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1
Blue eyes are older than pottery.
False
True
36% got this right
The oldest pieces of pottery unearthed in China date back as far as 20,000 years ago.
2
The Great Wall of China is longer than the distance between London and Beijing.
True
False
57% got this right
London to Beijing is only 8,136 km, The Great Wall of China is 21,196.18 km.
3
The world's population tripled in the last 50 years.
True
False
74% got this right
The world's population grew from an estimated 2.5 billion in 1950 to 7.9 billion in 2021.
4
You’re shorter in the morning than you are at night.
False
True
55% got this right
In the morning, after a night's rest, the spine decompresses, leading to increased height.
5
Hot and cold water sound the same when you pour them.
False
True
54% got this right
The abundance of larger bubbles in hot water generates a higher proportion of low- frequency sound components.
6
More people are killed each year by cows than by sharks.
True
False
65% got this right
Cows may look docile but they kill more than five times the number of people that sharks do.
7
Charlie Chaplin and 50 Cent were alive at the same time.
True
False
41% got this right
Though they seem from very different times, Chaplin died in 1977, two and a half years after 50 Cent was born.
8
An octopus has three hearts.
True
False
66% got this right
One heart circulates blood around the body, while the other two pump it past the gills, to pick up oxygen.
9
Trees existed before sharks.
False
True
26% got this right
Sharks have existed for more than 450 million years, whereas the earliest tree, lived around 350 million years ago.
10
The Red Deer is the national animal of Scotland.
False
True
36% got this right
It is the unicorn. Scotland’s deep connections with the unicorn originates from its Celtic culture.
11
The blue whale is the biggest animal to have ever lived on Earth.
True
False
50% got this right
Far bigger than any dinosaur, the blue whale is the largest known animal to have ever lived.
