QUESTIONS

1. In the game of Monopoly, there are 28 properties up for grabs
2. Scallops can’t swim
3. John Bishop wrote the Flanimals books
4. A Koala’s diet consists of only mice and insects
5. In music, there are eight semiquavers in a minim
6. The Brazilian Wandering Spider is one of the most dangerous spiders in the world
7. Zucchinis and Courgettes are the same things
8. The Richter Scale is used to measure temperature and humidity
9. The Hyena is also known as the Laughing Jackass
10. British TV Series ‘Call the Midwife’ is a true story based on the memoirs of Jennifer worth
11. Until 1972, only property-owners were eligible to sit on British juries
12. It was illegal for women to wear buttons in fifteenth century Florence
13. In the US, more women are the victims of domestic violence on Super Bowl Sunday than on any other day of the year
14. Winston Churchill was once prosecuted for burglary
15. In Louisiana, it is a criminal offence, punishable by 10 years in jail, to steal an alligator
16. A student at Durham University in 1971 went to bed in the dark so she didn’t disturb her roommate. She woke up to find her friend murdered and the words ‘Aren’t you glad you didn’t turn on the light!’ written in blood on the wall
17. It is illegal in Mississippi to tell someone what polygamy is
18. Lee Harvey Oswald was the first person to be assassinated on live TV
19. Al Capone was the first American to make $100 million a year
20. In China, the crime of smuggling rare animals is punishable by death
21. Althaiophobia is the fear of marshmallows
22. Chronomentrophobia is the fear of clocks
23. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words
24. Hypnophobia is a fear of sleep or falling asleep
25. Peladophobia is the fear of bald people
26. Panophobia is the fear of everything
27. Logizomechanophobia is the fear of computers
28. Musophobia is the fear of mice
29. Nyctophobia is the fear of dark
30. Brontophobia is the fear of thunder
31. Vanilla is the most expensive spice in the World
32. In 2007 McDonald’s officially changed its name in China to Golden Arches
33. Tahini is the primary ingredient of hummus
34. Alliumphobia is a fear of garlic
35. According to a 2017 poll by YouGov, the UK’s favourite pizza topping is pepperoni
36. Cochineal (red) food colouring is derived from bugs of the same name
37. A new World record for the tallest pancake stack was set at Center Parcs Sherwood Forest in 2016
38. An orange contains more Vitamin C than Kiwi Fruit
39. Mrs Beeton was in her seventies when she wrote ‘The Book of Household Management’
40. There are around 200 seeds on the outside of an average strawberry
41. Singer Susan Boyle is a cousin of comedian Frankie Boyle
42. Madonna was once sacked from a job at Dunkin’ Donuts
43. Miley Cyrus’s real name is Destiny Hope Cyrus
44. Rock star Sting used to be a Milkman
45. Murderer Charles Manson auditioned to be one of the Monkees on the 1960s TV series
46. Walt Disney banned his employess from growing moustaches
47. As a child, One Direction star Harry Styles once represented his Country at Chess
48. After his death, Elvis Presley’s head was removed and buried in a secret location so that it wouldn’t be a target for thieves
49. Princess Diana once participated in a TV phone-poll and voted to abolish the monarchy
50. Actor Mark Wahlberg was once charged with attempted murder
51. Pirates used to make their victims walk the plank
52. All laptop computers in the USA sold since 2005 are fitted with secret ‘key-loggers’ that record whatever is typed on the computer and sends it to the Department of Homeland Security without the owners knowledge
53. A mayoral election in Ecuador was once won by a foot powder
54. The Titanic was the first ship to use SOS as a distress call
55. Red cars receive more speeding tickets than any other colour
56. A lobsters blood is blue
57. Peanuts are a key ingredient of dynamite
58. Coca-Cola is used by police for cleaning up blood after a traffic accident
59. Chocolate causes acne
60. A wedding ring is traditionally worn on the third finger of the left hand because Ancient Egyptians believed a vein ran from this finger directly to the heart
