TQFS #15 Answers

"A cynic is a person searching for an honest man, with a stolen lantern." ~ Edgar A. Shoaff

*UPDATE*: I forgot to say who got the highest score when I posted these answers earlier...that would be Yasamin with 5 out of 10 correct...!

1. According to recent research, about how many couples per year take out marriage licenses but fail to use them?
A. 9,000

2. On the island of Trobriand what would be considered a disgrace for a man to do with a woman unless they were married?
C. Take her out to dinner
The ocean one was more fun, but apparently to share a meal with an unmarried woman would disgrace her.

3. What is not a common item rented by brides for their weddings in Copenhagen, Denmark?
A. A wig with eight foot tresses
Shite, I think I want one of these if I get married (god forbid)...

4. How many hours did the longest kiss listed in the Guinness Book of World Records last?
C. 417
Did they sleep?

5. The German language contains how many words that refer to the act of kissing?
A. 30
There is even a word, Nachkuss, for all the kisses that haven't yet been named...egad...

6. How many female victims is the Countess Erzebet Bathory (the world’s most famous female serial killer) rumored to have killed in her lifetime?
B. 650

7. What was the name of John Wayne Gacy’s (rapist and murderer of 33 boys and young men) clown persona he dressed up as for children’s birthday parties?
A. Pogo

8. What was John Wayne Gacy’s job when he moved from Illinois to Iowa?
B. Manager of a Kentucky Fried Chicken
I'm so glad I've never been to Iowa and that I'm too young to have gone to that KFC... Here's a keen KFC-related quote which I've probably shared before but here it is again: "MTV is to music as KFC is to chicken!" ~ Lewis Black

9. The song “Satan’s Barbeque” by Swedish metal band Terror is about a barbeque at Satan’s house with Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy, and who?
A. George Foreman

10. Which actor does the narration for both the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) and the year 2000 remake?
B. John Larroquette