A Granny Smith is a type of knot
  • Answer: False
A blizzard is a sandstorm
  • Answer: False
Composer Beethoven’s first name was Larry
  • Answer: False
Lady Gaga’s real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta
  • Answer: True
The didgeridoo is a type of kangaroo
  • Answer: False
Guantanamo prison is in the USA
  • Answer: False
The Mayans was an ancient civilization in Europe
  • Answer: False

 

Cinderella loses one of her gloves at the ball
  • Answer: False
A “puck” is used in archery
  • Answer: False
You need a horse to play the sport “polo”
  • Answer: True
The top ranking Harvard University is in the UK
  • Answer: False
Kelp and wrack are types of seaweed
  • Answer: False

 

The Second World War began with the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand
  • Answer: False
The Super Bowl is the final of the NFL
  • Answer: True
The Peso is the currency of Chile
  • Answer: True
Madonna once sang a duet with Justin Bieber
  • Answer: False
There are 15 in a dozen
  • Answer: False
Apple’s iPhone is manufactured in China
  • Answer: True
A Cow has ten stomachs
  • Answer: False
The first person in space was Jury Gagarin
  • Answer: True

 

Mao Tse Tung was the “Great Leader” of Japan
  • Answer: False
The world-famous oil painting the “Mona Lisa” hangs in the Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Answer: False
El Al is the national airline of Israel
  • Answer: True
In a soccer game, the goalkeeper cannot score a goal
  • Answer: False
Michael Jordan used to play for the Chicago Bulls
  • Answer: True
The music genre Jazz originated in Europe
  • Answer: False
The wine region Bordeaux is in Finland
  • Answer: False

 

A Spanish bullfighter is also known as a “matador”
  • Answer: True
The lead singer of The Doors was Jim Morrison
  • Answer: True
The main character in “Finding Nemo” is a clown
  • Answer: False
Shiva and Vishnu are Hindu gods
  • Answer: True
The Taj Mahal was built using wood
  • Answer: False
There were 25 wonders of the ancient world
  • Answer: False
Pablo Picasso painted the 1624 portrait “The Laughing Cavalier”
  • Answer: False
A cheapskate is another word for a miser
  • Answer: True
Louis Vuitton was the first man to cross the English Channel by airplane
  • Answer: False
The film about the concert planned by Michael Jackson before his death is called “That’s all, folks”
  • Answer: False

 

A baby goat is called a pup
  • Answer: False
“In God we trust” is a slogan from the USA
  • Answer: True
An opah is a type of bird
  • Answer: False
On a mobile phone keypad, the letters JKL are number button 5
  • Answer: True
Ken is the name of the boyfriend of the toy doll Barbie
  • Answer: True
Felix Baumgartner’s “stratosphere jump” was sponsored by Red Bull
  • Answer: True
Leo is the zodiac sign of someone born on 22nd August
  • Answer: True
The hummingbird is the biggest bird in the world
  • Answer: False
A “dermatologist” is specialist for disorders of the heart
  • Answer: False
Fish breathe through their lungs
  • Answer: False
Mike Tyson has never lost a boxing match
  • Answer: False

 

Oliver Hardy’s screen partner was Stan Laurel
  • Answer: True
The capital of Mexico is Mexico City
  • Answer: True
According to superstition a cat has nine lives
  • Answer: True
A mandrill is a type of spider
  • Answer: False
Amoebae are multicellular organisms
  • Answer: False
In poetry there are four lines in a quatrain
  • Answer: True
The musical “Mamma Mia” features songs by the band Police
  • Answer: False
Facebook is available in over 40 languages
  • Answer: True
“Ananas comosus” is the Latin name for the Pineapple
  • Answer: True

 

The Louvre museum is in Madrid
  • Answer: False
Venus is the hottest planet in the Solar System
  • Answer: True
“Hannibal Lecter” is played by Anthony Hopkins
  • Answer: True
Koala bears are marsupials
  • Answer: True
In geometry a compass is used to measure angles
  • Answer: False
Australia was an English colony
  • Answer: True
Kermit the Frog has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • Answer: True

 

Wolves cannot bark
  • Answer: True
A female fox is called a vixen
  • Answer: True
Marie Curie coined the phrase “radioactive”
  • Answer: True
The list of symbols on a map is called the “fable”
  • Answer: False
There are 13 players in a Rugby League team
  • Answer: True
A female bear is called a Sow
  • Answer: True
The US city of Detroit is nicknamed “Big D”
  • Answer: False

 

