Saturday 30 November 2013

Lord Noel Says "It's QUIZ TIME!"

Whatto! Pepys...


Todays QUIZ is a very simple TRUE or FALSE? one.
Read the list of 'FACTS' given below and decide which one's are TRUE and which one's are FALSE.
The answers appear at the bottom (but NO cheating!)

So let's begin...

LORD NOEL'S TRUE? or FALSE? QUIZ

1. All of the clocks in Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.


2. If she were life size, Barbie's measurements are: 39-23-33.

3. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.

4. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".

5. All 50 American states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.

6. Almonds are members of the peach family.

7. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.

8. Maine is the only American state whose name is just one syllable.

9. There are only four words in the English language which end in"-dous"

10. The longest place-name still in use is one used for a hill in New Zealand.

11. Los Angeles's full name can be abbreviated to "L.A." which is 3.63% of its full, original name.

12. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

13. An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.

14. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

15. In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.

16. Al Capone's business card said he was a 'used furniture dealer'.

17. The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.

18. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

19. An American dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

20. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.

21. The male gypsy moth can "smell" the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away.

22. The name for Oz in the "Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z - hence "Oz."

23. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

24. John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.

25. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

26. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.

27. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.



FINISHED!



Wondering how you did?
  Scroll down for the answers.... \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ Nearly there! \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ ANSWERS!       Guess what?   They are ALL True!   Q9. The 4 words are: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. Q10. The name of the hill in New Zealand is: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwenuakitanatahu Q11. L.A's full name is: "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula"

Tallyho!   Best Wishes - Lord Noel

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