# weird trivia **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 4, 2010, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-trivia/523603 "2010-01-04T10:07:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 18
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-trivia/523603/341 "2010-02-04T15:07:37Z")
> [@Critical1](#): > > …Mulders apartment number is 42. I can only believe its a nod to Hitchhikers guide. 42 has become very popular indeed in pop culture today: [42 (number) - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42_(number)) ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-trivia/523603/342 "2010-02-04T15:12:49Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 42 has become very popular indeed in pop culture today: [42 (number) - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42_(number)) If you’re Weird Al, [the magic number is 27](http://weirdal.wikia.com/wiki/27). ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-trivia/523603/343 "2010-03-18T14:15:57Z")
**Patrick Magee** starred with two cast members from Star Wars: \*\*David Prowse \*_(Darth Vader) in_ A Clockwork Orange \*and \*\*Peter Cushing \*\*(Grand Moff Tarkin) in \*Tales From The \*_Crypt._ ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-trivia/523603/344 "2010-03-18T15:54:16Z")
Howling Wolf, for some reason, was named after U.S. president Chester Alan Arthur (Wolf’s real name in Chester Arthur Burnett). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-trivia/523603.md?page=17)