets.

[Solitaire1]

Both Bobby Goldsboro and Carole King both wrote and recorded unrelated songs called "It's Too Late."