The new trivia thread.

[Ceiling Cat]

How old is the oldest tree in the world and what is the estimated age of the tree?

Answer:

Old Tjikko

This ancient, 16-foot tall Norway spruce lives in the scrubby Fulufjället Mountains in Sweden. At 9,550 years, Old Tjikko is the oldest single-stemmed clonal tree, and took root not long after the glaciers receded from Scandinavia after the last ice age. To figure out the hardy spruce’s age, scientists carbon-dated its roots. For thousands of years, the forbidding tundra-climate kept Old Tjikko in shrub form. But as weather warmed over the last century, the shrub has grown into a full-fledged tree.

 

[nondescriptive]

What movie was the first to have scenes shot in the General Assembly area and Security Council chambers of the UN building?

 

[bobistheowl]

Name a continent that is in 4 hemispheres.

1.2

Oceania

 

[bobistheowl]

Which cast member of NBC's The Office was a cheerleader for the NFL's St. Louis Cardinals?

 

[Ceiling Cat]

What movie was the first to have scenes shot in the General Assembly area and Security Council chambers of the UN building?

I seem to remember a Cary Grant movie where they were at the UN.

 

[anon1]

What movie was the first to have scenes shot in the General Assembly area and Security Council chambers of the UN building?

Dr. Strangelove?

 

[nondescriptive]

Dr. Strangelove?

No, hint: it was a fairly recent film.

 

[nondescriptive]

This one is easy, he is the son of.....?

Jim Croce, put a moustache on him and he is the splitting image.

Adrian Croce is his name.

 

[anon1]

No, hint: it was a fairly recent film.

Can't remember the name but the one with Nicole Kidman as translator and Al pacino as NYPD.

 

[nondescriptive]

Can't remember the name but the one with Nicole Kidman as translator and Al pacino as NYPD.

You have the actors 1/2 right, Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn, movie was "The Interpreter".

 

[shack]

What is the connection between Peter Asher and Paul McCartney other than the above song?

Almost brothers-in-law.

 

[nondescriptive]

Almost brothers-in-law.

correct

 

[bobistheowl]

What is the connection between Peter Asher and Paul McCartney other than the above song?

Paul was engaged to Peter Asher's sister Jane in the mid 60's. I think he dumped her for Linda. Jane was also the subject of the Rolling Stones' song Lady Jane.

 

[nondescriptive]

Bruce Springsteen got drafted to go to Vietnam, but did not go , why?

He failed his physical, he has club feet.

 

[Brill]

What is the only band that had all their albums make it to the Billboard Top Ten?

Led Zeppelin?

 

[nondescriptive]

One is "World Without Love" by Peter & Gordon.

Is the other song, "Come and Get It"?

 

[Ceiling Cat]

Why did Frank Baum, the writer of the Wizard of Oz choose Oz as the wizards name?

 

[nondescriptive]

How long does a human head remain conscious after being decapitated?

The current medical consensus is that life does survive, for a period of roughly thirteen seconds, varying slightly depending on the victim's build, health and the immediate circumstances of the decapitation. The simple act of removing a head from a body is not what kills the brain, rather, it is the lack of oxygen and other important chemicals provided in the bloodstream. To quote Dr. Ron Wright "The 13 seconds is the amount of high energy phosphates that the cytochromes in the brain have to keep going without new oxygen and glucose" (Cited from urbanlegends.com, no longer extant). The precise post-execution lifespan will depend on how much oxygen, and other chemicals, were in the brain at the point of decapitation; however, eyes could certainly move and blink.

Do You Remain Aware?:
This solely technical survival forms only part of the answer; the second question is 'how long does the victim remain aware?' While the brain remains chemically alive, consciousness can cease immediately, caused by the loss of blood pressure or if the victim is knocked unconscious by the force of the decapitating blow. If that weren't to happen immediately, an individual could in theory remain self-aware for part of the thirteen-second period. There is no consistency in this answer, as the precise length of both actual, and practical, survival will vary depending on the victim. Of course, this applies to many forms of swift decapitation, and not just to the victims of the guillotine.

 

[nondescriptive]

What star of "Married With Children" has sisters that are twins, and what show did they star in?

 

[Ceiling Cat]

How many paintings did Van Gogh sell in his lifetime?

Answer :

Van Gogh only sold one painting in his lifetime. He was considered to be a nutjob and people stayed away from him. It is even suspected that he died as a result of 2 boys playing with a .22 caliber pistol and was shot accidentally when the boys were trying to scare him. He never revealed who shot him and died with the secret.