The Littlest Room

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1. Who is credited with inventing the first flushable toilet? Thomas Crapper Michael Peedel William Flusher George Pharter

2. Although not used in the context of using the toilet any more, the phrase 'Getting the wrong end of the stick' did come from there. From whom did it originate? the Greeks the Romans the Egyptians the cavemen

3. Which ancient civilisation is thought to have had the first 'raised' toilets (that is, as the modern toilet rather than a hole in the ground)? Babylonia Roman Persia Greek

4. Sir John Harington, Queen Elizabeth I's godson, produced two toilets during his lifetime, one for himself, and one for the Queen. What did she call them? a toilet a necessary a doo-dah a private

5. After half a million dollars was spent refurbishing the White House, the report mentioned that toilet facilities, which were previously noted for their absence, had been installed. In which year was this? 1902, when the west wing was built 1927, when a new roof and third floor were installed 1815, after the British torched the building 1948, to prevent the building being demolished

6. What was the reason for the old-fashioned practice of men walking on the outside of a woman while on a pavement (sidewalk)? because carriages and horses splashed up muck from the road because people threw out the contents of chamberpots from upper windows because carriages and horses could injure the person on the outside of the pavement because a man could protect the woman from attack by leaving his right hand free

7. What does the word 'sewer' mean? smell excreta effluence seaward

8. When cholera broke out in London in 1854 only one man believed it had anything to do with the fact that the River Thames had become a huge sewer from which the population was drawing their drinking water. What reason was given for the outbreak? it was that time of year it was God's punishment for the Crimean War it was the introduction of a new, cheap gin it was airborne

9. In 1858 London was in the grip of the 'Big Stink' because sewage was so polluting the River Thames that it was becoming unbearable. It was not until the MPs sitting in the Houses of Parliament were personally affected by it that a Bill was passed (very quickly!) to improve matters. Alongside 82 miles of 'sewage superhighway', how many miles of bricked sewers were built under the incredibly detailed plan formed by Joseph Bazalgette? over 1,000 miles just under 800 miles around 3,000 miles almost exactly 920 miles

10. Which of the following is not a word used for the 'littlest room'? head swamp john bog