misc

Useless Trivia #1
If you stacked the 2003/04 WNBL players on top of each other in a neat pile, one above the other, together they would reach approximately:
- 2% of the height of Mt Everest
- 5% of the height of Mt Cook in NZ
- 8% of the height of Mt Kosciusko (however you want to spell it, some include a Z)
- 16% of the length of the Sydney Harbour Bridge
- 48% of the height of the Empire State Building
- 57% of the height of the Eiffel Tower
- 99% of the height of the Seattle Space Needle

Useless Trivia #2
If all the players in the 2003/04 WNBL season meshed themselves into one giant being and added their accumulative ages, this super-combo-WNBL-player would have been born approximately during the time of Alexander The Great.

Useless Trivia #3
- 19% of all the players in WNBL history (not counting 03/04) went to the AIS
- 29% of all the AIS players in WNBL history played in the 2003/04 season
- 47% of all WNBL players from 2003/04 either went to the AIS or still go to the AIS
- 84% of the current Opals squad attended the AIS

Useless Trivia #4
If you stacked the 2004/05 WNBL players on top of each other in a neat pile, one above the other, together they would reach approximately:
- 2% of the height of K2
- 17% of Angel Falls
- 37% of the Petronas Towers (Kuala Lumpur)
- 53% of the Chrysler Building
- 60% of The Trump Building
- 64% of Trump World Tower
- 69% of Sydney's Chifley Tower
- 99.6% of the Washington Monument

Useless Trivia #5
If all the players in the 2004/05 WNBL season meshed themselves into one giant being and added their accumulative ages, this super-combo-WNBL-player would have been born approximately during the time of Spartacus.

Useless Trivia #6
If you stacked the 2005/06 WNBL players on top of each other in a neat pile, one above the other, together they would reach approximately:
- 34% of the height of Taipei 101
- 39% of the height of the Sears Tower
- 77% of the height of the Golden Gate Bridge
- 91% of the Gateway Arch
- 103% of the height of the Washington Monument

Useless Trivia #7
If all the players in the 2005/06 WNBL season meshed themselves into one giant being and added their accumulative ages, this super-combo-WNBL-player would have been born approximately during time the end of the Babylonian War.


Eljorging Questions
Eljorging - adjective : to generate interest, query or matter on the mind.
If you can help out with answers to the following questions, please help out.
If you have an Eljorging Question to add to the list, please submit it.
Question !! is open to multiple responses.

1. What's in those AIS coloured drink bottles/containers that need to be shaken?
2. Will Lucille Bailie come out of retirement... again?
3. Why are WNBA players more conservative (in terms of signature size) when signing basketballs (compared to WNBL players)?
4. Why did LJ change her free throw stance after leaving the AIS?
5. How come the Caps can have 6 support staff and other teams only bring 2? -- Auspost
6. How come some stadiums have seats for the subs and others don't? -- Auspost
7. If a team used a player to fill in (i.e. Karen Smith), do they get a championship ring if the team wins the grand final? -- Auspost
8. How many of those ambassador signed frames did the WNBL sell? -- Auspost

!!. Why do most court wipers wear t-shirts about 10 sizes too big?
A: Not sure why, shrink the shirts or put older kids in them... -- Geoff Tripp

Eljorging Answers
Q: When will the WNBL change the picture of Nat Porter on the official league site?
A: The WNBL website shall have a new look for the next season. -- Geoff Tripp (WNBL Comp Manager)

Q: Who updates the WNBL website?
A: There is a team of 5 people who look after the WNBL website. I am one of them. -- Geoff Tripp

Q: Why is there an image of LJ on the Sydney Flames game programs?
A: The WNBL produced a program template that is used by all eight clubs playing. -- Geoff Tripp