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Mostly Trivial 183 Acronyms [trivia]
Acronym Trivia
Whats an Acronym?
Definition
Function: noun
Etymology: acr- + -onym
Date: 1943
A word (as AM FM, radar, or laser) formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term; also : an abbreviation (as FBI) formed from initial letters!
What does IKEA stand for?
Ingvar
Kamprad
Elmtaryd
Agunnaryd Swedish home furnishings retailer founder's initials and location
Cool huh?
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History can be Fun
Second Crisis of the Empire
AD 193-194
Publius Helvius Pertinax
Became emperor in 1 January AD 193.
Whatever the nature of the conspiracy against Commodus, it brought to office in his place a better man, Publius Helvius Pertinax, prefect of Rome and former governor of Britain; but only temporarily, as an ominous pattern of events unfolded such as had followed the death of Nero.
Pertinax reign might have been a short one. But it forme ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 181 Matches [trivia] Matches and Lighters Trivia
A Striking-ly Informative Show
matches can be good... or can be bad.
The King's Cross fire was a devastating underground fire in London on 18 November 1987 which killed 31 people. It was caused by rubbish and grease beneath wooden escalators being ignited, probably by a discarded match.
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If youâve got a heart then Gumbyâs a part of you
Theme Song Lyrics for You
Gumby!
He was once a little green slab of clay.
Gumby!
You should see what Gumby can do today.
Gumby!
He can walk into any book, with his pony pal, Pokey, too
If youâve got a heart then Gumbyâs a part of you
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Dallas McKennon voiced Gumby in these and in the others (he did Pokey in these and others).
An extremely prolific character actor, Dallas McKennon (often known as si ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 179 Eskimos [trivia] Eskimo Trivia
You think its cold where YOU live!
Where They Came From:
The first Eskimos immigrated to Alaska from northern Asia, specifically the Siberian Arctic. Archaeologists set the date at somewhere between 2,000 and 8,000 years ago, after the land bridge across the Bering Strait had been reclaimed by the ocean waters. These migrants probably crossed in umiaks, skin boats large enough to hold a family.
Numbers:
About 28,000 Eskimo Americans live in Alaska today; the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 179 Eskimos [trivia] Eskimo Trivia
You think its cold where YOU live!
Where They Came From:
The first Eskimos immigrated to Alaska from northern Asia, specifically the Siberian Arctic. Archaeologists set the date at somewhere between 2,000 and 8,000 years ago, after the land bridge across the Bering Strait had been reclaimed by the ocean waters. These migrants probably crossed in umiaks, skin boats large enough to hold a family.
Numbers:
About 28,000 Eskimo Americans live in Alaska today; the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 178 Famous Escapes [trivia] Great Escapes Trivia
You will love this show!
Stalag Luft III
Stalag Luft III was a Luftwaffe (derived from the words "Luft"= air and "Waffe"=weapon,is a generic German term for an air force) run prisoner-of-war camp during World War II that housed captured air force servicemen. It was in Poland, 100 miles southeast of Berlin.
The site was selected because it would be difficult to escape by tunnelling. However, the camp is best known for two famous prisoner escapes that took p ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 177 Who Are They [trivia] Who Are They Trivia
This is a Tough One
Do You Know Who Is...
John Forbes Nash, Jr?
He is a famous twentieth-century mathematician.
Born in 1928, John Nash graduated from Princeton and eventually went on to win the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1994. Of course, much of his fame also comes from his life story. In 1959, Nash was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia for which he was treated for nearly a decade. His work following his time in a mental hospital led up to his winning ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 176 Parking Meters [trivia] Parking Meters Trivia
It Pays to Park...
But not to you!
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More Fun on Word Origins
For more trivia on 'word origins' listen to shows 27 and 112!
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Biggest software counterfeiting bust in history!
JULY 25, 2007
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Make Corn Part of Your 5 A Day Plan!
Varieties
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Another Legend Passes On.
Les changed the course of music and recording.
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Are you Hungry or need an iPod?
Vending Machines will take care of that.
In the early 1920's, the first automatic vending machines started dispensing sodas into cups. In 1926, an American inventor named William Rowe invented the cigarette vending machine.
Vending machines soon offered everything including; cigars, postcards, stamps, etc. In Philadelphia, a completely coin-operated restaurant called Horn & Hardart was opened in 1902 and stayed opened until 19 ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 169 Radio [trivia] Radio Trivia
How much do you listen to Radio?
