Hummingbird – over 4% of its body weight.
Geography Trivia
The Eiffel Tower was originally intended for what city?
Barcelona – Spain rejected the project.
Music Trivia
For which song did Madonna release her first video in 1982?
D. Everybody – the video was shot at the Paradise Garage, a New York club.
Music Trivia
Who insisted throughout the 80s that “Girls just wanna have fun?”
Cyndi Lauper – the single was released on September 6th, 1983.
Music Trivia
Which US artist is known as the King of Pop?
Michael Jackson – commonly known as the true King of Pop music. And rightly so.
Fun Trivia Questions
The world’s first speeding ticket was issued in 1896. Where did it happen?
London, England
Walter Arnold was driving four times the limit, at an astonishing speed of 8 miles per hour. Back in those days, the speed limit was 2 miles per hour – you could easily walk faster. The driver was eventually arrested after being chased by a police officer on a bicycle.
Animal Trivia
Other than humans, what is the only primate capable of having blue eyes?
Black Lemur
Although it’s common to see light eyes in animals such as dogs, cats or even parrots, most of them have brown or dark eyes (irises). Among primates, which include humans, monkeys, apes and other species there is only one exception to blue eyes other than humans, black lemurs.
The blue eyes of humans and lemurs are caused by a single nucleotide polymorphism. In simple terms, ‘blue’ is caused by a single spot in the genes that changed.
The same spot mutated separately in humans and lemurs – something called convergent evolution.
Sports Trivia
Who was the first gymnast to score a perfect 10 score?
Nadia Comaneci – the Romanian gymnast was the first ever to score a perfect 10 at the Olympic Games in 1976. She then continued to receive another six perfect 10s at the same Games, winning three gold medals.
Music Trivia
At what age did Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Kurt Cobain all die at?
27 – Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison died between 1969 and 1971, all at the age of 27. At the time, the coincidence gave rise to some comment, but it was not until the 1994 death of Kurt Cobain at age 27, that the idea of a “27 Club” gained its popularity.
Geography Trivia
What mountain is nicknamed ‘Savage Mountain’?
K2 – gained its nickname due to the extreme difficulty of climbing. According to the statistics, for every four people that reach the top of the mountain, one has to die.
