True or False

Are the following statements true or false?


1 In 1998 Clint Eastwood was elected President of the US Rifle Association

Answer – False, Charlton Heston


2 In Renaissance England rat, turkey, blood and puke were all shades of lipstick

Answer – True


3 Dysypgal is the technical term for in growing toe nails

Answer – False, the term for hairy buttocks


4 Mizaru, Mikazaru and Mazaru are the surnames of the Three Musketeers

Answer – False, names of the Three Wise Monkeys


5 In 1972 at the age of 21 the future Prime Minister Gordon Brown won a Daily Express competition for The Vision of Britain in the Year 2000

Answer – True


6 The dinosaur noises in Jurassic Park were made by slowing down the sounds made by geese

Answer – True


7 Wilma Flintstone’s maiden name was Redbrick

Answer – False, Slaghoople


8 There is a greater percentage of redheads per capita born in Scotland than any other country in the world

Answer – True


9 The wingspan of a Boeing 747 is longer than the first flight of the Wright Brothers

Answer – True


10 Esposas, the Spanish word for wives is also the Spanish word for handcuffs

Answer –True


11 The Philippines produces over 60% of the world’s vanilla

Answer – False, Madagascar


12 The Sumerian god of feasting goes by the name of Burp

Answer – False


13 In Norway shaving foam is known as barberskum

Answer – True


14 In 1935 the first ever person to undergo a driving test was called Mr Bean

Answer – True


15 Cinders was the name of the pet dog of the US railroad hero Casey Jones

Answer – True


16 The last words of Walt Disney were, “That was the best ice cream soda I ever tasted”

Answer – False, last words of Lou Costello




17 If a person is described as stentorian they possess a loud voice

Answer – True


18 The Purple Heart contains a profile of Abraham Lincoln

Answer – False, George Washington


19 The city of Phoenix stands on the banks of the Pepper River

Answer – False, Salt River


20 Ostraconophobia is the morbid fear of mucus

Answer – False, fear of shellfish