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Topic: general trivia
Posted By: dude
Subject: general trivia
Date Posted: April 25 2004 at 00:36
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HERE IS A GENERAL TRIVIA THRAED(I HAVE BEEN WANTING TO DO THIS ONE FOR AWHILE! THE TALLEST MOUNTAIN ON MARS IS OLYMPUS MONS IT IS 27 KILOMETRES HIGH AND THUS SOME19 KM TALLER THAN MT EVEREST. THATS ONE HELLUVA MOUNTIAN!!! |
) IF YOU HAVE ANY USELESS FACTS OR TRIVIA THIS IS THE PLACE FOR IT!!!! I WILL START OFFReplies:
Posted By: dude
Date Posted: April 27 2004 at 08:25
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WHAT! NO USELESS INFO FANS???? OKAY HERES ANOTHER SCEINTISTS NOW BELEIVE THAT THE ANTARCIC CONTINENT IS ACTUALLY TWO LARGE ISLANDS OVERLAID WITH ICE! |
Posted By: Stormcrow
Date Posted: April 27 2004 at 09:14
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Water bears, AKA tardigrades are the only microscopic animals that have and walk on real legs. No I'm not goofing. http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjun00/mmbearp.html - http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www .microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjun00/mmbearp.html |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: April 27 2004 at 09:15
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If Giraffes could jump, pound for pound, as high as a flea.......
They'd avoid a lot of trouble! ------------- 
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: April 27 2004 at 09:22
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Here's a few for you.......
The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes(Italy surrendered, just in case) Before discovering Elvis, Colonel Tom Parker's most successful act was "Colonel Parker's Dancing Chickens". This act involved encouraging chickens to dance by placing them on an electric plate (Yes, I think I'd dance too! Mind you this would explain Elvis's hip shakin') A 1951 British army medical report confirmed that Marmite was a good cure for scrotal dermatitis (somehow, I don't fancy my toast anymore....) And finally.... Buzz Aldrin was the first man to defecate on the moon (but nobody remembers number two...) -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: April 27 2004 at 09:36
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scrotal dermatitis, isn´t that heavy metal band ???
------------- Billy Connolly Dream Theater Terry Gilliam Hagen Quartet Jethro Tull Mike Keneally |
Posted By: dude
Date Posted: April 27 2004 at 09:45
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YES AND I THINK THEY PUT OUT AN ALBUM CALLED " FORE SKINS A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW" KEEP THE USELESS FACTS COMING GUYS! I THINK I AM SKATING ON THIN ICE AGAIN!!!
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Posted By: dude
Date Posted: April 27 2004 at 09:49
BY THE WAY JIM AFTER EATING MARMITE I DONT THINK I FANCY MY TOAST ANYMORE EITHER!! 
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Posted By: dude
Date Posted: April 27 2004 at 10:02
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APPARENTLY THE TALLEST TREE EVER RECORDED WAS AN AUSTRALIAN MOUNTAIN ASH(THE TALLEST FLOWERING TREE IN THE WORLD) IT WAS 417 FEET TALL AND PART OF ITS TOP WAS MISSING WITH ITS TOP IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AROUND 500 FEET TALL IN THE REMOTE FORESTS OF SOUTH WEST TASMANIA(STYX RIVER VALLEY) THERE COULD BE TREES THAT COME CLOSE TO IT!! |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: April 27 2004 at 10:39
There was actually an English Skinhead band in the '80s called The Four Skins (they released an album called 'never mind the sex pistols, here's our b++++++s') -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
dude wrote:Posted By: dude
Date Posted: April 27 2004 at 10:46
 TAKE THAT JOHNNY ROTTEN!!!
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Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: May 07 2004 at 12:19
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OK, this one's REALLY useless: A scientist discovered that the chance that there is a God, is 66%. He was a little disappointed with the result, because he thought the chance was bigger. In his 'analysis' he used the 'amount' of suffering in the world... I'm not kidding, I read this on a normal newsflash. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: April 03 2005 at 00:46
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The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: threefates
Date Posted: April 03 2005 at 00:58
There was a jazz band here called the Well Hung-arians ------------- THIS IS ELP 
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Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: April 03 2005 at 06:43
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Here's one for all you Pink Floyd dismissers: Dark Side of The Moon stayed on the top 200 Billboard charts for 741 weeks! That is 14 years. If they dont deserve the highest praise for Services to Prog Rocks Public Profile,then I dont know who does! ------------- 
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Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: April 03 2005 at 14:32
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Here we go a Sunday Night Quiz: Music and Entertainment: 1.Which was the first Symphony to feature trombones? Sport: 11.Which sports star's real name is Lew Alcindor?
