Category: Trivia

Everyone Knows “The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral”

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Everyone knows the story of The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

Well, let me rephrase that.  Everybody thinks they know the story of The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

You’d be surprised at how many people think the gunfight really took place at the O.K. Corral.  [As an interesting side note, had the Cowboys stayed at the O.K. Corral, they wouldn’t have broken any city laws by wearing their guns, which of course was the “reason” for the confrontation between the Earps, Doc Holiday and the Cowboys.]

If you’d like to read a short, detailed and well written account of The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, by Eddie Deezen, you can, thanks to Neatorama.

How Many Gangs were in The Warriors?

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How many gangs were featured in Walter Hill’s cult classic The Warriors?

Let’s see…

There were, of course, the Warriors.

Everybody remembers the Baseball Furies.

The gang that called all gangs for a meet were the Gramercy Riffs.

Then there was the scary gang that rode [inside and outside] the school bus — the Turnbull AC’s.

The all girl gang was the Lizzies.

The gang that almost let the Warriors pass through their territory was the Orphans (so low on the gang food chain they weren’t even invited to the gathering).

The gang that set all other gangs on the Warriors were the Rouges.

There was a gang that dressed flashy and were only seen at the start and they were called the Boppers.

So I got 8.  Did you do better?

There were actually 21 street gangs featured in The Warriors and Mental Floss counts them down for us!

Which X-Men Character Are You?

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Let’s be honest.

When I took the Which X-Men Character Are You? quiz  I was hoping for  Wolverine.  Wolverine is cool.  He’s a loner.  He is loyal to friends and can handle himself in any situation.  Who wouldn’t want to be Wolverine?

I got Beast.

After reading the characteristic’s of the Beast, I’d like to think that they got it right.  I’m not Wolverine.

I’m the  Beast.