Games & Recreation Pointless Trivia

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Red Dawn was the first movie released in US cinemas with the PG-13 rating. Prior to that, the US had no rating between PG and R. In Australia we had rated M in between.

 

[Gough]

Evelyn Waugh was briefly married to a woman who was also called Evelyn.

 

[Forward Press]

Evelyn Waugh was briefly married to a woman who was also called Evelyn.

Taylor Swift dated Taylor Lautner for a while - which meant if they married, she could change her name to Taylor Lautner.

 

[worbod]

This is not meant to be a bad pun:

In the most recent Running of the Bulls an American man was injured when a bull gored his leg. He received a calf injury.

 

[Drakescoffeecake]

Every C in Pacific Ocean is pronounced differently

 

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Ginger or Mary-Anne?

This reference comes from the 1960s TV show Gilligan's Island, and whether fans of the show preferred Ginger (tall, glamorous, redhead actress played by Tina Louise) or Mary-Anne (pretty and petite brunette farm girl played by Dawn Wells). After Dawn Wells' death at age 82 in 2020, Tina Louise remains the only surviving cast member, their co-stars are all long deceased.

But did you know that Dawn Wells also played Ginger too? This was in the early 1970s, when it was a trend to make cartoon versions of popular TV shows, and Gilligan's Island was no exception. All of the original cast of the show signed up to voice their characters, with the exception of Tina Louise who refused to voice Ginger. So in addition to voicing her character Mary-Anne, Dawn Wells also voiced the animated Ginger for the Gilligan's Island cartoon.

 

[worbod]

Ginger or Mary-Anne?

This reference comes from the 1960s TV show Gilligan's Island, and whether fans of the show preferred Ginger (tall, glamorous, redhead actress played by Tina Louise) or Mary-Anne (pretty and petite brunette farm girl played by Dawn Wells). After Dawn Wells' death at age 82 in 2020, Tina Louise remains the only surviving cast member, their co-stars are all long deceased.

But did you know that Dawn Wells also played Ginger too? This was in the early 1970s, when it was a trend to make cartoon versions of popular TV shows, and Gilligan's Island was no exception. All of the original cast of the show signed up to voice their characters, with the exception of Tina Louise who refused to voice Ginger. So in addition to voicing her character Mary-Anne, Dawn Wells also voiced the animated Ginger for the Gilligan's Island cartoon.

As a follow up, here is something very trivial: I noticed that the first post on this page is a reference to the movie Red Dawn. Red-haired people are often referred to as Ginger and Dawn of course was the real-life name of Mary-Anne.

 

[Gough]

Bill Cinton only sent two emails when in office, probably dick pics.

 

[troybe]

A hearty congratulations to Mr and Mrs Jetson on the safe arrival of their son George born today July 31,2022

 

[Pistol Night]

Bill Cinton only sent two emails when in office, probably dick pics.

Warmest regards Bill

 

[troybe]

Twice Jennifer Aniston has played a character with the same name as another. First with Rachel Green, also played by Yvonne Zima and Hallee Hirsh in ER. Then with Claire Bennett in the movie Cake, Hayden Panettiere played the character of the same name in the TV series Heroes.

 

[emuboy]

A hearty congratulations to Mr and Mrs Jetson on the safe arrival of their son George born today July 31,2022

Assuming that the Jetson family all have their natural hair colors, then George and Jane cannot be the biological parents of Judy and Elroy.

Why is that? George and Jane both have red hair, while their kids Judy and Elroy are blonde. Red hair is a recessive feature, and genes for blonde hair is dominant over red. So two redheads can only have red haired children.

 

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America's 32 team NFL is split into two conferences the AFC and the NFC, and these in turn split into four divisions of four teams - North, South, East and West.

However, there are some geographic anomalies. Texan team the Dallas Cowboys are in an Eastern Division, while Kansas City Missouri is further east than Dallas but their team the Chiefs are in a Western Division. The Colts from Indianapolis Indiana are in a Southern Division, but Indianapolis is further north than the city of Cincinnati Ohio, home to the Bengals.

 

[troybe]

Assuming that the Jetson family all have their natural hair colors, then George and Jane cannot be the biological parents of Judy and Elroy.

Why is that? George and Jane both have red hair, while their kids Judy and Elroy are blonde. Red hair is a recessive feature, and genes for blonde hair is dominant over red. So two redheads can only have red haired children.

Jane is a blonde she just went grey early like Marge Simpson and dyes her hair.

 

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[emuboy]

Discounting the character of Coach (whose actor had died in 1985) all of the main actors from sitcom Cheers reprised their roles in the spin-off Frasier at least once with one exception. This was Kirsty Alley, whose Cheers character Rebecca never once appeared on Frasier.

 

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[troybe]

Today at Sandown a horse by the name of Outback Jack ran coming 3rd making it another horse named after a BF poster hey Billy ray

 

[JackOutback]

Today at Sandown a horse by the name of Outback Jack ran coming 3rd making it another horse named after a BF poster hey Billy ray

And boy am I tired.

 

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wow,sir

 

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also...

 

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[Gough]

On this day in 1964 Dylan persuaded the Beatles to smoke pot for the first time.