Pub Trivia Thread

Swiss Peter Colat recently broke the world record for holding his breath underwater.He held his breath for 19 minutes 21 seconds,beating the previous record by 19 seconds.

Scientologist actor John Travolta has released 26 singles during his career.

A Flea can jump up to 130 times its own height and 200 times its length.

Joseph Rechendorfer was the first person to think of putting a piece of rubber onto the top of a pencil (making an integral pencil and eraser)


The first bicycle was made in 1817 by Baron von Drais and didn't have any pedals? People walked it along


The first pick-up truck was made by Gottlieb Daimler in 1886. Gottlieb also produced the world's first motorcycle in 1885.

Roger Moore's 007 never ordered the legendary"shaken,not stired"martini-the only James Bond not to do so.

The Bank of England keeps £1million notes for internal use.sounds painful.lol

Graeme Murray Walker, OBE AKA "Murray Walker" the Formula One motorsport commentator. Actually has had a very successful career in avertising as well as being a famous commentator he has worked for Dunlop and Aspro. He was then employed by the Masius advertising agency, with clients including Mars, Vauxhall Motors and British Rail. He did not retire from this until the age of 59, long after he was famed as a commentator.

He did create the slogan "Trill makes budgies bounce with health" a famous advertising slogan for bird seed in the 1960s.

The highest possible score on a first turn in Scrabble is given by the the word "muzjiks,"which means a Russian peasant and gives 128 points.


Saint Patrick,the patron saint of Ireland,was born in Wales,lived in England most of his life and had roman parents.

The first-ever England captain was Cuthbert Ottaway.He died from complications from a chill aged 27.


There are no moles in Ireland.

There are more than 200 kinds of chilli pepper-none of which actually belong to the pepper family.


The substance most closely resembling human blood in chemical composition is sea water.

The asian giant hornet,the largest hornet in the world,can grow up to three inches long and can kill up to 40 honey bees per minute with its large jaws.


There are 1150% more strip clubs in britain now than in 1997. .... enjoy.


Clouds have a life expectancy of just 64 minutes.

Twenty two year old Sebastian Vettel is the only driver in F1 who manages himself.

Russian Flu is the first flu pandemic on record,Around one million people died fromthe illness from1889-1890.

In Hartford,Connecticut,its illegal to kiss your wife on a sunday.