tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740497Wed, 20 Jun 2007 02:15:28 +0000a treasure chest of lists, trivia, strange facts and curiositieshttp://vitaminq.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (RcL)Blogger665125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740497.post-2283547751492325773Fri, 08 Jun 2007 23:47:00 +00002007-06-09T00:49:55.721+01:00Vitamin Q is Dead - Long Live Infowisps. URL below. (sadly, the archives have disappeared from the VitQ front page - ah well - I have my special people and their winged monkeys on to it!) In the meantime - check out Infowisps!http://vitaminq.blogspot.com/2007/06/vitamin-q-is-dead-long-live-infowisps.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RcL)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740497.post-2979823727371087229Fri, 04 May 2007 17:19:00 +00002007-05-04T18:32:05.763+01:00New trivia site from Vitamin Q: HERE www.infowisps.blogspot.comhttp://vitaminq.blogspot.com/2007/05/new-trivia-site-from-vitamin-q-here-www.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RcL)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740497.post-116026656090606417Sun, 08 Oct 2006 00:12:00 +00002006-10-08T01:31:31.400+01:00PUNCHING JUDIES Vitamin Q tests out the theory that bad girls in songs are always called Judy... What is the song? Judy by Al Green What is it about? Everything has been just hip since Al found Judy. Good Judy? Bad Judy? Good - she has beauty and 'sweet little ways'. Song: Judy and the Dream of Horses by Belle & Sebastian About: Judy longs to recreate a great dream she had about horse http://vitaminq.blogspot.com/2006/10/punching-judies-vitamin-q-tests-out.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RcL)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740497.post-115962898128975619Sat, 30 Sep 2006 15:09:00 +00002006-09-30T16:09:41.306+01:00FLASHING BLADES Some figure skating moves: Delayed Axel / Hydrant Lift / Doughnut Spin / Hamill Camel / Inside Spread Eagle / Illusion Spin / Russian Split / Wide Closed Choctaw / Death Drop / Boeckl / Crossfoot Spin / Regular Salchow / Cartwheel Lift / Rocker / Half Loop / Catch Foot Layback / Skid Spiral / Tabletop / Grafström / One-Hand Biellmanns / Mazurka / Flying Reverse Sit Spin / http://vitaminq.blogspot.com/2006/09/flashing-blades-some-figure-skating.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RcL)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740497.post-115809951051368745Tue, 12 Sep 2006 22:18:00 +00002006-09-12T23:18:30.530+01:00CHANGE YOUR NAME, BUT KEEP YOUR SPOTS The native names of the leopard: chita / adnara / tendwa (Hindustani) palang (Persian) diho (Baluchi) tidua / srighas (in Bundelkand) suh (Kashmiri) gorbacha (Dekhani) bibia-bagh / karda / asnea / singhal (Mahrathi) tenderwa / bibla (among the Bauris of the Dekhan) honiga / kerkal (Canarese) teon-kula (of the Kols) jerkos (in Rajmehal) burkal / gordag (of http://vitaminq.blogspot.com/2006/09/change-your-name-but-keep-your-spots.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RcL)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740497.post-115661489317381601Sat, 26 Aug 2006 17:54:00 +00002006-08-26T18:54:53.190+01:00FLYING CIRCUS 15 titles which were considered instead of Snakes On A Plane 1 Asps With Altitude 2 Rattlers On The Redeye 3 Mobster Mambas 4 Boeing Boeing Boa 5 Fangs On A Flight 6 Slithering Heights 7 Supersonic Sidewinders 8 Adders In The Air 9 Pilots and Pythons 10 Cobras In The Cargo 11 Die Hard With Venom 12 Sonic Boomslangs 13 The Krait Escape 14 Viper Space 15 Hand-Luggage and Hissyfitshttp://vitaminq.blogspot.com/2006/08/flying-circus-15-titles-which-were.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RcL)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740497.post-115388112696417817Wed, 26 Jul 2006 02:29:00 +00002006-08-08T00:47:25.566+01:00STILL I CLING I knew it was over when... ...the judges asked about salamander DNA ...they introduced self-service petrol pumps ...I watched Tokyo burn to the ground ...I heard about how he went and started the crusades ...the younger daughter complained that her shoes were too tight every few hours for a year ...he first started dating her and described her immediately as "strong" ...he http://vitaminq.blogspot.com/2006/07/still-i-cling-i-knew-it-was-over-when.