I am going to a quiz tonight. Give me facts

[PseudoBadger]

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?

I know all the books if the New Testament. I had a very boring childhood.

Dog Star Rin tin tin died in the arms of actress jean Harlow

Red Rum won his first Grand National in 1973, the horse that was 2nd was called Crisp.

Bananas are part of the herb family.

Turtles breathe out of their butts.
The only shark infested like is in Nicaragua.
Canada means "Village" in the native language.

That's all the brilliant ones I've learned at quizzes myself.

South Africa does not have a capital city.

Sort of... it has three. Cape Town, as the seat of Parliament, is the legislative capital; Pretoria, as the seat of the President and Cabinet, is the administrative capital; and Bloemfontein, as the seat of the Supreme Court of Appeal, is the judicial capital.

Yes Hefzi, well done, basically because so many men were killed in the genocide.

That was just a wild guess TaMereAPoilDevantPrisu! I didn't realise it was connected with the genocide, though that makes perfect sense now you've explained it. Thank you!

There is only one country that has a plant on its flag - Lebanon. It is, of course, the very beautiful Cedar of Lebanon.

The coldest place in the known universe is called the Boomerang nebula. Also known as the bow tie nebula.

GB consumes approximately 95% of the world's baked beans

...Baked Beans are not baked. They are stewed.

Margaret Thatcher was prime minister from 1979 - 1990 and was succeeded by john major

A square is a type of rectangle so all squares are rectangles but not all rectangles are squares.

Dutchphobia is an actual fear of Dutch people/culture/Holland.

What is unique about Hull City FC?

It's the only team in any English Football league which doesn't contain any letters you can colour in.

It may amaze you to know that my DDad got this question right at our PTA quiz, and won us the game. Thanks old boy

Gary Numan is older than Gary Oldman

@cwg what about Canada's maple leaf then? Or Macau's Lotus flower, the prickly pear cactus on the Mexican flag
I think you meant TREE not plant

Humans share 50% DNA with bananas.
I kid you not! I got laughed at, at a quiz I was at and low and behold I was the only one to get that right.
I'm quite proud knowing that useless fact

Random Fact ;

The table consisting of balding men wearing pilot frame spectacles and beige jackets will contest at least one answer per round and, if you walk past their table to go to the toilet/bar, will throw themselves over the answer sheet in case you get to see one of their answers to the picture round.

The Nylon naming is a myth. It isn't a contraction of New York and London.

www.timelessmyths.co.uk/where-does-name-nylon-originate.html

The tiebreaker question I got asked at a quiz once (tiny village pub in the middle of nowhere who unbeknownst to them had a chemist in their midst) was:

What does DNA stand for? Deoxyribonucleic Acid.

How did your quiz go? Learn anything new?

We came 4th out of 7 so not too bad. I impressed the table in the music round
Erm a random fact... a basketball hoop is 18 inches.

Sorry the diameter is 18 inches

I love a quiz!

I went to a pub quiz last night too and revised this thread beforehand. Needless to say, none of these facts came up