Trivia

[cariad]

Galvo! Report to the trivial thread. You owe us a question.

(Plus, watching the repartee between you and Stoday has become one of my favorite pastimes.)

[galvo]

Yo! Sorry. Here I am.

First (to dispose of Stoday again. Matilda was not annointed - no annointy, no queeny!

Now for a bit of Australian/USA trivia:- During World War 11 an American G.I. was hanged in Pentridge Prison, Melbourne, after strangling 3 women in the wartime darkened night-time conditions. The press labelled him "The Brownout Killer". What was his name?

[Stoday]

Dunno the answer to your question galvo, but I disagree with your anointy issue.

Here is the service for the coronation of our queen on 6/2/1953 Click

If you read the second clause it says:

II. The Entrance into the Church

The Queen, as soon as she enters at the west door of the Church..."

Now, if she's not queen before she gets anointed during the coronation ceremony, how can the service refer to the queen's entrance?

[cariad]

Yo! Sorry. Here I am.

First (to dispose of Stoday again. Matilda was not annointed - no annointy, no queeny!

Now for a bit of Australian/USA trivia:- During World War 11 an American G.I. was hanged in Pentridge Prison, Melbourne, after strangling 3 women in the wartime darkened night-time conditions. The press labelled him "The Brownout Killer". What was his name?

Wish I could answer, but since I only heard about the first two World Wars, I'd better read up on the other nine!

[okarol]

Edward J. Leonski
The 15,000 servicemen at Camp Pell were lined up by the Melbourne police so that witnesses could try to identify the person who beat and strangled 3 women to death. 24 year old Edward Joseph Leonski of the 52nd Signal Battalion was eventually identified by the uncle of one of Leonski's victims who had managed to escape his attack. Leonski was then also identified by Private Seymour who had seen him covered in mud near Camp Pell on the night of the third murder. Leonski eventually confessed to the crimes. This story was made into a movie called "Death of a Soldier" in 1986.

[galvo]

Correct okarol!

Cariad - ho ho ho! Either WW2 or WW11 is correct.

Stoday - I am too busy, at the moment, to prove you wrong. But, I shall.

[okarol]

Pirates are sometimes referred to as Buccaneers. Where does the word come from?

[mikey07840]

The buccaneers were pirates who attacked Spanish shipping in the Caribbean Sea during the late 17th century.
The term buccaneer is now used generally as a synonym for pirate. Originally, buccaneer crews were larger, more apt to attack coastal cities, and more localized to the Caribbean than later pirate crews who sailed to the Indian Ocean on the Pirate Round in the late 17th century.
The word buccaneer is derived from the French "boucanier", which roughly translates as "someone who smokes meat" and which in turn comes from the native American "bukan". The Caribbean Arawak used this word to describe a sort of grill on which they smoked meat, preferably Manatee.

[cariad]

Cariad - ho ho ho! Either WW2 or WW11 is correct.

Is that particular to Australia? I've only seen it written WW2 or WWII.

That was a thorough answer, Mikey. Did you consult with King Leon, or that commoner Mr. Google?

[okarol]

  Yep, you're up Mikey!

[mikey07840]

King Leon provided the answer, actually.

He asks: In Star Trek, what is James Kirk's mother's name?

[Riki]

Winona.. and yes, I googled, but only because I couldn't remember... *L*

http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/James_T._Kirk

[mikey07840]

Riki, you are correct. You're up!

[Riki]

ok. I saw this one on tv the other night..

What was the name of Warner Brothers first cartoon character that was meant to go up against Disney's Mickey Mouse?

[cariad]

I'll have a guess and say The Happy Hare - later to be renamed Bugs Bunny.

[Riki]

Actually, Porky Pig came before Bugs, but neither of them are the answer

[YLGuy]

I say, I say, I say Foghorn Leghorn? Pay attention while I am speaking to you boy. 

[Riki]

Nope, try again

[Stoday]

I'm sure I must have seen the early films when I was a kid. Seaside holidays in the 1940's I can remember goting to small cinemas showing cartoons for kids — in black & white.

I'll guess. Porky the Pig.

Not my favourite though. 1st favourite is Silvester, the cat with attitude. Then Foghorn Leghorn.

[Riki]

I said earlier that Porky wasn't the answer.  I googled, just to see if the answer was out there, and I found it on wikipedia, so the answer is out there..

[Stoday]

Well, I dug around for the earliest Warner Bros cartoons and found this: Bosko

Bosko?

[cariad]

I said earlier that Porky wasn't the answer.  I googled, just to see if the answer was out there, and I found it on wikipedia, so the answer is out there..

I personally would rather take guesses than google. In fact, when I do google I won't answer. I just find it more fun, and I think it's fun when numerous people step up with guesses.

I only say that because in another thread you seemed to take offense that people were not googling your question, but I do know there are several who feel the same as I do. Yours was a great question in my opinion - very fun! I think if someone is going to google, they should at least give it a day or so to allow people who want to have a guess a go. Of course, that's just my personal approach to this game, and if people enjoy googling to answer, that's all that matters.

[Riki]

Well, I dug around for the earliest Warner Bros cartoons and found this: Bosko

Bosko?

Bosko was the first, but he wasn't owned by Warner Bros.  But I'll give it to you.  There was one after Bosko that was owned by Warner Bros, but didn't really take off, called Buddy, and he had a girlfriend named Cookie.  It was after Buddy that Porky Pig was introduced, and Loony Toones as we know them were born

cariad, I wasn't taking offense that no one was googling the answers.  I was bummed that no one was answering.  This thread was ok, it's only been a couple of days, but the lyrics thread, I posted my lyrics on August 29 and no one has gotten it.  I've even given hints.  A little bit of googling would find the answer.  Instead it's just sitting there.  I felt that I'd killed the threads with questions that were too hard

[Stoday]

In setting a question I try to think of something that's difficult to google unless you know the answer. So try googling for this:

The first transatlantic telegraph cable between the UK and America was completed and made operational in August 1858. It worked very slowly and W. Whitehouse, the engineer, increased the voltage in an effort to speed it up. He was wrong, it didn't speed up the transmission. Instead the high voltage broke down the insulation of the cable so it no longer worked.

Question: What was used to provide electricity to power the second transatlantic cable?

[mikey07840]

Batteries