I listen to Podcasts [of course]
Guglielmo Marconi invented his spark transmitter with antenna at his home in Bologna, Italy, in December 1894. He took his "Black Box" to Britain in Feb. 1896 and although it was broken by custom officials, he filed for British Patent number 12039 on June 2, 1896. He formed his first Wireless Telegraph and Signal Company in Britain in 1897 at age 23 and the world's first radio factory on Hall Street in D ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 168 Michael Jackson [trivia] Michael Jackson Trivia
How much do you know about the King of Pop?
Michael Jackson was the subject of the controversial 2003 documentary "Living With Michael Jackson." It profiled Jackson's hectic lifestyle and included his children. The show was hosted by British journalist Martin Bashir. Originally produced for the BBC, it earned strong ratings in the U.S. as well when it aired on VH1 and other networks. Jackson has repeatedly referred to the special as inaccurate and unfair. Ne ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 167 Mythology [trivia] Myth Trivia
Myth, Hallucination, or History?
Medusa, one of the three Gorgons, daughter of Phorcys and Ceto. She was the only one of the Gorgons who was subject to mortality. She is celebrated for her personal charms and the beauty of her locks. Medusa and her sisters came into the world with snakes on their heads, instead of hair, with yellow wings and brazen hands. Their bodies were also covered with impenetrable scales, and their very looks had the power of killing or turning t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 166 Classical Music [trivia] Classical Music Trivia
Things you never knew about Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Born to a wheelwright (and occasional harpist) Mathias Haydn, the only artifact he retained all his life was a wheelmaker's hammer used by his father. He kept this in a specially made ornate box.
Haydn's nickname as a child was "Sepperl". Although his full name was Franz Joseph Haydn, he didn't use the name Franz, which is therefore omitted in most texts nowadays. He also never spelled his name Josef.
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Time for a Wee Dram!
The recorded history of Scotland begins in the 1st century AD, when the Romans invaded Britain. The Romans added southern Britain to their empire as the province Britannia. They were unable, however, to subdue the fierce tribes in the north. To keep these tribes from invading Britannia, Emperor Hadrian had a massive wall built across the island from sea to sea. The Romans called the land north of the wall Caledonia, and they called the people P ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 164 More Animal Fun [trivia] More Animal Fun Trivia
Wild Turkeys
(Meleagris gallopavo)
They live in woods in parts of North America and are the largest game birds found in this part of the world. They spend their days foraging for food like acorns, seeds, small insects and wild berries. They spend their nights in low branches of trees (yes, wild turkeys can fly!)
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Scadals anyone?
Pete Rose "Betting on Baseball" scandal
One of the worst sports scandal is Pete Rose's banishment from baseball. The 1919 Black Sox scandal ultimately did more harm to the game, but Rose's case was much more tragic. Here you have the manager for the Cincinnati Reds, the sport's all-time leader in base hits, and he gets thrown out of the game for illegally betting on baseball.
Pete Rose was a Hall-of-Fame player, but a dubious manager.
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Are you Inventive?
"The patent system addedthe fuel of interest to the fire of genius." Abraham Lincoln
The fee to file a patent application is $385 for an independent inventor. The total cost to obtain a patent, including issuance fees and attorney fees, is approximately, $4,000 to $5,000.Its expensive to be inventive!
How did a mistake lead to the creation of America's favorite variety of cookie?
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What do you collect?
The Smithsonian Museums
The Smithsonian Institution is an educational and research joint and museum complex, Funded by the government of the U.S.and from its endowment, contributions, and profits from its shops and magazine. Most of its Hang outs are aroun the Washington, D.C. area, but its other19 museums, zoo, and nine research centers include sites in New York City, Virginia, Panama, and beyond. It has over 136 million items in its collections, ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 160 Impeachment Impeachment Trivia.
Out you go.
The White House
Back when George W. Bush was president, if he was removed from office for any reason, medical being another possibility, Cheney would nominate someone to be the Veep. Maybe his neighbor & pal Donald Rumsfeld. Now there's something to lose sleep over. Only if something happened to both No.43 & the Veep (say, a really bad hunting accident) would Pelosi become President. Just in case you were worrying. Read about Nixon, Agnew, and Ford t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 159 Classic TV [trivia] Classic Television Trivia.
