There Has To Be An Easier Way #1 Quiz

Answer: Helium-filled furniture

If people were to buy 'helium-filled furniture', then the 'noble' gas helium would be in short supply and might put balloon retailers out of work as the clue suggested. William Calderwood came up with the idea that ropes could be attached to the furniture, fastened to anchors, and when needed, pulled down to the floor to be used and after it served its purpose, it could be unhooked and left to float back up to the ceiling. I wonder if it's a good idea to be walking underneath heavy sofabeds because if they ever blew a gasket, you'd be squashed.

Answer: Aluminum pull tab

Toilet paper and twist ties were around long before 1975 and it's safe to say that "millions of people worldwide" do not utilize rubber chickens. That leaves Ermal C. Fraze as the inventor of the aluminum pull tab used to open beverage cans. Yep, good ol' Ermal saw a chance to make a quick buck so he sold his patent to Alcan and I'll bet he's sorry he did. Almost every type of beverage is now available in 'easy-open cans' so millions of people are using them daily.

Answer: Eat twelve pounds of bananas

The clue should have led you to the choice of 'eat twelve pounds of bananas'. The tales about what Jose did to garner such an awful punishment vary from person-to-person. One thing that made Del Cuet's fate more terrible than it sounds was the simple fact that it was reported he hated bananas and threw up several times during the undertaking of his sentence. Banana pudding anyone?

Answer: The creeping golf ball

Poynter's creeping golf ball was a standard looking ball from which tiny claws would emerge causing the ball to crawl around the green or fairway. How it was activated was from a simple little switch that the joke-puller or player could discreetly hide from the sight of others.

The ball looked so real that comedian Bob Hope was once able to trick Jack Nicklaus with it in a charity tournament. The clue mentioned 'swingers' which could help lead you to the idea of 'swinging a golf club'. Having a ball that you could remotely move might help one find a lost ball, saving a lot of money and lessen the use of words many golfers employ when losing a ball.

Answer: He had more than 14,000 tattoos

To have 14,000+ tattoos removed by laser surgery would not only take longer than having them removed, but it's widely agreed by all who've ever had one removed that it's more painful that getting one put on. As the question hints at, Mr. Moeller is constantly reminded of his record every time he sees himself. Do you think he might have tattoos on the soles of his feet too? OUCH!

Answer: Her heavily underwired bra caused her to be struck by lightning

The introduction says that she was 'busty', and as the the question states, her death was "instantaneous" so one should deduce that it was the lightning hitting the underwire in her bra that was the unfortunate cause of her death. All the ladies who are reading this information might want to consider non-wire sports bras when walking or jogging on a rainy day.

Answer: Ex-lax

When I said, "using this can make you King of your own 'throne'", I was alluding to the slang term for your toilet, so the product Max Kiss gave to the world is Ex-Lax, a laxative. Interestingly, and appropriately I feel, Max took the name "Ex-Lax" from the Hungarian parliamentary phrase 'ex-lex' which means "extraordinary suspension of governmental activity". Maybe they all needed to go to the privy because aren't most politicians "full of it"?

Answer: he could fart the melodies to hundreds of songs

I can think of better ways to seek your fifteen minutes of fame than what Joseph Pujol did for a living. Pujol was known as "le fartiste" and would pack them in when he came to town. As the clue suggested, the more his act 'stunk', the happier the crowd became.

His memoirs are written about in the book, "Le Pétomane", which is aptly named because the french word for 'fart' is 'pet'. *His worst moment on stage came when he developed a severe case of diarrhea while farting a masterful rendition of J.S.Bach's "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor" for a capacity audience of 1100 fans. *unconfirmed report of a humourous nature.

Answer: Gary 'Zippidy' Duda

'Zippidy Duda! Zippidy Day! My oh my what a wonderful day!'; is how Uncle Remus in "Song of the South" sang it. Gary got so fed up with the teasing, joking, and telling people he was tired of the joke about his name that he decided to take ownership of the issue. So he changed his name from Gary Eugene Duda to 'Zippidy Duda' and did it through legal channels to show people he was serious about it.

He says he has never been called Gary so much in his life since he changed his name to Zippidy.

Answer: Rosie Ruiz

In Boston's 1980 marathon, Rosie Ruiz waited near the finish line until the runners were about three minutes away then stumbled into the street and sprinted the last mile. There was doubt right from the get go as no one was able to find any footage showing Ruiz in any part of the race except the last mile.

She was subsequently stripped of her medal, as well as having her previous status and finishes in other marathons removed from the records. Rosie's 'fifteen minutes of fame' turned into 'thirty years of shame'.