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