Q. According to strangefacts.com, the average person uses approximately 57 of these every day. what?
A. Sheets of toilet papers!
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Q. According to a Pew report, about 45% of men have done this since they were children, compared to 42% of women. What?
A. Change religions
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Q. There were 153.6 million of these in the U.S. as of October 1, 2007. What?
A. Women! The number of males is 149.4 million
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Q. According to a new survey , 33% of Americans admit to doing this at work. What?
Q. 33% of AMericans admit to falling asleep at work!
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Q. According to "Uncle John's Bathroom Reader," if you live an average lifespan you'll spend a total of about six months here. Where?
A. On the toilet.
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Q. According to Gartner Financial Services, 71 million American (33%) do this online. What?
A. 71 million Americans do their banking online!
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Q. This happens 50 million times every day online. What?
A. Someone "Googles" someone else's name.
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Q. According to Prevention Magazine, 44% of people spend more time doing thison their bed than sleeping in it. What?
Q. Work!
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Q. According to the New York Times, about how much money is in circulation in the United States?
A. $750 Billion
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Q. According to Cosmo, the average person has 104 of these to choose from. What?
A. TV Channels!
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Q. Thin Mint is the most popular Girl Scout Cookie sold, second only what cookie overall?
A. Oreos!
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Q. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 40% of th epeople in the profession are self-employed, with the average business owner earning more than $82,000 per year. What profession?
A. Psychologists
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Q. This was patented in 1849 by Walter Hunt. He sold the patent rights for $400. What?
Q. The safety pin
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Q. What character was the first balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, in 1927?
A. Felix the Cat
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Q. In the Parker Brothers game Monopoly, what space has the greatest statistical chance of being landed on?
A. Illinois Avenue
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Q. According to the University of Chicago, people who do this at least once a week will live, on average, 14 years longer! what?
A. Attend a religious service
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Q. According to Food Network, what country eats the most eggs?
A. Japan, where each person puts away 6.3 eggs a week
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Q. According to Directions Research, 27% of Americans use this in the bathroom. What?
A. A cell phone.
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Q. According to the New York Times, 1.26 million gallons of this was produced in the U.S. in 2006. What?
Q. Maple syrup
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Q. A Gallup poll shows just 6% of men wear these to work, a 4% decline since 2002. What?
Q. Ties!
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Q. The average American over 50 has spent five years doing this. What?
A. Waiting in lines
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Q. The average American spends two years of their life waiting on this. What?
A. For meals to be served
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Q. According to Earnestspeaker.com, how many times does a person usually chew a piece of gum before spitting it out?
Q. 5,500
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Q. 75% of Americans now ban this in their homes, up from 43% a decade ago. What?
A. Smoking
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Q. According to Food Network, what candy bar was named after the candy maker's family's horse?
A. Snickers
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Q. What frozen cocktail is named for a mining village in Cuba?
A. The Daiquiri
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Q. What is the world's most widely-used vegetable?
A. Onion
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Q. According to Iteachyou.com, how many toothpicks can be made from one cord of wood?
A. 7.5 million
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Q. What flower can grow between your nose and your chin?
A. Tulips
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Q.According to Snapple, Americans spend more than $630 million a year on this sporting equipment. What?
A. Golf Balls
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Q. What goes around the world and stays in a corner?
A. A stamp.
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Q. According to Family Circle, what was the most popular dessert at restaurants in 2006?
A. Cheesecake.
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Q. 7-Eleven sells over 100 million of these a year. What?
A. Hot dogs!
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Q. According to Woman's World, the worlds first one of these was invented in Long Island in 1958. What?
A. The world's first video game.
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Q. A University of Maryland study shows that 65% of doctors and other medical professionals admitted they hadn't done this in at least a week. Nearly 16% said they hand't done it in a month. What?
A. Washed their lab coats!
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Q. According to the Census Bureau, nearly 5.5 million people attend one of these each year across the United States. What?
A. A rodeo
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Q. According to the Census Bureau, it's estimated that a half billion gallons of this are consumed worldwide each year. What?
A. Kool-Aid
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Q. There were 275 billion of these distributed in America in 2004, with only 1% of them ever used. What?
A. Coupons
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Q. According to the New York Times, there were 1,670 of these in New York City as of February 2007. What?
A. Gas stations.
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Q. There is one in a minute and two in a moment, but only one in a million years. What is it?
Q. The letter "m"
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Q. ACCORDING TO PREVENTION MAGAZINE, DOING THIS AT LEAST TWO TIMES A YEAR CAN CUT YOUR CHANCE OF HAVING A FATAL HEART ATTACK BY 50% WHAT"
A. TAKING A VACATION!
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Q.ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS BUREAU, MORE THAN 74 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE AKEN PART IN ONE OF THESE DURING THE PREVIOUS YEAR. WHAT?
A. A BARBECUE
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Q. ACCORDING TO THE BOOK "WHEN IT COMES TO GUYS, WHAT'S NORMAL?" 76% OF WOMEN DO THIS EVERY DAY, COMPARED TO ONLY 46% OF MEN. WHAT?
A. MAKE THEIR BED!
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Q. ACCORDING TO MARKETWATCH, MORE THAN 6 BILLION OF THESE WERE MAILED IN 2005, A 16% JUMP FROM THE 5.2 BILLION SENT IN 2004. WHAT?
A. CREDIT CARD OFFERS!
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Q. THE AVERAGE PERSON CONSUMES ONEOF THESE IN 6.1 BITES. WHAT?