The three kings brought gold, frankincense and myrrh
  • Answer: True
The FBI agent in “The Silence of the Lambs” is called Dana Scully
  • Answer: False
Italian is the official language of the West African country Togo
  • Answer: False
The Java Islands belong to New Zealand
  • Answer: False
“Red” is one of the colours in the rainbow
  • Answer: True
Time Square is located in Manchester
  • Answer: False
Lauryn Hill is a member of the band “Queens of the Stone Age”
  • Answer: False
Ants are considered industrious, hardworking animals
  • Answer: True

 

The largest carnivore on land is the polar bear
  • Answer: True
Adrenalin is known as one of the major stress hormones
  • Answer: True
When played “forte” is a musical note is very quiet
  • Answer: False
The Wikipedia logo is an open book
  • Answer: False
William Shatner plays Captain Kirk in “Star Trek”
  • Answer: True
The European country of Luxembourg has 6 official languages
  • Answer: False
Dragon boats have an engine
  • Answer: False

 

Sitting Bull was a real person
  • Answer: True
The Earth rotates from west to north
  • Answer: False
Rachel Rihanna Harrison is the real name of singer Rihanna
  • Answer: False
“Zoology” is the study of plants
  • Answer: False
The CN Tower in Toronto is the tallest building in the world
  • Answer: False
Plants need carbon dioxide in order to create oxygen
  • Answer: True
The bow of a ship is at the front
  • Answer: False
Sound waves create an echo when reflected by a mountain face
  • Answer: True

 

The number pi begins with 4.14
  • Answer: False
Miley Cirus played the lead in the television series “Hannah Montana”
  • Answer: True
The earliest symbol for Christianity was the fish
  • Answer: True
Hund is German for dog
  • Answer: True
Beijing was formerly known as Peking
  • Answer: True
The first Walkman was made by Sony
  • Answer: True

 

12 people sit on a jury
  • Answer: True
Daffy Duck is a white swan
  • Answer: False
Venus is the Roman Goddess of love and beauty
  • Answer: True
The Earth is a star
  • Answer: False
The internet browser by Google is called Google Iron
  • Answer: False

 

Fidel Castro was the seventh president of the USA
  • Answer: False
The Sahara desert is in the south of Africa
  • Answer: False
In the human body the mandible is the lower jawbone
  • Answer: True
Hedgehogs shed their prickles when in danger
  • Answer: False
Rubies are blue
  • Answer: False

 

The sides of a rectangle are all the same length
  • Answer: False
A squid has 25 arms
  • Answer: False
A tricycle has three wheels
  • Answer: True
The Niagara Falls are on the border between the USA and Canada
  • Answer: True
Mount Kilimanjaro consists of several extinct volcanoes
  • Answer: True
Ashton Kutcher replaced Charlie Sheen in the TV series “Two and a Half Men”
  • Answer: True

 

Words that have the same meaning to each other are called synonyms
  • Answer: True
One of Microsoft’s founders was named Bill Gates
  • Answer: True
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon wrote the screenplay for the movie “Pearl Harbor.”
  • Answer: False
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table lived in Camelittle
  • Answer: False
The origins of the sport rugby can be traced back to American football
  • Answer: False
In earlier years, golf balls were made of leather and feathers
  • Answer: True
Bambi was the first full-length Walt Disney movie
  • Answer: False
Troy was a mythical city
  • Answer: True

 

Central Park is located in Philadelphia
  • Answer: False
A castrated male horse is referred to as a “stud”
  • Answer: False
Dr. Seuss wrote the book “The Cat in the Hat”
  • Answer: True
Tom Hanks plays Robinson Crusoe in “Cast Away”
  • Answer: False
There are four Teletubbies
  • Answer: True
The Statue of Liberty is one of New York’s main landmarks
  • Answer: True
Beethoven was blind
  • Answer: False

 

Indiana Jones’ weapon of choice in the “throwing star.”
  • Answer: False
In the American Wild West William Bonney was better known as Billy Bones
  • Answer: False
“Couscous” is typical Arabian dish
  • Answer: True
The Capital city of Belgium is Amsterdam
  • Answer: False
Charlie Chaplin was a silent movie star
  • Answer: True
“Our Town” is a play by Thorton Wilder
  • Answer: True
The Earth’s diameter measures around 13,000 kilometers (approx. 8,078 miles)
  • Answer: True
A brooch with a portrait profile carved in relief is a called a cameo
  • Answer: True

 

In the film and comic series, Peter Parker becomes Spiderman
  • Answer: True
In the Disney/Pixar movie Ratatouille, the rat Remy wants to become a great chef
  • Answer: True
Plaster casts are made using “plaster of London”
  • Answer: True
The Cannes Film Festival takes place in France
  • Answer: True
The Road Runner is chased by Wile E. Coyote in the Looney Tunes cartoons
  • Answer: True
Loch Ness in Scotland is associated with monster sightings
  • Answer: True
Elvis Presley sang “She Loves You”
  • Answer: False