Answers soon.
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Posted By: synthguy
Date Posted: April 03 2005 at 14:45
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The weight of the Ants on earth exceeds the weight of
humans ------------- Wearing feelings on our faces when our faces took a rest... |
Posted By: synthguy
Date Posted: April 03 2005 at 14:47
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Who is Alan Smithee?
He has directed a lot of films. ------------- Wearing feelings on our faces when our faces took a rest... |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: April 03 2005 at 14:53
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He's an alias for a director who wants to remain uncredited for a film-usually used during the McCarthy Witch Hunt era. -------------
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Posted By: synthguy
Date Posted: April 03 2005 at 14:56
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Give that man a cigar. And I thought I was so clever. ------------- Wearing feelings on our faces when our faces took a rest... |
Posted By: Cesar Inca
Date Posted: April 03 2005 at 18:00
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4.Who recorded the album "Smiling At Grief"? Twelfth Night |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: April 03 2005 at 18:07
thanks Cesar! Any advance on 4 correct? There are 16 questions still unanswered....
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Posted By: Pathetique
Date Posted: April 03 2005 at 22:15
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US scientists have found evidence that cats really do drive people mad. Researchers from Baltimore's Johns Hopkins University say their findings show keeping a furry pet can lead to schizophrenia, manic depression and even permanent brain damage. ------------- The Steve prog-metal radio on www.wcrx.net, monday 9-midnight CST |
Posted By: Paco Fox
Date Posted: April 04 2005 at 03:32
In fact, it all started with the film 'Death of a Gunfighter'. The original director didn't get along with star Richard Widmark, so he was replaced by Don Siegel. Siegel didn't want the credit, out of respect for the original director, who had already directed some of the film, but Widmark didn't want that man's name on the film, son Siegel signed with an pseudonym. After that, this pseudonym began the general standar name for directors who didn't want credit for a film. Unlike the movie that spawned this trend, wich quite good, it usually meant that the product was bad as a result of the producers taking control of the movie. This went along unoticed for several years, until the name began being too well known after Arthur Hiller shoot a movie called 'An Allan Smithee Film'... for wich he declined to take credit (it was not a publicity stunt: he asked the title to be changed to 'Burn, Hollywood Burn' in order to not give that impression). After this, 'Allan Smithee' was too widly known, so it was changed to 'Thomas Lee' for the sci-fi movie 'Supernova'. But the this name hasn't been used since. As far as I know, Allan Smithee credits used today are usually used by artists as a post-modern joke, not because a conflict in the shooting. Uf... talk about Monday morning and don't wanting to start working.
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Posted By: dude
Date Posted: April 04 2005 at 07:44
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GOOD GREIF!!!!! I leave the forums for awhile and when i come back i find one of my old thraeds staring me in the face. i cant beleive it was a year ago that i posted this one!! Paco Fox mentioned "supernova",on the disc i have, in the "extras", is the original Apocaliptic, doom laden ending.... I think the movie would have done a little better if they kept it in!! |
Posted By: Metropolis
Date Posted: April 04 2005 at 11:07
Eight ------------- We Lost the Skyline............ 
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Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: April 04 2005 at 14:46
correctomundo....and the rest? -------------
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Posted By: Garion81
Date Posted: April 04 2005 at 15:03
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"What are you going to do when that damn thing rusts?" |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: April 04 2005 at 15:12
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Posted By: Garion81
Date Posted: April 04 2005 at 16:00
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17. Who was the first man to run a mile in exactly 4 minutes? Jim Ryan Nope!!!! I read that wrong.
8.What was Steve McQueen's last film? The Hunter -------------
"What are you going to do when that damn thing rusts?" |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: April 04 2005 at 16:12
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Napoleon was actually slightly above average height for a Frenchman of his era. French "feet" were a little longer than the standard English unit, so when the English victors translated Nappy's height (from his posthumous measurement by French doctors) for history, he seemed to have been shorter than he really was. His personal Imperial guard (always around him in battle) were all big, tall men, making the Napster look shorter to casual observers. Trivial enough for you, Dude? ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Paco Fox
Date Posted: April 05 2005 at 03:22
Hey, I have to see that. Thanks for the info. Walter Hill is not the best director in the world, but he has some quite good films, so I'm sure this one had something going for it before `co-producers starting meesing around (ironically, I think Hill was producer also). |
Posted By: PROGMAN
Date Posted: April 21 2005 at 05:53
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Um-------a Reliant Robin has 3 Wheels!!
