Andy Griffiths Wacky Facts
Today's Trivia Quiz comes from Andy Griffiths, the author of the Butt books, the Just books, and the Schooling Around series. It is a True or False quiz of wacky facts from The World of Andy Griffiths.
The list below contains 10 wacky facts. Some of them are true; some are not. Can you guess which is fact and which is just whack?
- The stegosaurus was 30 feet long, but its brain was only the size of a walnut.
- A British sanitary engineer named Thomas Crapper invented the modern flush toilet in 1878.
- The ghosts in the Pac Man video arcade game are named Inky, Blinky, Pinky, and Sinky.
- Tokyo is home to the world's biggest bowling alley.
- More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes.
- Polydactylism is the condition of having more than the usual number of fingers or toes.
- Human thighbones are stronger than concrete.
- The longest tongue measured 3.7 inches.
- Ostriches can run faster than horses.
- Charlie Chaplin once won first prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.
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Comment #1 | Posted by: cashart24 on November 15, 2011 at 12:37 PM
i love those facts they r so cool
Comment #2 | Posted by: abby on November 15, 2011 at 01:08 PM
I love that last one!
Comment #3 | Posted by: justaprincess on November 15, 2011 at 02:05 PM
1true wait no peanut FALSE
2true unless it's not the "modern" one
3false no sinky but Clyde
4 IDK that one
5 True
6 True
7 IDK AGAIN
8True I believe so
9 Yes I think so
10 NO THIRD PLACE ( I wonder what the others that won first place looked like)
Comment #4 | Posted by: fireflamer5 on November 15, 2011 at 06:25 PM
lol
Comment #5 | Posted by: pegasusathena1 on November 15, 2011 at 06:38 PM
i think number 5 is false
Comment #6 | Posted by: captainsilver1 on November 15, 2011 at 06:48 PM
1. True
2. True
3. False
4. True
5. True
6. True
7. True
8. True
9. True
10. False
Comment #7 | Posted by: Starrninjarawr on November 15, 2011 at 06:53 PM
i really do not know a lot about Andy Griffith but i have heard a lot about him and my mom likes him and maybe if i read his books i could like him too
Comment #8 | Posted by: Jadelyn on November 15, 2011 at 08:51 PM
1. true
2. true
3. false
4. false
5. false
7. true
8. true
9. true
10. false
Comment #9 | Posted by: redwolf248 on November 15, 2011 at 09:16 PM
1.True
2.True
3.False
4.False
5.True
6.True
7.True
8.False
9.True
10.False
Comment #10 | Posted by: dreamdoodledream3333 on November 16, 2011 at 04:29 PM
I diddent even read this lol
I don't care anyway
Comment #11 | Posted by: collecterart2 on November 16, 2011 at 06:23 PM
so cool
Comment #12 | Posted by: collecterart2 on November 16, 2011 at 06:24 PM
love the colors
Comment #13 | Posted by: Jakyria on November 17, 2011 at 02:46 PM
charlie chaplin is true,
dont kno about the rest
Comment #14 | Posted by: 888f888 on December 04, 2011 at 11:37 AM
What r we talking about? lol
Comment #15 | Posted by: Ghoulia on December 04, 2011 at 04:01 PM
book is so funny lol!!
Comment #16 | Posted by: cyclonebrain11 on January 09, 2012 at 01:57 PM
it looks funny so ill look for it in the library hope its good
Comment #17 | Posted by: Athleticphoenix6 on January 09, 2012 at 01:58 PM
I have diary of a wimpy kid cabin fever and it is so funny!
Comment #18 | Posted by: crimsonbasilisk7 on January 10, 2012 at 01:40 PM