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Weird But True 8
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Trivia from the Weird But True 8 book.
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1
Horror film director Alfred Hitchcock was afraid of ___
eggs
rabbits
cameras
babies
2
The most expensive car ever sold - a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO- sold in 2014 for
$ 13.6 million
$ 31.8 million
$ 3.4 million
$ 34.65 million
3
The flesh over a male turkey's beak is called a _____.
snood
beard
wattle
caruncle
4
Lightning strikes men more often than women.
False
True
5
________ was punishable by death in 17th century Turkey.
eating pork
playing the harp
passing gas in public
drinking coffee
6
More people are killed each year by domestic _____ than by sharks.
pigs
horses
birds
dogs
7
Snails smell with their ....
shell
eyes
foot
lips
8
There are so many varieties of apples that you could eat a different kind each day for _ years.
15
10
20
5
9
WHO brought the 1st lemon seeds to North America?
Vasco de Gama
Ferdinand Magellan
Christopher Colombus
Sir Frances Drake
10
Einstein never wore ....
a belt
a tie
socks
hats
11
Only __ % of all the water on Earth is fit for human use.
10
1
25
50
12
Which animal has blue blood, 3 hearts and 9 brains?
Octopus
Skink
Sea horse
Eel
13
October 9th is _______ Day in the US.
National Bacon
National Bubble Wrap Appreciation
National Maple Syrup
National Moldy Cheese
14
A man named ___ once ran for city council in North Pole, Alaska.
Santa Claus
Kris Kringle
Jared "Jingle" Bell
Jack Frost
15
What do you call the plastic piece at the end of your shoelaces?
aglet
ferrule
bollard
kerf
16
Which president kept a flock of sheep on the White House lawn?
Theodore Roosevelt
James Buchanan
Calvin Coolidge
Woodrow Wilson
17
There are 44 THOUSAND cans of _____ made every HOUR!
Spam
Chicken noodle soup
Potted meat
Pickled pigs' feet
18
The average tornado is on the ground for ...
45 seconds
20 mins
5 mins
40 mins
19
A whale fossil was found
in a dried riverbed in Georgia
on the top of a mountain in California
in the Amazon rainforest
in an iceberg floating in the Arctic Ocean
20
There are more than ___ types of rice.
20,000
4,000
2,000
40,000
21
Which planet is shrinking?
Earth
Venus
Mercury
Mars
22
Which candy was named for the Mars family's favorite horse?
Snickers
Kit Kat
Oh Henry!
Milky Way
23
What is the sunniest place on Earth?
South Pole
Equator
North Pole
Disney World
24
The world's 1st speeding ticket was written to a man in the UK who was driving
23 mph
8 mph
67 mph
44 mph
25
A caterpillar has more muscles in it's body than a person.
true
false
26
Raindrops are shaped like ....
teardrops
hamburger buns
marshmallows
donuts
27
Your brain takes up 2% of your body's weight but uses ___% of your body's energy.
40
30
20
10
28
What do you call the groove between the bottom of your nose and your upper lip?
Hallux
Uvula
Purlicue
Philtrum
29
About __ % of the population is LEFT-handed.
10
25
5
20
30
What do you call rain that evaporates before it hits the ground?
drizzle
youg
virga
quasi-biennial oscillation
