The Ultimate Trivia Thread - Page 21

Solitaire1 · 01-04-2015, 05:48 AM

Despite the cartoon character, the actual Pink Panther is a diamond with a panther-shaped flaw.

crich70 · 01-05-2015, 10:22 PM

Helen McCrory (the actress who played Narcissa Malfoy in the Harry Potter movies) was supposed to play Narcissa's sister Bellatrix Lestrange but became pregnant around the time they were going to make the 5th movie (Order of the Phoenix) and so Helena Bonham Carter was cast in the role of the insane Azkaban escapee instead.

Luffy · 01-06-2015, 01:58 PM

Now this trivia will be under scrutiny...

The only ball game completely invented in the United States is basketball.

Is this true? Baseball, I'm sure, was invented in England but developed into its modern form in the US.

Solitaire1 · 01-06-2015, 02:45 PM

The song "Gloomy Sunday", written by Rezső Seress, is known as "The Hungarian Suicide Song" due to the large number of suicides that have been associated with the song (including the writer of the song per Wikipedia).

cromag · 01-06-2015, 02:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Luffy

Now this trivia will be under scrutiny...

The only ball game completely invented in the United States is basketball.

Is this true? Baseball, I'm sure, was invented in England but developed into its modern form in the US.

Pretty sure it was invented in Springfield, Massachusetts.

But I wouldn't doubt there are other games that have similarities. For instance, the ball games of the Aztecs that involved tossing a ball through hoops at either end of a playing field.

wodin · 01-06-2015, 06:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Luffy

Now this trivia will be under scrutiny...

The only ball game completely invented in the United States is basketball.

Is this true? Baseball, I'm sure, was invented in England but developed into its modern form in the US.

lacrosse?

But then it probably pre-dated the United States.

wodin · 01-06-2015, 06:29 PM

Opps, a quick Wiki-look shows it was invented not only pre-USA, but also in what was to become Canada.

Luffy · 01-07-2015, 03:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wodin

Opps, a quick Wiki-look shows it was invented not only pre-USA, but also in what was to become Canada.

I knew lacrosse was invented before the USA, but didn't know about Canada. Now, I hope someone will post some trivia so I can have my turn to do the same.

trichobezoar · 01-07-2015, 04:14 PM

Okies... Only 'cause you asked.

According to... (You guessed it!) The Word Museum, cat-Latin is "[i]ncoherent or idle talk; bad writing."

So I've been speaking cat-Latin Spanglish with my mother all this time! lol

Luffy · 01-07-2015, 04:45 PM

Thanks trich! Now...

In Sweden on 1 January 1994, there was the same number of 8 year old girls (112,521) as there were 9 year old girls on 1 January 1995, with no migration or death, which is unique in all population statistics.

trichobezoar · 01-09-2015, 08:43 AM

According to The Word Museum, chicken-pecked is being "[u]nder the rule of a child, as hen-pecked [is] under the rule of a woman."

Shouldn't it be chick-pecked?

Luffy · 01-10-2015, 01:58 AM

St. Bernard dogs carried barrels of milk not brandy. It is a myth created by the tourism industry. Brandy would kill a person with hypothermia.

trichobezoar · 01-10-2015, 07:24 AM

According to 10 Words Coined in the Sci-Fi Universe on my Dictionary.com app,

"While the noun robotics is commonplace today, it wasn't back in 1941 when sci-fi writer Isaac Asimov coined the term in a short story published in Astounding Science Fiction. It took another 20 years before the term really took off, and by the 1980s, robotics had firmly planted itself in the English language."

Solitaire1 · 01-10-2015, 12:49 PM

Superman is the first superhero to have a self-titled comic book with "Superman" #1.

trichobezoar · 01-12-2015, 01:33 PM

According to 10 Words Coined in the Sci-Fi Universe,

"While time travel has been considered since as early as The Mahabharata, H. G. Wells gave the English language much-used terminology on the subject. In 1894 Wells coined terms related to time travel such as time travelling and time traveller in his story with the heading "Time Travelling: Possibility or Paradox." A year later, in his novella The Time Machine, Wells explores time travel in more detail as an unnamed protagonist moves backwards and forwards in time, encountering the mythical species of the Eloi and the Morlocks on his way."

01-09-2015, 08:43 AM	#311
trichobezoar Riding Against the Wind Posts: 2,932 Karma: 43570696 Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Near Cacti, NM Device: Galaxy Note 10.1 & Kindle Touch	According to The Word Museum, chicken-pecked is being "[u]nder the rule of a child, as hen-pecked [is] under the rule of a woman." Shouldn't it be chick-pecked? Last edited by trichobezoar; 01-09-2015 at 08:51 AM. Reason: Edited grammar.

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wodin Illiterate Posts: 10,279 Karma: 37848716 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: The Sandwich Isles Device: Samsung Galaxy S10+, Microsoft Surface Pro	Opps, a quick Wiki-look shows it was invented not only pre-USA, but also in what was to become Canada.

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trichobezoar Riding Against the Wind Posts: 2,932 Karma: 43570696 Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Near Cacti, NM Device: Galaxy Note 10.1 & Kindle Touch	Okies... Only 'cause you asked. According to... (You guessed it!) The Word Museum, cat-Latin is "[i]ncoherent or idle talk; bad writing." So I've been speaking cat-Latin Spanglish with my mother all this time! lol

01-07-2015, 04:45 PM	#310
Luffy Wizard Posts: 4,464 Karma: 429063498 Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Mauritius Device: Kindle Paperwhite 4	Thanks trich! Now... In Sweden on 1 January 1994, there was the same number of 8 year old girls (112,521) as there were 9 year old girls on 1 January 1995, with no migration or death, which is unique in all population statistics.

01-10-2015, 01:58 AM	#312
Luffy Wizard Posts: 4,464 Karma: 429063498 Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Mauritius Device: Kindle Paperwhite 4	St. Bernard dogs carried barrels of milk not brandy. It is a myth created by the tourism industry. Brandy would kill a person with hypothermia.

01-10-2015, 07:24 AM	#313
trichobezoar Riding Against the Wind Posts: 2,932 Karma: 43570696 Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Near Cacti, NM Device: Galaxy Note 10.1 & Kindle Touch	According to 10 Words Coined in the Sci-Fi Universe on my Dictionary.com app, "While the noun robotics is commonplace today, it wasn't back in 1941 when sci-fi writer Isaac Asimov coined the term in a short story published in Astounding Science Fiction. It took another 20 years before the term really took off, and by the 1980s, robotics had firmly planted itself in the English language."

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Solitaire1 Samurai Lizard Posts: 14,943 Karma: 69500000 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: NookColor, Nook Glowlight 4	Superman is the first superhero to have a self-titled comic book with "Superman" #1.

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trichobezoar Riding Against the Wind Posts: 2,932 Karma: 43570696 Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Near Cacti, NM Device: Galaxy Note 10.1 & Kindle Touch	According to 10 Words Coined in the Sci-Fi Universe, "While time travel has been considered since as early as The Mahabharata, H. G. Wells gave the English language much-used terminology on the subject. In 1894 Wells coined terms related to time travel such as time travelling and time traveller in his story with the heading "Time Travelling: Possibility or Paradox." A year later, in his novella The Time Machine, Wells explores time travel in more detail as an unnamed protagonist moves backwards and forwards in time, encountering the mythical species of the Eloi and the Morlocks on his way."