Tell Me The Truth

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. Is it true that when one Patrick Morrissey was executed in 1872, the executioner was a future President of the United States? Yes No

2. Is it true that in one of Sydney's poorer working class suburbs of the 1960s, a statue was erected to honour the prostitutes of that area? Yes No

3. The alcoholic drink "Bloody Mary" has been with us for some time, and its name has been attributed to several different sources. One of these was to a Chicago barmaid named Maria who worked at an establishment known as "The Blood and Bones". Is this true? Yes No

4. In 1799, is it true that Frenchwoman Jeanne Genevieve Labrosse became the first woman to use a parachute? Yes No

5. Is it true that dentures were invented for horses in 1987? Yes No

6. Is it true that Roy Rogers used to take his horse, Trigger, up several flights of stairs at various hospitals to visit sick children? Yes No

7. Is it true that actress Sarah Jessica Parker is descended from a so-called witch? Yes No

8. Is it true that the editorial staff of New York's "The World" newspaper described the new Statue of Liberty in 1886 as a beacon of piercing light illuminating the entire country? Yes No

9. Is it true that the term "printer's devil" meant any young apprentice in the printing trade? Yes No

10. Is it true that the salmonberry was so named because its taste has a slight similarity to that worthy fish? Yes No