61. You use 300 muscles when balancing
62. A pregnant goldfish is called a ‘twit’
63. The Vikings wore horned helmets
64. The plastic bits on the ends of your shoelaces are called aglets
65. The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows
66. There is enough carbon in a human body to make 900 pencils
67. The World’s shortest war was between England and Zanzibar, and lasted between 38-45 minutes
68. Hair and Fingernails grow after death
69. Apollo 11 had only 20 seconds of fuel left when it landed back on Earth
70. Cataract surgery was practiced in India several centuries before Christ
71. Alfred was the name of Batman’s butler
72. A tine is the name for the end of a shoelace
73. If a Polish flag is displayed upside-down, it becomes the Thailand flag
74. The second most-commonly used letter in the English language is ‘T’
75. The Lone Ranger’s real name was John Reid
76. Slugs do not have noses
77. Tonto’s horse was called Scout
78. It is estimated that 9% of the world’s dog population has only 3 legs
79. Magellan was the first man to travel around the earth
80. Bilbao is Spain’s largest port
81. Kansas is the flattest state in the USA
82. The Battle of Hastings took place on 14 October 1066
83. There are 1 million ants for every human in the World
84. The Scientific name for tennis elbow is ‘Tinea Pedis’
85. There are 10 players on a women’s lacrosse team
86. Justin Timberlake was the youngest member of 1990’s boy band ‘N Sync.’
87. The Nebula Awards celebrate work in the field of astronomy
88. Vladimir Zhirinovsky is the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
89. Switzerland has four official national languages
90. In the geologic timescale, the Cretaceous Period followed the Triassic Period
91. Britpop band Oasis were originally called The Rain
92. Christopher Lee, who played a James Bond villain, is Bond author Ian Flemings cousin
93. The longest river in the UK is the River Severn
94. Dalmatian dogs have pure white coats when they are born
95. Platform 9¾ is where Harry Potter boards the Hogwarts Express
96. In Disney’s The Jungle Book, the snakes name is Shere Khan
97. George Harrison was the youngest member of The Beatles
98. Alfred Hitchcock made cameo appearances in 39 of his 52 major films
99. A musical octave consists of eight notes
100. A ton of bricks weighs more than a ton of feathers
101. English computer scientist, Tim Berners-Lee, invented the World Wide Web
102. Rhinoceros horns are made from hair
103. A baby Whale is called a calf
104. Disney Princess Aurora is better known as the ‘Beauty’ in Beauty and the Beast
105. Spheksophobia is the fear of wasps
106. Frankenstein was the name of the monsters creator, not the monster itself
107. The dictator Idi Amin was also known as the ‘Butcher of Uganda’
108. India is the largest producer of films in the world
109. Although never the same, snowflakes always have six sides
110. Debbie Reynolds, star of the 1952 musical Singin’ In The Rain, is Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher’s mother
111. Al Capone’s first full name was Alphonso
112. Male mosquitoes don’t bite people
113. Sharks have a sixth sense to detect electricity and vibration
114. A whale is a type of fish
115. John Wayne never won an Oscar
116. The bar in the TV Show Cheers was situated below a restaurant called Melville’s Seafood
117. An ‘Ortanique’ is a fruit thats a cross between an orange and a grapefruit
118. Ziggy Stardust was Frank Zappa’s alter ego
119. In Golf, the fringe of the green is called the ‘apron’
120. Bumblebees live in nests with 50 to 400 bees
121. Margarine is better for you than butter
122. Women have thicker skin than men
123. 25% of all your bones are in your feet
124. Robot brick layers can lay six times more bricks a day as humans
125. The new plastic bank notes are indestructible
126. Camels store water in their humps
127. Treadmills were used as torture devices for prisoners
128. Humans and Bananas share 50% of their DNA
129. You cannot taste food unless it is mixed with saliva
130. You can fit the entire population of the world on the Isle of Wight
131. Bulls are attracted to the colour red
132. Waking a sleepwalker can do irreparable harm
133. Bananas will be extinct in the next 10 years
134. Your heart stops when you sneeze
135. Toads can give you warts
136. Coca-Cola was originally green
137. The first word spoken on the moon was ‘okay’
138. The record for the most children born to 1 woman is 69
139. Canada means ‘big village’
140. Apart from humans, black lemurs are the only primates that have blue eyes