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With Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull opening this weekend I thought I'd share some trivia about the previous 3 movies.

Raiders Of The Lost Ark

• Iran and Iraq are both shown on a map, although the area, in the 1930s, was called Persia.
• The map showing the path of Indy's flight includes Thailand, which was called Siam at the time.
• During the fire fight in Marion's Bar, Indy's gun changes from a .38 revolver to a Colt .45, back to a .38, then back once again to a .45.
• Set in 1936, the sub-machine guns used are German MG-44s, which weren't designed until 1944.
• When Indy pushes a stone block out of a wall to escape from the crypt, it bounces as it hits the ground.
• When Marion is tied up in the German tent, her hair is under the gag tied around her mouth, then over it, then under it again.

Temple Of Doom

• The movie opens with a scene in a night club. After the fight is over, and Indy and Willie make their escape, the name of the club is seen as they drive away - Club Obi Wan.
• 'Temple Of Doom' is actually set before 'Raiders Of The Lost Ark'.
• The original dress for Willie in the opening "Anything Goes" scene was destroyed by an elephant in the jungle scene when it ate the back of the dress.
• When they arrive at the plane after the club scene, the man that walks them to the plane is Dan Aykroyd.
• When the lava pit is opening to sacrifice Willie, listen for the same sound as Darth Vader igniting his lightsaber.
• Just like Indiana was named after George Lucas' dog, Willie was named after Steven Spielberg's dog and Short Round was named after screenwriters Bill Hyuck and Gloria Hatz's dog.
• Indy charges after the guards with a sword just before going on the bridge, then has to make a quick retreat when they chase him. Remember Han Solo and the chase of the stormtroopers on board the Death Star? Harrison Ford is one brave man...
• Some of the action scenes in in this film were actually written for 'Raiders of the Lost Ark', but were dropped and incorporated into this one.

The Last Crusade

• Hitler signs his name with the wrong hand when he autographs the diary, and actually spells his own name incorrectly.
• Trying to find his father, Indy goes through his father's mail, revealing a stamp which wouldn't have been issued at that time.
• The airship Indy and his father looks very much like the Hindenburg which exploded the year before. It is not the Hindenburg, but in fact the Graf Zeppelin II, her twin, which was ready for commercial operation in 1938. However, the the dirigible never carried a paying customer and was instead used for reconnaissance of the English border just before the war.
• When young Indy is in the lion's cart, he cracks a whip that cuts him on the top of his chin, hence Indiana's chin scar. But actually Harrison Ford got that scar when he crashed his car while trying to put his seatbelt on.
• River Phoenix, who plays the young Indy, played Harrison Ford's son in the 1986 movie "The Mosquito Coast."
• In the scene in the zeppelin where Indy talks with his father, Harrison Ford and Sean Connery both elected to shoot the scene wearing no trousers because it was so hot and they didn't want to stop every ten seconds to wipe sweat away.
• During the fighting scene on the tank. Indy is punched and hits the periscope while the solders inside watch. One of the solders says to the other "The Americans - they fight like women" in German and then gets hit by the periscope.
• During the scene with Hitler in Berlin, there is one shot where some books to be burnt are shown. If you look closely, you can see that one is "Das Kapital" by Karl Marx.

TECHNOLOGY:
Q. What is your wallpaper on your computer?
It changes every hour and is currently set to:

Q. How many televisions do you have in your house?
Four.

Q. How many computers do you have in your house?
Five.

BIOLOGY:
Q. Are you right-handed or left-handed?
Right-handed.

Q. Have you ever had anything removed from your body?
Both of my big toe nails.

Q. What is the last heavy item you lifted?
My Dad; he fell out of his wheelchair.

Q. Have you ever been knocked out?
Not in a fight, no. But, I've been knocked out with anaesthetic.

BULLSHITOLOGY:
Q. If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die?
As cool an idea as it would be I would imagine I would freak out and try to avoid it as it got closer. So, no, I'd prefer not to know.

