Body
Brits
Inventions
Cockney
50
T/F: Humans only use 10% of our brains?
FALSE - Even when we're fully asleep brain activity doesn't drop that low...
50
If a brit says: "That’s not bad" - what do they mean?
That’s good.
50
T/F: Nicola Tesla with colleague Alexander Popov invented the radio?
TRUE - Although Guglielmo Marconi took total credit for many years until the U.S. Supreme Court amended the accreditation.
50
What are "Apples and Pears"
Stairs - "Just pop up the Apples and Pears and go to bed me old China"
100
T/F: Fingernails and hair keep growing after death?
FALSE - Sadly you actually need to be alive to make it happen... Bonus, your hair and nails are already dead before you die... fun!
100
If a brit says: "I kind of agree " - what do they mean?
I do not agree at all.
100
T/F: Tesla was not founded by Musk?
TRUE - Engineers Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning founded it long before Musk took credit...
100
What is a "China Plate"
Mate - "I'm Hank, gonna get a Ruby with me China Plate"
200
T/F: Humans have just 5 senses?
FALSE - Aside from Sight, Sound, Smell, Taste, Touch... we also sense Temperature, Balance and Position
200
If a brit says: "with the greatest respect" - what do they mean?
What you're saying is stupid.
200
T/F: Jack Daniels (the whisky) was invented by a Jack Daniel (the man)?
FALSE - a Black slave named Nearest Green was obligated to teach his craft of distillery to Daniel who took the credit... and the money! Bloody Tea Leaf!
200
What is a "Ruby Murray"
Curry - "Got enough Bread and Honey for a Ruby Murray?"
400
How many watts of energy does it take to run your brain? 15, 20 or 25?
20, as little as a dim light bulb... also 20% of your total energy burn goes into your brain...
400
How much of the earths land surface was once part of the British empire? 22%, 24% or 26%
24% - Early 20th century 25% of the global population fell under British rule... how far the mighty have fallen...
400
How many experiments did Thomas Edison make before discovering the one that worked as a light bulb? 60, 600 or 6000?
6000 - True trial and error...
400
Where is cockney rhyming slang based: East, West, North or South London?
East - Eastside massive
Yes - thats the Hobbit with Borat
800
Where is your Humerus (the bone):
800
Name the 8 items that MUST appear on a full english breakfast:
Sausage (pork), Bacon, Baked Beans, Black Pudding, Mushrooms, Tomato, Toast, Eggs (fried)
800
Where was the clapper board invented?
Australia!! - Movie pioneer F. W. Thring, who was the head of Melbourne's Efftee Studios. Incidentally, the world's first feature film, The Story of the Kelly Gang, was shot in Australia in 1906.
800
Name 5:
Michael Caine, Adele, Ray Winstone, Bob Hoskins, Ross Kemp, Sid James, Barbara Windsor, Danny Dyer