Time For A Chuckle Trivia Quiz

Answer: Beyonce was pregnant

The timing was rather unfortunate, all things considered. The song's lyrics centre around the theme of how a man should make a woman fell cherished and so on, and that a relationship is not just about sex and the physical side of things. To have a decidedly pregnant Beyonce present in any publicity when it was due to be released in late 2011 would have been decidedly comical.

Her baby was born in January, 2012, two months later. Perhaps they should have renamed the song, "On the Other Hand".

Answer: Attention Deficit Disorder

Not only that, but they also diagnosed Winnie as having an obsessive-compulsive disorder and borderline intellectual functioning. Tigger was said to display symptoms of ADD as well, Eeyore was branded with a dysthymic disorder, while Owl needed to see an optometrist. Rabbit definitely had a narcissistic personality disorder, they stated severely, with poor old Piglet suffering badly from generalised anxiety problems.

The author of this light-hearted article concluded by saying that "We cannot but wonder how much richer Pooh's life might be were he to have a trial of low-dose stimulant medication. With the right supports, including methylphenidate, Pooh might be fitter and more functional and perhaps produce (and remember) more poems".

This could very well be true of course, but then he wouldn't be Winnie-the-Pooh any longer.

He'd just be your average old bear in the streets that nobody sees at all, that nobody sees at all, at all, that nobody sees at all.

Answer: Fagan left the car on the officer's foot

That's hard to believe but true. When Fagan ran onto the hollering constable's foot, he refused to drive it off again, and turned off the ignition instead. After what he considered was a suitable time, he then turned the engine back on and released the officer.

He was charged with assault. The case went to court, in what became known as Fagan v Metropolitan Police Commissioner (1969) 1 QB 439. Fagan was convicted, not of driving the car onto the foot - that was considered an accident - but of leaving the car there afterwards. That was considered assault. We've all heard that British policemen are said to have flat feet from years of pounding the beat, but Fagan well and truly made certain that particular officer did.

His foot must have looked like a rabbit's by the time the car was removed.

Answer: Samuel Goldfish

That's so funny. Goldwyn (1879-1974) moved from Poland to England and then to America as a young man. After working hard for several years, he set up an early film studio with three other men there, and began shooting what would eventually come to be some of the most successful movies made in that country. Why, you could even say he was one of the biggest fish in Hollywood.

Answer: The position of Royal Executioner of France

Just what the heart of every child has always yearned for. The poor little thing's eyeballs probably popped out of his head. Charles's grandfather began in 1684 what would become six generations of royal executioners. Fortunately, an official regent took care of business for the boy, when he in turn inherited the position from his father. At that age you could even say he had had no head for business.

It would be Charles's son, Charles IV, who really made his mark as the royal high executioner, however. Initially he hated the job, even after being his father's apprentice for twenty years. He wished to become a doctor instead and take care of people, not hang, quarter and lop off their noggins. In spite of this, he managed to chalk up a record of some 3,000 executions during his long career. Many of his customers were the rich and famous. This included King Louis XVI himself. Oh dear, you won't believe this. After the dust had settled following the French Revolution, this fourth Charles was one of the people who argued for the guillotine to be the official means of public executions rather than the old fashioned, messy older methods. He did this, not from a sense of compassion for his victims. No, indeed. Instead, he argued, the repair and costs of maintaining these older tools of the trade were prohibitive, it was unfair that he should have to bear these costs, that the old methods were exhausting work for an executioner, and that the prisoners proved hard to handle and tended to physically object to the lengthy process.

Answer: Yes

That's hard to believe, but true. This language was created and designed to be linguistically correct by one Mark Okrand. Mark was not only a staff member of the Star Trek organisation itself, he also has his Doctorate in linguistics. He set about creating this guttural dialect based on a pile of gibberish spoken to him by James Doohan, who played Montgomery Scott, the engineer in the "Star Trek" series. Such is this language's popularity that even the works of Shakespeare and sections of the bible have been translated into this new tongue.

In addition to this, a Klingon Language Institute was established in Pennsylvania in the United States in 1992, and was still going strong in 2013, to promote the Klingon language and culture. But, but... Kinglon culture is based on war, combat, honourable death in battle and even ritual suicide sometimes.

They surely don't put this into practice? This organisation also provides Klingon lessons, lectures, music and exercises for its members as well. Wait, now just a minute there. Exercises? Surely not with those ferocious Klingon bat'leths with the safety protocols removed? Khemorex Klinzhai!

Answer: Three naked men, arms interlinked, dancing

Created by Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) as an acknowledgement of outstanding achievements in various fields of endeavour, the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded almost every year since 1901 to those who have "done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses". Designed by Norwegian sculptor Gustav Vigeland, the front of the medal is a side profile of Nobel himself.

The official description of the rather comical design on the reverse side is that of three men forming a fraternal bond. Three men it definitely is - because they're all naked - but instead of forming a fraternal bond, they instead appear to be doing some sort of Greek dance in a circle, with arms interlinked.

It's a most unusual and comical design indeed. The inscription on this worthy award reads "Pro pace et fraternitate gentium". Don't read that, as I did, without your glasses on. This translates to "For the peace and brotherhood of men". Peculiar design aside, it's a Nobel award for a more than noble achievement.

Answer: He died

Nitaro Ito thought that he would gain more votes if he appeared to be the victim of an assault for his political beliefs. So he hired an employee to punch him in the face when he would be in front of the cameras in a very public place. As recorded in the 2004 "The Books of Lists", this took place accordingly, and his employee obligingly thumped Nitaro Ito on the snout, but in the ensuing scuffle, and to add further dramatic impact to the assault, this would be politician stabbed himself in the leg.

A limping Nitaro Ito with a bleeding nose was far more effective than just the nose job he thought. Unfortunately, when doing so, he severed an artery, and, before help could arrive, the silly dill bled to death.

Answer: A drunk played "Happy Birthday" on a trumpet

This is noted in an article in Grand Prix's news media in 2002. Jones said that the Austrian anthem was initially played as it was the host country for the event, and that was the normal procedure. It was then customary to play the anthem of the winner's home country next. To the consternation of all concerned however, Jones was an Australian and hadn't been considered as a likely winner of the event, so Australia's anthem wasn't on hand.

A local drunk with a trumpet cheerfully played "Happy Birthday to You" on his trumpet instead.

Answer: Mooned him

This was reported in a January edition celebrating Australia Day in the magazine "Space Time Traveller" in 2013. Female convicts from the Cascade Female Factory were present for the occasion. Normally considered to be well behaved, they most definitely weren't on this occasion. To the horror of all present, the naughty ladies, as one, mooned the Governor of that settlement when he turned to face them. To the horror of all but the ladies in the official party, that is.

It was reported in the next edition of the colony's press that, "in a rare moment of collusion with the convict women, the ladies in the Governor's party could not control their laughter".