Alan Rock's Trivia

Q: What is the estimate of the number of actively spoken languages in the world today? 

A: About 6,500. However, about 2,000 of those languages have fewer than 1,000 speakers. The most popular language in the world is Mandarin Chinese. There are 1.2 billion people in the world that speak that language.

Q: Pinocchio is Italian for what? 

A: Pine Head

Q:What is a palindrome? A: A palindrome is a word that is spelled the same way from both ends. For example: racecar

Q: We have all had the hiccups, but what is the record for the longest bout? 

A: The world record for the longest continuous bout of hiccups goes to Charles Osborne (1894–1991) from Anthon, Iowa. The hiccups started in 1922 at a rate of 40 times per minute, slowing to 20 and eventually stopping in February 1990 – a total of 68 years.

Alan Rock's Trivia

Q:In 1847, the first U.S. postage stamps were sold. Whose images were on the 5-cent and 10-cent stamps?  

A: Ben Franklin's image was on the nickel stamp, while George Washington's image was on the dime stamp.

Q:What is the shortest complete sentence in the English language? 

A: GO. The understood subject is "You". "[You] go" makes sense to me.

Q:Approximately how many people are airborne over the US in any given hour?  A: 61,000

Q:What book holds the record for being the book most often stolen from public libraries? 

A: The Guinness Book of Records

Alan Rock's Trivia

Q:Who are the top three best-selling music artists of all time?  

A: the three best-selling artists (based on total certified sales): The Beatles, Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson.

Q:What is the world’s fastest bird? 

A: The fastest bird is the peregrine falcon. It can fly at a speed of 168-217 miles per hour.

Q:What is the largest animal that ever lived? 

A: The blue whale is the largest animal that ever lived (it could reach 100 feet long and weight up to 150 tons!)

Q:How long did the longest movie made last? 

A: 85 hours and is fittingly titled “The Cure for Insomnia.”

Alan Rock's Trivia

Q:The first American film to show a toilet being flushed on screen? 

A: Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho.

Q: How large was the largest snowflake ever recorded? 

A: reportedly measured 15 inches across.

Q:When a elephant purrs like a cat, what does it mean? 

A: It is a means of communication.

Alan Rock'e Trivia

Q: What was the longest time between two twins being born?

A:  87 days.

Q: Why are most Muppets left-handed.? 

A: Because most Muppeteers are right-handed, so they operate the head with their favored hand.

Q: During World War II, the crew of the British submarine HMS Trident kept what animal aboard their vessel for six weeks (it was a gift from the Russians)? A: a fully grown reindeer called Pollyanna

Q:In 1993, San Francisco held a referendum over whether a police officer called Bob Geary was allowed to patrol while carrying what? 

A: A ventriloquist’s dummy called Brendan O’Smarty. He was.