Random trivia

Then it can only be Dance of Death. I only have the words for Gates of Tomorrow memorised in fragments, but it is the only possibility.

Here's a quick rundown with the very first tracks that come to mind (I'm not even trying to make this complete, there are far, far more omissions than inclusions):

The Number of the Beast has Invaders and Run to the Hills in 1st person pl. narrative.
Piece of Mind has Where Eagles Dare in third person.
Powerslave has Rime in third person.
Somewhere in Time has Alexander in third person.
Seventh Son has the title track in third person.
No Prayer is close, but has Mother Russia in 2nd person.
Fear of the Dark has Weekend Warrior is in 2nd person.
Brave New World has The Wicker Man in 2nd person.
A Matter of Life and Death has Greater Good in 2nd person.
 
Perun said:
Then it can only be Dance of Death.
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Excellent.

That's it mate.  :ok:

Iron Maiden, Killers & Dance Of Death are the three albums where all songs with lyrics are from this perspective.

Piece of Mind has the least songs from this perspective, only three(!) songs:
Revelations, The Trooper & Still Life
 
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NERRRRRRRRRRRRDS!!!!​
 
I call lies! The opening to Paschendale:

In a foreign field he lay,
Lonely soldier unknown grave,
On his dying word he prays,
Tell the world of Paschendale.

Not first person ;)

Edit: After that it is, but it's not entirely first person.
 
OK, as the World Cup plays out in South Africa, I have for you a World Cup trivia question.

Only one country has won the World Cup in the following team sports:

Rugby Union
Rugby League
Cricket
Hockey (of the grass kind ;))

Who are they?

Whilst I don't actually expect some of you to know this, I do expect almost all of you to be able to have an educated guess. And you don't need to know about the sports to answer this. If it's not answered soon, I will give a clue.
 
Only 3 teams play Rugby and Cricket at a high standard - Australia, South Africa and England.

It's not England, so it's SA or Australia. I'll go for Australia.
 
England have been finalists in all the above world Cups but only won it in Rugby Union.
India have won the Hockey and Cricket WC's, but don't play Rugby to any reasonable standard.
South Africa have only won the Rugby Union World Cup (twice), but not Cricket or Rugby League (I don't think they play it much) or Hockey.

Australia have almost totally dominated the Rugby League World Cups, done brilliantly well in Cricket, Hockey and Rugby Union World Cups and won all three (each sport on more than one occasion). Few can argue that the Aussies are possibly the best team sport nation in the world. Now if they take football as seriously as the rest of those sports, then.....
 
Albie said:
Few can argue that the Aussies are possibly the best team sport nation in the world. Now if they take football as seriously as the rest of those sports, then.....
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Now if only these sports were popular in more countries than they are right now...

With all respect, I don't find these three sports world sports. They are Anglo-Saxon sports mostly popular in a couple of Anglo-Saxon nations. A non-Anglo-Saxon can easily recognize that.  :D
 
Well, after footy, what would you say is the next most popular sport in the world? Speed skating?  :innocent:
 
Maybe based on fans? Is there a data base on fans? I'm sure there are lots of sports fans that can't watch the games.
 
Well, in that case, it's DEFINITELY soccer. I would imagine that baseball or basketball would be next. Track as well.
 
Re TV viewership, not surprising that soccer would have more worldwide viewers than NFL football, for a number of reasons -- not the least of which is that, based on my limited experience traveling abroad, I presume that NFL football isn't regularly broadcast outside North America.  Even so, it would not surprise me if NFL football were still the second-most-watched sport in the world, simply by virtue of the fact that the key games are the most-watched broadcasts, sports or otherwise, in the U.S. market most weeks during the season.  Baseball and basketball aren't even close when it comes to TV viewership in the U.S., except perhaps the college basketball championship tournament.  I'd be interested to know the most-watched sports in China and India (other than soccer) -- that would be a good trivia question, but I don't know the answer. 
 
Forostar said:
With all respect, I don't find these three sports world sports. They are Anglo-Saxon sports mostly popular in a couple of Anglo-Saxon nations.
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Football is an Anglo-Saxon sport as well (if you are saying that Anglo-Saxon as in sports originating from England). ;) (Not sure about the origins of field Hockey though).

Yes, I grant that Rugby League is not that popular, but Rugby Union is most definitely a sport played world wide and on every continent - to a high standard as a lot of teams are now fully professional - and not just in Commonwealth countries (Argentina, France, Italy - for example). Around 100 countries will take part in the 2011 World Cup and it is, in general - not just in 2011, the second biggest international tournament (behind the FIFA World Cup) in terms of crowd attendances and as such has a large global TV audience. To win the Rugby World cup is simply not that easy due to the high calibre of the top teams in this sport. Same with Cricket. Yes, only has a handful of test playing teams (10 in all) but the standard at the top of the game is high.

You have to acknowledge how high Australia has so often set the bar in these sports and give them credit for it.


cornfedhick said:
I'd be interested to know the most-watched sports in China and India (other than soccer) -- that would be a good trivia question, but I don't know the answer. 
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In India, it would almost definitely be Cricket.
 
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