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 21 2005 at 10:50
Dogs see in only black and white.
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Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: April 21 2005 at 11:00
The Pope's a Catholic and bears sh*t in the woods. -------------
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Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: April 21 2005 at 11:09
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Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: April 21 2005 at 11:24
I knew the questions,  ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: April 21 2005 at 14:31
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An 11 year old Steve Wilson (now of Porcupine Tree) was at Marillion's first ever performance. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 22 2005 at 10:46
| The toilet flushes counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere, or so it has been said on The Simpsons. |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: April 22 2005 at 16:00
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It is theoretically possible to make a cat hover.
Given the following universal absolutes: 1 - a cat always lands on it's feet 2 - toast always lands butter side down on a white carpet If you butter a cat's paws and drop it over a white carpet (on, ELP's stage, for example), then it will be unable to land, and must therefore hover (looking - without doubt - disdainfully at it's owner, and planning bloody revenge) Just a thought.... -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: April 22 2005 at 16:22
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Hot,buttered pussy hovering near ELP's white carpet???? Now where did I hear that story...............? I'm sure someone could locate the thread.... -------------
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Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: April 22 2005 at 16:29
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^ Oh be-have! I actually laughed out loud, Reed -- a real belly laugh. THANKS! ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Guzzman
Date Posted: April 23 2005 at 12:02
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It is absolutely impossible to lick your own elbow! Try. Try again. Try HARDER! Made it? Okay, let me see your tongue! |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: April 25 2005 at 07:35
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Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Kotro
Date Posted: April 25 2005 at 07:49
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Congratulations, you're Gene Simmons...
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 29 2005 at 10:50
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That's one hell of a widow's peak. |
Posted By: T.Rox
Date Posted: May 01 2005 at 02:55
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Someone is sure to know this... What is the band Steely Dan named after? ------------- "Without prog, life would be a mistake." ...with apologies to Friedrich Nietzsche |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: May 01 2005 at 08:58
^ A dildo. (From a novel.)------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: T.Rox
Date Posted: May 04 2005 at 03:10
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The name of said novel... William Burroughs' "Naked Lunch"
Rick Wakeman played piano on David Bowie's "Space Oddity" ------------- "Without prog, life would be a mistake." ...with apologies to Friedrich Nietzsche |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: May 04 2005 at 09:55
& he played on Bowie's 'Man who sold the world' & 'Hunky dory' He also played on Black sabbath 'Sabbath bloody sabbath' amongs other sessions by various artists.
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Posted By: Beau Heem
Date Posted: May 04 2005 at 11:27
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Cows are unable to walk downhill or down a staircase. This is the reason why a) cows fill the hilltops in the Alps b) the stupid cow is still in your upstairs bedroom when your wife gets home. Cheers -Beau ------------- --No enemy but time-- |
Posted By: T.Rox
Date Posted: May 05 2005 at 05:46
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It's dark outside and I should be going home to see the missus and kids but I'm too busy listening to "Interior Lulu" by Marillion. Now that is trivia! ------------- "Without prog, life would be a mistake." ...with apologies to Friedrich Nietzsche |
Posted By: Dazo
Date Posted: May 21 2005 at 19:45
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You can lead a horse to water,but a pencil must be lead. more tea vicar? |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: May 21 2005 at 19:53
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No a pencil must be Graphite!!! Use your head!! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 21:16
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Rasing the thread again... The four kings in a deck of playing cards each represent an actual king. Does anybody know which ones?? ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: June 21 2005 at 00:12
took me a couple of mont's but I get it now. . . . . . . . . . . . . Don't have a white carpet when you have a cat (great one, really missed it at first)_ ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: Pablo_P
Date Posted: June 21 2005 at 11:18
3 kings from calendar and 1 british king??? ------------- Pablo P. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: June 21 2005 at 16:56
------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: June 21 2005 at 17:50
He did certainly NOT commit Hara-Kiri. The word "Hara-Kiri" is considered to be lower colloquial. The correct word for this kind of ritual suicide is "Seppuku" (which literally means "Stomach-cutting"). No Japanese who is about to practice this kind of suicide would call it "Hara-Kiri". -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: June 21 2005 at 17:58
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You forgot something important, Jim. This only works for a TOASTED cat! I tried the experiment with one of our cats, but it wouldn't fit into the toaster, and now I have 3 long scratches on my left arm. Ah well! ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: June 21 2005 at 18:45
------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |