# Trivia thread! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 4, 2010, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628 "2010-02-04T02:44:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628/21 "2010-02-05T13:20:33Z")
> [@dhkendall](#): > > Eh, sosumi, I’m not up on sports (much less American ones) and thought the Lakers were currently bad. > > So it’s not the Clippers that are a championship team? It’s the Lakers that are champions and the Clippers that are a joke. For more information, read this article: [http://www.theonion.com/content/opinion/you\_will\_suffer\_humiliation](http://www.theonion.com/content/opinion/you_will_suffer_humiliation) ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628/22 "2010-02-05T13:37:32Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > Invisible people are necessarily blind. This is because, to be invisible, you must have the same index of refraction as the medium you are in (e.g., air.) Otherwise there would be reflection, refraction, or absorption at your surface, and someone could see that, so you wouldn’t be invisible. > > However, if the lens of your eye is the same index of refraction as the air around you, your eye lens cannot focus. Thus, blind. > > It’s funny because when people want to be invisible, they usually claim it’s because they can watch naked people in the shower. This discounts devices, like suits or cloaks of invisibility. Mine works by a surface that captures incoming photons and calculating their path and energy level, then sending a duplicate photon out the far side of the cloak, and a duplicate out the inside of the cloak. Inside, I see everything, and behind me, people see an excellent duplicate of what in front of me, so to speak. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628/23 "2010-02-05T13:39:42Z")
Norman Fell, the actor who famously played the grouchy landlord on Three’s Company, also played a grouchy landlord in the Dustin Hoffman film “The Graduate.” ---
**Author:** ![Vorpal\_Blade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9de0a6/32.png) [@Vorpal\_Blade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vorpal_Blade)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628/24 "2010-02-05T14:46:19Z")
The word “gullible” is not in the dictionary. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628/25 "2010-02-05T17:42:12Z")
> [@Vorpal\_Blade](#): > > The word “gullible” is not in the dictionary. This is true. Many people still don’t know it’s not a real word and continue to use it. Check it out. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628/26 "2010-02-06T03:41:06Z")
Cow’s wings fall off when exposed to UV and water. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628/27 "2010-02-06T20:17:04Z")
> [@Kingspades](#): > > On top of all the other things that make it unusual, the platypus is [venomous](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platypus_venom). Additional platypus trivia: \*When it comes to the platypus’s sex chromosomes, researchers basically have no idea what the hell to make of it. Non-monotremes (so pretty near all other mammals) have one pair of sex chromosomes: males are XY and females are XX. The platypus has five pairs. On the Y chromosome in other mammals there’s a certain gene which basically is what tells the fetus to stop being female and start being male. The platypus doesn’t have this. Furthermore, some of their sex chromosomes are extremely similar to all other mammalian sex chromosomes. Others are, well, not - while they lack the aforementioned sex-determining gene, they do have a gene which (most likely) is a sex-determining gene…in _birds_, which have an entirely different sex chromosomes (ZW is a female bird, ZZ is male). \*Only the males are venomous - the female has the spur but doesn’t produce venom. They generally don’t use it to hunt, and the current accepted theory is that they use it during the breeding season to fight other males. \*Baby platypus are [freaking adorable](http://www.impactlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/platypus.jpg). \*There are many, many more things which make the platypus completely strange - their weirdness does not stop at their appearance. > [@imfloating](#): > > There are exactly 216 noodles in every can of Campbells chicken noodle soup. Really. _On average_. They don’t have people sitting there counting out noodles by hand; it’s done by weight, and they’re not going to reject a can because it’s .005 ounces too light because of a missing noodle. At least, according to someone I know who works in media relations at Campbells. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2010, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628/28 "2010-02-07T14:11:39Z")
Bob Cummings (Love That Bob) was America’s first certified flight instructor. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2010, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628/29 "2010-02-07T15:22:04Z")
> [@Zoe](#): > > Poker legend Doyle Brunson used to play for the Lakers. No, he didn’t. The Lakers were interested in having him, but he broke his leg very badly in an industrial accident and never played again. He went back to school instead. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628/30 "2010-03-03T03:42:17Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > No, he didn’t. The Lakers were interested in having him, but he broke his leg very badly in an industrial accident… …while working for US Gypsum, for the record. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628/31 "2010-03-03T17:27:39Z")
The ossicles of the middle ear (sorry, can’t remember what their names are) evolved from part of the reptilian jaw. The seperation between jaw and ear is the reason mammals have better hearing than reptiles. ---
**Author:** ![Arglefraster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3bc359/32.png) [@Arglefraster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arglefraster)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628/32 "2010-03-05T17:25:44Z")
Yak’s milk is pink. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628/33 "2010-03-05T17:35:45Z")
> [@Arglefraster](#): > > Yak’s milk is pink. [Nuh uh!](http://www.yampayaks.com/faqs.html#milk) > [@](#): > > **What is their milk like?** Yak milk is NOT pink. It is a rich creamy color with a high fat content of 5-7 percent. Being so high in fat, it is usually processed into butter, cheese, or yogurt. An average cow will produce 110 kg. Milk in a lactation period of an average of 149 days. ---
**Author:** ![Arglefraster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3bc359/32.png) [@Arglefraster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arglefraster)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2010, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628/34 "2010-03-06T18:48:49Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > [Nuh uh!](http://www.yampayaks.com/faqs.html#milk) D’oh! That’ll teach me to post something I read in a random trivia email without checking my facts first. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628/35 "2010-03-06T21:46:54Z")
Maynard G. Krebs’ middle name was Walter. ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628/36 "2010-03-06T21:51:38Z")
The largest fossilized dinosaur turd ever found measures 22" \* 8" \*7.5". ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628/37 "2010-03-07T01:49:49Z")
Know those single serve sugar packets? They are made by several difference companies, but only one, Domino Sugar, folds the packet on the short leg of the rectangle, the rest fold along the long edge. (Note, not all Domino is folded that way, but the only one folded that way is Domino). ---
**Author:** ![groo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecd19e/32.png) [@groo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/groo)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628/38 "2010-03-07T03:47:46Z")
I was recently surprised to learn that the crime Joan of Arc was actually convicted of was: cross-dressing. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628/39 "2010-03-07T04:27:41Z")
> [@KennerTheGreat](#): > > The largest fossilized dinosaur turd ever found measures 22" \* 8" \*7.5". [South Park] That’s over 20 courics! [/South Park] ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628/40 "2010-03-07T05:13:21Z")
“Houses of the Holy” by Led Zeppelin, “Sheer Heart Attack” by Queen and “Almost Blue” by Elvis Costello have something unusual in common. Do you know what it is? They are all songs with the same name as albums by the same band, but the songs appear on a later album. “Houses of the Holy” is on Physical Graffiti, “Sheer Heart Attack” is on News of the World and “Almost Blue” is on Imperial Bedroom. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628.md?page=3)