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It's Either True Or False Trivia Quiz


I seem to soak up unusual facts like a sponge. I thought it might be fun to pass some of them along. All answers will be either true or false.

A multiple-choice quiz by LindaC007. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
LindaC007
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
63,497
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
10667
Last 3 plays: Guest 120 (8/10), Guest 192 (7/10), Guest 172 (5/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. It is impossible to get a McDonald's Happy Meal in New Delhi, India.


Question 2 of 10
2. Women athletes competed with male athletes in the Ancient Greek Olympic Games.


Question 3 of 10
3. The first warship sunk by a submarine was during the American Civil War, when the Confederate sub 'Hunley' sunk the USS 'Housatonic'.


Question 4 of 10
4. King Akhenaten of Egypt was considered even more beautiful than his wife, Queen Nefertiti.


Question 5 of 10
5. The first Triceratops bones were discovered in 1889.


Question 6 of 10
6. Chocolate syrup was used to simulate blood in the old 1931 vampire classic 'Dracula' by Universal starring Bela Lugosi.


Question 7 of 10
7. Two days before Anthony Porter was to be executed for a double murder, he was granted a stay when students re-enacting the case discovered the real killer.


Question 8 of 10
8. In 1775, Davey Crockett blazed the Wilderness Trail travelled by pioneers across the Appalachians of North Carolina through the Kentucky mountains.


Question 9 of 10
9. If you are allergic to live animals, don't worry. You can adopt a mummy animal from Egypt's Cairo Museum.


Question 10 of 10
10. Adults have more bones than babies do.



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. It is impossible to get a McDonald's Happy Meal in New Delhi, India.

Answer: False

Cows are sacred in much of India. Cow dung is burned for fuel and used for fertilizer. Cow's milk can be drunk. You can get a McDonald's Happy Meal, but the burger is going to be a 'lamb-burger'.
2. Women athletes competed with male athletes in the Ancient Greek Olympic Games.

Answer: False

Married women were not allowed to compete or attend the Ancient Greek Olympic Games. Since most girls were married at about 13 years old, very few spectators were female. But there were games for women athletes held in Olympia and throughout Greece. The Heraea Games, named after the god Zeus' wife Hera, featured foot races along a 525-foot track. Since men competed in the nude (remember all those Grecian statues and vases) there wasn't a chance of a lady in disguise slipping in the events at the Ancient Olympic Games.
3. The first warship sunk by a submarine was during the American Civil War, when the Confederate sub 'Hunley' sunk the USS 'Housatonic'.

Answer: True

On Feb.17, 1864, the Confederate sub 'Hunley' rammed 90 pounds of gunpowder into the Union Navy ship 'Housatonic'. Within five minutes, the ship and its 155 member crew went to the bottom. The victory really seems a hollow one, doesn't it, as the 'Hunley' also was sunk.
4. King Akhenaten of Egypt was considered even more beautiful than his wife, Queen Nefertiti.

Answer: False

Actually, images of Akhenaten found in the early 1880s in his tomb at el-Amarna show the Pharaoh had a large head, narrow chin, and a thin neck. While this might not sound too unattractive, he is often depicted as having large breasts, big hips, and thin arms and legs, which some experts think was caused by a genetic disease. Akhenaten started his reign as Amenhotep IV, but changed his name in the fifth year he was king.

The name Akhenaten means 'Aten is on the horizon', Aten being the sun.
5. The first Triceratops bones were discovered in 1889.

Answer: True

Yes, and quite a find it was, too, for one of America's most respected paleontologists, Othniel Charles Marsh. Marsh was a professor at Yale University, and head of Yale's Peabody Museum. The find was made in Wyoming at Como Bluff. He may be as well remembered for his rivalry with another fossil hunter, Edward Drinker Cope, as he is for his fabulous finds. Before the two became enemies in their 'Bone Wars', they invented the 'plaster jacket' still used today by paleontologists to transport their finds from the digs.
6. Chocolate syrup was used to simulate blood in the old 1931 vampire classic 'Dracula' by Universal starring Bela Lugosi.

Answer: False

Nope. There wasn't actually any blood shown in the 1931 classic. The scares came from Lugosi's wonderful campy Count, a fine supporting cast, and its eerie stage-like atmosphere. Can you believe Lon Chaney was the first choice to play Drac?? Well, in Hitchcock's classic 'Psycho', the blood flowing down the drain during the famous shower scene was chocolate. Did you know it wasn't until Hammer started making their 'Dracula' offerings that the Count was ever filmed in 'living' color--sorry, terrible pun! I found this out in the DK version of the book 'Dracula'.
7. Two days before Anthony Porter was to be executed for a double murder, he was granted a stay when students re-enacting the case discovered the real killer.

Answer: True

Yes. Porter had been on death row two years for killing a young couple. After David Protess, a professor of journalism at Northwestern University, and his students re-enacted the crime, Alstory Simon confessed and Porter was set free.
8. In 1775, Davey Crockett blazed the Wilderness Trail travelled by pioneers across the Appalachians of North Carolina through the Kentucky mountains.

Answer: False

Nope. Sorry, it was Daniel Boone with 30 of his hardy woodsmen that blazed the Trail. By 1800, 200,000 pioneers had travelled the Wilderness Trail going west. Davey Crockett was certainly famous enough in his own right. Remember the Alamo?
9. If you are allergic to live animals, don't worry. You can adopt a mummy animal from Egypt's Cairo Museum.

Answer: True

Well, you can't take a priceless animal mummy home, but for a donation you can 'adopt' one. The Museum will send you a photo, adoption certificate, and a story about your pet mummy. The money goes to the restoration of the Museum's animal mummies, which is a Good Thing, right? The mummies include crocodiles, ibises, cats, snakes, and dogs. Now you will be the first in your neighborhood to have your own pet mummy.
10. Adults have more bones than babies do.

Answer: False

When we are born, we have over 300 bones. By the time we reach age 20, some of them have grown together making our skeletons stronger. As adults, we have about 206 bones.
Source: Author LindaC007

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