Groucho's Fact Hunt

[Groucho]

There are 4 countries whose names contain all 5 vowels (English spelling) only one is made up of one word. Name them all and you win a kitkat

This came up in a pub quiz once but only thought there were three!

• Mozambique
• The Democratic Republic of Congo
• Equatorial Guinea

Republic of South Africa

United States Of America

 

[Methuselah]

Nowhere in Britain are you more than 6 miles away from a road.

 

[Groucho]

Sound recording of Hiroshima bomb by a nearby shoreline.

 

[WA Toffee]

This came up in a pub quiz once but only thought there were three!

• Mozambique
• The Democratic Republic of Congo
• Equatorial Guinea

Republic of South Africa

United States Of America

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Commonwealth of Australia

So we are now at 7

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Commonwealth of Australia

So we are now at 7

Demonican Republic?

 

[Nobby Nobbs]

Sound recording of Hiroshima bomb by a nearby shoreline.

If I'm honest that gave me a sickening feeling in pit of my stomach.

 

[chrismpw]

Demonican Republic?

This game would be better if you could spell lad

 

[Groucho]

If I'm honest that gave me a sickening feeling in pit of my stomach.

Indeed

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

The shortfin mako is the fastest species of shark. Its speed has been recorded at 40 km/h (25 mph), with bursts of up to 74 km/h (46 mph) allowing it to jump to heights of approximately 9 m (30 ft)

So basically if one swims after you, you're in a spot of bother

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Sticking with sharks for a moment, the hammerhead shark is generally not that dangerous to humans, with only 3 of the known 9 breeds to hammerhead ever be recorded attacking a human unprovoked

In the 1996 film "Flipper", starring Elijah Wood and Paul Hogan, the big monster that Flipper and his dolphin mates have to defeat is a giant hammerhead, who is said to have sunk ships all by himself. Of course knowing what we know about hammerheads, this would be highly unlikely in real life. The hammerhead, named "Scar" due to scars on it's body, actually roars at one point as well, which we know that sharks can't actually do

So basically the makers of the film are just another set of ones who vilify sharks unreasonably

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

This game would be better if you could spell lad

4.30 am
Just up for my work.
Give us a break lol

 

[larbert toffee]

Richard Whiteley late of countdown died from pneumonia, a 9 letter word containing every vowel, he would have been made up.

 

[deipnosophist]

Richard Whiteley late of countdown died from pneumonia, a 9 letter word containing every vowel, he would have been made up.

The vowels are generally ordered via alaphabet position ie a,e,i,o,u. However some people might order them differently eg e,u,o,i,a. If Dickie Whitely ordered them in the latter fashion , then not only did he die from pneumonia- a nine letter word containing all the vowels- but that same affliction possesses all the vowels in Dickie’s special order...
...what are the odds???

 

[summerisle]

@TheFinnFan How are the lessons going ?

 

[TheFinnFan]

@TheFinnFan How are the lessons going ?

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