It's Silly Enough to be True 4

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1. The 'C and A' shopping chain (Netherlands) was founded by two brothers named Charles and Albert Hall. True False

2. It was Ken Dodd (UK comedian) who came up with the quotation: "Honolulu, it's got everything. Sand for the children, sun for the wife, sharks for the wife's mother." True False

3. Halfway through a standard game of scrabble, you play the 'TWELVE'. If no letter of that word covers a double or triple letter/word square, then a score of twelve points are awarded. True False

4. Hatfield Jacques was the real name of the comedy actress Hattie Jacques, who played the part of matron in four "Carry On" movies. True False

5. No country on mainland Africa uses all of the five vowels in its name. True False

6. It was American-born Harry Gordon Selfridge who popularised the phrase 'The customer is always right'. True False

7. Singer/songwriter Paul Anka wrote the songs 'She's a Lady', which was a hit for Tom Jones, and 'My Way', which was closely associated with Frank Sinatra. True False

8. The Remarkables are an impressive mountain range of New Zealand. True False

9. The hexagonal key wrench was the brainwave of American entrepreneur Sir Allen Key. True False

10. Advertising executive Maurice Drake was the man who came up with the slogan 'Beanz Meanz Heinz'. True False

11. The collective noun for a group of barracuda is "battery". True False

12. William Claude Dukenfield originated the quotation: "I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food". True False

13. Popeye the sailor man used the nautical sayings of 'Blistering barnacles' and 'Coddling catfish'. True False

14. It was comedian Billy Connolly who originated the quotation: "Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia". True False

15. Fred Flintstone's shout of 'Yabba dabba do' originated from the Brylcreem slogan of 'A little dab'll do ya'. True False