Trivia for Squiggle #XXXVIII
Today's installment of Trivia for Squiggle contains useless bits of information involving things, events, animals, places, people, etc. that/who are 'the only'...as in I'm probably the only black-hearted troll whom you know...I fear there may be a repeat (or two) in here but I'm just too damn lazy to check right now...hehe...there should be a prize or something if someone finds a repeat...which I will of course have to make up for in the future...hmmm...
The 1,000 mark is getting closer!
926. The only flying saucer launch pad in the world is located in St. Paul, Alberta, Canada.
927. The first graves in Arlington National Cemetery were dug by James Parks, a former Arlington Estate slave. Buried in Section 15, James Parks is the only person buried in Arlington National Cemetery who was also born on the property.
928. The Beatles held the Top Five spots on the April 4th, 1964 Billboard singles chart. To date, they're the only band that has ever accomplished that.
929. The hyoid bone in the throat is the only bone in the human body not joined to another.
930. The only crime defined in the U.S. Constitution is treason - Article III, Section 3.
931. The only Englishman to become Pope was Nicholas Breakspear, who was Adrian IV from 1154 to 1159.
932. The only father and son to hit back-to-back home runs in a major league baseball game? Ken Griffey, Jr., and his father, Ken Griffey, Sr., both of the Seattle Mariners, in a game against the California Angels on September 14, 1990.
933. The only lizard that has a voice is the Gecko.
934. The only part of the human body that has no blood supply is the cornea in the eye. It takes in oxygen directly from the air.
935. The only repealed amendment to the US Constitution deals with the prohibition of alcohol.
936. The only river that flows both north and south of the equator is the Congo. It crosses the equator twice.
937. The only rock that floats in water is pumice.
938. The only wood used by famed London cabinetmaker Thomas Chippendale was mahogany.
939. The pecan tree is the only naturally growing nut tree in North American. It is native to the Texas, Mississippi and Mexico River Valleys.
940. The Virginia opossum is the only marsupial (pouched mammal) indigenous to North America.
941. There is only one Q in a Scrabble game.
942. There's only one city in the United States named merely "Beach." It is found in North Dakota, which is a land-locked state.
943. When Pierre Trudeau wed Margaret Sinclair in 1971 he became the only Canadian Prime Minister to get married while in office. The couple divorced in 1984.
944. Woodrow Wilson was the only US president to earn a doctorate.
945. The only active diamond mine in the United States is in Arkansas.
946. James Buchanan was the only US president never to be married.
947. Ohio is the only US state without a rectangular flag. Ohio's flag is a pennant.
948. Only one person ever won an Oscar by a write-in. In 1934 and 1935, write-in votes were permitted and Hal Mohr won an Oscar for Cinematography in 1935 for his work on "A Midsummer Night's Dream" as a write-in. 1935 was the last year such votes were permitted.
949. The only one of his sculptures that Michelangelo signed was the "The Pieta," completed in 1500.
950. The world's only museum of Phallology is in Reykjavik, Iceland. Phallology is the science of the penis.
"Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker!"
The 1,000 mark is getting closer!
926. The only flying saucer launch pad in the world is located in St. Paul, Alberta, Canada.
927. The first graves in Arlington National Cemetery were dug by James Parks, a former Arlington Estate slave. Buried in Section 15, James Parks is the only person buried in Arlington National Cemetery who was also born on the property.
928. The Beatles held the Top Five spots on the April 4th, 1964 Billboard singles chart. To date, they're the only band that has ever accomplished that.
929. The hyoid bone in the throat is the only bone in the human body not joined to another.
930. The only crime defined in the U.S. Constitution is treason - Article III, Section 3.
931. The only Englishman to become Pope was Nicholas Breakspear, who was Adrian IV from 1154 to 1159.
932. The only father and son to hit back-to-back home runs in a major league baseball game? Ken Griffey, Jr., and his father, Ken Griffey, Sr., both of the Seattle Mariners, in a game against the California Angels on September 14, 1990.
933. The only lizard that has a voice is the Gecko.
934. The only part of the human body that has no blood supply is the cornea in the eye. It takes in oxygen directly from the air.
935. The only repealed amendment to the US Constitution deals with the prohibition of alcohol.
936. The only river that flows both north and south of the equator is the Congo. It crosses the equator twice.
937. The only rock that floats in water is pumice.
938. The only wood used by famed London cabinetmaker Thomas Chippendale was mahogany.
939. The pecan tree is the only naturally growing nut tree in North American. It is native to the Texas, Mississippi and Mexico River Valleys.
940. The Virginia opossum is the only marsupial (pouched mammal) indigenous to North America.
941. There is only one Q in a Scrabble game.
942. There's only one city in the United States named merely "Beach." It is found in North Dakota, which is a land-locked state.
943. When Pierre Trudeau wed Margaret Sinclair in 1971 he became the only Canadian Prime Minister to get married while in office. The couple divorced in 1984.
944. Woodrow Wilson was the only US president to earn a doctorate.
945. The only active diamond mine in the United States is in Arkansas.
946. James Buchanan was the only US president never to be married.
947. Ohio is the only US state without a rectangular flag. Ohio's flag is a pennant.
948. Only one person ever won an Oscar by a write-in. In 1934 and 1935, write-in votes were permitted and Hal Mohr won an Oscar for Cinematography in 1935 for his work on "A Midsummer Night's Dream" as a write-in. 1935 was the last year such votes were permitted.
949. The only one of his sculptures that Michelangelo signed was the "The Pieta," completed in 1500.
950. The world's only museum of Phallology is in Reykjavik, Iceland. Phallology is the science of the penis.
"Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker!"
posted by Scott at 10:07 AM
3 Comments:
There is also only one X in a Scrabble game. (The quote is way too easy!)
Yeah, easy quote, but chosen due to my excitement of being all that much closer to the 1,000 mark for this trivia thing...and in a way it's kind of an uber-quote as it is spoken by more than one character...!...at least that's what I'm trying to tell myself to justify it...
bgrtrfag!
Holy cow!
926 is my favourite.
Quote wise, that's up there with 'use the force' under the same parameters of usage.
and 'Hello' which is probably even MORE popular.
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