Q. If you could change your name, what would you change it to?
I wouldn't.

Q. What colour do you think looks best on you?
Black.

Q. Have you ever swallowed a non-food item?
Yes, paper to keep secrets when younger.

DAREOLOGY:
Q. Would you kiss a member of the same sex for £100?
I've already done that.

Q. Would you allow one of your little fingers to be cut off for £200,000?
Maybe the left one.

Q. Would you never blog again for £50,000?
You'd have to take my PC and internet access away and that'd drive me nuts; so, no, I couldn't do that.

Q. Would you pose naked in a magazine for £250,000?
It'd be scary for the readers; but I'd do it.

Q. Would you drink an entire bottle of hot sauce for £1000?
Yeah, why not. As long as there were suitable quantities of water etc available afterwards.

Q. Would you, without fear of punishment, take a human life for £1,000,000?
I'm tempted to say 'No', but the truth is that if the person truly deserved to die then 'Yes'. But, it would have to be proven unequivocally that the person deserved their fate. Maybe a Child Molester or Rapist.

DUMBOLOGY:
Q: What is in your left pocket?
It's empty.

Q: Is Napoleon Dynamite actually a good movie?
Never seen it, so I don't know.

Q: Do you have hardwood or carpet in your house?
Carpet.

Q: Do you sit or stand in the shower?
Stand.

Q: How many pairs of shoes/trainers do you own?
Five, maybe Six.

LASTOLOGY:
Q: Last person who texted you?
My Brother-In-Law, Russell, with a non-PC joke.

Q: Last person who called you?
My Auntie.

Q: Last person you hugged?
My Sister-In-Law. It was her birthday yesterday.

The trivia today is some tongue twisters for you:

1. Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.
2. Round the rugged rock, the ragged rascal ran.
3. Which witch wished which wicked wish?
4. Six thick thistle sticks.
5. Greek grapes.

It's Friday. Time for some trivia.

Ice Cream
Flavours of ice cream available in Japan include octopus, ox tongue, cactus, chicken wing and crab. A restaurant in Osaka, Japan, serves whale ice-cream made from the blubber of the minke whale. Soft ice-cream of the type sold in ice-cream vans is given its slithery smoothness by an extract of seaweed. The last meal of Oklahoma Bomber Timothy McVeigh was almost a litre (2 pints) of mint choc-chip ice-cream.

Crisps
Odd crisp flavours available around the world include octopus, seaweed, banana, and sour cream and squid. In Hong Kong, you can buy packets of crispy fried crabs like packets of crisps.

Camels
Bedouin wedding feasts sometimes include a roast camel, stuffed with a sheep, stuffed with chickens, stuffed with fish, stuffed with eggs. Bedouin people cook a camel's hump by burying it underground and lighting a fire over the top of it. When they dig it up and eat it, the top is cooked, but the bottom still mostly raw and bloody. Camels' feet are cooked in a light stock and served with vinaigrette. Only the feet of young camels are considered tasty. Camel feet can also be cooked in camel milk.

In an effort to try and keep this blog a wee bit interesting I'm going to start a new trivia feature. I'll try and post some trivia at least every other Friday and might even manage to post trivia every Friday.

I will start off with some Mongolian Trivia:

• The Mongolian ruler Ghengis Khan imposed the death penalty for urinating in water because water was so precious in the Mongolian desert.
• Mongol leader Tamerlane the Great (1336-1405) executed anyone who told him a joke he had already heard.
• Tamerlane was also reputed to play polo using the skulls of enemies killed in battle.
• In the 1800s, Mongolian prisoners were fastened into a wooden box little larger than a coffin where they were left to die. Some were given food for years, but never allowed out.
• In Mongolia, camel or horse milk is stored in a cleaned horse stomach or hide bag and hung up in the ger (tent). Everyone who passes the door has to stir or hit the bag. It slowly ferments into a slightly alcoholic, cheesy, yoghurt drink which everyone drinks, even children.
• It is said that the dish steak tartar came from Mongolian warriors keeping a piece of beef under their saddles so that it is pummelled until tender as they ride around all day and then eating the steak raw.