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The Super Quiz

  • 16-04-2004 6:50pm
    #1
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 1,413 ✭✭✭


    I got this in an e-mail.
    See if you can get it?....

    THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ARE TRUE OR FALSE - TO TEST
    YOUR KNOWLEDGE, FIGURE OUT WHICH ONES ARE TRUE AND WHICH ONES ARE FALSE THE ANSWER IS IN THE SPOILER.

    1. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you
    up in the morning.
    2. Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a bellybutton.
    3. People do not get sick from cold weather; it's from
    being indoors a lot more.
    4. When you sneeze, all bodily functions stop .... even
    your heart!
    5. Only 7% of the population are lefties.
    6. 40 people are sent to the hospital for dog bites every minute.
    7. Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear
    until they are 2-6 years old.
    8. The average person over fifty will have spent 5 years
    waiting in lines.
    9. The toothbrush was invented in 1498.
    10. The average housefly lives for one month.
    11. 40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year.
    12. A wire coat hanger is 44 inches long when straightened.
    13. The average computer user blinks 7 times a minute.
    14. Your feet are bigger in the afternoon than the rest of
    the day.
    15. Most of us have eaten a spider in our sleep.
    16. The REAL reason ostriches stick their head in the sand
    is to search for water.
    17. The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without
    turning it's head are the rabbit and the parrot.
    18. John Travolta turned down the starring roles in "An
    Officer and a Gentleman" and "Tootsie".
    19. Michael Jackson owns the rights to the South Carolina
    State anthem.
    20. In most television commercials advertising milk, a
    mixture of white paint and a little thinner is used in
    place of the milk.
    21. Prince Charles and Prince William NEVER travel on the
    same airplane just in case there is a crash.
    22. The first Harley Davidson motorcycle built in 1903
    used a tomato can for a carburetor.
    23. Most hospitals make money by selling the umbilical
    cords cut from women who give birth. They are reused in
    vein transplant surgery.
    24. Humphrey Bogart was related to Princess Diana. They
    were seventh cousins.
    25. If colouring wasn't added to Coca-Cola, it would be green.


    YOUR SCORE :

    ALL OF THE ABOVE ARE TRUE......

    :D:D:D:D


Comments

  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,562 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Originally posted by The Goddess
    I got this in an e-mail.

    Yawn.. - that proves it's validity..


    2. Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a bellybutton.
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=151832&highlight=adam+naval

    7. Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until they are 2-6 years old.
    CAN ANYONE CONFIRM THIS ?

    8. The average person over fifty will have spent 5 years waiting in lines.
    AMAZING - THAT'S OVER 2 HOURS PER DAY 365.25 DAYS PER YEAR - SINCE BIRTH..

    12. A coat hanger is 44 inches long when straightened.
    I HAVE AT LEAST TWO COAT HANGERS OF DIFFERENT SIZES - AT LEAST ONE IS NOT 44 INCHES LONG

    16. The REAL reason ostriches stick their head in the sand is to search for water.
    HAD HEARD THAT THIS WAS BECAUSE THEY USED TO RUN AWAY FROM HUNTERS - SO YOU ONLY SAW THEM IN THE DISTANCE AND THEY ONLY "LOOKED" LIKE THEY HAD THEIR HEADS IN THE SAND.

    17. The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning it's head are the rabbit and the parrot.
    MOST SONG BIRDS, GIRAFFES ...

    25. If coloring weren't added to Coca-Cola, it would be green.
    SINCE THE INGEDIANTS ARE SECRET HOW DO THEY KNOW , ALSO ANYONE REMEMBER CLEAR COKE ?

    www.snopes.com but I couldn't be arsed looking ...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,880 ✭✭✭Raphael


    Originally posted by Capt'n Midnight

    7. Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until they are 2-6 years old.
    CAN ANYONE CONFIRM THIS?

    I can

    *grins evilly*


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