Fun Facts Quiz
10 Questions
| Attempts: 349
Questions and Answers
- 1.
The prefix 'giga' means a million?
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. FalseExplanation
Giga means a billionRate this question:
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- 2.
The first set of Crayola Crayons had eight colours?
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True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. TrueExplanation
The original Crayola packs from the 1900's had the original eight.Rate this question:
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- 3.
The city Alexandria was named after Alexander the great?
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. TrueExplanation
Alexandria had many literary works in it. It was part of Alexander's empireRate this question:
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- 4.
Al Capone was arrested by the FBI for illegal alcohol sales?
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. FalseExplanation
Tax evasion was the reason the FBI locked up Scarface!Rate this question:
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- 5.
If I am looking at a parliment of animals, I am looking at a group of peacocks?
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. FalseExplanation
A group of peacocks is called a 'muster' or 'ostentation'. A group of owls is called a parliment.Rate this question:
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- 6.
John Travolta's mother was in 'Saturday Night Fever'?
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True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. TrueExplanation
John Travolta's mother had a cameo as a woman in the hardware store, waiting for paint!Rate this question:
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- 7.
Peanuts grow on trees?
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. FalseExplanation
Peanuts grow underground on bushy plantsRate this question:
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- 8.
Palm trees really are trees?
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True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. FalseExplanation
Palm trees, believe it or not, are really grasses. Members of the monocotyledons!Rate this question:
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- 9.
Mushrooms are part of the plant kingdom?
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. FalseExplanation
Mushrooms belong to the fungi kingdom along with molds and yeasts!Rate this question:
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- 10.
The word 'blackmail' has its orgin from the armor worn in medieval times?
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True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. TrueExplanation
Whenever two knights were fighting and one got the upper hand and disarmed his opponent, he would point his sword in the 'apparent' losers face and give him the choice of life or death. Hence, the practice became known as blackmailing someone.Rate this question:
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