Part 6
The Brady house
The house used in exterior shots, which bears little relation to the interior design of the Bradys' home, is located in Studio City, within the city limits of Los Angeles, California. According to a 1994 article in the Los Angeles Times, the San Fernando Valley house was built in 1959 and selected as the Brady residence because series creator Schwartz felt it looked like a home where an architect would live. How 'bout that?
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Another shorter Mostly Trivial, but still this is a Hot Topic.
What do you know, Joe?
What planet does not tilt as it goes around the Sun, so consequently, it has no seasons?
âA. SaturnâB. Uranus
C. Venus
D. Claire
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Last Post Answers: D. All of These
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Also called a Polygraph.
I'm Not Lying!
There's a two-sided problem with the polygraph that has become increasingly clear over the course of the past century: A person who can remain cool under pressure can beat a polygraph, and on the other hand, a person who doesn't handle stressful situations well may be inaccurately labeled a liar. Wild Huh?
Due to the perceived threat of terrorism that was born out of the Sept. 11 attacks, the U.S. government decided that a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 156 Knives [trivia] Knife Trivia. Schwing!
Sharpen your Trivia skills
The Knife... One of Our Oldest Tools
It's an amazing tool. An ancient tool for which there has been no substitute. Throughout history, knives have been essential for survival, as well as for providing food and shelter. From its earliest form, the knife developed out of necessity, and its evolution may be traced through the paths of technology. Pretty Neat huh?
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Another shorter Mostly Trivial. We'll still do the standard version
This is interesting.
A Spanish breed of pig called the Iberico, possesses, naturally, omega-3 fatty acids. This is the only pig known to naturally possess omega-3.
Also, quite recently at the University of Missouri, 5 cloned and modified pigs were produced with their muscle tissue stacked with omega-3 fatty acids.
These modified pigs abide at the University of Missouri and are kept in very ni ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 154 Cats and Dogs [trivia] It's Raining Cats and Dogs
Who Doesn't Dig Animals?
Cats are Historic
Recently the cat was commonly believed to have been domesticated in ancient Egypt, [thats what I thoughtas well!] where it was a cult animal. I think some people worship their cats even now :-)A 2007 study found that the lines of descent of all house cats probably run through as few as five self-domesticating African Wildcats around 8000 BC, in the Near East. Now THATS a long time ago!
Dogs are Furry
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Another Crystal Clear Show, except a mistake corrected in the questions! ;-( [now fixed]
More Diamond Trivia
Diamonds were worn by aristocratic families to ward off the plague during the Middle Ages. The poorest people always died first, since they lived closer to the docks, where the ships often brought the plague from other countries. The rich had an idea that since the poor went first, that displaying their wealth (diamonds) would keep them from infe ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 151 Swimming Pools [trivia] Swimming Pool Trivia
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One of the most haunted sections of the ship the RMS Queen Mary is the former First Class Swimming Pool.
The Second longest swimming pool is the Orthlieb Pool in Casablanca, Morocco. The pool is 480 meters or 1,574 feet long and 75 meters or 246 feet wide. The Orthlieb Pool is filled with sea water and covers 8.9 acres.
Nemo 33 is a recreational diving center in Brussels, Belgium that is home to
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A chain reaction
My God, what have we done?" - Robert Lewis co-pilot of the Enola Gay
On August 2, 1939, just before the beginning of World War II, Albert Einstein wrote to then President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Einstein and several other scientists told Roosevelt of efforts in Nazi Germany to purify uranium-235, which could be used to build an atomic bomb! It was shortly thereafter that the United States Government began the serious undertaking known then only as " ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 149 Holidays around the World [trivia] Holidays Around the World Trivia
Let's Celebrate!
Here's one for example...
Cinco de Mayo is frequently regarded as the Mexican equivalent of the
United States 4th of July. This is simply not true. Actually, it is the
equivalent of the 5th of May. LOL. Of greater importance is the
battle of Cinco de Mayo that occurred in 1862.
Juarez, who had been Zapotec Indian minister of Justice in Juan Alvarez'
cabinet in the 1850's, entered Mexico City on January 11, 1861 and
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This is a new shorter of Mostly Trivial. We'll still do the standard version.
We just want to TRY and get out more shows!
References to pumpkins date back way back. The name pumpkin originated from the Greek word for "large melon" which is "pepon." "Pepon" was nasalized by the French into "pompon." The English changed "pompon" to "Pumpion." How 'bout that?Also Shakespeare referred to the "pumpion" in his Merry Wives of Windsor. American colonists changed "pumpion" into ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 147 Youngest U.S. Presidents [trivia] Youngest U.S. Presidents Trivia
So who were they? Listen to the show for goodness sakes!