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RcL)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740497.post-114459699840454377Sun, 09 Apr 2006 15:36:00 +00002006-04-09T16:38:04.226+01:00BARRED British Pubs - some things to avoid: 1 Any bar serving sausage and mash for over £10, and where beer seems like a grudging sideline 2 The nearest pub to any train station 3 Any pub in a train station 4 All bars which describe their food as 'Traditional Fayre' or as 'World Famous' 5 Any trendy bar with its own merchandising (T-shirts, keyrings and other tat) 6 Any pub still clinging to http://vitaminq.blogspot.com/2006/04/barred-british-pubs-some-things-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RcL)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740497.post-114450415527793115Sat, 08 Apr 2006 13:47:00 +00002006-04-08T14:49:15.293+01:00AT E's A simplified list of food colourings: E100 Curcumin, Turmeric Yellow E101 Orange Yellow E102 (tartrazine) Lemon Yellow E103 Golden Yellow E104 Quinoline Yellow E105 Fast Yellow E106 Yellow E107 Yellow E110 Sunset Yellow E111 Orange E120 (cochineal) Carmine Red E121 (orcein) Red-Brown, (orchil) Blueish Purple E122 (carmoisine) Maroon E123 (amaranth) Dark Red E124 Brilliant Scarlet http://vitaminq.blogspot.com/2006/04/at-es-simplified-list-of-food.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RcL)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740497.post-114316696108448238Fri, 24 Mar 2006 02:22:00 +00002006-03-24T02:35:53.276ZON YOUR MARX The real names of the Marx Brothers: Zeppo Marx - Herbert Harpo Marx - Adolph (changed to Arthur) Chico Marx - Leonard Groucho Marx - Julius Gummo Marx - Milton And what their names should have been had they starred in... a spaghetti western: Taco Marx / Poncho Marx / Bronco Marx / Gaucho Marx / Amigo Marx a horror flick: Pyro Marx / Torso Marx / Romero Marx / Psycho Marx / http://vitaminq.blogspot.com/2006/03/on-your-marx-real-names-of-marx.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RcL)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740497.post-114316693219078112Fri, 24 Mar 2006 02:21:00 +00002006-03-24T02:22:12.193ZFIRST THOUGHTS Thirty-two synaptic shortcuts from Google: The first thing I thought of was Humpty Dumpty on the wall The first thing I thought of was trying to wring out a crocheted afghan The first thing I thought of was a yellow wrench The first thing I thought of was toxic runoff from all the groves The first thing I thought of was that old radio on the porch of the cabin The first thing I http://vitaminq.blogspot.com/2006/03/first-thoughts-thirty-two-synaptic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RcL)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740497.post-114316690969590698Fri, 24 Mar 2006 02:21:00 +00002006-03-24T02:21:49.706ZFIRST TIMES Ten true confessions from Google: I lost my virginity in the backroom of a bookshop in Staines I lost my virginity in a hotel in Birmingham I lost my virginity in the Student Union carpark after a poetry reading I lost my virginity in the back seat of a '54 Ford I lost my virginity in a Detroit bus station I lost my virginity in a strange spelunking accident I lost my virginity in http://vitaminq.blogspot.com/2006/03/first-times-ten-true-confessions-from.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RcL)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740497.post-114248517615967085Thu, 16 Mar 2006 04:55:00 +00002006-03-24T02:35:00.896ZEAU DE, EAU DE What British people smelled of in the early 1950s: Women dandruff candlewick camphor powdered milk a 'top-note' of 'Evening In Paris' Men dog diesel boot dubbin battery fluid pigeon-feed dried cuttlefish cooked breakfasts rough tobacco week-old hair-oil belched-back beer Source: first page of Gordon Burn's 1991 novel Alma Coganhttp://vitaminq.blogspot.com/2006/03/eau-de-eau-de-what-british-people.