True or False? Speed-Quiz!
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Australia is wider than the moon.
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The moon sits at 3400km in diameter, while Australia's diameter from east to west is almost 4000km
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There are three rivers in Saudi Arabia.
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True
Saudi Arabia is one of 17 countries in the world with no rivers flowing through them.
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Bananas are curved because they grow upwards towards the sun
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A process called 'negative geotropism' means the fruit grows upwards to break through the canopy.
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Madonna's real name is Madonna
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Madonna Louise Ciccone in full
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Marrakesh is the capital of Morocco
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True
It's Rabat.
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People may sneeze or cough while sleeping deeply.
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We can’t sneeze or cough when in deep sleep. Our body must enter a state of wakefulness to do so.
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Walt Disney holds the record for the most Oscars.
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He won 26 Academy Awards and was nominated a grand total of 59 times.
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Electrons move faster than the speed of light.
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True
Electrons are much slower than the speed of light because they have mass.
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The Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre in 1911.
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It was stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia who had worked at the Museum. The masterpiece was recovered two years later.
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The Great Wall of China is visible from space.
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True
This is a myth. The Wall is even difficult to see from a low search orbit without artificial magnification.
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When the Eiffel Tower was unveiled, the Parisian art community hated it.
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The author Guy de Maupassant hated it so much that he had his lunch in it every day, so he wouldn't see it while eating.
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There is no snow on Minecraft.
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True
Snow was added to Minecraft in 2010. It generates naturally in rare ice plains, spikes, and biomes.