Games & Recreation Pointless Trivia

[emuboy]

If the poor commodity prices in the Great Depression of the early 1930s weren't bad enough for sugar cane growers in Queensland, they had additional problems in the form of the cane beetle, which had reproduced to plague proportions. A great solution was worked out by the federal government - import an amphibian from the Americas to control the beetle in the form of the cane toad.

This of course was a disaster and more than 80 years later the toads have spread all over Queensland and into New South Wales, the Northern Territory and Western Australia, probably Australia's worst introduced pests. However at the time one of Australia's leading scientists could foresee the dangers ahead and had argued strongly against importing cane toads, urging the government to abandon this plan. Unfortunately, his warnings were not heeded.

So what was the name of the scientist who tried to stop the introduction of cane toads to Australia? His name was Walter Froggatt.

 

[Hawk Dork]

If the poor commodity prices in the Great Depression of the early 1930s weren't bad enough for sugar cane growers in Queensland, they had additional problems in the form of the cane beetle, which had reproduced to plague proportions. A great solution was worked out by the federal government - import an amphibian from the Americas to control the beetle in the form of the cane toad.

This of course was a disaster and more than 80 years later the toads have spread all over Queensland and into New South Wales, the Northern Territory and Western Australia, probably Australia's worst introduced pests. However at the time one of Australia's leading scientists could foresee the dangers ahead and had argued strongly against importing cane toads, urging the government to abandon this plan. Unfortunately, his warnings were not heeded.

So what was the name of the scientist who tried to stop the introduction of cane toads to Australia? His name was Walter Froggatt.

Another great disaster is Rat’s tail grasses
Its a great grass that stays green grows in tough conditions in crap soil
Problem is the high silca content destroys the teeth of your breeding females cows and she no longer feeds or breeds,does the same to native animals too

 

[akkaps]

probably Australia's worst introduced pests

I would have thought that 'white people' would be on top of that list

 

[emuboy]

One of the more bizarre celebrity suicides over the years was that of Peg Entwistle, a struggling 24-year-old Depression-era actress who in 1932 climbed to the top of the H on the Hollywood sign and leaped to her death. It is said that her ghost still haunts the base of the sign to this day.

However to be 100% accurate, Entwistle did not jump from the 'HOLLYWOOD' sign, she technically jumped from the 'HOLLYWOODLAND' sign. When first erected in 1923, the 'Hollywoodland' sign wasn't to advertise the film-making district, but rather land for sale in the district and was intended to be temporary. When the sign became a popular attraction it remained standing as "Hollywoodland' until 1949, when the 'Land' suffix was removed and the sign became the more familiar 'Hollywood' from 1950 onwards.

 

[Hawk Dork]

One of the more bizarre celebrity suicides over the years was that of Peg Entwistle, a struggling 24-year-old Depression-era actress who in 1932 climbed to the top of the H on the Hollywood sign and leaped to her death. It is said that her ghost still haunts the base of the sign to this day.

However to be 100% accurate, Entwistle did not jump from the 'HOLLYWOOD' sign, she technically jumped from the 'HOLLYWOODLAND' sign. When first erected in 1923, the 'Hollywoodland' sign wasn't to advertise the film-making district, but rather land for sale in the district and was intended to be temporary. When the sign became a popular attraction it remained standing as "Hollywoodland' until 1949, when the 'Land' suffix was removed and the sign became the more familiar 'Hollywood' from 1950 onwards.

Looks like they had to remove the bottom of the A and L when the dozer went through to put a road in

 

[Gough]

George Galloway interviewed Trotsky's godson overnight which surprised me for two reasons, one that he's still alive and two, what's a Red like Trotsky doing being a godfather?

 

[emuboy]

What do veteran English actor Sir David Jason, young English actress Sophie Turner from Game of Thrones, Elvis Presley, Liberace, British singer Jay Kay from Jamiroquai, Marlon Jackson from the Jackson 5 and renowned American science fiction author Philip K Dick all have in common?

Probably not much, except all are 'twinless twins'. Each of them had a twin sibling - either identical or fraternal - who died either at birth or in infancy within a year of birth.

 

[Shell]

What do veteran English actor Sir David Jason, young English actress Sophie Turner from Game of Thrones, Elvis Presley, Liberace, British singer Jay Kay from Jamiroquai, Marlon Jackson from the Jackson 5 and renowned American science fiction author Philip K Dick all have in common?

Probably not much, except all are 'twinless twins'. Each of them had a twin sibling - either identical or fraternal - who died either at birth or in infancy within a year of birth.

Was Elvis' twin identical or fraternal dyk?

 

[emuboy]

Was Elvis' twin identical or fraternal dyk?

Elvis's twin brother Jesse was identical.

 

[rank and file]

Elvis's twin brother Jesse was identical.

Inspiration for Nick Cave's song"Tupelo",
off the album
"The First Born is Dead".

 

[emuboy]

Inspiration for Nick Cave's song"Tupelo",
off the album
"The First Born is Dead".

The loss of his twin sister Jane apparently played a part in a lot of Philip K Dick's novels. Frequently there would be a 'phantom twin', or a character referenced as having a twin sibling in his works.

 

[Shell]

- The Pussycat Dolls first started out performing weekly at the Viper Room.
- "Give it Away" by the RHCP one of the verses is about River Phoenix

 

[Mofra]

If you got all of humanity to hold hands and line up around the equator, a significant number of people would drown

 

[Paul66]

If you got all of humanity to hold hands and line up around the equator, a significant number of people would drown

And the world would be better for it

On SM-G781B using BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[Billy ray]

If you got all of humanity to hold hands and line up around the equator, a significant number of people would drown

if they all had a piece of lego and clicked it into the one next to them, everyone could let go and we would have a ring around the planet, suspended by gravity!

 

[Mofra]

if they all had a piece of lego and clicked it into the one next to them, everyone could let go and we would have a ring around the planet, suspended by gravity!

Nice try, shill for big-lego

 

[rank and file]

- The Pussycat Dolls first started out performing weekly at the Viper Room.
- "Give it Away" by the RHCP one of the verses is about River Phoenix

Lol,no wonder Flea cracked the sads when TISM
put out there epic tune
"He'll Never Be An Ol' Man River".

 

[Billy ray]

7,370 days have elapsed since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. That is same number of days between the formal end of WWI (the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919) and the start of WWII in Europe (Germany's invasion of Poland in 1939).

 

[Moonwatcher]

7,370 days have elapsed since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. That is same number of days between the formal end of WWI (the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919) and the start of WWII in Europe (Germany's invasion of Poland in 1939).

Biden is Hitler?

 

[Gralin]

If you got all of humanity to hold hands and line up around the equator, a significant number of people would drown

Chef's Kiss

 

[Butters and Pepper]

Joel Creasey's dad was the "Solo Man" in the mid 1980s ad.

 

[Shell]

Fish can get seasick

 

[Quivorir]

Joel Creasey's dad was the "Solo Man" in the mid 1980s ad.

For the next bit of trivia you can tell me who Joel Creasey is.

 

[Gough]

Elon Musk's fortune was originally obtained through his father's emerald mine in Apartheid South Africa, aka blood money. He's about as self made as Prince Charles.

 

[rank and file]

Fish can get seasick

Don't think so