Interesting trivia book

I just picked up an interesting book of facts that has an awful lot of stuff in it that could prove useful at a bar.......It has the top ten of a massive amount of subjects. Just remember that this book was published in 2000 so any new records to fall will not be listed in it.

Things such as:

1. Countries most in debt. Mexico--$167,743,000,000
2.First British solo artist to have a no.1 single in the US
Mr. Acker Bilk // Stranger on the Shore , May 26, 1962
3. Highest scoring Scrabble words 164/162
QUARTZY (i) Play across a triple-word-score (red) square with the Z on a double-letter-score (light blue) square.
(ii) Play across two double-word-score (pink) squares with Q and Y on pink squares.
4. Most expensive toys ever sold at auction by Christies East, New York.
"The Charles" a fire-hose-reel made by George Brown and Co.,c.1875.
Sold in December 1991 for $231,000.
5. First electrocution at Sing-Sing. Harris A. Smiler, age 32, July 7, 1891.

Now, can anyone answer this one?

Heaviest carnivore......

Wettest inhabited place....

2nd American holder of the land speed record. Date, vehicle, location and speed.

First official holder of the land speed record....hint---not an American..

Country with most traffic deaths---death rate per 100,000 population.

Like I said, these could be good at a bar to win a few beers.........

 

Excuse me...Land animal and not a polar bear......

Wettest..Tuvalu??NOt!!! This place gets 265.47 inches of rain a year.....

India??? Not even in the top ten.

Wanna try again????? :>)

Here's another one...What are the ten safest car colors in order of safety?

 

Largest carnivore....Southern elephant seal 7,716 lbs.
Walrus 2,646 lbs.
Steller sea lion 2,425 lbs.
Grizzly bear 1,720 lbs.
Polar bear 1,323 lbs.

Most traffic deaths per 100,000 population
South Africa 99.4
Latvia 35.3
South Korea 33.1
Estonia 26.7
Russia 23.6
Portugal 22.8
Lithuania 22.1
Greece 21.3
Venezuala 20.7
El Salvador/Kuwati 20.3

Wettest Buenaventura, Colombia 265.47 inches rain year
Monrovia, Liberia 202.01
Pago, Pago 196.46
Moulmein, Myanmar 191.02
Lae, Papua New Guinea 182.87
Baguio, Phillipines 180.04
Sylhet, Bangladesh 175.47
Conarky, Guinea 170.09
Padang, Indonesia 166.34

Did no one want to venture a guess at the other two questions? How about these two.

Country with the densest population.
Country with the highest ration of women to men.

Give it a try.......:>)

 

Check with Ferrari of Houston for the 348 challenge seats. I believe they have several sets upstairs.

 

If it is considered a country then it counts.........:>)

 

Land carnivore........so the whale is out.. Sorry for the confusion.

Densest population:
#1. Monaco, 1 square kilometer, 38,620 per sq km
#2. Singapore 618 sq. km. 5,564.7 per sq km
#3 Malta 316 sq km 1,174.1 per sq km
way down the list. US 9,169,389 sq km 76.6 per sq km
World 5,847,465,000 sq km 111.6 per sq km

Ratio of women to men: Women per 100 men
#1. Latvia 116.7
#2, Ukraine 115.2
#3 Russia 113.3
#4 Belarus 112.9


Okay, a couple more.

Highest city in altitude above sea level.

First British group to have a No. 1 single in the US


BTW, 2nd American to hold the world land speed record.
Henry Ford, Ford Arrow, Lake St. Clair , Michigan Jan. 12,1904, 91.37 mph.
First holder of the land speed record:
Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat, Jeantaud, Archeres, Dec 18, 1898, 39.24 mph.

 

Wenchuan, China 16,730 ft.


Quito, Ecuador, #10 9,249 ft