The Movie Timeline

The complete history of the world according to movies. Because movies are always correct, of course..
http://www.themovietimeline.com/

Some highlights:

• Shortly after the beginning... God subcontracts the fjords to Slartibartfast, a planetary construction engineer from Magrathea (The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy)
• A long time ago... Luke Skywalker and Han Solo lead a rebellion against the evil empire(Star Wars)
• 65,000,000BC A mosquito becomes irrevocably trapped in tree resin (Pangea - Jurassic Park)
• 1 Brian of Nazareth is born nearby Jesus Christ (Bethlehem - Monty Python's Life of Brian)
• 1885 7th September: A train falls into a ravine, and Marty McFly travels through time to 1985 (Back to the Future Part III)
• 2100 Machines create the Matrix, a dream-like world set in 1999, to extend the lives of the comatose human batteries - or this happens centuries later (The Matrix Revolutions)
• 3955 There's a planet, full of apes, looking suspiciously familiar... George Taylor detonates a bomb and destroys Earth (Planet of the Apes (1968))
• 865,427,810 Alexander Hartdegen briefly arrives from 802,701 (The Time Machine)

Hiyelness: 10.0

Can Nash repeat history with 30 assists?

Candidates for current NBA players to repeat historical NBA games. Michael Jordan's flu game vs. Dwyane Wade's bruised rib game? Eerie..
http://www.dimemag.com/feature.asp?id=2703

Hiyelness: 8.0

Swindle like a Grandmaster

Pretend to be confused for an hour, so that his opponent thinks he blundered out of time pressure and fall into a game-winning trap.
http://chessstuff.blogspot.com/2005/04/swindle-like-grandmaster.html

Hiyelness: 8.5