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Interesting Questions, Facts and Information
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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 True or False
| You mail some books (media (book)rate) to the wrong address. The post office will return them to you postage due (you will have paid twice)? | The Other Side Of True or False (zarlin) |
True . I recently had this happen to me.
| What Were They Thinking?: Angry residents of Quito, Ecuador burned down a radio station after it presented its own version of "The War of the Worlds" in 1949. | True-or-False Spectacular II (cag1970) |
T. On October 30, 1938, Orson Welles and his Mercury Theater set off a panic in the United States when they dramatized H.G. Wells's classic alien-invasion story on the radio. But a decade later, on February 12, 1949, a Quito radio station did the same thing, with a dramatization that involved aliens descending upon Ecuador's capital. Panic gave way to outright anger; the building the radio station was housed in was burned to the ground. Fifteen people died in the fire. (Thanks to "What Were They Thinking?" by Bruce Felton for additional information.)
| True or False? You toss a fair coin 1 million times. It is probable that you will have at least one run of at least 25 heads in a row. | Looks Easy - True or False (zarlin) |
False . False, the chances of tossing 25 heads in a row are 1 in 33,554,432.
| True or False? Whales breathe air just as humans do. | True Or False: Test Your Knowledge (comoxvalley) |
| True or False? Tiger Electronics and Nerf are Hasbro brands. | Looks Easy - True or False (zarlin) |
| True or False? There is a town named Mars in Pennsylvania. | True Or False: Test Your Knowledge (comoxvalley) |
| True or False? The Wright Brothers' plane was called Kitty Hawk. | True Or False: Test Your Knowledge (comoxvalley) |
| True or False? The abbreviation for Massachusetts is MS. | True Or False: Test Your Knowledge (comoxvalley) |
| True or False? The abbreviation for Los Angeles International airport is LAS. | True Or False: Test Your Knowledge (comoxvalley) |
| True or False? Paul Newman dropped out of high school. | Looks Easy - True or False (zarlin) |
False . False, Paul graduated from Yale in 1954.
| True or False? Of Gwyneth Paltrow and Billy Joel only one is Jewish. | Looks Easy - True or False (zarlin) |
False . False, they are both Jewish.
| True or False? Mat, pot, squop and squidger are terms used in wrestling. | Looks Easy - True or False (zarlin) |
False . False, they are used in Tiddlywinks.
| True or False? Las Vegas is called 'the Big Easy'. | True Or False: Test Your Knowledge (comoxvalley) |
| True or False? Jason Block won {$1,000,000} on the American version of 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire'. | True Or False: Test Your Knowledge (comoxvalley) |
| True or False? Harvard University has a Harvard Tiddlywinks Society. | Looks Easy - True or False (zarlin) |
| True or False? Elvis Presley had a karate blackbelt. | True Or False: Test Your Knowledge (comoxvalley) |
| True or False? E-bay says it is ok for members to cancel their auctions before they receive any bids and sell the product to a buyer making a nonbidding offer (thus cancelling the auction). | Looks Easy - True or False (zarlin) |
True . True, Ebay is fine with accepting offers before the seller receives and bids. The transaction, however, falls outside the rules of Ebay in the sense that Ebay will not help to ensure that it is completed.
| True or False? Certain towns in Missouri require that all stop signs be illuminated at night. | Looks Easy - True or False (zarlin) |
| True or False? Brooklyn College considered moving to Los Angeles with the Dodgers. | Looks Easy - True or False (zarlin) |
| True or False? A viper can be a car or a snake. | True Or False: Test Your Knowledge (comoxvalley) |
| True or False: There is such a country known as Benin? | Ultimate True or False Questions (ActionMan) |
True . Benin is west of Nigeria.
| True or False: The prefix 'giga' means a million? | Ultimate True or False Questions (ActionMan) |
False . Giga means a billion.
| True or False: The Nintendo 64 game F-Zero-X contains Rainbow Road? | Ultimate True or False Questions (ActionMan) |
True . If you succeed on the game, or if you place the Gameshark code known as Unlock Everything, you will find the Joker Cup racetracks. Rainbow Road, with the nickname Psychedelic Experience, is the first one.
| True or False: The last dynasty in China was the Chou? | Ultimate True or False Questions (ActionMan) |
False . If you studied Chinese history, you'd know it was the Manchu or Qing Dynasty that was destroyed by revolution in 1911. The Chou Dynasty existed during the time of Confucius.