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RcL)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740497.post-114248419828939749Thu, 16 Mar 2006 04:40:00 +00002006-03-16T04:47:59.903ZFANTASTIC FOES Villains from the first 50 issues of The Fantastic Four comic: The Mole Man The Skrulls from Outer Space Miracle Man Sub-Mariner Dr. Doom Kurrgo, Master of Planet X Puppet Master The Impossible Man The Red Ghost The Mad Thinker Dr. Doom Super Skrull Rama Tut Molecule Man Hate-Monger Mole Man Infant Terrible Diablo Invincible Man Attuma Gregory Gideon The Frightful Four Medusa andhttp://vitaminq.blogspot.com/2006/03/fantastic-foes-villains-from-first-50.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RcL)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740497.post-114230689726128337Tue, 14 Mar 2006 03:26:00 +00002006-03-16T05:03:34.240ZINDIAN FEATHERS Some interesting names of birds found in India: Rain Quail / Rosy Starling / Isabelline Wheatear / Dusky Crag-Martin / Sirkeer Malkoha / Little Brown Dove / Bank Myna / Graceful Prinia / Hooded Pitta / Red-Whiskered Bulbul / Jungle Owlet / Glossy Ibis / Bengal Florican / Paddyfield Pipit / Collared Pratincole / White-Bellied Treepie / Grass Owl / Finn's Weaver / Bengal Bush Larkhttp://vitaminq.blogspot.com/2006/03/indian-feathers-some-interesting-names.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RcL)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740497.post-114230367608453094Tue, 14 Mar 2006 02:26:00 +00002006-03-14T02:34:36.086ZCIRCUS GAMES Typical 'fight' combinations at the Roman circus: a wolf against a hippopotamus a rhinoceros against a giraffe a panther against an ostrich an Ethiopian against an elephant a German against a bear a woman against a dwarf a Christian against a lion Source: Around The Roman Table (P Faas, Macmillan) NB There is much debate amongst historians about exactly what went on in the arena.http://vitaminq.blogspot.com/2006/03/circus-games-typical-fight-combinations.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RcL)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740497.post-114230272937825139Tue, 14 Mar 2006 02:08:00 +00002006-03-14T02:18:49.390ZNO MAN Scottish islands with a population in single figures: Eilean Shona - 9 Erraid - 8 Soay - 7 Sanday - 6 Auskerry - 5 Danna - 5 Gometra - 5 Oronsay - 5 Tanera Mor - 5 Lunga - 4 Gairsay - 3 Inchtavannach - 3 Moncrieffe - 3 Davaar - 2 Eilean Ban - 2 Eilan Donan - 1 Inchcolm - 2 Inchfad - 2 Rona - 2 Vaila - 2 Innischonan - 1 Sanda - 1 Shuna - 1 NB Some of these islands have larger and more http://vitaminq.blogspot.com/2006/03/no-man-scottish-islands-with-population.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RcL)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740497.post-114040184012976758Mon, 20 Feb 2006 02:11:00 +00002006-02-20T02:17:20.140ZFURNAMES 20 nicknames for our cat: 1 Chiliosity 2 Button 3 The Best One 4 Snugster 5 Rabbity 6 Chumbleton 7 Licky 8 Kipper 9 Biscuity Bob 10 Chillster 11 Titch 12 Cuddlekin 13 Bumley 14 Miaowy 15 Chilblain 16 Grumpelstiltskin 17 Snoozy Susie 18 Monkey 19 Lambkin 20 Fluffster Yes, I know - it's a bit cutesy. Chili is a 13 year old tailless Applehead Siamese who spends most of the day dreaming.http://vitaminq.blogspot.com/2006/02/furnames-20-nicknames-for-our-cat-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RcL)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740497.post-114031681613140041Sun, 19 Feb 2006 02:16:00 +00002006-02-19T02:40:16.153ZNATURE NOTES Some extracts from Seton Gordon's 1945 diary: January 9: Fine view of male peregrine January 22: Rooks turned back by peregrine January 24: Tobogganing, Sue & C January 25: Snowbunting at bird table January 27: 50 Italian prisoners working on the road February 12: To Gargunnock... good and attentive audience February 19: First lark in song March 13: Cambridge. Piped at Latham Road http://vitaminq.blogspot.com/2006/02/nature-notes-some-extracts-from-seton.