Sacha Baron Cohen gives the Queen HIV

WTF: Weekly Trivia File

• Sacha Baron Cohen has given The Queen HIV. Or at least he has in a scene for his new film Grimsby. In it, the Monarch becomes infected when a child with the virus is assassinated, splattering her with blood. The Sun reports that the scene was shot, but with the disclaimer: 'No decision has been made on whether it will make the final cut.' The movie, in which Cohen plays the football hooligan brother of a black-ops spy, is out in March.

• Johnny Vegas has appeared in the latest Judge Dredd comic. He tweeted that his inclusion was a 'fan boy's dream come true' after making an appearance as a fellow justice-enforcer in the Breaking Bud Part 5.

• Following yesterday's news that Rebecca Front and Morwenna Banks are to make a library-based sitcom for Radio 4, a little trivia about Absolutely star Banks: She holds the record for the shortest tenure of any Saturday Night Live repertory player, lasting just four episodes in the turbulent 1995 season.

• Bob Slayer, promoter of venues at the Edinburgh Fringe and anarchic comic in his own right, used to manage garage rock band Electric Eel Shock. After one gig in Sheffield the local support act, a very young unsigned band, pushed a hand-made CD into his hand and asked if he would manage them. 'You were very good,' he told them but right now I am really busy with Electric Eel Shock who are about to be massive…' And that's how he turned down The Arctic Monkeys. Despite Slayer’s judgment, Electric Eel Shock are still going strong – and have invited Slayer to be their support for their forthcoming tour.

• A chancer on Tinder is using Dave Gorman's picture as his own… of course the comedian found out

• Rowan Atkinson has made a £7.5million profit after selling his McLaren F1 for almost 15 times the £540,000 he paid for it in 1997. And that's despite crashing it twice, including a 2011 accident that cost £910,000 in repairs. 'It was never bought as an investment,' Atkinson has said of the car, of which 107 were made. And just 64 were road versions like his.

• On the subject of money, Kevin Bridges made £1million last year, according to the first annual accounts of his company El Tiburon – Spanish for 'The Shark' – which shows he amassed assets of £950,000 over the year. The comedian has a second company Dip and Chip, which has yet to file accounts for 2014, but last year showed £4.2 million in the bank.

• Paul Sinha, the comedian and ITV Chaser, has been named the 17th best quizzer in the world.