Thursday 15 January 2009

Superb Website for Trivia Buffs

While setting the Tuesday night quiz at the Bull's Head I discovered this fantastic website - Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations - which has the widest range of statistics on world food production (and very up-to-date as well!).

For example: - the world production of Wheat in 2007 was 607 million tonnes (in 1961 it was 222 MT). The single largest country production was China with nearly 109 MT (in 1961; USSR with 62MT).

There are many more bits of information to keep any self-respecting trivia buff happy for hours!

But, here come today's posers: -

  1. Which free online encyclopaedia appeared today in 2001?
  2. TV presenter Claudia Winkleman (right) was born today in 1972 and has fronted which BBC2 programme since 2004?
  3. The Alvor Agreement, signed today in 1975, granted Angola independence from which European country?
Yesterday's Answers: 1. Miami Dolphins; 2. Foo Fighters; 3. Casablanca

No comments: