Pub Trivia Thread

twenty per cent of americans think the sun orbits the earth.

wearing headphones for an hour multiplies the bacteria in your ears 700 times.

on average,a major league baseball lasts seven pitches.

dalmations are born white.their spots appear gradually.

dracula is the most filmed story ever.

a £20 note costs just four pence to make.

The Whitby Gothic Weekend is a twice-yearly festival for Goths, in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England.

The first festival was held in 1994, and it was held annually until 1997, when it became a twice-yearly event - generally held in April and October/November. Whitby was chosen in part because it features in Bram Stoker's Dracula as well as inspiring it.

It has now grown into one of the most popular gothic events in the world, attracting attendees from across the UK and around the world. Most of the events are held at the town's 1,000 capacity Spa Pavilion, however, other venues such as The Metropole Hotel are used for overspill and unofficial events. Accommodation is normally fully booked up well in advance.

Bram Stoker and Dracula

One of the most popular stories ever told, Dracula has been re-created for the stage and screen hundreds of times in the last century. Yet it is essentially a Victorian saga, an awesome tale of thrillingly bloodthirsty vampire whose nocturnal atrocities reflect the dark underside of a supremely moralistic age. Above all, Dracula is a quintessential story of suspense and horror, boasting one of the most terrifying characters in literature: centuries-old Count Dracula, whose diabolical passions prey upon the innocent, the helpless, the beautiful. Bram Stoker, who was also the manager of the famous actor Sir Henry Irving, wrote seventeen novels. Dracula remains his most celebrated and enduring work -- even today this Gothic masterpiece has lost none of the spine-tingling impact that makes it a classic of the genre.

Looking across the harbour toward East Cliff, you can see the view that inspired the fertile imagination of author Bram Stoker, who stayed in the Royal Hotel on the western side of Whitby while writing his famous novel.

tennis balls at wimbledon are recycled to provide habitats for the harvest mouse.

during the average persons life they will grow 590 miles of hair.

the opposite of a vacuum is a plenum-therefore we live in a plenum.

family guy creator seth macfarlane was booked onto one of the planes that hit the world trade centre in 2001,but missed his flight because he had a hangover.

there were 581 operations to reduce man boobs in britain last year,up from just 22 in 2004.

male koalas penises are split in two.

in ancient rome wine was sweetened with lead.

the hundred billionth crayon made by crayola was periwinkle blue.

the alphabet originally had 24 letters.the last two to be added were j and u .

there are no clocks or windows in las vegas casinos in order to disorientate gamblers.so they spend more money.

Giacomo Agostini (born 16 June 1942 in Brescia, Lombardy) Nicknamed Ago, he is the all-time leader in victories in motorcycle Grand Prix history, with 122 Grand Prix wins and 15 World Championships titles. Of these, 68 wins and 8 titles came in the 500cc class, the rest in the 350cc class.