Trivia for Squiggle #XLVI
Sorry this is coming in the middle of the week as opposed to the beginning. I was coming back from Walnut Creek on Monday and didn't get home until late...then I was tired...then work yesterday was an exhausting pink nightmare...so here now is another batch of useless facts:
1126. In Mel Brooks' 'Silent Movie,' mime Marcel Marceau is the only person who has a speaking role.
1127. Pulp Fiction cost $8 million to make - $5 million going to actor's salaries.
1128. Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button. It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery.
1129. The real name of the "I've fallen and I can't get up" lady is Edith Fore.
1130. In 1963, baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry remarked, "They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." On July 20, 1969, a few hours after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, Gaylord Perry hit his first, and only, home run.
1131. The Mongol emperor Genghis Khan's original name was Temujin.
1132. Steely Dan got their name from a sexual device depicted in the book 'The Naked Lunch'.
1133. The A&W of root beer fame stands for Allen and Wright.
1134. Charles de Gaulle's final words were, "It hurts."
1135. Gilligan of Gilligan's Island had a first name that was only used once, on the never-aired pilot show. His first name was Willy.
1136. The Skipper's real name on Gilligan's Island is Jonas Grumby. It was mentioned once in the first episode on their radios newscast about the wreck.
1137. The Professor's real name was Roy Hinkley, Mary Ann's last name was Summers and Mrs. Howell's maiden name was Wentworth (her first name was Eunice).
1138. Wilma Flintstone's maiden name was Wilma Slaghoopal, and Betty Rubble's Maiden name was Betty Jean Mcbricker.
1139. The "L.L." in L.L. Bean stands for Leon Leonwood.
1140. Betsy Ross's other contribution to the American Revolution, beside sewing the first American flag, was running a munitions factory in her basement.
1141. In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
1142. When two words are combined to form a single word (e.g., motor + hotel = motel, breakfast + lunch = brunch) the new word is called a "portmanteau."
1143. Facetious and abstemious contain all the vowels in the correct order.
1144. "Underground" is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters "und."
1145. There is a seven letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters, "therein": the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, here, ere, therein, herein.
1146. There is a word in the English language with only one vowel, which occurs six times: Indivisibility.
1147. There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
1148. The longest place-name still in use is Taumatawhakatan-gihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokai-whenuakitanatahu, a New Zealand hill.
1149. Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula" and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, "L.A."
1150. Maine is the toothpick capital of the world.
"It's all about right now
And everything I do is foul
So let's break out the hotel towels
To wipe up the tits and whisky"
Mary Prankster, "Tits & Whisky"
1126. In Mel Brooks' 'Silent Movie,' mime Marcel Marceau is the only person who has a speaking role.
1127. Pulp Fiction cost $8 million to make - $5 million going to actor's salaries.
1128. Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button. It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery.
1129. The real name of the "I've fallen and I can't get up" lady is Edith Fore.
1130. In 1963, baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry remarked, "They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." On July 20, 1969, a few hours after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, Gaylord Perry hit his first, and only, home run.
1131. The Mongol emperor Genghis Khan's original name was Temujin.
1132. Steely Dan got their name from a sexual device depicted in the book 'The Naked Lunch'.
1133. The A&W of root beer fame stands for Allen and Wright.
1134. Charles de Gaulle's final words were, "It hurts."
1135. Gilligan of Gilligan's Island had a first name that was only used once, on the never-aired pilot show. His first name was Willy.
1136. The Skipper's real name on Gilligan's Island is Jonas Grumby. It was mentioned once in the first episode on their radios newscast about the wreck.
1137. The Professor's real name was Roy Hinkley, Mary Ann's last name was Summers and Mrs. Howell's maiden name was Wentworth (her first name was Eunice).
1138. Wilma Flintstone's maiden name was Wilma Slaghoopal, and Betty Rubble's Maiden name was Betty Jean Mcbricker.
1139. The "L.L." in L.L. Bean stands for Leon Leonwood.
1140. Betsy Ross's other contribution to the American Revolution, beside sewing the first American flag, was running a munitions factory in her basement.
1141. In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
1142. When two words are combined to form a single word (e.g., motor + hotel = motel, breakfast + lunch = brunch) the new word is called a "portmanteau."
1143. Facetious and abstemious contain all the vowels in the correct order.
1144. "Underground" is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters "und."
1145. There is a seven letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters, "therein": the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, here, ere, therein, herein.
1146. There is a word in the English language with only one vowel, which occurs six times: Indivisibility.
1147. There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
1148. The longest place-name still in use is Taumatawhakatan-gihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokai-whenuakitanatahu, a New Zealand hill.
1149. Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula" and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, "L.A."
1150. Maine is the toothpick capital of the world.
"It's all about right now
And everything I do is foul
So let's break out the hotel towels
To wipe up the tits and whisky"
Mary Prankster, "Tits & Whisky"
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