True or False

[Selby White]

Quick true or false quiz, answers Friday.

As usual no googling.

1. Lightning never strikes in the same place twice
2. Humans can distinguish between over a trillion different smells
3. Goldfish only have a memory of three seconds.
4. Your fingernails and hair keep growing after you die
5. Buzz Aldrin was first man to Urinate on the Moon
6. Its illegal in Portugal to drive in Flip Flops
7. In China you cannot use Facebook or YouTube, but you can use Twitter
8. Before European competitions were changed Leeds Utd were the only Club to reach the final of all 3 competitions (European, Fairs, Cup winners)
9. The sun makes up more than 99% of the mass of the solar system
10. Sherlock Holmes never says “Elementry dear Watson” in any of the books

[Deleted User 728]

1. Lightning never strikes in the same place twice FALSE
2. Humans can distinguish between over a trillion different smells FALSE
3. Goldfish only have a memory of three seconds FALSE
4. Your fingernails and hair keep growing after you die FALSE
5. Buzz Aldrin was first man to Urinate on the Moon TRUE
6. Its illegal in Portugal to drive in Flip Flops FALSE
7. In China you cannot use Facebook or YouTube, but you can use Twitter FALSE
8. Before European competitions were changed Leeds Utd were the only Club to reach the final of all 3 competitions (European, Fairs, Cup winners) TRUE
9. The sun makes up more than 99% of the mass of the solar system TRUE
10. Sherlock Holmes never says “Elementry dear Watson” in any of the books TRUE

[mapperleywhite]

Quick true or false quiz, answers Friday.

As usual no googling.

1. Lightning never strikes in the same place twice FALSE
2. Humans can distinguish between over a trillion different smells FALSE
3. Goldfish only have a memory of three seconds. FALSE
4. Your fingernails and hair keep growing after you die TRUE
5. Buzz Aldrin was first man to Urinate on the Moon FALSE
6. Its illegal in Portugal to drive in Flip Flops TRUE
7. In China you cannot use Facebook or YouTube, but you can use Twitter FALSE
8. Before European competitions were changed Leeds Utd were the only Club to reach the final of all 3 competitions (European, Fairs, Cup winners)FALSE
9. The sun makes up more than 99% of the mass of the solar system FALSE
10. Sherlock Holmes never says “Elementry dear Watson” in any of the books TRUE

[Mellor]

1. False
2. False
3. False
4. True
5. False
6. True
7. False
8. False
9. True
10. True

[Sniffer]

1. Lightning never strikes in the same place twice False
2. Humans can distinguish between over a trillion different smells False
3. Goldfish only have a memory of three seconds. False
4. Your fingernails and hair keep growing after you die False
5. Buzz Aldrin was first man to Urinate on the Moon True
6. Its illegal in Portugal to drive in Flip Flops True
7. In China you cannot use Facebook or YouTube, but you can use Twitter False
8. Before European competitions were changed Leeds Utd were the only Club to reach the final of all 3 competitions (European, Fairs, Cup winners)True
9. The sun makes up more than 99% of the mass of the solar system True
10. Sherlock Holmes never says “Elementry dear Watson” in any of the booksTrue

[Selby White]

Here are the answers :-

1. Lightning never strikes in the same place twice - False
2. Humans can distinguish between over a trillion different smells - True
3. Goldfish only have a memory of three seconds. - False
4. Your fingernails and hair keep growing after you die - False
5. Buzz Aldrin was first man to Urinate on the Moon - True
6. Its illegal in Portugal to drive in Flip Flops - True
7. In China you cannot use Facebook or YouTube, but you can use Twitter - False
8. Before European competitions were changed Leeds Utd were the only Club to reach the final of all 3 competitions (European, Fairs, Cup winners) - False (Barcelona have also achieved it)
9. The sun makes up more than 99% of the mass of the solar system - True
10. Sherlock Holmes never says “Elementry dear Watson” in any of the books - True


Some good scores with Rigger, Mapperley and Mellor all getting 7 correct but congratulations to Sniffer with 8 correct.

[mapperleywhite]

To keep the brain cells ticking over after that here's three random posers:

1. We're all familiar with the words canine and feline relating to dogs and cats respectively. But which animal does meleagrine classify?

2. Name the ten closest national capitals to Anchorage in Alaska

3. In only two UEFA member nations has a team from the capital city never won its domestic league. Which ones?

[Selby White]

To keep the brain cells ticking over after that here's three random posers:

1. We're all familiar with the words canine and feline relating to dogs and cats respectively. But which animal does meleagrine classify?

2. Name the ten closest national capitals to Anchorage in Alaska

3. In only two UEFA member nations has a team from the capital city never won its domestic league. Which ones?

1. Not a clue but her indoors thinks Parrots

2. Hard but I'll guess - Tokyo, Pyongyang, Beijing, Seoul, Ottawa, Reykjavik, Mexico City, Ottawa, Washington, Nuuk (Greenland), Timbuktu.

3. Germany and Finland

[mapperleywhite]

To keep the brain cells ticking over after that here's three random posers:

1. We're all familiar with the words canine and feline relating to dogs and cats respectively. But which animal does meleagrine classify?

2. Name the ten closest national capitals to Anchorage in Alaska

3. In only two UEFA member nations has a team from the capital city never won its domestic league. Which ones?

2. Hard but I'll guess - Tokyo, Pyongyang, Beijing, Seoul, Ottawa, Reykjavik, Mexico City, Ottawa, Washington, Nuuk (Greenland), Timbuktu.

SW - That's a good effort, but you've got Ottawa twice and under Sporcle rules (where I got the idea from) Greenland is a part of Denmark. So you might want to revise your answer

[Selby White]

To keep the brain cells ticking over after that here's three random posers:

1. We're all familiar with the words canine and feline relating to dogs and cats respectively. But which animal does meleagrine classify?

2. Name the ten closest national capitals to Anchorage in Alaska

3. In only two UEFA member nations has a team from the capital city never won its domestic league. Which ones?

2. Hard but I'll guess - Tokyo, Pyongyang, Beijing, Seoul, Ottawa, Reykjavik, Mexico City, Ottawa, Washington, Nuuk (Greenland), Timbuktu.

SW - That's a good effort, but you've got Ottawa twice and under Sporcle rules (where I got the idea from) Greenland is a part of Denmark. So you might want to revise your answer

Oops on Ottawa

Ok how about Havana & Oslo