Games & Recreation Pointless Trivia

[akkaps]

Taylor Lautner has married a woman named Taylor and now is Taylor Lautner as well

Didn’t he date Taylor Swift for a bit as well ?

 

[Gough]

Centenary of Eric Sykes today.

 

[emuboy]

The two most recent dowager Queen Consorts of England both had children die before them.

Queen Mary, the wife of King George V saw her sickly youngest son die as a teenager in 1919 (not so unusual back then), lost a second son to a plane crash in 1942 and was still living at the time her second eldest son King George VI died early in 1952. She lived long enough to see her granddaughter Elizabeth become Queen of England but did not live long enough to see her coronation, as Mary died in March 1953 with Elizabeth's coronation in June of that year.

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother lived to the remarkable age of 101, dying in March 2002, however her younger daughter Margaret died at age 72 six weeks prior to her. Queen Elizabeth II outlived her younger sibling by more than 20 years.

 

[Forward Press]

Didn’t he date Taylor Swift for a bit as well ?

Since this is Pointless Trivia, the song Back to December from Taylor Swift is about Taylor Lautner.

 

[troybe]

The Google search engine was originally called BackRub

 

[GreyCrow]

Not sure if posted but this came up in a quiz

Wilmer McLean (May 3, 1814 – June 5, 1882) was an American wholesale grocer from Virginia. His house, near Manassas, Virginia, was involved in the First Battle of Bull Run in 1861. After the battle, he moved to Appomattox, Virginia, to escape the war, thinking that it would be safe. Instead, in 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant in McLean's house in Appomattox. His houses were, therefore, involved in one of the first and one of the last encounters of the American Civil War.

 

[kickazz]

"Impersonating an Egyptian" was one of the nineteen specific crimes that could get you transported from Old Blighty to the colonies back in the day

 

[Gough]

80th anniversary of the Dambusters mission and the first without any living members to mark it.

 

[Gough]

 

[ioppolo]

Amazing what makeup will do.

 

[exe ex machina]

 

[exe ex machina]

 

[Butters and Pepper]

Is that Bill Lawry?

 

[Gough]

The high five is said to be invented by Dusty Baker and Glenn Burke, the first professional baseball player to come out and was originally a symbol of gay pride.

 

[JackOutback]

I refuse to believe the high five wasn’t invented by the West Indian cricket team.

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

The high five is said to be invented by Dusty Baker and Glenn Burke, the first professional baseball player to come out and was originally a symbol of gay pride.

There was one of those ESPN 30 for 30 shorts on this topic, I'm sure of it.

 

[Cuzz09]

Jayasuriya looks younger now than then.

On SM-S908E using BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

In the recently-completed first Ashes test at Egbaston, Usman Khawaja became the first player since 1980 and the 13th ever to bat for part of all five days of a test match.

 

[Nothing]

In the recently-completed first Ashes test at Egbaston, Usman Khawaja became the first player since 1980 and the 13th ever to bat for part of all five days of a test match.

First Australian since 1980. 3rd person this year!

Test matches | Batting records | Batting on each day of a five day match | ESPNcricinfo

Find records of Batting on each day of a five day match in Test matches only on ESPNcricinfo.

www.espncricinfo.com

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

First Australian since 1980. 3rd person this year!

Test matches | Batting records | Batting on each day of a five day match | ESPNcricinfo

Find records of Batting on each day of a five day match in Test matches only on ESPNcricinfo.

www.espncricinfo.com

That'll learn me for unquestioningly regurgitating something that popped up on my social media.

 

[raskolnikov]

Amy Poehler, who played Regina George's (Rachael McAdams) mum in Mean Girls, is only 7 years older than her IRL.

 

[The Dice Man]

That'll learn me for unquestioningly regurgitating something that popped up on my social media.

You've DYOR, now you're qualified to be a BF Mod.

 

[Purple7x08_24]

Ahh the perfect thread

Didn't realize until I saw it in The War of The Worlds movie

One of the most famous bridges in the world has a nearly exact clone tucked away that nobody talks about

Known as "sister bridges," they opened within five months of each other in the 1930s.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[Gough]

F***ed up dude, lovely boogie woogie piano player.

 

[MP_]

I refuse to believe the high five wasn’t invented by the West Indian cricket team.

and Maverick and Goose invented this one