We've reached the end of yet another week in lockdown.

And though we're all craving a trip to the pub our family and friends, we must continue to stay in to save lives.

So, to keep you entertained while you remain indoors, we're bringing you another Friday night quiz.

We've had pub quizzes, general knowledge rounds, shopping dupes and 'guess the Manchester landmark' puzzles.

But for this week, we're asking you to decipher which of the following statements are fact and which statements are fiction.

Below, we've compiled a list of 25 statements for you to work your way through.

They cover facts and myths from a range of topics including space, science, history, and geography.

So, round up your household, grab a pen, and sort out what's fact and what's fiction.

Fact or ficti on...

  1. Turkeys were worshipped in the Mayan civilisation.
  2. Rum is the oldest spirit in the world.
  3. Blockbusters' original presenter Bob Holness played saxophone on the Gerry Rafferty song, 'Baker Street'.
  4. The Manchester Evening News used to be called the Manchester Morning News.

  5. Eating using a fork used to be seen as sacrilegious.

  6. The spoon was invented 1000 BC.
  7. George Harrison plays lead guitar on While My Guitar Gentle Weeps.
  8. A hair of a polar bear's fur is white.
  9. Polar bear's skin is black.
  10. Hippos 'sweat' a red substance.
  11. The 100 folds in a traditional chef's hat represent the 100 different ways there are to prepare an egg.
  12. The trampoline was invented by a 16-year-old.
  13. Anglo Saxon's were the first to invent beer-battered fish.
  14. The name 'Wendy' is the first name to be registered on a birth certificate in the UK.
  15. The oldest library in the UK can be found in Manchester.
  16. In the Victorian times, it was common practice to take off both your shoes and rub them together for luck before entering a house.
  17. In the Medieval times, wealthy families would blow out their dinner candles before dessert was served and end their feast by eating in pitch black.
  18. In 1976, trifle was the national dish of England before it was changed to chicken tikka masala in 1977.
  19. In the 1940s it took 14 hours to make a traditional sponge cake.
  20. Bananas were first imported to England in 1888.
  21. Gloves were invented by Louis-Sébastien Thimonnier, a French designer and inventor who only had 3 fingers on his right hand.

  22. Cadbury's chocolate was founded in Birmingham.

  23. Kim Cattrall who plays Samantha in Sex in the City is actually from Liverpool.

  24. The first television was invented in 1927.
  25. The deepest part of the ocean is 507,814 feet below sea level.

Answers

  1. True
  2. True
  3. False
  4. False

  5. True

  6. True
  7. False
  8. False
  9. True
  10. True
  11. True
  12. True
  13. False
  14. False
  15. True
  16. False
  17. False
  18. False
  19. False
  20. True
  21. False

  22. True

  23. True

  24. True
  25. False