WTF: Weekly Trivia File

• Paul Foot has tweeted Sussex Police to say he is not the burglary suspect they are looking for – after they released this e-fit, which looks suspiciously like him. He said: 'To the Brighton police looking for this man who broke into a church, I have an alibi and can confirm it was not me.' The suspect broke into a church and stole electrical items.

• The Sun thought a story that 64 per cent of people think Russell Brand isn't funny was worthy of a particularly petty front page splash today. Mind you another survey in 2012 found that only 9 per cent of people thought The Sun was trustworthy – and they didn't quite give that the same prominence.

• Stand-up Neil Delamere has been given a taste of childbirth for his new Irish TV show. He said: 'I got hooked up to a machine that simulates labour. It was a bizarre, out-of-body experience. It makes all of your pelvic muscles contract and vibrate and was really painful, I'm sure it was only a shadow of the real thing but it definitely made for one of the more interesting days at work.' He underwent the experience for an RTE2 show, Holding Out For A Hero, about the myth of Cúchulainn, in which Ulstermen were put under a spell that would make them feel labour pains.

• Jim Davidson has been singing the praises of a £35 ring that he says has cured him of his loud snoring. The Good Night Anti Snoring Ring, worn on the little finger, is said to use acupressure to clear the airways. 'I wear the ring every night now and it has been fantastic,' said the 60-year-old – whose nocturnal noises were highlighted when he appeared on Celebrity Big Brother. 'It works. I don't know if it's just me, psychological or just plain magic but it works.'

• As more accusers come forward against Bill Cosby, it seems 30 Rock was about five years ahead of the headlines with this scene:

• Still Game star Greg Hemphill has branded 118 duo bastards after receiving an huge bill for using the directory inquiries service they advertise. He tweeted: 'Just looked at my phone bill. One call to 118 118 cost me over 11 quid. Those bastards with the curly hair and moustaches need investigated.' He added: '2 quid connect, another pound if they transfer you then they take a percentage of the call cost which is chatline expensive.' Still, the Still Games shows at the Hydro this summer raked in an estimated £6million, so he can probably afford it…

• Stand-up Lloyd Griffiths played in goal for a Grimsby Town 'legends' team for a fundraising match against a squad of sponsors earlier this week. His team won 8-3 and he said it was 'a boyhood dream fulfilled'.

• Christian Bale prepared for his role as Moses in Ridley Scott's Exodus: Gods and Kings by watching Monty Python's Life Of Brian… because he said the comedy showed him how NOT to do things. 'It's very easy when you're making a film that has this sort of weight to it, you could unintentionally start making Life Of Brian', he said. 'We had takes when it became a bit Monty Python, it was good because we knew we had those red flags.'

• Ross Noble's fans have a tradition of leaving gifts for him on stage during the interval; and he says the best was a proper suit made out of bubble wrap.

• Frank Skinner says a cab driver once mistook him for Some Mothers Do 'Ave Em character Frank Spencer. 'I hadn't the heart to disillusion him,' Skinner recalls. 'So when he said, "'Are you still in touch with the lady who plays Betty?', I just said, "Oh you know, we still do the occasional show but we're not really friends."

• The most retweeted comment from last night's Question Time was Omid Djalili saying: 'Politicians seem like a lot of private schoolboys, people in the upper-middle classes, placing a game where they're playing with our lives. And what's they game they are playing? The game of how to keep in power.'

• John Bishop spent his birthday on Sunday playing the last of three gigs at Wembley Arena… so to mark the event the venue's assistant general manager Gareth Booker presented him with a cake and a match programme and team shot of the first Liverpool FC match following his birth.

• Tweets of the week
Rhys James (@rhysjamesy): Which idiot called it LadBible and not Prickipedia?
Ian Power (@IHPower): Everyone says I'm wrong and I won't be able to mend my broken rifles with superglue, but I'm sticking to my guns!
Andrew Lawrence (@andrewlawrence): I'd like to see a dedicated website where morbidly obese people can upload selfies - Ginstergram.

Published: 5 Dec 2014