English Trivia

Dreamt is the only English word that ends in the letters mt.
The word set has more definitions than any other word in
the English language.
Underground is the only word in the English language that
begins and ends with the letters und.
There is a seven letter word in the English language that
contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters:
therein the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein,
herein.
"Rhythms" is the longest English word without the normal
vowels, a, e, i, o, or u.
The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called
aglets.

English Trivia
No word in the English language rhymes with month,
orange, silver, and purple.
Go is the shortest complete sentence in the English
language.
A sentence that contains all 26 letters of an alphabet is
called a pangram, and the most famous is the one typists use
to test their keyboards: The quick brown fox jumps over
the lazy dog.
The word queue is the only word in the English language
that is still pronounced the same way when the last four
letters are removed.
The Chinese language does not require punctuation.
"Four" is the only number whose number of letters in the

English Trivia
The word "assassination" was invented by Shakespeare
which means to destroy or kill suddenly or secretively.
The ZIP in Zip-code stands for "Zoning Improvement Plan."
There are roughly 6,500 spoken languages in the world
today. However, about 2,000 of those languages have
fewer than 1,000 speakers. The most widely spoken
language in the world is Mandarin Chinese. There are
885,000,000 people in China that speak that language.
Almost is the longest word in the English language with
all the letters in alphabetical order.
The Bible, the world's best-selling book, is also the world's
most shoplifted book

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A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off!
Earth is the only planet not named after a god
It is impossible to lick your elbow.
Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a
"Friday the 13th."
People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when
you sneeze, your heart stops for a milli-second.
It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
Rats and horses can't vomit.
If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib.
If you keep your eyes open by force, they can pop out.
Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could
have over a million descendants.
Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the
bacteria in your ear by 700 times.

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The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
Most lipstick contains fish scales.
Cat's urine glows under a black-light. Like
fingerprints,
Everyones tongue print is different.
The king of hearts is the only king without a
moustache.
Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise. Rest
of the planets rotates Anti Clock wise.
Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you
up in the morning.
The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung
cancer.

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Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
Honey is the only food that does not spoil.
Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian
pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists
and found edible.
Pearls melt in vinegar.
It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not
downstairs.
Coca-Cola would be green if coloring werent
added to it.
More people are allergic to cow's milk than
any other food.
Dolphins sleep with one eye open!

TONGUE TWISTERS

A tongue twister is a phrase, sentence or rhyme that presents

difficulties when spoken because it contains similar sounds - Whistle
for the thistle sifter, for example. It improves the voice clarity and
the usage of vowels sounds.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
I saw Susie sitting in a shoe shine shop.
Where she sits she shines, and where she shines she sits.
A box of biscuits, a batch of mixed biscuits.
A cheap ship trip.
Fat frogs flying past fast.
Nine nice night nurses nursing nicely.
Please pay promptly.
Red leather, yellow leather.
Six sharp smart sharks.
"RED BLOOD BLUE BLOOD
Double bubble gum, bubbles double.
Betty bought butter but the butter was bitter, so Betty bought better
butter to make the bitter butter better.

Quiz
Which metal is heavier, silver or gold? =Gold
Who is the lead character in the movie The bandit Queen? = Seema
Biswas
How many legs do butterflies have? = six
Which is the country with the most people? =China
Which state is the biggest in the US? = Alaska
Which country has the largest area of land? = Russia
Which is the non-contagious disease that is the most common in the
world? = Tooth Decay
Which was the album the Beatles recorded the last time together? =
Abbey Road
What is the rhinos horn made of? = Hair
What is the opposite of Egoism? = Altruism
Who is known as the FATHER OF INDIAN CONSTITUTION? = B.R
Ambedkar

Quiz
Which instrument did Miles Davis, the jazz musician, play? =
Trumpet
What is the sport in which you could get into a headlock? =
Wrestling
In which country was golf first played? = Scotland
Which is the sport where you could be out leg before wicket, or
hit a six? = Cricket
When did baseball originate in the US? = 19th Century
Which is the sport wherein you would use a 'sand iron'? GOLF
What is the largest mammal in the world? = Blue Whale
Which is the country where reggae music originated? = Jamaica
Who was the writer of Alices Adventures in Wonderland? = Lewis
Carroll
Which is the smallest ocean in the world? = Arctic ocean