Gerald Ford is also on the list of assassination attempted presidents, and he actually had two attempts on his life. What state did these both happen in? California.
On September 5, 1975, Ford was on the street in Sacramento when Lynette Alice Fromme ran up and pointed an unloaded pistol at him. Police tackled her to the ground and she was arrested. She did this because she wanted to get attent ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 146 World Leaders [trivia] World Leaders Trivia
History is fasinating!
Chandrika Kumaratunga was president of Sri Lanka from 1994 to 2005, leaving office in November of that year.
As well as being the first woman to serve as as her country's president she was also the second woman to serve (albeit briefly) as the country's prime minister, the first being her own mother. When she was elected as president, Ms Kumaratunga resigned as prime minister and appointed her mother to serve once more as prime minister.Ver ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 145 Movie Roles: Denied [trivia] Movie Roles Turned Down Trivia
Actors who turned down BIG roles.
Some regretable and not so regretable decisions.
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Iceland Trivia
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Popular Puzzle Trivia
Biography
ErnÅ Rubik was born in Budapest, Hungary during World War II. His father was a flight engineer at the Esztergom airplane factory, his mother a poet. He graduated from the Technical University, Budapest (MÅszaki Egyetem) in 1967 as an architectural engineer and began postgraduate studies in sculpting and interior architecture. From 1971 to 1975 he worked as an architect, then became a professor at the Budapest College of Applied Arts (Ipa ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial #142 Famous Old Time Comedians Trivia Famous Old-Time Comedians
Marx Brothers Trivia
From 1929 on they were very active in film. Their first films they appeared as The Four Marx Brothers (Chico, Harpo, Groucho, Zeppo), but Zeppo left the movie business after Duck Soup. He didnt like acting much. From 1929 to 1949 they made 13 films. After that Chico and Harpo more or less retired, but Groucho started a second career as a show master in the quiz show "You Bet Your Life" which I use to watch as a kid late at night.
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Kowabunga
Surfing wasn't dead in the Hawaiian Islands in the late 1800s, but it was drowning, along with most Hawaiian customs and most Hawaiians. After 125 years of Hawaiian-European contact/ conquest, the haole had tried to exercise control over just about everything Hawaiian: their Gods, their culture, their magic, their land and their lives.
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Chill Out Man
The top five states that produce the most ice cream.
(1) California
(2) Indiana
(3) Ohio
(4) Illinois
(5) Michigan.
In 1991, another flavor phenomenon was created -- Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ice cream, which combines the best part of the Chocolate Chip cookie -- the raw dough -- with creamy vanilla ice cream and semi-sweet chocolate chips. Its my favorite!
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So facinating
The whimsical names of corals â bubble, staghorn, starburst, and brain â hint at their spectacular appearance, but not necessarily at their true value. As the largest living structures on the planet, coral reefs are also among the greatest storehouses of biodiversity on Earth.
Coral reefs are also one of the most threatened marine systems. Scientists estimate that unless we take immediate action, we could lose up to 70 percent of coral reefs by 2050.
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T.V. Trivia
Syndication â this is the terminology rather broadly used to describe secondary programming usages (beyond the original run). It includes secondary runs in the country of first issue, but also international usage. In many cases other companies or TV stations that do the syndication work, in other words to sell the product into the markets they are allowed to sell into by contract from the copyright holders, in most cases the prod ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website MostTriv #137 Famous Cities Famous Cities
Chicago!
The Century of Progress fairs of 1933 and 1934 were built on landfill just south of Grant Park. The Great Depression limited the original plans for extensive landfill activity. Yet the New Deal created an opportunity to make other improvements, such as the construction of Lake Shore Drive. These improvements helped make the lakefront the focal point for citywide celebrations and a core of cultural institutions that now include the Art Institute of Chicago, the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website MostTriv #136 StoneHenge Famous Landmarks
Stonehenge
As you drive through the swirling mists of the Salisbury plain, the trailers of mist part and you gape incredulously at the glorious tableau. An ancient henge encloses enormous orthostats and colossal trilithons of heathen sarsen and shadowy dolerite. "Stonehengeâ" you breathe in an awed whisper.
"Large rocks stuck in the sod," observes your more prosaic companion, "for no good reason that I can think of. Besides, technically, some would claim Stoneheng ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | |