Hey, I Learn Something New Everyday, Two

[A_B]

How'd I miss this one?

Just recently learned that Paul Giammatti is Bart Giammatti's son.

It's easy to miss if you don't consider the last name or how they look.

wink

[Giff]

How'd I miss this one?

Just recently learned that Paul Giammatti is Bart Giammatti's son.

It's easy to miss if you don't consider the last name or how they look.

wink

Yeah, but Paul didn't die two months after hitting it big with Sideways.

[rass]

(moreso than the other models: S, 3, X, Y)(what a fucking dork he is to name them that)

oh no

[sancarlos]

How'd I miss this one?

Just recently learned that Paul Giammatti is Bart Giammatti's son.

I think that’s common knowledge, bud.

[Pruitt IV]

How'd I miss this one?

Just recently learned that Paul Giammatti is Bart Giammatti's son.

I think that’s common knowledge, bud.

Like I said - I'm shocked that I didn't know this. There was a time when facts like that were my forte.

[Nonlinear FC]

I had no idea.

[Jerloma]

For the trivia contest I do on Thursday nights, he puts out some clues on the day of the event. Is anybody able to derive any meaning out of "And I wonder if you could get macadamia nuts at the Sugar Shack"?

[Nonlinear FC]

I mean, it's part of a sugar cookie with toffee, according to my extensive (30 second) Google research.

[A_B]

Maybe they aren't related as a red herring. So look up the highest-producing macadamia nut places on earth. Maybe Sugar, too. Also, I have no idea.

[Pruitt IV]

[Jerloma]

Maybe they aren't related as a red herring. So look up the highest-producing macadamia nut places on earth. Maybe Sugar, too. Also, I have no idea.

So I followed this advice and learned all about the noble macadamia nut and you were right about this. This clue had nothing to do with any relation. There was just a macadamia nut question and a sugar shack question separately. The question was where did they originate which I knew immediately from my research, but then the guy played "Down Under" by Men at Work which was an obvious dead giveaway even if you'd never heard the fucking song so that sucked.

Then THIS indeed was the sugar shack question - Who had a hit with Sugar Shack in 63 with his group, the Fireballs? Now, I listened to this terrible song twice yesterday morning trying to find something about macadamia nuts in the lyrics and then had it stuck in my head all day, but it never occurred to me to remember the guy, because fuck that guy.

I was able to come up with "James Gremelin."

[Nonlinear FC]

I humbly request that this exercise become a new feature of the Swamp. Not sure why, but this absolutely cracked me up.

"...because fuck that guy..."

I can't stop chuckling.

[Jerloma]

Well you're in luck because I'm pretty sure I adopted that from here. Not sure who but it sounds Rass-ey. Either that or maybe Drew Magary.

[Nonlinear FC]

Oh, I use it all the time... it's very effective talking about cities and/or teams you don't like, as well.

I just liked the usage in that post... Wasn't expecting it.

But what I actually meant, and didn't make very clear, is you posting weird trivia questions we can all noodle over.

[sancarlos]

In a game against the Braves on this date in 1922, the Giants hit four inside the park home runs. How could this happen? Well, before renovations in the 1940s, the original dimensions at (Boston) Braves Field were 402 ft. (left), 550 ft. (center), and 402 ft. (right) leading to many inside the park home runs.

[HaulCitgo]

BU sports are not at the level to have that kind of history. Do they even have a baseball team? I dont think ive ever seen a sporting event at now Nickerson Field.

[sancarlos]

BU sports are not at the level to have that kind of history. Do they even have a baseball team? I dont think ive ever seen a sporting event at now Nickerson Field.

Is that on BU grounds? As you probably know, that story refers to the old Boston Braves (who then became the Milwaukee Braves, and then the Atlanta Braves.)

[HaulCitgo]

Yes. Pretty sure they built a new (terrible) structure that you can see off the highway. Passed it a lot growing up. Just had that completely unused vibe.

[A_B]

I've used that field!

And no, I don't think they have a baseball team anymore, but they used to and Agannis Arena is named for a famous baseball alum, who was a famous football alum but decided to play for the Braves. Then he got pneumonia and died. Which shows the risks of playing for Boston professional teams.

[Ryan]

The Greek God of Coughs

[The Sybian]

I've used that field!

And no, I don't think they have a baseball team anymore, but they used to and Agannis Arena is named for a famous baseball alum, who was a famous football alum but decided to play for the Braves. Then he got pneumonia and died. Which shows the risks of playing for Boston professional teams.

I played in a flag football league on Nickerson Field. Worst turf ever (circa 1998), felt like running on a gymnastics springboard. Pretty sure the Boston team in the previous women’s league played on that field. My knees and hips were hurting within minutes every time.

