Trivia time!

Now that it behooves us all to stay inside and avoid physical contact, I thought I'd talk movies. Okay, to be fair I talk a lot about movies, since movies are awesome. At least some are awesome. Many many films are the opposite of awesome...

So it's trivia time!

An iconic scene in the awesome Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) is when the Terminator is riding his big bike, twirling his shotgun around one handed, to re-cock and shoots gates open.

This scene is so well done. Smooth and badass to the bone. But, anyone crazy enough to do that would end up badly hurt.

The gun in question is a Winchester 1887 lever action shotgun with the stock and trigger guard cut off. Even though it's technically possible to spin it around like that, it won't end well. The gun you see Arnold spin around was a prop gun, and one time when Arnold accidentally picked up a real one and tried to do the move, he almost broke three fingers. Keep in mind that as a champion bodybuilder, Arnold has to have pretty strong hands, and the torque still nearly broke his hand.

Further, the novel states that it is a 10-gauge shotgun, so unless you really are a Terminator, don't try shooting it with one hand, okay? Don't try this at home!

So that was a lot to digest at once. Quickfire trivia time!

Every time John Travolta's character Vincent goes to the bathroom in Pulp Fiction, something bad happens.

The original raw footage of Apocalypse Now is 1.250.000 feet long, or 381 kilometers. The distance from London to Paris is 350 kilometers as the crow flies.

The warthog Pumbaa in Lion King is the first Disney character to fart on screen.

In that vein, Psycho (1960) was the first film to show a flushing toilet.

Staying with Psycho, it was filmed in black and white to save money. Hitchcock had to pony up most of the money himself and was keen to cut costs.

In Batman and Robin (1997) Batman pulls out a bat-themed credit card that reads Good until: Forever. Imagine trying to use that card to buy anything on the internet. How many shops have Forever as an option?

The original Die Hard is one of the finest action movies of all time and it made Bruce Willis a household name. But he was the seventh (technically eight) actor considered for the role. In line ahead of Bruce was: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Burt Reynolds, Richard Gere, Harrison Ford, and Mel Gibson.

The reason for the technical eight was that due to contract reasons, they had to offer the role to an aging Frank Sinatra...

The raunchy Mel Brooks comedy Blazing Saddles was shot on the same set as Westworld

The passport James Bond shows in Skyfall was actually issued by the British Home Office. Besides being made out to a fictional character, it's absolutely genuine.

That's that. Until next time, stay safe, wash your hands and have a great week!