iantjambo Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Movies,music,sport. Whatever you want. The first ever track on 'Now That's What I Call Music' was Phil Collins - You Can't Hurry Love. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Camazzola Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 The first video played on MTV was Video Killed The Radio Star by The Buggles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William H. Bonney Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Kevin keegan only played 26 minutes of football for England at a World Cup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Camazzola Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Despite its popularity and amount of airtime over the years, Bryan Adams' Summer of '69' never got into the UK top 40. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambos_1874 Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 East Fife have won the Scottish Cup once. (Learned that yesterday!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felix Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 (edited) 11 hours ago, Barack said: The Dyslexia Research Centre, is in Reading. That's brilliant . Always wanted to believe Otis (lifts) were based there too ; urban myth apparently. Siemens did have a main office in Staines tho' Edited April 14, 2019 by felix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peebo Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 With the recent renaming of Astana (to Nur-Sultan), there is now only one capital city that means “capital city” in the local language. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauriesrank Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 12 hours ago, iantjambo said: Movies,music,sport. Whatever you want. The first ever track on 'Now That's What I Call Music' was Phil Collins - You Can't Hurry Love. I knew that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauriesrank Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 12 hours ago, Samuel Camazzola said: The first video played on MTV was Video Killed The Radio Star by The Buggles. And that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown user Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 3 hours ago, Jambos_1874 said: East Fife have won the Scottish Cup once. (Learned that yesterday!) Until hibs, they were the only team from outside the top division to win it - my stepdad's a fan. My turn, I've mentioned this before, but the Dutch word for bagpipes is doedelzak. Great thread by the way, I love pointless shite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boof Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 1 hour ago, Peebo said: With the recent renaming of Astana (to Nur-Sultan), there is now only one capital city that means “capital city” in the local language. Excellent bit of trivia...which one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown user Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 1 minute ago, Boof said: Excellent bit of trivia...which one? I don't know but that reminds me, Dublin means Blackpool in English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peebo Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Boof said: Excellent bit of trivia...which one? It wouldn’t belong in the “useless” trivia thread if I told you! Edited April 14, 2019 by Peebo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boof Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 5 minutes ago, Peebo said: It wouldn’t belong in the “useless” trivia thread if I told you! Useless ≠ unknown ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridge of Djoum Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 The glue on the back of Israeli postage stamps is Kosher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphonseCapone Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 1 hour ago, Peebo said: It wouldn’t belong in the “useless” trivia thread if I told you! Seoul means capital but I guess that isn't the one if it's capital city specifically? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Camazzola Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 WD40 got its name as it was successfully created at the 40th attempt. The WD part stands for water displacement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 No words in the English language rhyme with month,, orange, silver or purple. Go on, try! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 The shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 My sister-in-law is the same circumference as the Maybury roundabout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milky_26 Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 32 minutes ago, AlphonseCapone said: Seoul means capital but I guess that isn't the one if it's capital city specifically? beijing i think means northern capital Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgiewave Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 3 hours ago, Peebo said: With the recent renaming of Astana (to Nur-Sultan), there is now only one capital city that means “capital city” in the local language. According to wikipedia, it's on its 6th name in 189 years. Established in 1830 as Akmoly Renamed in 1832 to Akmolinsk Renamed in 1961 to Tselinograd Renamed in 1992 to Akmola Renamed in 1998 to Astana Renamed in 2019 to Nur-Sultan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felix Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 13 minutes ago, Morgan said: No words in the English language rhyme with month,, orange, silver or purple. Go on, try! It's a QI question - hurple and curple, rhyme with purple. Not from QI -but intramonth rhymes with month ! The best QI one for me was if you drop a bullet from your hand and fire one from a gun, held at the same height, and at the same time - both bullets will hit the ground at exactly the same time. Not really trivia, more physics , but took me a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milky_26 Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 2 minutes ago, felix said: It's a QI question - hurple and curple, rhyme with purple. Not from QI -but intramonth rhymes with month ! The best QI one for me was if you drop a bullet from your hand and fire one from a gun, held at the same height, and at the same time - both bullets will hit the ground at exactly the same time. Not really trivia, more physics , but took me a