Ben Franklin’s womanizing has become legendary. In the Broadway musical 1776, he tells John Adams that he’s going on a date. “I’d invite you along,” Franklin says, “but talking makes her nervous.”
Ben Kingsley’s real name is Krishna Pandit Bhanji. He derived his stage name from his grandfather’s nickname, “Clove King.” His grandfather was a spice trader in Zanzibar.
“Pandit”, meaning a wise or learned man in the Hindu religion, is the source of the word “pundit” in English. Watching the political pundits on tv, one can’t help but fell the word has undergone some deflation in significance.
Robert Wise, best known for directing The Sound of Music, got his start as a film editor and got his start as a director with Curse of the Cat People (which, though a direct sequel to The Cat People had no living cat people in it).
The music of the Saskatchewan Roughriders is “Green is the Colour”,played after every touchdown. Riders fans are expecting to hear it regularly this afternoon at the Labour Day Classic, when the Riders (7-1) meet the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1-7).
The flag of the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry during the Spanish-American War, better known as Theodore Roosevelt’s “Rough Riders,” displayed an American eagle on a yellow field: Rough Riders Flag
Under the Spanish Inquisition, a wife was allowed to testify against her husband, but if she gave evidence in favor of him, it would be rejected. As well, if two people testified in favor of someone who was accused, the evidence was rejected, but if only one person testified against him, the evidence was usually accepted.
A show-stopping song-and-dance routine about the Spanish Inquisition (“The Inquisition / what a show; the Inquisition / here we go…!”) was featured in Mel Brooks’s comedy, The History of the World: Part I.
Mel Gibson took up acting only because his sister submitted an application behind his back. Then the night before the audition, he got into a fight, and his face was badly beaten, an accident that won him the role.
In the Labour Day Classic of 2012, the Blue Bombers were beaten by the Roughriders, 52-0.
The Roughriders were not so successful in 2013.
This year, they only beat the Blue Bombers by a margin of 48-25. 
Question #4 on the Buckaroo Banzai’s Blue Blazer exam is: “Why is there a watermelon there?”
Some Saskatchewan Roughrider fans wear helmets made out of watermelons to the game.
The world’s largest tomahawk is in Cut Knife, Saskatchewan, which was the scene of an 1885 battle between the native peoples and the mounties. The Tomahawk was built as a symbol of unity and friendship between the First Nations and the white population in this area.
Saskatchewan’s largest city, Saskatoon, home of Joni Mitchell, is named for a type of berry. Its nicknames include Toontown and Paris of the Prairies.
In one episode of Corner Gas, the town considers building a world’s biggest garden tool. The plan is shelved because of fears it would get dirty in the Saskatchewan dust storms, and also possibly crack if not made properly.
Thus, Dog River never gets the World’s Biggest Dirty Crack Ho.
Every known dog except the chow has a pink tongue – the chow’s tongue is jet black.
In mah jongg, a player who picks up a discarded tile to complete a run calls “chow”; to complete a three of a kind, the player calls “pung”; and “kong” to complete a four of a kind.
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In play: King Kong (1933) was Adolf Hitler’s favorite movie.
One of Queen Victoria’s uncles had an anglicised version of the name “Adolf” - Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, great-grandfather of Kings Edward VIII and George VI.
Queen Victoria’s first name was Alexandrina.