FACTUAL RIDDLES VI

1. Which acknowledged Olympic champions never receive medals?

2. Why do you always shut your eyes when you sneeze?

3. What part of the human body never increases in size, from birth to death?

4. What country has a nut named after it?

5. When does a countdown deliberately go 10,9,8,7,6,4,3,2,1, FIRE!

Answers:

1. The horses in equestrian events ....... only the riders receive medals.

2. The pressure behind a sneeze is equivalent to that of a bullet being fired from a gun. Your eyelids involuntarily close to prevent your eyeballs from popping out.

3. The eyes

4. Brazil

5. When testing explosives or a gun - to avoid the possibility of confusion between FIVE and FIRE.