BIRDS
TRUE OR FALSE? DESPITE BEING AMERICA'S NATIONAL BIRD, THE BALD EAGLE NEARLY WENT EXTINCT IN THE 20TH CENTURY.
ANSWER TRUE! AT ONE POINT IN THE 1960'S, THERE WERE JUST 400 BREEDING PAIRS IN THE ENTIRE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES.
WHAT INDOOR SPORT WAS KNOWN AS "WHIFF-WHAFF"IN VICTORIAN ENGLAND?
A. SQUASH
B. TABLE TENNIS
C. HANDBALL
D. FENCING
B TABLE TENNIS. LIKE"PING-PONG," THE NAME"WHIFF-WHAFF WAS MEANT TO REPLICATE THE SOUND OF THE BALL BEINGKNOCKED BACK AND FORTH!
WHICH OF THESE FAMOUS LITERARY LINES IS NEVER ACTUALLY USED IN ITS ORIGINAL STORY?
A. "PLEASE SIR, I WANT SOME MORE."
B. "ME TARZANN, YOU, JANE."
C. "ET TU, BRUTE?"
D. "CALL ME ISHMAEL."
ANSWER B." ME, TARZAN. YOU, JANE" TARZAN NEVER SAY THIS LINE IN ANY OF EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS' ORIGINAL BOOKS.
THE BBC BANNED THE BEATLES SONG "I AM THE WALRUS' BECAUSE ITS LYRICS INCLUDED WHAT WORD, WHICH THE CORPORATION DEEMED INDECENT?
A. KNICKERS
B. BRASSIERE
C. UNDERPANTS
D. Y-FRONTS
A. KNICKERS. THE SONG WAS BANNED IMMEDIATLY AFTER ITS RELEASE IN 1967!
WHAT SPECIES OF SEABIRD COMPLETES THE WORLD'S LONGEST AVIAN MIRGRATION, TRAVELING BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTH POLES EVERY YEAR?
A. SEAGULL
B. ARTIC TERN
C. PENGUIN
ANSWER B. ARTIC TERN. DESPITE HAVING A WINGSPAN OF A LITTLE OVER A FOOT AND WEIGHING JUST FOUR OUNCES, THESE TINY BIRDS COMPLETE A 25,000-MILE MIGRATION EVERY YEAR.
HOW LONG AFTER THE INVENTION OF BASKETBALL WAS NETBALL INVENTED?
A. ONE DAY
B. ONE WEEK
C. ONE MONTH
D. ONE YEAR
D ONE YEAR THE IDEA WAS TO MAKE THE SPORT MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR WOMEN.
TRUE OR FALSE? GEORGE ELLIOT WAS A WOMAN.
TRUE. HER REAL NAME WAS MARY ANN EVANS.
POP ARTIST ANDY WARHOL DESIGNED THE FRONT COVER OF WHAT CLASSIC ALBUM BY THE ROLLING STONES?
A. VOODOO LOUNGE
B. BLUE AND LONESOME
C. STICKY FINGERS
D. TATTOO YOU
C. STICKY FINGERS. THE ARTWORK FAMOUSLY FEATURES A CLOSEUP OF THE WAIST AND CROTCH OF A PAIR OF JEANS- BUT DESPITE WHAT MANY FANS PRESUME, THE MODEL WAS NOT ROLLING STONES' FRONTSMAN MICK JAGGER!
THE SAGGY FEATHERLESS SKIN THAT HANGS BELOW A TURKEY'S BEAK IS CALLED THE "WATTLE". BUT WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE DROOPING SKIN THAT HANGS OVER THE BEAK?
A. SNOOD
B. CARUNCLES
C. TONGUE
ANSWER A SNOOD THE WRINKLING SKIN ON THE BACK OF THE TURKEYS HEAD MEANWHILE IS KNOWN AS ITS "CARUNCLES."
TRUE OR FALSE? IN THE LATE 1800s, SPENCER GORE WAS ALSO A FAMOUS HORSE RACER.