A. A HOT DOG!
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Q. THIS HAPPENS 1,100 TIMES EVERY SECOND IN AMERICA, ACCORDING TO TIME MAGAZINE. WHAT?
A. A LOAD OF LAUNDRY IS STARTED.
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Q. ACCORDING TO A NEW SURVEY BY RAND MCNALLY, 5% OF PEOPLE ADMIT TO DOING THIS WHILE DRIVING. MOST, WE HOPE, ARE WOMEN. WHAT?
A. PUTTING ON MAKE-UP!
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Q.ACCORDING TO TIME MAGAZINE, HOW MANY FREQUENT -FLYER MILES HAVE BEEN AWARDED BY U.S. AIRLINES IN THE PAST 25 YEARS?
A. 19 TRILLION -- ENOUGH TO CIRCLE THE GLOBE 760 MILLION TIMES.
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According to Woman's World, people who drive these cars tend to get tickets more often than other drivers. What kind of car?
A. Red ones!
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According to a new survey by Rand McNally, 5% of people admit to doing this while driving. Most, we hope, are women. What?
A Putting on makeup!
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Q. ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS BUREAU, FLORIDA LED THE NATION IN PRODUCTION OF THIS FOOD LAST YEAR (835 MILLION POUNDS). OTHER LEADING PRODUCERS INCLUDE CALIFORNIA, GEORGIA AND TEXAS, EACH WITH MORE THAN 600 MILLION POUNDS. WHAT?
A. WATERMELON!
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Q. WHAT IS THE LARGEST AND HEAVIEST ORGAN IN THE BODY?
A. LIVER!
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THE TYPICAL AMERICAN GOES THROUGH 1.8 POUNDS OF THIS ANNUALLY, ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS BUREAU. TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS ARE THE HEAVIEST USERS. WHAT?
A. CHEWING GUM!
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Q. ACCORDING TO THE JOURNAL OF CONSUMER RESEARCH, THE CLOSER YOU ARE TO SOMEONE THE LESS LIKELY YOU ARE TO DO THIS. WHAT?
A. GIVE THEM WHAT THEY WANT FOR A GIFT!
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Q. THE U.S. HAD 400 OF THESE IN 2006. ALL OF US WOULD LIKE TO BE ONE OF THOSE 400! WHAT?
A. BILLIONAIRES!
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Q. ACCORDING TO www.TipThePlanet.com, 90 BILLION OF THESE ARE USED BY AMERICANS ANNUALLY. WORLDWIDE, AN ESTIMATED 4 BILLION OF THEM END UP AS LITTER EACH YEAR. TIED END TO END, THAT'S ENOUGH TO CIRCLE THE EARTH 63 TIMES! WHAT?
A. PLASTIC BAGS!
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Q. ACCORDING TO THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE AVERAGE AMERICAN SPENT $613 ON THIS IN 2003. WHAT?
A. PROFESSIONAL LAWN AND LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE.
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Q. AMERICANS DOWN 29.2 BILLION OF THESE EACH YEAR. ABOUT 50 BILLION OF THESE ARE CONSUMED WORLDWIDE EACH YEAR. WHAT?
A. ASPIRIN!
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Q. STUDIES SHOW THAT DOING THIS SIMPLE THING CAN RAISE A CHiLD'S IQ SCORE BY AS MUCH AS 25% IT IS SOMETHING USUALLY DONE EVERY DAY. WHAT?
A. TAKING A MULTIVITAMIN!
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Q. ACCORDING TO THE NEW YORK TIMES, PEOPLE WERE RESCUED FROM ONE OF THESE 11,385 TIMES IN 2005. WHAT?
A. ELEVATORS
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Q. ACCORDING TO FHM, THERE ARE 30,000 INJURIES RELATED TO THIS ANNUALLY IN THE U.S.-- NEARLY ALL OF THEM IN THE WINTER. WHAT?
A. SLEDDING.
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Q. ACCORDING TO CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, THERE WERE 32 PEOPLE LICENSED TO DO THIS IN FLORIDA AS OF 2006. WHAT?
A. ALLIGATOR TRAPPERS
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Q. ACCORDING TO BUSINESS WEEK, 124 OF THESE MADE THEIR DEBUT IN U.S. DEPARTMENT STORES IN 2005. WHAT?
A. NEW PERFUMES AND COLOGNES.
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Q. ACCORDING TO THE NEW YORKER, HOW MANY ITEMS ARE BOUGHT AND SOLD ON eBAY IN AN AVERAGE DAY?
A. 30 MILLION!
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Q. ACCORDING TO A HARRIS POLL, 24% OF COMPUTER USERS SAY THEY HAVE USED THEIR COMPUTER IN THIS LOCATION. WEHRE?
A. IN BED
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Q. ACCORDING TO THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, WHICH CITY HAD THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF DOG BITES OF POSTAL WORKERS IN 2005?
A. HOUSTON, WHERE DOGS BIT POSTAL WORKERS 109 TIMES IN 2005!
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Q. In 1947, the Mound Metalcraft Company, originally founded to building gardening implements, created the first one of these popular toys. What?
A. Tonka trucks, which are named after Lake Minnetonka in Minnesota. The word "tonka means "great" in Sioux.
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Q. According to a new study by AutoVantage, while 35% of people admit they honk their horn as a reaction to rude or bad driving by others, 1% actually admits to doing this. What?
A. Slamming into the car!
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