while. on a similar note to the bullet one. if you fire a gun on the moon and the bullet is travelling fast enough and there is nothing in its way it will go round the moon and hit the person who fired the gun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whodanny Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 23 minutes ago, Morgan said: My sister-in-law is the same circumference as the Maybury roundabout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FWJ Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 There was once a hotel at the top of Ben Nevis. Not including charity singles, the only act to appear twice in the top ten best-selling singles of all time in the U.K. are Boney M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 22 minutes ago, whodanny said: Strange but true. Honest it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Camazzola Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 21 minutes ago, Morgan said: Strange but true. Honest it is. Is she no stranger to a 'munch box'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Just now, Samuel Camazzola said: Is she no stranger to a 'munch box'? She invented them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Queue is the only word in the English language that is pronounced the same once you have removed the last four letters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Camazzola Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 3 minutes ago, Morgan said: She invented them. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whodanny Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 45 minutes ago, Morgan said: Strange but true. Honest it is. You have mentioned it once or twice before to be fair. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphonseCapone Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 20 minutes ago, Morgan said: Queue is the only word in the English language that is pronounced the same once you have removed the last four letters. It actually pisses me off that word. What is the ****ing point in those extra letters? Stupid ****ing word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Just now, whodanny said: You have mentioned it once or twice before to be fair. ? There’s no hiding from it Danny. She was here last week, it was not a pretty sight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobboM Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 1 minute ago, AlphonseCapone said: It actually pisses me off that word. What is the ****ing point in those extra letters? Stupid ****ing word. Que? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 1 minute ago, AlphonseCapone said: It actually pisses me off that word. What is the ****ing point in those extra letters? Stupid ****ing word. I agree Al. Worse still though when folk spell it ‘cue’ or, even worse, ‘que’. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whodanny Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Just now, Morgan said: There’s no hiding from it Danny. She was here last week, it was not a pretty sight. You could maybe hide behind it though ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 1 minute ago, RobboM said: Que? Mind reader! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Just now, whodanny said: You could maybe hide behind it though ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milky_26 Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 1 hour ago, Morgan said: She invented them. would that be more of a munchie skip? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 2 minutes ago, milky_26 said: would that be more of a munchie skip? You’ve met her? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, Morgan said: No words in the English language rhyme with month,, orange, silver or purple. Go on, try! Never mind. Edited April 14, 2019 by Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, Morgan said: No words in the English language rhyme with month,, orange, silver or purple. Go on, try! What's orange and sounds like a parrot? A carrot. Salver Turtle ****** Edited April 14, 2019 by ri Alban Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 2 minutes ago, Alex said: Never mind. You just realised that ‘hurple’ Is a Scottish noun didn’t you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 1 minute ago, ri Alban said: What's orange and sounds like a parrot? A carrot. Salver Turtle ****** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peebo Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 3 hours ago, AlphonseCapone said: Seoul means capital but I guess that isn't the one if it's capital city specifically? Seoul is the one I mean ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peebo Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 2 hours ago, Gorgiewave said: According to wikipedia, it's on its 6th name in 189 years. Established in 1830 as Akmoly Renamed in 1832 to Akmolinsk Renamed in 1961 to Tselinograd Renamed in 1992 to Akmola Renamed in 1998 to Astana Renamed in 2019 to Nur-Sultan Yeah, when there, google and various apps still think you’re in Tselinograd. In current form (as the newly-built capital in ex-Soviet era), it was called Astana. The renaming was inevitable (when the president resigned/died). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All roads lead to Gorgie Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 A Slow Worm is neither a worm nor a snake, it is a lizard withoot any legs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown user Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, felix said: It's a QI question - hurple and curple, rhyme with purple. Not from QI -but intramonth rhymes with month ! The best QI one for me was if you drop a bullet from your hand and fire one from a gun, held at the same height, and at the same time - both bullets will hit the ground at exactly the same time. Not really trivia, more physics , but took me a while. That can't be right. They'll maybe both be at the same speed when they land, but the one fired will accelerate to top speed much faster and get there first. Edit - wait, unless you're talking about firing the gun horizontally, in which case of course, that makes sense Edited April 14, 2019 by Smithee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 More people are killed annually by donkeys than in airline crashes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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