Random Trivia

[rockin_plumber]

Probably no point asking this, but who was the first singer for Iron Maiden?

BLAZE :blaze:

 

[WhiffleBallTony]

BLAZE :blaze:

How'd you know?! :?

 

[rockin_plumber]

How'd you know?! :?

Teh voices in my head told me

 

[edge_of_the_wire]

Iron Maiden's first vocalist was Paul Day, who joined from 1975 to 1976.
Now, which team won the 1996 U.E.F.A. European Championship in England?

 

[afraidtoshooteddie]

Iron Maiden's first vocalist was Paul Day, who joined from 1975 to 1976.
Now, which team won the 1996 U.E.F.A. European Championship in England?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Euro_96

 

[edge_of_the_wire]

Well done, afraidtoshooteddie.
On Sunday, 30 June, Germany won the 1996 U.E.F.A. European Championship for the 3rd time after beating the Czech Republic 2-1 in the Final in London.

My next question - Why is the palm-nut vulture (Gypohierax angolensis) so-called?

 

[afraidtoshooteddie]

Well done, afraidtoshooteddie.
On Sunday, 30 June, Germany won the 1996 U.E.F.A. European Championship for the 3rd time after beating the Czech Republic 2-1 in the Final in London.

My next question - Why is the palm-nut vulture (Gypohierax angolensis) so-called?

This vulture gets its name from its favourite food, which, uniquely for a bird of prey, is not meat, but the nut of the Oil Palm. It will also take dead fish.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm-nut_Vulture

 

[edge_of_the_wire]

Correct answer.
The palm-nut vulture gets its name from its habit of feeding on oil palm nuts instead of meat.

This one's a bit hard:
Where was the English footballer Owen Lee Hargreaves born?

 

[wicky]

20 January 1981 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Hargreaves

 

[Ben]

This one's a bit hard:
Where was the English footballer Owen Lee Hargreaves born?

Not that hard considering Wicky answered it, and like me, she knows absolutley nothing about football.

:|

 

[rockin_plumber]

Not that hard considering Wicky answered it, and like me,
she knows absolutley nothing .

:|

LOL LOL LOL

 

[wicky]

LOL LOL LOL

arse LOL

 

[rockin_plumber]

arse LOL

:err: woot did I do

 

[wicky]

:err: woot did I do

You're lucky....I can't be bothered to go get the nutkick LOL

 

[edge_of_the_wire]

Absolutely correct, wicky.
The English footballer Owen Lee Hargreaves was born in Calgary, Canada on 20 January 1981.

Here's an easier one:
Name the Greek god identified with Vulcan, the Roman god of metalwork.

 

[rockin_plumber]

In Roman religion, Vulcan is the god of beneficial and hindering fire,
including the fire of volcanoes. He is also called Mulciber ("smelter") in
Roman mythology and Sethlans in Etruscan mythology. He was
worshipped at an annual festival on August 23 known as the Vulcanalia.

His Greek name is Hephaestus.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcan_(mythology)


:zzz:

 

[edge_of_the_wire]

What is a loving cup?

 

[rockin_plumber]

What is a loving cup?

......a large drinking vessel (usually with two handles) that people drink out of in turn at a banquet

or........

Or it is a Rolling stones song taken from teh album.. Exile On Main Street

But knowing your wonderful personallity........
You probably dont know about the Rolling Stones........
Or the type of loving cup they appear to be signing about :err:

 

[Ben]

What is a loving cup?

You are the most boring individual I have ever seen on the internet :|

 

[XMaidenForeverX]

Ha Ha! LOL