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I am going to a quiz tonight. Give me facts

129 replies

PseudoBadger · 28/02/2019 07:50

I am good on music, ok on geography and current affairs. Ok on Premier league and World Cup football.
Please share random/useless facts that may be in a quiz?

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Whynham · 28/02/2019 09:40

Pogonophobia is the fear of beards

Brahumbug · 28/02/2019 09:44

Oceananus Hopkins Born in 1620, was the only baby born on the Mayflower on its way to America.

AornisHades · 28/02/2019 09:52

I think Enid Blyton'ssecond husband was called Darrell.

Ariela · 28/02/2019 10:04

Mars Bars were invented in the UK in Slough by Forrest Mars in 1932.
The £1 coin was introduced in 1983 (I got that one right).
When was Blue Peter first broadcast? (1958) Who was the longest running Editor of Blue Peter (Biddy Baxter), and what was Biddy's full name (Joan Maureen Baxter - my mum taught her in her first teaching job)
How many James Bond films have been released ? (26)
How many actors have played James Bond (7)
Name them : Sean Connery, David Niven, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, Daniel Craig *these are the 2 people forget
& Enid Blyton is her real name.

Holidayshopping · 28/02/2019 10:08

Her second husband was Kenneth Fraser Darrell Waters.

Her name was Enid Blyton!

StellaRae · 28/02/2019 10:12

Which London tube station contains all 5 vowels?
Mansion House and South Ealing

What is a baby reindeer called?
A calf

Which space shuttle comes first alphabetically?
Atlantis

Which country was the first to allow women to vote?
New Zealand

Justmuddlingalong · 28/02/2019 10:16

The bank HSBC stands for Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking corporation.

Judashascomeintosomemoney · 28/02/2019 10:30

France’s longest land border is with Brazil

Explain this one to me!

French Guiana

Judashascomeintosomemoney · 28/02/2019 10:31

Mary Tourtel (from Canterbury) wrote Rupert Bear.

Okki · 28/02/2019 10:32

The question I've heard a few time lately - three astronauts went to the moon, which one did not walk on the moon? Michael Collins. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin did.

marcopront · 28/02/2019 10:37

The president of the Methodist Conference is Michaela Youngson. The previous president was also female.

Zoflorabore · 28/02/2019 11:41

Ooh that's driving me mad over Enid Blyton. I read it years ago ( pre internet ) and she was my favourite author as a child.
I read that she based Darrell Rivers on her own name of Darrell Waters.
I've always believed it Blush sorry op.

BlueMerchant · 28/02/2019 13:09

Oldest bridge in England is Tarr Steps in Exmoor.
Oldest cathedral in England is St.Albans.

ohdearmymistake · 28/02/2019 13:29

George Lazenby only did one Bond film, On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
He was an Australian actor and former model
He was the only Bond to marry, Diana Rigg who got shot whilst in the car with James.

TaMereAPoilDevantPrisu · 28/02/2019 17:37

The most popular song in 2018 was God’s Plan by Drake

measured how? I bet Baby Shark was more popular.

On James Bond, I read somewhere Bob Holness was the first actor to play him, in a radio adaptation.

My top quiz question is which country was the first to have over 50% women in parliament? No-one ever guesses the right answer. Wanna try?

BTW Pseudo you're on my bus, waves

iklboo · 28/02/2019 17:47

All the Doctor Who actors (don't forget Paul McGann and technically John Hurt)

Seven Dwarfs

Magnificent Seven

Greenteandchives · 28/02/2019 17:47

What is Barbie’s full name?
Barbara Millicent Roberts.

Greenteandchives · 28/02/2019 17:50

Which are the only two countries in the world to have square flags?
Switzerland and Vatican City.

There is often a flags round in quizzes.

Nepal has a double triangle as its flag.

PseudoBadger · 28/02/2019 17:52

Thanks all this is brilliant! I will report back on how much we lose by Grin

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PowerhouseOfTheCell · 28/02/2019 17:53

A dog scratches itself 5 times a second!

MaidenMotherCrone · 28/02/2019 18:00

An octopus has 3 hearts.

Bloodybridget · 28/02/2019 18:13

The world's tallest building is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.

birkenstocks4ever · 28/02/2019 18:33

Who said "life's too short to stuff a mushroom"?

Shirley Conran

Hellohah · 28/02/2019 18:36

I've been to 3 quizzes where they asked this ...

What is the name of Nazi Germany's plan to invade the UK in the Battle of Britain (WWII)? Operation Sea Lion

PetuliaBlavatsky · 28/02/2019 18:43

The most hotly debated question in our last quiz was what year did M&S start selling bras? 1926 apparently.