No. 259.

One of the working titles for Citizen Kane for John Q.

(Source: IMDB.)

No. 258.

Casablanca was adapted from a play called Everybody Comes to Rick's.

(Source: IMDB.)

No. 257.

Olympian gymnast Beth Tweddle has had a train named after her.

(Source: Alan Carr's Summertime Specstacular 2. Verified by http://www.heart.co.uk/wrexham/news/local/beth-tweddle-train/.)

No. 253.

The collective noun for a group of apes is 'a shrewness' or 'a troop'.

(Source: Yahoo answers.)

No. 245.

The creative team behind the London 2012 Opening Ceremony used the codename 'Betty' when refering to the Olympic cauldron. They named it after the executive producer's dog.

(Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jul/29/frank-cottrell-boyce-olympics-opening-ceremony.)

No. 229.

When Richard Herring was hired to collate the West London phone directory, he changed Stewart Lee's name to Stewart Wee.

(Source: Richard Herring's Edinburgh Fringe Podcast.)

No. 226.

Shappi Khorsandi wanted to call her first book English People Smell of Milk. Her publishers got her to change it to A Beginner's Guide to Acting English.

(Source: Richard Herring's Edinburgh Fringe Podcast.)

No. 212.

Comedian Dave Gorman has both a Paul Daniels trick, and a character in Neighbours, named after him.

(Source: Richard Herring's Edinburgh Fringe Podcast.)

No. 207.

Zach Braff's pet fish is called Cornelius Goodyear.

(Source: Twitter.)

No. 205.

The ghosts in Pacman are called Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde.

(Source: QIkipedia Twitter feed. Verified by Wikipedia.)

No. 203.

Pepsi was originally released as 'Brad's Drink'. This is presumably a reference to its creator, Caleb Bradham.

(Source: QIkipedia Twitter feed. Verified by Wikipedia.)

No. 197.

In 1931 Disney short, The Moose Hunt, Pluto is referred to by name for the first time. The cartoon is also notably for being the only time he speaks, or achieves flight by flapping his ears.
(Source: The Disney Studio Story by Richard Holliss and Brian Sibley.)

No. 190.

C. S. Lewis' middle name was Staples.

(Source: QIkipedia Twitter feed. Verified by Wikipedia.)

No. 188.

BMW (which, incidentally, is my intials) stands for Bavarian Motor Works.

(Source: Wikipedia. Googled because I was curious.)

No. 187.

Will.I.Am's first rap name was M.C.Will. It stood for Move Cos Will Is Living Large.

(Source: The Graham Norton Show.)

No. 184.

David Baddiel's cat is called Chairman Meow.

(Source: Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast.)

No. 169.

Christopher Nolan's brother, Jonathan, prefers to be known as Jonah.

(Source: Empire magazine.)

No. 167.

Sarah Millican's kitten is named Chief Brody, after the character in the movie, Jaws.

(Source: Sarah Millican's Twitter feed.)

No. 165.

River Phoenix's birth name is River Bottom.

(Source: Have I Got A Bit More News For You. Verified by Wikipedia.)

No. 159.

Kathy Burke has a dog called Shenanigans.

(Source: The Graham Norton Show.)