Movies
Borat was banned in 2006 in every Arab country, except Lebanon, for being too offensive.
TRUE - Yet in 2020 Kazakhstan quoted "Very Nice" as a tourist board advertisement...
Han Solo was supposed to die in the 1983 movie "Return of the Jedi" until he was saved by George Lucas?
TRUE - "George didn’t think there was any future in dead Han toys,”
"Gift" in German translates to Poison, Toxin, Venom?
TRUE
Napolean was short?
FALSE - he was 1.68m tall - pretty average...
The “War of the Worlds” radio broadcast caused widespread riots across the entire United States in 1938.
FALSE – some people were alarmed, but there were no nationwide riots.
In 2001, Singapore banned Zoolander for containing "controversial elements"
TRUE - Also banned in Malaysia until 2006
Silvester Stallone was supposed to die as both Rocky & Rambo until the characters were saved and franchised were born?
TRUE - Rambo the character dies in the original novel, and Rocky was saved by screen writers in movie 5 after demands by executives!
"Mist" in German translates to Dung, Manure, Rubbish
TRUE - Brings a new meaning to misty weather...
Roman & Greek statues were always white?
FALSE - Originally, they were painted bright colours after recent discoveries
The “Hitler Diaries” published by a German magazine in the 1980s were authenticated by historians before release and later confirmed as authentic.
FALSE – they were proven to be forgeries shortly after publication.
The 2023 Barbie movie was banned in Vietnam due to an inclusion of a map which showed Vietnam as a part of China?
TRUE - Every cinema audience missed it apparently...
Breaking Bad's Jessie Pinkman was murdered by a drug dealer in season one. But following success of the pilot and early episodes the show was completely rewritten to keep him alive?
TRUE - "Yeah, science!"
"Kiss" in Swedish translates to pee pee or wee wee?
TRUE - Whoopsie...
Marie Antoinette actually said, "let them eat cake"?
FALSE - The phrase is drawn from Confessions, a work by philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau which was written 24 years before the French Revolution when Antoinette was 11 years old.
The “Piltdown Man” was once believed to be the fossilized remains of a previously unknown early human species.
TRUE -
This 2018 children's movie was banned in China for the one of the main characters symbolising resistance against communist rule, but what movie is it?
Christoper Robin (Winnie the Pooh)
The writer of this huge book and movie franchise considered killing off this red headed character "out of sheer spite", finally deciding to keep him in as part of the famous trio - but what is his name?
Ron Weasley (Harry Potter)
In France, the word closest to preservative has a very different function, keeping the user safe from unwanted little feet... what does this mean in English
Condom - preserve your what now?
This ancient Greek, mostly known for his love of triangles, was first to argue that the world was round, not flat in 500 BC. But what's the big fellas name?
Pythagoras
This 2006 book-based movie was banned in many countries due to its depiction of the relationship between Jesus and Mary Magdalene. But what movie is it?
The Da Vinci Code - (Pakistan, Lebanon, Egypt, Samoa, China, Jordan, Philippines, Sri Lanka and the Solomon Islands)
In the original book, this "True Blood" character gets killed off in a hurry, yet in the TV series he makes it through the full seven seasons... who said "That’s the sickest thing I’ve seen in TV. And I watch Dance Moms…"
Lafayette Reynolds
Portuguese - "Paidei" means to whoopsie... FYI
Incorrectly recognised as the discoverer of Australis, this explorer was 150 years too late... But what's his name?
Captain James Cook - He arrived in 1770, was beaten by the Dutch in 1606 and 1629 by separate Explorers