Funny Trivia II

FUNNY TRIVIA II

11) In the United States, which of the following is most likely to kill you?

0.5 Americans die from shark attacks each year.
0.9 Americans die from vending machine accidents each year.
15 Americans die from falling icicles each year.
450 Americans die from falling out of bed each year.

12) What happened to the remains of the man who invented the frisbee?

THEY WERE MADE INTO FRISBEES THEY WERE SHOT INTO SPACE THEY WERE MADE INTO FIREWORKS THEY WERE BURIED IN A PRINGLES CAN

As per Ed Headrick's wishes, his ashes were incorporated into a limited number of frisbees. "When we die, we don't go to purgatory," Headrick reportedly said shortly before his passing. "We just land up on the roof and lay there."

13) Which of the following is illegal in Ohio?

GETTING A FISH DRUNK ALL OF THESE KILLING A HOUSEFLY WITHIN 160 FEET OF A CHURCH CATCHING A MICE WITHOUT A LICENSE

Actually, all of these things are illegal in various parts of Ohio.

14) Who was the passenger in the first hot air balloon?

SHEEP ROOSTER DUCK ALL OF THESE

The pioneers of hot-air balloon travel were not brave men but a rooster, sheep, and a duck that were sent up in the innovative contraption invented by the Montgolfier brothers at the end of the 1700s.

15) What color are black boxes on airplanes?

BLACK GRAY YELLOW ORANGE

Black boxes (also known as flight recorders) are actually bright orange to aid in their recovery after accidents.

16) Where was the Statue of Liberty originally meant to go?

CANADA RUSSIA FRANCE EGYPT

That's right, the world's most recognized symbol of freedom and the American dream, was originally intended for Egypt, which ultimately rejected it for being too old fashioned. The decision came as a disappointment to Lady Liberty's creator, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, who had envisioned the Suez Canal as the ideal venue for his mammoth harbor structure.

17) Actor James Franco once sold a sculpture made of _____.

DRYER LINT CIGARETTE BUTTS AIR LEGO BRICKS

In 2011, an art collector paid $10,000 for a "non-visible" sculpture by Franco titled "Fresh Air" and billed as "an endless tank of oxygen".

18) Which of the following is an actual town in Canada?

ALL OF THESE COME BY CHANCE DILDO SPREAD EAGLE

An hour's drive from the town of Come By Chance, past Spread Eagle Island, lies the idyllic fishing village of Dildo, Newfoundland, home to about 1,200 people, most of whom refer to themselves quite proudly as Dildoians.

19) An 1893 constitutional amendment proposed renaming the "United States of America" the "United States of _____."

NORTH AMERICA COLUMBIA EARTH FREEDONIA

In 1893, U.S. congressman Lucas M. Miller proposed abolishing the Army and Navy, wiping out pension laws, and even amending the U.S. Constitution to rename the United States of America something a bit more sci-fi: "The United States of Earth."

20) In his second year at Harvard, Microsoft founder Bill Gates devised an algorithm for _________.

PANCAKE SORTING CRAFTING PICK-UP LINES FINDING WALDO TELLING FORTUNES

Gates devised an algorithm for pancake sorting as a solution to one of a series of unsolved problems presented in a combinatorics class by one of his professors. Gates' solution held the record as the fastest version for over thirty years; its successor is faster by only one percent.