Pub Trivia Thread

the world's longest running TV show is an American show produced by NBC. The first episode of Meet the Press went out on 6 November 1947. The show went weekly a year later and has been running ever since. Over 4500 episodes have been screened to date.

thirty-three per cent of wine corks are made in portugal

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis is the longest word in the english language.its a serious lung disease caused by inhaling silica dust

Killer whales are not, technically, whales. They are orcas, a relative of the porpoise and the dolphin.

In 10 minutes, a hurricane expends more energy than all of the nuclear weapons in the world combined.

The most dangerous sharks species to humans are of these with 1238 shark attacks, the great white shark is in the first place with 430 shark attacks (63 fatalities) on humans. The second place goes to the tiger shark with 145 attacks (28 fatalities). The third place goes to the bull shark with 110 shark attacks (23 fatalities). The fourth place goes to the requiem shark with 49 attacks (8 fatalities). The fifth place goes to the sand tiger shark with 76 shark attacks (2 fatalities). The sixth place goes to the blacktip shark with 40 attacks (1 fatality). The seventh place goes to the hammerhead shark with 38 attacks (1 fatality. The eighth place goes to the spinner shark with 16 shark attacks. The ninth place goes to the blue shark with 38 attacks (4 fatalities). Finally, the tenth place belongs to the blacktip reef shark with 20 shark attacks on humans.

Twenty four men have orbited the moon, 12 have walked on the surface of the moon and 6 astronauts drove the lunar rover vehicle. Humanity last visited the moon in December 1972 and there are only 9 surviving astronauts who range in age from 75 to 80 years (Armstrong and Aldrin).

A cliff Clavin from cheers trivia fact lol

Apparently the expression chancing your arm came from a battle between 2 rival clans in Ireland. They were knocking 7 bells out of each other and thousands of men were losing their lives on both sides. One of the leaders decided that enough was enough so decided to call a truce
by offering his hand to the opposition. He did this by sticking his arm through a crack in the wall which left his arm exposed to any would be assailant with a sword. Thankfully the rival clan member shook his hand and peace was agreed. One of the leaders lieutenants turned to him and said" you were chancing your arm weren't you?" and a new cliche was formed. True story

In the old days in America during the harsh winter months people use to travel west to stay with their relatives in the west. When they had outstayed their welcome the host would produce a cold shoulder of lamb/beef for them. Hence the expression giving them the cold shoulder

eating 40 bars(22lb)of chocolate at once would give you deadly theobromine poisoning

sony,s new wiimote-like controller for the playstation 3 is called the arc

the german army,s uniforms were made from nettles during ww1 due to cotton shortages

the thong is the oldest item of clothing known to man.the african tribal people wore them as their only garment as far back as 2,000 years ago

the only player to have played for liverpool,everton,man united and man sity is newcastle united and englands legend peter beardsley

When London hosts the 2012 Olympic Games it will become the first city to host the event for the third time. London previously hosted the Olympics in 1908 and 1948 and 2012 will take it past Paris and Los Angeles which have boh hosted the Games twice. Paris was the site for the Olympics in 1900 and 1924 while Los Angeles was the venue for the 1932 and 1984 games with the Los Angeles Coliseum being the only stadium where the major athletics events have been held twice. London was due to host the Games in 1944 but they were cancelled as there was a war on at the time. London was awarded the Games by a postal ballot of the International Olympic Committee in March 1946.

Interestingly, (I hope so anyway!) football was part of the programme and games were played at Craven Cottage, Highbury, White Hart Lane, Selhurst Park as well as at Fratton Park (Portsmouth) and the Goldstone Ground (Brighton). Sweden defeated Yugoslavia in the final at Wembley while Denmark beat the Great Britain team in the bronze medal game.

There has not been a Great Britain football team since 1972 and there will be an English Football Association team representing Great Britain in the 2012 Games.

liverpool and carlsberg have the longest running sponsership deal in the premier league

the royal oak pub name originates from the tree prince charles hid from his enemies in during the english civil war