Games & Recreation Pointless Trivia

[SwampCreature]

We didn't start the fire (it was Poland)

 

[GreyCrow]

We didn't start the fire (it was Poland)

I am an Innocent Man ( Hitler)

 

[Illinois Nazi]

You May Be Reich

Tell Herr About It

Only The Jews Die Young

It's Still Racial Superiority To Me

 

[SwampCreature]

You may be reich is winning by three lengths

 

[JackOutback]

You may be reich is winning by three lengths

Tell Herr About It making it a contest.

 

[Procrastinator35]

Billy Joel hasn't released an LP of new material in nearly twenty five years.

Too much booze & broads will do that to a fella.

 

[wally funk]

Jamaica, Libya and Mauritania are the only countries in the world that have no red, white, or blue.
Additionally, there are a whopping 36 countries whose flags contain only the combination of red, white and blue.

 

[GWBogan]

Jamaica, Libya and Mauritania are the only countries in the world that have no red, white, or blue.
Additionally, there are a whopping 36 countries whose flags contain only the combination of red, white and blue.

Gaddafi is still alive?

 

[CJApples87]

Jamaica, Libya and Mauritania are the only countries in the world that have no red, white, or blue.
Additionally, there are a whopping 36 countries whose flags contain only the combination of red, white and blue.

You’re a little late with that for Libya.

 

[wally funk]

Ha, whoops! Cheerfully withdrawn.

 

[worbod]

I saw a new TV ad for a bra which uses bamboo fabric. Their website, www.miraclebamboobra.com, contains the word boob. I even bolded it for all yous. (giggle giggle)

 

[Gough]

Last time Richmond made the Grand Final Rolf Harris did the pre match entertainment.

 

[worbod]

The first time Australia won a Test match against England, the series was drawn 1-1 (1876-77, 2 Tests)
The first time West Indies won a Test match against England, the series was drawn 1-1 (1929-30, 4 Tests)
The first time India won a Test match against England, the series was drawn 1-1 (1951-52, 5 Tests)
The first time Pakistan won a Test match against England, the series was drawn 1-1 (1954, 4 Tests)
The first time New Zealand won a Test match against England, the series was drawn 1-1 (1977-78, 3 Tests)
The first time Bangladesh won a Test match against England, the series was drawn 1-1 (2016-17, 2 Tests)

(Zimbabwe have yet to defeat England in a Test)

 

[SwampCreature]

I bet it will end 1-2

 

[worbod]

Some more cricket trivia:

On the 11th of the 11th, 2011, at 11:11 (South African time) South Africa required 111 runs to win the first Test in Cape Town against Australia.

 

[wally funk]

That's a ton of ones to be run and won.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

That's a ton of ones to be run and won.

11 was a Racehorse.
11 was 1 too.

 

[worbod]

11 was a Racehorse.
11 was 1 too.

I think the ditty actually goes:

1 1 was a racehorse,
2 2 was 1 too.
1 1 won 1 race,
and 2 2 won 1 too.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

I think the ditty actually goes:

1 1 was a racehorse,
2 2 was 1 too.
1 1 won 1 race,
and 2 2 won 1 too.

A slight buzzkill of the above from you and a slight brain fart from me.

 

[HairyO]

The jelly bean is neither made of jelly, nor is it a bean.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

The jelly bean is neither made of jelly, nor is it a bean.

Just like a Guinea Pig isn't a Pig not is it from Guinea.

Bonus: The Canary Islands were named after Dogs and not Birds.

 

[wally funk]

John Tyler, 10th President of the United States (1841-45), born in 1790, has 2 living grandchildren. Tyler had a son in his 60s, and that son had sons in his 70s.

Tyler also had more children than any other US President - fifteen, born over a span of 45 years. His second wife, mother of his final seven children, was younger than his first three children.

 

[kickazz]

John Tyler, 10th President of the United States (1841-45), born in 1790, has 2 living grandchildren. Tyler had a son in his 60s, and that son had sons in his 70s.

Tyler also had more children than any other US President - fifteen, born over a span of 45 years. His second wife, mother of his final seven children, was younger than his first three children.

Got a feeling this one has already been said, bit it's one of those trivia that is a real gem worth repeating. Truly amazing.

 

[Forward Press]

There is still one woman in the US collecting a pension from the Civil War - which ended more than 150 years ago.

The $73.13 pension is a result of a speech from President Lincoln.

 

[Moonwatcher]

There is still one woman in the US collecting a pension from the Civil War - which ended more than 150 years ago.

The $73.13 pension is a result of a speech from President Lincoln.

Surely that should be indexed.