Celebrities
Elvis Presley was actually a natural blonde
True!
Elvis started using black shoe polish to darken his hair.
Gone With The Wind was the first movie to win the Oscar for best picture.
False!
True!
Her stage name came about when her music producer, Robert Fusari, told her that she reminded him of the famous Quen song "Radio Ga Ga."
Saturday Night Live isn't the first show with that same title.
True!
From 1975 to 1976, there was a show called Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell."
If a customer failed KBA in January, another KBA can be performed in May.
False.
KBA results are valid for 6 months. The soonest they could successfully reapply would be June!
Madonna, Celine Dion, and Camilla Parker-Bowles are all related.
True!
Queen Camilla, Celine Dion, and Madonna are all cousins.
Cool Runnings was based on a true story.
True!
It's a very loose retelling of the story, but Jamaica did debut a national bobsleigh team in the 1988 Winter Olympics.
Ed Sheeran slept on Jamie Foxx's couch before "making it big."
True!
After securing a gig playing on Jamie Foxx's radio show, Foxx believed in the (at the time) struggling artist so much he offered his couch to sleep on, and free use of his in-home recording studio.
Only one of the five dogs that played Lassie lived to be older than 17.
False.
Four of the dogs who played Lassie lived to be older than 17!
A customer submits a bank statement with a different last name. That document is invalid, and the application needs to be withdrawn.
False.
We would perform a KBA for the name on the docs. If the KBA passes, we can take them!
Meghan Markle used to be a calligrapher for weddings and special events.
True!
Meghan has showed off her calligaphy skills several times in her short career as a frontline royal and also used it as a second job when she was just starting out as an actress.
Unadjusted for inflation, Avatar is the highest grossing movie of all time.
True!
James Cameron's film grossed $2,787,965,087 worldwide. The second highest grossing movie of all time, Titanic, was also directed by Cameron.
Lewis Capaldi has never had a number 1 hit.
False.
So far, the singer/songwriter has claimed the number one spot five times with his songs Wish You the Best, Someone You Loved, Before You Go, Forget Me, and Pointless.
The show Star Trek featured the first interracial kiss on an American network television show.
True.
The episode "Plato's Stepchildren," which first aired on November 22, 1968, featured the first televised kiss between African American and White American actors.
We can reuse EBS results (as long as no income or banking info has been changed) for up to 10 days.
False.
EBS results are only valid for 7 days.
Chef Gordon Ramsey once swore in front of Queen Elizabeth.
False!
Though his reputation proceeds him, Chef Ramsey has never sworn in front of any member of the royal family (that we know of).
There have been over 10 movies in the Friday The 13th franchise.
True!
To date, there have been 12 movies released in the franchise, with the first premiering in 1980.
One Direction was the first winning group to be formed on the X-Factor.
False.
The first winning group on the show was Little Mix, a now internationally famous girl band.
The Cryptkeeper was controlled by six puppeteers.
True.
The puppet took six puppeteers, four of which were responsible for his facial movements.
When securing the call, the customer can provide either their full date of birth, or the last four digits of their social security number.
True.
While often the customer gives both, they are only required to give one in order to secure a call.
Simon Cowell was once arrested on suspicion of money laundering.
False!
Cowell revealed in an interview that he was 'thrown in jail' when he was just 12 years old for hijacking a bus with a fake gun, but he's never been arrested or suspected of money laundering!
Leonardo DiCaprio really did create the sketch of Kate Winslet featured in the movie Titanic.
False.
In an interview in 2017, Winslet revealed that James Cameron himself was the one who drew the portrait, and it is in fact his hands we see in the movie.
Bradley Cooper took guitar and piano lessons for his role in A Star is Born.
True.
He did take lessons to prepare for the role, however, Cooper was already classically trained. He plays the double bass, took singing lessons with operatic tenor Mark Nicolson, and spent hundreds of hours practicing conducting.
Cookie Monster's actual name is Roger.
False.
He does in fact have a real name. His name is Sid!
"KBA" stands for Knowledge Based Authentication
True.
Thankfully, we have our spreadsheet to keep track of all the abbreviations for us.