My flatmate said he'd buy me lunch if I could think of five obscure trivia questions about Hamburg before the bill came. Which of course sent me to God:
What is an interesting fact about Hamburg that isn't on Wikipedia and not many people would know. Thanks!
BONUS ROUND! Now that I know someone who actually works at AQA, I texted her a similar question. I got the following results:
From: AQA [63336]
Hamburg turned out 1.2M spectators to see the QM2 when the ship sailed on August 1st. The QM2 is the most profitable ship in the world.Hamburg has a 4 day Port celebration every year that attracts vesdsels from all over the world. Hamburg is also the centre of the German sex industry.
From: Nat
Um, the Hamburger was named after it. The local Ice Hockey team are all the 'Hamburg Freezers'. 5 of the 2006 FIFA world cup games will be played there.
Sadly, the Hamburger did not originate in Hamburg, Germany. It originated in Hamburg, NY. So I lost the bet and paid for my own lunch.
This is a 
Not that I'm getting defensive or anything...
"WORD HISTORY Because the world has eaten countless hamburgers, the origins of the name may be of interest to many. By the middle of the 19th century people in the port city of Hamburg, Germany, enjoyed a form of pounded beef called Hamburg steak. The large numbers of Germans who migrated to North America during this time probably brought the dish and its name along with them. The entrée may have appeared on an American menu as early as 1836, although the first recorded use of Hamburg steak is not found until 1884. The variant form hamburger steak, using the German adjective Hamburger meaning ?from Hamburg,? first appears in a Walla Walla, Washington, newspaper in 1889. By 1902 we find the first description of a Hamburg steak close to our conception of the hamburger, namely a recipe calling for ground beef mixed with onion and pepper. By then the hamburger was on its way, to be followed?much later?by the shortened form burger, used in forming cheeseburger and the names of other variations on the basic burger, as well as on its own."
But there's probably about a billion other theories on the origin of the word.
So maybe you should have won?
Nat: You're awesome.
*blush* thanks :)