Pop Culture Do you have what it takes to sail the high seas like your favorite pirate? Find out here! Published 9 months ago on March 16, 2023 By Mike Peck 0% Pop Culture Vol. 13 Rihanna banned fans from bringing what items to her concerts in 2008? Tape recorders Umbrellas Cell phones Bananas Next Question Wrong! Correct! In 2008, as her hit song "Umbrella" dominated the charts, Rihanna banned umbrellas from her concerts in the United Kingdom. Johnny Depp has an irrational fear of what? Dogs Clowns Heights Spiders Next Question Wrong! Correct! Johnny Depp suffers from coulrophobia, AKA fear of clowns. "There always seemed to be a darkness lurking just under the surface, a potential for real evil. I guess I am afraid of them because it's impossible - thanks to their painted-on-smiles - to distinguish if they are happy or if they're about to bite your face off," the actor said. What was Marilyn Monroe’s natural hair color? Black Blonde Brown Red Next Question Wrong! Correct! Marilyn Monroe’s natural hair color was red! Which actress keeps her Oscar in her bathroom so guests can hold it and make speeches in the mirror? Meryl Streep Nicole Kidman Kate Winslet Frances McDormand Next Question Wrong! Correct! After Kate Winslet won an Academy Award for her performance in The Reader (2009), she decided to keep it in her bathroom. “The whole point is for everybody to pick it up and go, ‘I’d like to thank my son and my dad’—and you can always tell when someone has, because they’re in there a little bit longer after they flushed,” Winslet said. “They’ll come out looking slightly pink-cheeked. It’s hysterical.” The FBI once spent two years investigating a song. What song was it? "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" "Another Brick in the Wall" "Louie Louie" "Genie in a Bottle" Wrong! Correct! During the 1960s, analysts at the FBI’s cutting-edge laboratory spent more than two years investigating the lyrics of the Kingsmen’s hit pop song “Louie Louie.” As rumors swirled that the catchy but poorly recorded tune’s garbled verses contained pornographic language, concerned parents wrote to government authorities expressing their outrage. The FBI responded by subjecting various versions of the song to rigorous audio tests and producing a 120-page report that concluded it was “unintelligible at any speed.” Next Trivia Did You Know? Pirates would wear earrings to commemorate their travels, prevent from seasickness, and insult stifling dress codes of the day as well as pay for their own burials if on land. Related Topics: Advertisement