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RcL)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740497.post-113957382473148991Fri, 10 Feb 2006 12:16:00 +00002006-02-10T12:17:04.746ZTABLE MANNERS I'm so hungry I could eat... 1 a bear, fur and all 2 roadkill 3 the ass end of a billy goat 4 a horse and go back for the jockey / chase the rider 5 a baby through the bars of a cot 6 the crotch off a low-flying duck 7 a bowl of lard with a hair in it 8 a whale 9 Michael Moore (or various other tubby slebs) 10 the north end of a southbound skunk 11 a horse between two slices of http://vitaminq.blogspot.com/2006/02/table-manners-im-so-hungry-i-could-eat.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RcL)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740497.post-113794453117720125Sun, 22 Jan 2006 15:41:00 +00002006-01-22T15:42:11.190ZKING SIZE Song titles namechecking Elvis: 1 Elvis and His Boss – The Residents 2 Elvis Has Left the Building – Frank Zappa 3 I Remember Elvis Presley – Danny Mirror 4 Elvis' Rolls Royce – Was (Not Was) 5 Elvis Presley Blues – Gillian Welch 6 Calling Elvis – Dire Straits 7 Elvis Presley and America - U2 8 The Bones of Elvis – Inner City Unit 9 You're Bringing Out The Elvis In Me – Faith Hill 10 http://vitaminq.blogspot.com/2006/01/king-size-song-titles-namechecking.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RcL)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740497.post-113754007411538174Tue, 17 Jan 2006 23:20:00 +00002006-01-17T23:21:14.130ZPLANET WAVES Minor planets named after stars of the music world: 1 (23990) Springsteen 2 (3834) Zappafrank 3 (6354) Vangelis 4 (19383) Rolling Stones 5 (4422) Jarre 6 (16155) Buddy 7 (4442) Garcia 8 (2620) Santana 9 (8749) Beatles* 10 (19367) Pink Floyd 11 (18125) Brianwilson 12 (5656) Oldfield 13 (7707) Yes 14 (15092) Bee Gees 15 (18132) Spector 16 (17059) Elvis 17 (6433) Enya 18 (4305) http://vitaminq.blogspot.com/2006/01/planet-waves-minor-planets-named-after.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RcL)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740497.post-113159510166869277Thu, 10 Nov 2005 03:57:00 +00002005-11-10T03:58:21.683ZMEASURE FOR MEASURE Some semi-empirical scales: Fujita Scale of Tornado Intensity Mercalli Scale of Earthquake Intensity Richter Scale of Earthquake Magnitude Mohs Scale of Mineral Hardness Torino Meteorite Impact Hazard Scale Schmidt Sting Pain Index Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale Hamilton-Norwood Scale of Male Pattern Baldness Ludwig Scale of Female Pattern Baldness Scoville Scale of Chile http://vitaminq.blogspot.com/2005/11/measure-for-measure-some-semi-empirical.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RcL)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740497.post-113120411289420561Sat, 05 Nov 2005 15:08:00 +00002005-11-05T15:21:52.960ZLIVERSIONS Some old fish liver dishes from the Shetland Isles: Haggamuggi - The stomach of a fish filled with hashed livers and sunds (air bladders) and boiled. Krampus - Sillock (a small fish) livers melted in a frying pan and mixed with bere burston (roasted corn with sour milk). Kroppen - Fish liver and meal thoroughly mixed and seasoned, stuffed into a fish head and boiled (in the rest ofhttp://vitaminq.blogspot.com/2005/11/liversions-some-old-fish-liver-dishes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RcL)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740497.post-112993673435027482Fri, 21 Oct 2005 23:16:00 +00002005-10-22T00:18:54.356+01:00SORRY! Vitamin Q has been quiet in the last month as I have been very busy with teaching and other work. I also need to wind down the trivia now and then in order to keep it fresh and encounter new ideas which haven't been covered here before. Posts will become more frequent again in sunny November...http://vitaminq.blogspot.com/2005/10/sorry-vitamin-q-has-been-quiet-in-last.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RcL)