“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy” .
Yes, apparently gray and white matters as you will find out in one of today’s selection of unusual facts.
Hope you enjoy the others as well. .
. During the production of the video game Deus Ex,
one of the artists forgot to add
the Twin Towers to New York City.
His mistake was explained by
way of a terrorist attack.
The year was 2000.
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Switzerland has
208 mountains over 3,000 meters high
and 24 over 4,000 meters.
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The male brain contains more gray matter
whereas the female brain contains more white matter.
White matter basically increases the speed
of transmission of all nerve signals,
which ultimately allows women to process thoughts
more rapidly than their male counterparts.
Don’t fret guys, you’ll get this
in another nano second or two.
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Genghis Kahn wanted the location
of his grave to be unknown
(somewhere in present day Mongolia)
so his funeral escort killed everyone they met
along the way and he even demanded that
a river be diverted to run across his grave
so it could never be disturbed.
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Although their civilization has declined and been conquered,
in many rural parts of Mexico and Guatemala
Mayan language and culture perseveres.
In fact, there are an estimated 7 million Maya
still living in and around the Yucatan Peninsula.
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The modern chainsaw was invented by Scottish
doctors to help with Symphysiotomy.
This is a surgical procedure that widens the
pelvis in order to assist in childbirth.
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China is among the countries with
the highest air pollution in the world.
Breathing air in Beijing, the country´s capital,
increases the risk of lung cancer in the same way
as smoking 21 cigarettes a day.
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In 1883 Sir Hiram Maxim created the Maxim gun.
The world’s first machine gun would go on to
revolutionize warfare and was used in both World Wars.
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Some rich people in Moscow buy
ambulances and use them to drive around
because the traffic is so bad.
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Operation Mockingbird was a secret campaign
begun in the 1950s by the
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
to influence media.
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After being frustrated by the service
he was receiving at Bank of America,
Dalton Chiscolm sued them
for $1.7 billion trillion.
During the trial a professor of mathematics
was even called in to testify about
how big the number was.
To give you an idea,
Earth’s total combined GDP was $60 trillion that year.
Hello and welcome to another start of the week quiz.
Another very random selection of questions, but don’t let that discourage you, have a go!
As usual the answers are given waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below – but please, NO cheating.
Enjoy, and good luck.
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Q. 1: How many Dalmatians starred in the 1961 Disney movie?
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Q. 2: Where do they make California license plates?
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Q. 3: What is the collective term for a group of eggs, such as those found in a bird’s nest?
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Q. 4: Which famous lady edited Michael Jackson’s 1988 autobiography “Moonwalk”?
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Q. 5: What do they call G.I. Joe in the U.K.?
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Q. 6: What was US President Woodrow Wilson’s first name?
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Q. 7: In which American town or city was the TV series “Ironside” set?
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Q. 8: What is your “niddick”? (Yes, ladies you have one too.)
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Q. 9: In which movie, also starring Dustin Hoffman, did Sir Laurence Olivier play a Nazi war criminal named Dr. Christian Szell?
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Q. 10: What is the name for the metal band that joins the eraser to a pencil, or the metal band at the end of a cane?
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Q. 11: Name the only U.S. state that borders three different Canadian provinces.
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Q. 12: Who succeeded Nasser as President of Egypt and was later assassinated?
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Q. 13: Where did camels originate?
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Q. 14: What famous musical was set in Austria?
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Q. 15: What is the Scoville Heat Index and what is it used for?
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Q. 16: Who conquered Greece in 336 at the head of a vast Macedonian Army?
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Q. 17: Name the three lead stars in the movie “Some Like It Hot”.
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Q. 18: What was the first country to seek diplomatic relations with the United States.
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Q. 19: In which movies did Charlton Heston play the following roles?
a. George Taylor,
b. Moses,
c. Michelangelo,
d. General ‘Chinese’ Gordon,
e. Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar,
f. John the Baptist
(One point for each correct answer so your chance to earn six points here!)
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Q. 20: What was the only father-daughter collaboration to hit number one on the Billboard pop chart? (One point each for the names of the two artists and for the name of the song.
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ANSWERS
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Q. 1: How many Dalmatians starred in the 1961 Disney movie?
A. 1: 101
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Q. 2: Where do they make California license plates?
A. 2: All California license plates are made in prisons.
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Q. 3: What is the collective term for a group of eggs, such as those found in a bird’s nest?
A. 3: A group of eggs, such as those found in a bird’s nest, is known as a “clutch.”
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Q. 4: Which famous lady edited Michael Jackson’s 1988 autobiography “Moonwalk”?
A. 4: Michael Jackson’s 1988 autobiography Moonwalk was edited by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
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Q. 5: What do they call G.I. Joe in the U.K.?
A. 5: G.I. Joe is called “Action Man” in the U.K.
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Q. 6: What was US President Woodrow Wilson’s first name?
A. 6: Woodrow Wilson’s first name was Thomas. Woodrow was actually his middle name.
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Q. 7: In which American town or city was the TV series “Ironside” set?
A. 7: San Francisco
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Q. 8: What is your “niddick”? (Yes, ladies you have one too.)
A. 8: “Niddick” is another name for the nape of your neck.
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Q. 9: In which movie, also starring Dustin Hoffman, did Sir Laurence Olivier play a Nazi war criminal named Dr. Christian Szell?
A. 9: Marathon Man.
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Q. 10: What is the name for the metal band that joins the eraser to a pencil, or the metal band at the end of a cane?
A. 10: The metal band that joins the eraser to a pencil and the metal band at the end of a cane is a called a “ferrule.”
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Q. 11: Name the only U.S. state that borders three different Canadian provinces.
A. 11: Montana is the only U.S. state that borders three different Canadian provinces (Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan).
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Q. 12: Who succeeded Nasser as President of Egypt and was later assassinated?
A. 12: Anwar Sadat.
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Q. 13: Where did camels originate?
A. 13: Camels actually originated in North America.
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Q. 14: What famous musical was set in Austria?
A. 14: The Sound Of Music.
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Q. 15: What is the Scoville Heat Index and what is it used for?
A. 15: The Scoville Heat Index is a scale for measuring the spiciness of food. The spiciest pepper has over 1,000,000 Scoville units.
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Q. 16: Who conquered Greece in 336 at the head of a vast Macedonian Army?
A. 16: Alexander The Great.
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Q. 17: Name the three lead stars in the movie “Some Like It Hot”.
A. 17: Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis and Marilyn Monroe.
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Q. 18: What was the first country to seek diplomatic relations with the United States.
A. 18: In 1777, Morocco became the first country to seek diplomatic relations with the United States.
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Q. 19: In which movies did Charlton Heston play the following roles?
a. George Taylor,
b. Moses,
c. Michelangelo,
d. General ‘Chinese’ Gordon,
e. Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar,
f. John the Baptist
(One point for each correct answer so your chance to earn six points here!)
A. 19: Charlton Heston played
a. George Taylor in “Planet of the Apes (Beneath the Planet of the Apes)”
b. Moses in “The Ten Commandments”
c. Michelangelo in “The Agony and the Ecstasy”
d. General ‘Chinese’ Gordon in “Khartoum”
e. Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar in “El Cid”
f. John the Baptist in “The Greatest Story Ever Told”
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Q. 20: What was the only father-daughter collaboration to hit number one on the Billboard pop chart? (One point each for the names of the two artists and for the name of the song.)
A. 20: The only father-daughter collaboration to hit number one on the Billboard pop chart was “Something Stupid” by Frank & Nancy Sinatra in 1967.
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