Fact or Fiction
Are the following statements
true or false?
1 A bogle is a cross between a boxer and a beagle
Answer True
2 The monarchs Henry II, King John and Edward I were all buried wearing their crowns
Answer False, all buried wearing gloves
3 In 2006, in the name of political correctness the Oxfordshire local education authority revamped the nursery rhyme Baa Baa Black Sheep renaming it Baa Baa Rainbow Sheep
Answer True
4 Cher has an entire garden of flowers tattooed on her backside
Answer True
5 The motto of the Isle of Man reads, Freedom, Family and Fortitude
Answer False, the motto is Wither so over
you throw it, it will stand
6 The earliest known zither was discovered in the tomb of a Chinese marquis dating back to 433BC
Answer True
7 The name of the state of Nebraska translates into English as red people
Answer False, Oklahoma means red people
8 There are more dogs depicted on the Bayeux Tapestry than women
Answer True, 55 dogs and 3 women
9 Retifism is the sexual fetish involving the fixation of wearing nappies
Answer False, fixation with shoes
10 The word ostracise is derived from pieces of broken pottery called ostraka that were used in Ancient Greece as voting tokens
Answer True
11 A spicy sausage with the brand name of Welsh Dragon has had to be renamed after trading standards officers warned the manufacturers that they could face prosecution because the sausage does not contain any dragon
Answer True
12 The rooster depicted on a Kelloggs cornflakes box is called Rocky
Answer False called Cornelius
13 Christopher Trace the first male Blue Peter presenter was a body double for Charlton Heston in the film Ben Hur
Answer True
14 Phobos and Deimos, the moons of Mars are named after the sons of the Roman deity Mars
Answer False, named after the horses that
pulled his chariot
15 In the USA the month of January is National Soup Month
Answer True
16 In November 2004, Scotland won the world championships at elephant polo
Answer True
17 A house in Pigeon Cone, Massachusetts is built entirely from pigeon feathers
Answer False, built from newspapers
18 The word geyser derives from the Cherokee word for climax
Answer False, from the Inuit word for hot
springs
19 Cypriphobia is the morbid fear of nuns
Answer False, morbid fear of prostitutes
20 The venom of the Russells viper has been used to treat haemophilia
Answer - True