| True or False: The first set of Crayola crayons had eight colors? | Ultimate True or False Questions (ActionMan) |
True . The original Crayola packs from the 1900's had the original eight. They were, over time, vastly improved upon.
| True or False: The country Cameroon borders Congo? | Ultimate True or False Questions (ActionMan) |
True . Cameroon, a country in Africa, borders Congo on the southeast.
| True or False: The city Alexandria was named after Alexander the Great? | Ultimate True or False Questions (ActionMan) |
True . Alexandria had many literary works in it. It was part of Alexander's empire.
| True or False: Mount Aconcagua is the tallest mountain in the Americas? | Ultimate True or False Questions (ActionMan) |
True . Located in South America, rising at over 22,000 feet, Mount Aconcagua is the tallest mountain in the Americas.
| True or False: Momentum is velocity multiplied by force? | Ultimate True or False Questions (ActionMan) |
False . Momentum is velocity multiplied by mass.
| True or False: Mary Shelley's last name was actually Wollstonecraft? | Ultimate True or False Questions (ActionMan) |
False . It was, in fact, her father's last name, Godwin.
| True or False: Leningrad (St. Petersburg) suffered a siege of over two years in WW2? | Ultimate True or False Questions (ActionMan) |
true . The siege of Leningrad lasted from 8 September 1941 until 27 January 1944. Harrison Salisbury's book "The 900 Days" tells the story of the siege.
 Frequently Asked Questions about True or False
- Is it true or false that slugs have no noses? ( goto )
- Is it true or false that Einstein failed school? ( goto )
- Is it true or false that none of the Beatles could read music? ( goto )
- Does Saturn really have 18 moons true or false? ( goto )
- A game rated 'M' is for people 17 or older. True or false? ( goto )
- True or false, the first book of the New Testament is Mark? ( goto )
- True or false, in the bible, Sarah and Abraham had the same father? ( goto )
- Hot water is heavier than cold water, true or false? ( goto )
- Determine which of the following statements are true and which are false: 1. Exactly one of the statements in this list is false. 2. Exactly two of the statements in this list are false. 3. Exactly three of the statements in this list are false. 4. Exactly four of the statements in this list are false. 5 Exactly five of the statements in this list are false. 6. Exactly six of the statements in this list are false. 7. Exactly seven of the statements in this list are false. 8. Exactly eight of the statements in this list are false. 9. Exactly nine of the statements in this list are false. 10. Exactly ten of the statements in this list are false. - ? ( goto )
- Is there a term for a statement that can be both true and false, such as "Nothing rhymes with orange"? ( goto )
- True or false Human embryos have tails and gill slits. (WHY)? ( goto )
- True or False: Chicago is closer to Moscow than it is to Rio de Janeiro? ( goto )
- True or False: The Venus Flytrap plant has muscles like a mammal? ( goto )
- True or False - Other than white, blond, and brown roux, there are black and red roux also. If true, what are they used for? ( goto )
- Is it true or false that every US president elected in a year ending in zero has died in office or was shot? ( goto )
- Winds on the earth blow directly from higher-pressure areas to lower-pressure ones. True or false? ( goto )
- In the "Friends" comedy series Emily has a stepmother, and her mother has passed away. Is this statement true or false? ( goto )
- When paying for goods by credit card, if your credit limit has been exceeded, the shop may confiscate your card - is that true or false? ( goto )
- Greenwich Mean Time was imposed by Queen Victoria to differentiate between the time Zones in the UK and the time zones in her husbands home country. True or false? ( goto )
- A criminal is sentenced to death. Before his execution, he is allowed to make one statement. If his statement is false, he will be hanged, and if his statement is true, he will be drowned. What should he say to confuse the jury and thus save his life? ( goto )
- Who made George Washington's false teeth? ( goto )
- What were George Washington's false teeth made of? ( goto )
- What is a symbol of false promises of love in the play 'Hamlet'? ( goto )
- Did George Washington really have wooden false teeth? ( goto )
- According to myth who made George Washington's false teeth? ( goto )
- Who dictated the false stories of Marco Polo when they were in jail together? ( goto )
- In what state is it illegal for a woman to wear false teeth without her husband's written permission? ( goto )
- Why did ancient Egyptions wear false beards that are depicted as blocks of wood under their chins? ( goto )
- What is the name of the False Spring Queen, who likes to insult people by calling them "Cakesniffers"? ( goto )
- Which band adopted their name from a false one used by Paul McCartney to check into hotels? ( goto )
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