Billie Joe Armstrong was born in the early 1970s.
Paul the Octopus -LRB- 26 January 2008 -- 26 October 2010 -RRB- was a common octopus which was purportedly used to predict the results of association football matches .. football. association football. common octopus. common octopus. Accurate predictions in the 2010 World Cup brought him worldwide attention as an animal oracle .. 2010 World Cup. 2010 FIFA World Cup. animal oracle. Oracular animal. During divinations , Paul 's keepers would present him with two boxes containing food .. The boxes were identical except that they were decorated with the different team flags of the competitors in an upcoming football match .. football. association football. Whichever box Paul ate from first was considered his prediction for which team would win the match .. His keepers at the Sea Life Centre in Oberhausen , Germany , mainly tasked him with predicting the outcomes of international matches in which the German national football team was playing .. football. association football. Sea Life Centre. Sea Life Centres. Oberhausen. Oberhausen. German national football team. Germany national football team. Paul correctly chose the winning team in four of Germany 's six Euro 2008 matches , and all seven of their matches in the 2010 World Cup -- including Germany 's third place play-off win over Uruguay on 10 July .. 2010 World Cup. 2010 FIFA World Cup. Euro 2008. 2008 UEFA European Football Championship. He also correctly chose Spain as the winner of the 2010 FIFA World Cup final .. 2010 FIFA World Cup final. 2010 FIFA World Cup final. Spain. Spain national football team. This totalizes an overall record of 12 correct predictions out of 14  : a success rate of approximately 85.7 % .. Aside from its predictions involving Germany , Paul also foretold Spain 's win against the Netherlands in the 2010 World Cup Final by eating a mussel from the box with the Spanish flag on it .. 2010 World Cup. 2010 FIFA World Cup. Spain. Spain national football team. Netherlands. Netherlands national football team. 2010 World Cup Final. 2010 FIFA World Cup Final. Experts have proposed several scientific theories to explain Paul 's seemingly prescient behaviour , which range from pure luck to the possibility that it was attracted to the appearance or the smell of one box over another .. prescient. prescient. smell. Odor