Geezer says to me at the Tolbooth Tavern: “Go on – ask this: How many cities are there in China?” I said “What’s the answer” He said “Six hundred and ninety-eight. Go on – ask it.” Obviously I decline. I…
The 46 States of The USA?
Classic Man In a Pub Fact from last night:, as given to me be a guy from Wales who was called Iuan or perhaps Euan or maybe Eion, but who definitely from Wales. “There are NOT 50 US states, there…
Man In A Pub Fact Check – Susan Boyle
Scene: last night at the Brass Monkey Leith. Three men at a bar. The chat turns, as it inevitably does in these situations, to Susan Boyle. One man lays out a fact: “Susan Boyle is the ONLY artist to ever…
Bar Animal Cruelty Now, Etc.
Classic man-in-a-pub fact last week. There’s a guy in the pub who says he “used to work in television”. I don’t doubt him, sounds kosher enough but then I happened to play the TV theme tune for Skippy. This guy…
Stuff I Learned At The Quiz This Week
Maggie told me at the Joker & The Thief that a man in the USA died from choking on a donut during a donut eating challenge. This turns out to be true. Detail: The donut was a half-pounder and the…
Taller Than You Think
Man-in-a-pub facts are always worth writing down and checking. Sometimes I get great questions that way. For example, someone told me recently that TV presenter Jonathan Ross is unusually short. “Really?” I said, “I always thought he was quite tall?”…
Fact Check: Do Pigeons Have Penises?
A team at the Newsroom the other week dropped a bombshell when they told me that pigeons don’t have penises. What? Pigeons don’t have penises? Can this be true? Sounds like a man-in-a-pub fact to me. Time for some super-horny…
A Man In A Pub Told Me… Part 1 (Platypus)
As a quizmaster, I frequently face men in pubs (women too but mainly blokes) who wish to tell me fascinating true and genuine facts. The usual idea is that I’m supposed to first be amazed and secondly throw their ‘fact’…