The Honest Truth: Tell the Truth Day Quiz

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    Which film starring Jim Carrey is based on the story of a man who cannot lie for one day?

    • Yes Man
    • Liar Liar
    • Bruce Almighty
    • The Truman Show
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About This Quiz

Unleash your inner truth-seeker with our engaging "Tell the Truth Day" quiz! This quiz explores the fascinating dimensions of truth across history, culture, philosophy, and science. Perfect for everyone from casual knowledge enthusiasts to trivia buffs, this quiz offers a unique lens to view the concept of truth, unearthing facts you never knew you needed! Test your knowledge with our quiz and delve deep into an adventure of truth. You'll encounter questions about famous historical figures, iconic literary works, surprising scientific facts, and powerful philosophical ideas. There's something for everyone in this unique celebration of truth. Let's see how much you really know about truth!

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  • 2. 

    Which U.S. president's nickname was "Honest Abe"?

    • Richard Nixon

    • Thomas Jefferson

    • Andrew Jackson

    • Abraham Lincoln

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  • 3. 

    When is "Tell the Truth Day" celebrated every year?

    • July 8

    • July 7

    • August 8

    • August 7

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  • 4. 

    Which of the following is the act of deliberately causing somebody to accept something as true that is not true?

    • Deception

    • Misguiding

    • Libel

    • Perjury

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  • 5. 

    Who invented the modern polygraph or lie detector test in 1921?

    • Isaac Newton

    • Nikola Tesla

    • John Augustus Larson

    • Alexander Graham Bell

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  • 6. 

    In psychology, what is the phenomenon where a person believes a lie to be true after repeated exposure to it?

    • Illusory truth effect

    • Cognitive dissonance

    • Confirmation bias

    • Backfire effect

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    In which famous play does the line, "This above all: to thine own self be true" appear?

    • As You Like It

    • Macbeth

    • Hamlet

    • King Lear

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  • 8. 

    In 2016, "Post-truth" was declared the Word of the Year by ____________.

    • Cambridge University Press

    • Merriam-Webster

    • Oxford Dictionaries

    • The American Dialect Society

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  • 9. 

    Which famous American author wrote, "Truth is stranger than fiction"?

    • Mark Twain

    • Ernest Hemingway

    • Edgar Allan Poe

    • F. Scott Fitzgerald

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  • 10. 

    Which philosopher is often credited with the phrase "beauty is truth, truth beauty "?

    • Socrates

    • Aristotle

    • John Keats

    • Plato

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