Friday, 29 May 2026
Fun Fact Friday #8: Bird Brains
Friday, 8 May 2026
Fun Fact Friday #7: Friday Is For Phobias
Friday, 20 March 2026
Fun Fact Friday #6: If I Had Words...
Friday, 6 March 2026
Fun Fact Friday #5: Women's History Month
Friday, 21 November 2025
Fun Fact Friday #4: Geography Teacher
Here are some questions from this week’s quiz, in celebration of Geography Awareness Week. I’m not sure I’d have got any of these right myself…
1. What percentage of the earth’s population live in the northern hemisphere?
A) 90%
B) 70%
C) 50%
Sam Butera & The Witnesses - Equator
2. What is the world’s largest desert?
A) Sahara
B) Kalahari
C) Antarctica
Johnny Barfield - Desert Lullaby
3. Which superhero is also the name of a city in Turkey?
A) Batman
B) Ironman
C) Antman
4. How many islands are there in the Philippines?
A) 76
B) 764
C) 7641
5. The city with the longest name is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Yuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit. But we call it...?
A) Bangkok
B) Shanghai
C) Beijing
Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok
6. By contrast, there is a village in France called…
A) X
B) Y
C) Z
7. How many countries are there in the world today?
A) 195
B) 295
C) 395
Morrissey - The World Is Full of Crashing Bores
There was also a question about what the following three cities have in common… New York, Mumbai, Istanbul. But I’ll give you the answer to that one… as I might have done to one of the questions above, being unable to resist an obvious tune.
Friday, 14 November 2025
Fun Fact Friday #3: That's Novel
Every Monday, I run a quiz for my students to help with engagement. This week's topic was books, to tie into National Novel Writing Month.
O.V. Wright - I Could Write a Book
Here are three statements about famous novelists. Which ones do you think are true?
Father John Misty - I'm Writing a Novel
1. John Steinbeck had to completely rewrite Of Mice & Men after his dog ate the original manuscript.
Harry Connick Jr. - I Could Write A Book2. Frank L. Baum named the fictional land of Oz after a filing cabinet in his office.
3. JRR Tolkien liked to dress up as an Anglo Saxon warrior and chase his neighbour down the street with an axe.
Friday, 7 November 2025
Fun Fact Friday #2: SuperWorm
Friday, 10 October 2025
Fun Fact Friday #1: Johnny Cash & The Ostrich
Yesterday I read about how Johnny Cash was once attacked, and nearly killed, by his pet ostrich, Waldo. And as I'm short for time, I thought I'd share that with you...
“All he did was break my two lower ribs and rip my stomach open down to my belt, If the belt hadn’t been good and strong, with a solid belt buckle, he’d have spilled my guts exactly the way he meant to. As it was, he knocked me over onto my back and I broke three more ribs on a rock—but I had sense enough to keep swinging the stick, so he didn’t get to finish me. I scored a good hit on one of his legs, and he ran off.”
Wow. I bet that... Hurt.


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