Useless Useful Trivia: Part 4 Trivia Quiz

Answer: South Dakota

The capital city of South Dakota is Pierre, so they do not share any letters of the alphabet. The capital city of North Dakota is Bismarck, the capital city of Wyoming is Cheyenne and the capital of Nebraska is Lincoln.

Answer: 206,864 consecutive bounces of pogo-stick jumps

James Roumeliotis had set the previous record of 186,152 jumps in 2007.

Ashrita Furman balanced 81 pint beer glasses on his chin in August 2007. Furman holds more than 100 Guinness records. Paul Lynch (UK) performed 124 consecutive one-finger push-ups on April 21, 1992 in London. Italian Alessandro Bonacorsi spent 60 consecutive hours tattooing Serena Cavani in February 2018.

Answer: Elias

His full name was Walter Elias Disney (1901-1966). His older brother was Roy Oliver Disney (1893-1971). Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy and Daffy Duck's middle name is Dumas.

Answer: Pine nut

Pinocchio, in the Tuscany region of Luca is where the story was created, and in the Tuscany dialect, means "pine nut", whereas in Italian, pine nut is "Pinole".

In Italian Pinocchio means "pine head". Long nose in Italian is "naso lingo", liar is "bugardo" and stupid is "stupido".

Answer: Australia

During the 19th century camels were imported into Australia for transportation and exploration in the arid desert interior of the country. When other modern means of transport became available (trains, motor vehicles etc) they were released into the wild. They are known as feral camels, which means domesticated camels living in the wild. In 2003, a management control system was put into place and by 2013 it was estimated there were 300,000 feral camels in the country and increasing by 10% per year.

The other countries mentioned have a greater number of camels but they are domesticated and are not wild.

Answer: kovacs

Peter Kovacs is a retired Hungarian gymnast who competed in the 1980 Olympics. An element on the horizontal bar is named after him.

The salchow ( named after Swedish figure skater, Ulrich Salchow), the lutz (named after the Austrian skater, Alois Lutz) and the toe loop are all figure skating jumps.

Answer: Superman

Myth has it that there is some reference to Superman in all 172 episodes. This is not true; however, it is common knowledge that Jerry Seinfeld is a fan of Superman and yes, there are many references to The Man of Steel during the series.

Answer: Greece

Greece has the longest version of a national anthem, however, the shorter version that is normally played is shorter than the national anthem of Uruguay.

Uruguay's national anthem has 105 bars which lasts for four and a half to six minutes. A shorter version is usually used. Spain has no words to the national anthem and Japan's has the oldest written words by an unknown author from the 9th century and has only four lines, making it the shortest national anthem in the world.

Answer: All refused knighthoods

All of the actors have refused knighthoods from the monarchy, for various personal reasons.

Answer: Tögrög

Tögrög the national currency of Mongolia. In early 2019 approximately 1,000 Tögrög is US$ 0.40.
Metical is the national currency of Mozambique and Pula is the national currency of Botswana. Leu is the national currency of Romania.