Trivia

Excelsior

As I proved yesterday, I'm pretty sharp on this trivia. Great things arive from little trivialities you know. God is in the small things.
Anyway, here's one for you:
Arthur Dodgson was, amongst his peers, a world renowned mathamatician from Oxford University. He had an alter ego however. What was this alter egos name, and why was he better known than Mr Dodgson himself?

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deRanged

was it Lewis Carroll by any chance ?
if so I reckon the reasons are obvious.

Jaden

Yes it was.

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deRanged

right so, my turn.
where did the word trivia come from ?

Excelsior

from the latin trivialis, first used in english in 1920. related to trivium, a medieval latin word used to describe the point where 3 roads cross.

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Illkillya

the dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle. Just thought i'd say that.....

the celtic tiger

Did you guys kniw that it's perfectly legal to burn a french, male cat while shouting disperse evil spirits...disperse while walking through the streets of London. There you go....a useful bit of information for you. Odd as it may be...it';s actually true.
check out this site for more weird things like that
www.homestead.com/forthegreatergood/index.html

bye
tct



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DaBounca

heres a good one or two for you:

what is the most used word in the world?
And
what is the second most.......?

Paladin

"what" is both the most, and second most used word?

hehe

DaBounca

thats pretty quckwitted of you,but it wasnt a trick question

"coke" is actually the most used word in the world and "ok" is the second most.

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Wyverne

every1 knows dat.

but, whats the talest mountain on earth.????

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TwoShedsJackson

Isn't there a mountain underwater in the Pacific or something that's actually taller than Mt. Everest? That's my guess anyway

Everest fits into the Marina Trench, I can tell you that for sure