[Nonlinear FC]

The Baseball Club competes in league play as a division 1 member of the National Club Baseball Association (NCBA). The team is affiliated with the North Atlantic – North Division, competing against Boston College, Northeastern, SUNY – Albany, UConn, and UMass Amherst.

[mister d]

The Greek God of Coughs

Youkilis breaking the baseball-reference page name convention in the worst possible way is still an all-timer.

[Jerloma]

Oh, I use it all the time... it's very effective talking about cities and/or teams you don't like, as well.

I just liked the usage in that post... Wasn't expecting it.

But what I actually meant, and didn't make very clear, is you posting weird trivia questions we can all noodle over.

Great. Trivia tonight. Can anyone make anything out of these hints?

Arnold Schwarzenegger's been a Top Cat in so many great action films.

I wonder if the Flintstones needed to observe any of the Ten Commandments.

And what Bond villain would have been the most fun to watch in an episode of Wacky Races?

[A_B]

Here's my thought process:

Arnold played in predator...so study up on your big cats at the top of the food chain.

Coveting neighbors wife maybe? Something to do with Bedrock? Mr. Slate because the commandments were written on slate? Maybe just know the ten commandments and the flintstones is about something else entirely. A fred herring, even.

I think this is also a misdirect that is probably about two questions. So think of the famous bond villians (Dr. No, Oddjob, maybe sawtooth as a play off Jaws if they are connected.) Then think main characters of wacky races if not: Dick Dastardly, Muttley. I dunno, man)

[L-Jam3]

Going from AB’s analysis, maybe Snagglepuss?

[Jerloma]

Excellent analysis, thanks!

I forgot wacky races was a hanna barbera thing.

Ummm...did Barney have a thing for Wilma or something?

[Nonlinear FC]

The other wrinkle that even the oldest on here might not remember or know is the Flintstones was very clearly "an homage" to The Honeymooners.

I doubt that's super helpful, but just giving you some more background.

[sancarlos]

Professor Pat Pending, Penelope Pitstop, Gruesome Twosome, Dick Dastardly, Muttley...

[wlu_lax6]

Professor Pat Pending, Penelope Pitstop, Gruesome Twosome, Dick Dastardly, Muttley...

Love that laugh

[The Sybian]

Ummm...did Barney have a thing for Wilma or something?

Didn't everyone?

[sancarlos]

Ummm...did Barney have a thing for Wilma or something?

Didn't everyone?

Barney Rubble! What an actor!

[L-Jam3]

The other wrinkle that even the oldest on here might not remember or know is the Flintstones was very clearly "an homage" to The Honeymooners.

I doubt that's super helpful, but just giving you some more background.

Thou shalt not send thy wife to the moon?

[A_B]

The other wrinkle that even the oldest on here might not remember or know is the Flintstones was very clearly "an homage" to The Honeymooners.

I doubt that's super helpful, but just giving you some more background.

Thou shalt not send thy wife to the moon?

high quality one-liner.

[Jerloma]

Yeah it seems that all of these clues that seem combined in the phrasing are just stand alone:

Arnold - In what movie did he say the line "Well, consider that a divorce"?

10 Commandments - The 5th commandment says to ________ your father and mother.

Bond Villain - In what movie did Christopher Walken play the villain?

Which of the following is not a character in the musical Cats? (Your boy did some brilliant deducing here)

Wacky Races - What's the name of Dick Dastardly's dog?

I don't even recall their being a Flintstones question.

The absolute most annoying thing about trivia are the people on your team that barely contribute but they'll usually just throw a guess out there with no conviction or any rationale behind it whatsoever. Then when they fail to sell you on their guess and you go with something else and their guess ends up being right, they're like "SEE...I SAID THAT!!! SHOULD HAVE LISTENED TO ME!!!"

Fuck the fuck off those people, and mostly my girlfriend.

[rass]

The absolute most annoying thing about trivia are the people on your team that barely contribute but they'll usually just throw a guess out there with no conviction or any rationale behind it whatsoever. Then when they fail to sell you on their guess and you go with something else and their guess ends up being right, they're like "SEE...I SAID THAT!!! SHOULD HAVE LISTENED TO ME!!!"

Fuck the fuck off those people, and mostly my girlfriend.

preach

[govmentchedda]

True Lies?

Honor?

A View to a Kill?

[Jerloma]

True Lies?

Honor?

A View to a Kill?

Total Recall (I said Running Man)
Yup
Yup

[HaulCitgo]

“If you are Black, you were born in jail, in the North as well as the South. Stop talking about the South. As long as you are South of the Canadian border, you are South.”

Random Malcolm x speeches on the drive time radio

[Giff]

The actual lyrics of “Slam” by the hip hop group Onyx.