FALSE AS WELL AS BEING THE FIRST WIMBLEDON CHAMPION, HE WAS A RENOWED CRICKET PLAYER!
THE MOST EXPENSIVE BOOK EVER SOLD WAS PURCHASED BY MICROSOFT FOUNDER BILL GATES IN 1994. WHICH FAMOUS RENAISSANCE SCIENTIST WROTE IT?
A. VAN GOGH
B BEETHHOVEN
C. LEONARDO DA VINCI
TRUE OR FALSE. COLDPLAY WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED STARFISH
TRUE: Before adopting the name Coldplay, the band went through a couple of name changes. Initially, they were known as Pectoralz, and then they changed to Starfish when Guy Berryman joined the group Eventually, they settled on the name Coldplay, which was suggested by a friend
WHY DON'T SOME SPECIES OF BULTURES HAVE FEATHERS ON THEIR NECKS AND FACES?
A. BECAUSE OF HOW THEY FLY
B. BECAUSE OF HOW THEY MATE
C. BECAUSE OF HOW THY EAT
D. BECAUSE OF HOW THEY CALL
AMERICAN FOOTBALL WAS CONCIEVED OF AS A COMBINATION OF WHAT TWO EXISTING BALL GAMES?
A. BASEBALL AND SOCCER
B. SOCCER AND RUGBY
C. RUGBY AND TENNIS
B SOCCER AND RUGBY THE INVENTION OF AMERICAN FOOTBALL IS CREDITED TO WALTER CAMP, A YALE UNIVERSITY ATHLETE AND COACH.
WHICH THREE FAMOUS AUTHORESS SISTERS HAD A BROTHER CALLED BRAMWELL?
A. BRONTE SISTERS
B. ANDREW SISTERS
C. MATILDA SISTERS
A. THE BRONTE SISTERS. BRAMWELL SHARED HIS SISTERS' CREATIVITY BUT WAS A PAINTER AND POET RATHER THAN AN ARTIST. ALL FOUR SIBLINGS DIED REMARKABLY YOUNG: BRAMWELL DIED OF TURBERCULOSIS IN SEPTEMBER 1948-JUST A FEW MONTHS BEFORE HIS SISTER EMILY DIED OF THE SAME DISEASE, FOLLOWED BY ANNE IN THE SPRING OF 1849, AND CHARLOTTE IN 1855.
HOW DID LADY GAGA LEARN TO PLAY THE PIANO AND HOW OLD WAS SHE?
A) She took formal lessons at a music school.3 YEARS OLD
B) She learned to play by ear at home. 4 YEARS OLD
C) She was taught by her father. 5 YEARS OLD
D) She learned through online tutorials./ 2 YEARS OLD
B) She learned to play by ear at home. 4 YEARS OLD
HOW MANY TIMES DOES A HUMMINGBIRD'S HEARTBEAT PER MINUTE?
A. 60
B. 120
C. 480
D. 1200
THE OFFICIAL STONES USED TO PLAY WHAT WINTER OLYMPIC SPORT ARE ALL MADE FROM GRANITE OBTAINED FROM A SINGLE QUARRY IN SCOTLAND?
A. DISC THROW
B. CURLING
C. TENNIS
B. CURLING MOST OF THE CURLING STONES USED IN THE OLYMPICS HAVE BEEN MADE FROM GRANITE MINED ON AILSA CRAIG, A TINY ISLAND IN SCOTLAND'S FIFTH OF CLYDE.
FRANKENSTEIN'S MONSTER ISN'T CALLED "FRANKENSTEIN." WHAT IS THE ONLY NAME BY WHICH IT IS REFERRED TO IN THE ORIGINAL NOVEL?
A. FRANK
B. ADAM
C. CHRIS
B. THE ONLY NAME BY WHICH IT IS REFERRED TO IN THE ORIGINAL NOVEL IS "ADAM"
true or false BUDDY HOLLY'S BREAKOUT HIT '"PEGGY SUE" WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED CINDY LOU
TRUE