Games & Recreation Pointless Trivia

[Rod Stroker]

Contrary to what crime fiction tells us, you'd need to inhale from a chloroform soaked rag for a good five minutes to become unconscious.

Isn't there a heavier liquid chemical that can knock you out faster?

 

[Dav]

Mansa Musa, ruler of the Mali Empire in the 14th century, was so rich that he took a massive procession of men, provisions and gold to Mecca and completely devastated the economy of the cities he passed through as he would give away gold and gold dust for gifts, souvenirs and charity. In order to fix it, on his return journey he borrowed as much gold as possible back at high interest rates and therefore became the first and only person to single-handedly control the price of gold in the Mediterranean. His overall wealth is hard to verify (estimated $400 billion) and he is almost certainly the richest man in history.

 

[Billy ray]

Mansa Musa, ruler of the Mali Empire in the 14th century, was so rich that he took a massive procession of men, provisions and gold to Mecca and completely devastated the economy of the cities he passed through as he would give away gold and gold dust for gifts, souvenirs and charity. In order to fix it, on his return journey he borrowed as much gold as possible back at high interest rates and therefore became the first and only person to single-handedly control the price of gold in the Mediterranean. His overall wealth is hard to verify (estimated $400 billion) and he is almost certainly the richest man in history.

And all that gold is still around somewhere!

 

[Gough]

The British Embassy in Tehran used to be on Churchill St, they renamed it Bobby Sands St after the martyr in 1981.

 

[wally funk]

In the 1985 Victorian State election, there was actually a tie for one if the upper house seats.

How would thst be resolved, do ya reckon? Coin flip?

 

[kickazz]

How would thst be resolved, do ya reckon? Coin flip?

I think the returning officer decided to have the casting vote. This was then overruled in the court of disputed returns and i think they just got people to vote again.

 

[emuboy]

The coming year 2020 will be the first leap year starting on a Wednesday since 1992.

 

[Forward Press]

I think the returning officer decided to have the casting vote. This was then overruled in the court of disputed returns and i think they just got people to vote again.

Don't know why he or she thought that was a good idea - either the returning officer lived in the electorate and already voted (hence a double vote), or didn't and cast a vote that is not possible because he's not an eligible voter. Both are instances of electoral fraud. Would've copped an earful from the AEC for sure.

 

[Bulldog Joe]

The coming year 2020 will be the first leap year starting on a Wednesday since 1992.

Hardly surprising.
The year only starts on a Wednesday 4 times every 28 years.
That gap would be true for every day of the week.

 

[Thegibbsgamble]

I always found it a bit odd that Mark Waugh never made a test double century;

infact, his highest ODI score (173) is 20 runs more than his highest Test score (153*)

His job was not to make big runs, but to batter the bowlers when the ball was no longer new and they no longer fresh. His job to make the fielders work. His job to make life as easy as possible for the middle and lower order. He was a traditional 2nd drop. His older brother thrived on the back of his work.

 

[Thegibbsgamble]

There's us 12 erogenous zones on a female body. Most men cant find one

 

[akkaps]

There's us 12 erogenous zones on a female body. Most men cant find one

I thought there were only 7.

 

[Thegibbsgamble]

I thought there were only 7.

There's probably close to that on the one organ alone..

Hey Shell

 

[emuboy]

Kim Il-Sung, the first of three Supreme Leaders of North Korea (his successors being his son and grandson) and who died in 1994 was born on April 15 1912, the same day the Titanic sank.

 

[troybe]

Dr Seuss’ first name is Bruce.


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[kickazz]

Dr Seuss’ first name is Bruce.


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You forgot the <bullshit> </bullshit> tags.

 

[kickazz]

Exhibition Street is the only major Street in Melbourne's CBD to have had a name change.

It was originally called Stephen Street, and known for its brothels, gambling dens and general squalor.

Come 1880, it was noted that this would not do for the main street that led up to the site of the Melbourne International Exhibition (8th World's Fair) in Carlton, and so an effort was made to clean it up. Part of this included an unofficial (followed by official) change of name to Exhibition Street.

 

[troybe]

You forgot the tags.

Sounds like someone’s a bit of a grumpy Gus. Didn’t realise we were editing the 2019 edition of Encyclopedia Britannica.


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[emuboy]

Kim Il-Sung, the first of three Supreme Leaders of North Korea (his successors being his son and grandson) and who died in 1994 was born on April 15 1912, the same day the Titanic sank.

Some other famous people born on famous days in history:

Boxer Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter - born 6th May 1937, the day of the Hindenburg disaster.
Lily Tomlin, American Actress - born 1st September 1939, the day Germany invaded Poland to commence World War 2.
Keith Allen, English Actor - born 2nd June 1953, day of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
Ryan Seacreast, American TV Presenter - born 24th December 1974, day Cyclone Tracy struck Darwin

If American actor Steve Martin, who was born on 14th August 1945 had waited a day later to arrive in the world, he would have been born on Victory in the Pacific Day to end World War II on 15th August 1945

 

[tandino]

On September 10, 2001, Donald Rumsfeld identified Pentagon bureaucracy as an eminent threat to the United States.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Some other famous people born on famous days in history:

Boxer Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter - born 6th May 1937, the day of the Hindenburg disaster.
Lily Tomlin, American Actress - born 1st September 1939, the day Germany invaded Poland to commence World War 2.
Keith Allen, English Actor - born 2nd June 1953, day of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
Ryan Seacreast, American TV Presenter - born 24th December 1974, day Cyclone Tracy struck Darwin

If American actor Steve Martin, who was born on 14th August 1945 had waited a day later to arrive in the world, he would have been born on Victory in the Pacific Day to end World War II on 15th August 1945

Domestically, Scott Lycett was born on the day of West Coast's first premiership.

 

[Bulldog Joe]

Domestically, Scott Lycett was born on the day of West Coast's first premiership.

Bulldog Premiership hero Tom Boyd was born on the day of Ted Whitten's State Funeral.

 

[emuboy]

In printers, the black cartridge is assigned the letter K, the blue cartridge C, the red cartridge M and the yellow cartridge Y.

K is used for black because it stands for Key, and also because K is the last letter of the word black. C is for Cyan, an uncommonly used word for blue, while M means magenta, another word for red not used often. Could you imagine Melbourne, Norwood, West Perth and Port Melbourne fans cheering their teams and calling out, 'Go the cyan and magentas!' Probably not. And what does Y stand for in the yellow cartridge? Believe it or not, just plain old yellow.

It's kind of like meeting a bogan family with two daughters named Neveah and Younique, one son named J'Zayden and the other son is named David.

 

[Hamingja]

Bulldog Premiership hero Tom Boyd was born on the day of Ted Whitten's State Funeral.

When Jelena Ostapenko won the French Open the other year she became the first person since Gustavo Kuerten at the 1997 French Open to have won a grand slam as their first tour title.

Ostapenko was born the day that Gustavo Kuerten won that title.

 

[Billy ray]

Stevie Wonder isn’t blind