Fun Trivia

 Hello there my fellow trivia and crafting friends!  I have a nice se of questions from all sorts of knowledge areas for you today.  I hope everyone learns some fun new things from it!  Here are your twenty questions for Saturday:

1. What is the largest living species of lizard in the world?

2. Which fruit holds the record for being the heaviest ever recorded?

3. Which country has the world's longest national anthem by number of verses?

4. What is the largest known species of jellyfish, measured by tentacle length?

5. Which species of whale is famous for making one of the longest annual migrations of any mammal?

6. What is the smallest species of owl in the world?

7. What food combination once set a Guinness record in London with a serving weighing more than 105 pounds?

8. Which is the world's largest landlocked country?

9. Which European country is home to the world's largest ice cave?

10. Which animal holds the record for the widest mouth gape of any mammal?

11. Which English county is traditionally associated with the dessert Bakewell pudding?

12. Connemara marble, famous for its distinctive green colouring, comes from which Irish county?

13. Which Welsh island is separated from mainland Wales by the Menai Strait?

14. Which Welsh national park was known as Snowdonia before officially adopting its Welsh name in 2022?

15. Which Welsh city was once the world's largest exporter of coal?

16. Which fruit is banned on some public transport systems and in hotels in parts of Southeast Asia because of its powerful smell?

17. Before finding fame as an actor, comedian and writer, which British television personality briefly taught at a preparatory school in North Yorkshire?

18. Which two African countries share Africa's shortest land border, measuring only about 80 metres?

19. Before becoming famous, which famous Hollywood actor once worked cleaning lion cages at a zoo?

20. In 1932, Australia famously declared a so-called “war” against which troublesome animals?

 

1. Komodo Dragon

2. Pumpkin (2,749 pounds!)

3. Greece (158 verses)

4. Lion's Mane Jellyfish

5. Grey Whale (13,988 miles round trip)

6. Elf Owl (less than 50 grams)

7. Fish and chips

8. Kazakhstan

9. Austria (Eisriesenwelt)

10. Hippopotamus

11. Derbyshire

12. County Galway

13. Anglesey

14. Eryri National Park

15. Cardiff

16. Durian

17. Stephen Fry

18. Botswana & Zambia

19. Sylvester Stallone

20. Emus

Did you learn a lot today?  Or did you already know most of these?  Leave me a comment with your scores and let me know.  Any trivia questions from you would be greatly appreciated as well!  All for now, Sue x