Has anyone ever done it quiz
Your challenge today is to guess whether the following statements are true or false. Just answer Yes or No to each one. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.
REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to midnight tonight. If possible, please wait until you've completed all the guesses you want to make to avoid too many PMs and to make my job easier. So no hurry and it doesn't matter when you submit the answers because I'll be judging them solely on who has the most correct - and in the event of two or more being level it will be a tie. I hope this is clear and good luck. Tomorrow I’ll post the names of the top entries.
1. Been able to lick their nose with their tongue, without surgery
YES https://metro.co.uk/2018/12/03/man-claims-to-be-only-person-in-the-world-who-can-lick-their-forehead-8202929/
2. Captured a giant squid and put it in an aquarium
NO
3. Lived to 150 years old
NO The oldest person ever to have lived is Jeanne Calment (France), who lived to be 122 years and 164 days, and the oldest man ever is Jiroemon Kimura (Japan), who was born on 19 April 1897 and passed away aged at the age of 116 years and 54 days on 12 June 2013.
4. Scored an own goal directly from the kick-off in a football match
NO Although it could theoretically happen, the rules say that it would not, in any case, be a goal but a corner kick to the opponents.
5. Run a mile (1.609 km) in less than 4 minutes
YES Roger Bannister became the first person to do it in 1954
6. Been struck by lightning twice
YES Roy Sullivan of Virginia USA is recognized by Guinness World Records as the person struck by lightning more recorded times (7) than any other human being.
7. Escaped from ADX Florence, Colorado, America's only "Supermax" prison
NO
8. Climbed Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen
YES On 8 May 1978, Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler reached the summit of Mount Everest; the first men known to climb it without the use of supplemental oxygen. Prior to this ascent it was disputed whether this was possible at all.
9. Cloned a primate
YES Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua (born 5 December 2017) are a pair of identical crab-eating macaques that were created through somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), the same cloning technique that produced Dolly the sheep in 1996. They are the first cloned primates produced by this technique.
10. Been hit by a meteorite
YES The Sylacauga meteorite fell on November 30, 1954, at 12:46 local time (18:46 UT) in Oak Grove, Alabama, near Sylacauga. It is commonly called the Hodges meteorite because a fragment of it struck Ann Elizabeth Fowler Hodges (1920–1972).
11. Refused a Nobel Prize
YES Jean-Paul Sartre was the first to refuse one in 1964
12. Seen the dark side of the moon
YES Apollo 8, in 1968, was the first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon.
13. Shot a birdie or better on every hole in a round of golf on a regulation 18 hole course
NO The record for most birdies in a single round is 10
14. Given birth while serving as Pope
NO There has never been a female pope, although in the Middle Ages people made one up
15. Given birth to more than 20 surviving children
YES A Tuscan woman named Gravata gave birth to a total of 62 live children
16. Taken part in an international football match that produced more than 25 goals
YES On 11 April 2001, the Australian and American Samoa teams played each other in a qualifying match for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Australia set a world record for the largest victory in an international football match, winning the game 31–0. Australia's Archie Thompson also broke the record for most goals scored by a player in an international match by scoring 13 goals
17. Served as UK prime minister for four or more separate terms
YES William Ewart Gladstone was prime minister for 4 separate terms (from 1868-1894)
18. Dived from a high board set 200 feet or more above the water
NO The highest dive from a diving board is 58.8 m (192 ft 10 in) and was achieved by Lazaro "Laso" Schaller (Switzerland/Brazil) in Switzerland, on 4 August, 2015.
REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to midnight tonight. If possible, please wait until you've completed all the guesses you want to make to avoid too many PMs and to make my job easier. So no hurry and it doesn't matter when you submit the answers because I'll be judging them solely on who has the most correct - and in the event of two or more being level it will be a tie. I hope this is clear and good luck. Tomorrow I’ll post the names of the top entries.
1. Been able to lick their nose with their tongue, without surgery
YES https://metro.co.uk/2018/12/03/man-claims-to-be-only-person-in-the-world-who-can-lick-their-forehead-8202929/
2. Captured a giant squid and put it in an aquarium
NO
3. Lived to 150 years old
NO The oldest person ever to have lived is Jeanne Calment (France), who lived to be 122 years and 164 days, and the oldest man ever is Jiroemon Kimura (Japan), who was born on 19 April 1897 and passed away aged at the age of 116 years and 54 days on 12 June 2013.
4. Scored an own goal directly from the kick-off in a football match
NO Although it could theoretically happen, the rules say that it would not, in any case, be a goal but a corner kick to the opponents.
5. Run a mile (1.609 km) in less than 4 minutes
YES Roger Bannister became the first person to do it in 1954
6. Been struck by lightning twice
YES Roy Sullivan of Virginia USA is recognized by Guinness World Records as the person struck by lightning more recorded times (7) than any other human being.
7. Escaped from ADX Florence, Colorado, America's only "Supermax" prison
NO
8. Climbed Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen
YES On 8 May 1978, Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler reached the summit of Mount Everest; the first men known to climb it without the use of supplemental oxygen. Prior to this ascent it was disputed whether this was possible at all.
9. Cloned a primate
YES Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua (born 5 December 2017) are a pair of identical crab-eating macaques that were created through somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), the same cloning technique that produced Dolly the sheep in 1996. They are the first cloned primates produced by this technique.
10. Been hit by a meteorite
YES The Sylacauga meteorite fell on November 30, 1954, at 12:46 local time (18:46 UT) in Oak Grove, Alabama, near Sylacauga. It is commonly called the Hodges meteorite because a fragment of it struck Ann Elizabeth Fowler Hodges (1920–1972).
11. Refused a Nobel Prize
YES Jean-Paul Sartre was the first to refuse one in 1964
12. Seen the dark side of the moon
YES Apollo 8, in 1968, was the first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon.
13. Shot a birdie or better on every hole in a round of golf on a regulation 18 hole course
NO The record for most birdies in a single round is 10
14. Given birth while serving as Pope
NO There has never been a female pope, although in the Middle Ages people made one up
15. Given birth to more than 20 surviving children
YES A Tuscan woman named Gravata gave birth to a total of 62 live children
16. Taken part in an international football match that produced more than 25 goals
YES On 11 April 2001, the Australian and American Samoa teams played each other in a qualifying match for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Australia set a world record for the largest victory in an international football match, winning the game 31–0. Australia's Archie Thompson also broke the record for most goals scored by a player in an international match by scoring 13 goals
17. Served as UK prime minister for four or more separate terms
YES William Ewart Gladstone was prime minister for 4 separate terms (from 1868-1894)
18. Dived from a high board set 200 feet or more above the water
NO The highest dive from a diving board is 58.8 m (192 ft 10 in) and was achieved by Lazaro "Laso" Schaller (Switzerland/Brazil) in Switzerland, on 4 August, 2015.
