Useless trivia

[Lepplady]

A spot for... you guessed it.

Who is the only actor to win an Oscar for playing a person of the opposite Gender?

Spoiler

Linda Hunt. She played a male Indonesian dwarf named Billy Kwan in The Year of Living Dangerously.

 

[Grandpa]

The highest consonant-to-vowel ratio in the English language, with eight consonants to one vowel (!) is: strengths.

 

[danie]

The highest consonant-to-vowel ratio in the English language, with eight consonants to one vowel (!) is: strengths.

I love trivia about words and language!
"Stewardesses" is the longest common English word you can type with one hand. (You just air-typed it, didn't you?)

 

[danie]

And "skepticisms" is the longest word you can type with alternating hands. Of course, the way people type today on phones and tablets, my trivia is even more trivial.

 

[danie]

A spot for... you guessed it.

Who is the only actor to win an Oscar for playing a person of the opposite Gender?

Spoiler

Linda Hunt. She played a male Indonesian dwarf named Billy Kwan in The Year of Living Dangerously.

And nominated, although he didn't win: Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie.

 

[morgan]

And nominated, although he didn't win: Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie.

That's the first one I thought of-LOVE that movie!

 

[Grandpa]

And nominated, although he didn't win: Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie.

Does Jaye Davidson count in here anywhere for his role in The Crying Game?

 

[danie]

That's the first one I thought of-LOVE that movie!

I can watch it over and over! I especially love Charles Durning's part.

 

[danie]

Does Jaye Davidson count in here anywhere for his role in The Crying Game?

He was nominated as well, but didn't win.

 

[Lepplady]

And nominated, although he didn't win: Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie.

He didn't play a woman. He played a man dressing as a woman to get a job. I LOVE that movie.

 

[morgan]

I can watch it over and over! I especially love Charles Durning's part.

I had to Google him-his role broke my heart!

 

[Grandpa]

The largest organ of the human body is skin.

 

[danie]

What is especially trivial about this sentence?
"Was it a car or a cat I saw?"

 

[Grandpa]

Something like a race car? Or a Toyota?

 

[danie]

Something like a race car? Or a Toyota?

Yes, a palindrome: reads the same forward and backward.

 

[Lepplady]

Does Jaye Davidson count in here anywhere for his role in The Crying Game?

Again, that role was a man identifying and dressing up as a woman, but was male, as the big reveal scene showed. Love that one, too. And the other drag movie the Irish guy (Stephen Rea) was in: Breakfast on Pluto. Cillian Murphy was exquisite.

Same thing with Hillary Swank as Brandon Teena in Boys Don't Cry. Brandon was a transgender girl who identified as a boy, but sadly never got the chance to transition.

 

[danie]

He didn't play a woman. He played a man dressing as a woman to get a job. I LOVE that movie.

True; he played a person playing the opposite gender!
Great thread, btw!

 

[Grandpa]

The kangaroo rat can spend its entire life without drinking water and undoubtedly provided the inspiration for Frank Herbert in Dune with the foundational name of the character Muad'dib, named after a desert rodent that "makes its own water" on the mythical planet Arrakis. (The kangaroo rat condenses water in its sinuses to sustain itself.)

 

[Lepplady]

The kangaroo rat can spend its entire life without drinking water and undoubtedly provided the inspiration for Frank Herbert in Dune with the foundational name of the character Muad'dib, named after a desert rodent that "makes its own water" on the mythical planet Arrakis. (The kangaroo rat condenses water in its sinuses to sustain itself.)

Linda Hunt was in that movie, too. As the Shadout Mapes.

 

[Lepplady]

I love trivia about words and language!
"Stewardesses" is the longest common English word you can type with one hand. (You just air-typed it, didn't you?)

Yes, I did.