10 Worldopoly

Some names for the most expensive street in Monopoly:

  • Al Hambra Street
  • Aradelplatz
  • Boardwalk
  • Douglas Street
  • Eloffstraat
  • Erottaga
  • Kalverstraat
  • Leoforos Amalias
  • Mayfair
  • Morumbi
  • Nieuwstraat Brussel
  • Norrmallmstorg
  • Paseo de Gracia
  • Paseo del Prado
  • Paseo Tablado
  • Promenade
  • Radhusplassen
  • Rheinstrasse
  • Rossio
  • Rue de la Paix
  • Rue Neuve
  • Schlossallee
  • Shrewsbury Street

(World of Monopoly.co.uk)

Estimated number of different Monopoly versions: >1055
(Board Games and Gaming Blog from Jerusalem, Israel - Yehuda: Monopoly Versions)

Top Five end squares:

  1. Jail
  2. Illinois Avenue
  3. Go
  4. New York Avenue
  5. B & O Railroad

(Probabilities in the Game of MonopolyŽ)

8 Cash Cow

Film Budget Gross Revenue
Toy Story 30.000.000 $ 358.100.000 $
A Bug’s Life 45.000.000 $ 358.000.000 $
Toy Story 2 ~90.000.000 $ 485.015.179 $
Monsters, Inc. ~115.000.000 $ 525.366.597 $
Finding Nemo 94.000.000 $ 864.625.978 $
The Incredibles 92.000.000 $ 631.436.092 $
Cars 120.000.000 $ counting…
 
Steve Jobs’ Investment in Pixar: 10.000.000 $
Steve Jobs’ Revenue from Disney/Pixar Deal: ~3.700.000.000 $

(Pixar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

7 Cast Away

>3.450 container ships with more than 500 TEU are registered worldwide.
(Containership-Info)

>200.000.000 container movements are performed around the world every year.
(Containerization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

6.350 kg is the average weight of cargo of one TEU.
(http://www.hawaii.gov/dot/harbors/hawaii/tech.htm)

ca. 45.000 $ is the average value of cargo of one TEU.
(http://www.iumi.com/Conferences/2003_sevilla/1609/RRoenbeck.pdf)

>10.000 containers fall overboard container ships every year.
(Lost Sea Cargo: Beach Bounty or Junk?)

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