tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6217685383374207609.post7342921759688360754..comments2023-05-02T07:38:27.964-04:00Comments on Meg on the Go : Trivial PursuitsMeghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01288912903659572443noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6217685383374207609.post-85277811832521150522012-07-27T02:14:54.684-04:002012-07-27T02:14:54.684-04:00I like trivia and I like knowing as much as I can ...I like trivia and I like knowing as much as I can about lots of topics. If I watch a TV show based on real people or historical events (like The Borgias on Showtime), I’ll immediately start looking up information about the real events on the Internet and Wikipedia. Before the days of the Internet, I’d be absorbed in the encyclopedia. How great that your dad was fascinated by trivia and you learned so much from him. Love your 5 favorite pieces of trivia. I learned some new things like the fascinating facts about Edwin Booth and about Balto. I knew about John Adams and Thomas Jefferson and that would be one of my favorites too.<br /><br />A couple of my favorite pieces of trivia are: 1) Mary Boleyn, sister of Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s 2nd wife and mistress to Henry before he got together with Anne, gave birth to a son named Henry (not recognized because she was just the mistress) before her sister, Anne, as Queen, gave birth to Elizabeth (later to be Queen). If poor Anne had been the Boleyn sister to give birth to a son, she would have kept her head! 2) The word “freelance” was first used by Sir Walter Scott in Ivanhoe to describe a “medieval mercenary warrior” or “free-lance” meaning a knight whose lance was free to hire and not sworn to any one master. Since I often work as a freelance copyeditor and proofreader, I like that one. Very interesting post!JerseyLilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18381518701383106141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6217685383374207609.post-64565002313795751362012-07-25T16:18:07.179-04:002012-07-25T16:18:07.179-04:00I remember playing Trivial Pursuit with my BIL and...I remember playing Trivial Pursuit with my BIL and sister. There were a bunch of government questions and I got them right. He turns to me and asks "How did you know all that?" I replied "They teach that stuff in school." Granted, some people now don't even know who our VP is, but I just had to laugh at that. Favorite trivial fact? Wow - I do have a brain filled with useless "knowledge", but I'm not even going to attempt it as the ones you've listed here are so good. Did not know about the Edwin Booth one! Wow!Linda Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11285985403444531922noreply@blogger.com