True or False 260218 Pub Quiz (Free Printable)

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All answers to the following statements are either TRUE or FALSE.

1. Q: True or False: Sharks are older than trees?
   A: True. The earliest evidence of shark fossils dates back about 450 million years, while the first tree appeared roughly 350 million years ago.
2. Q: True or False: Humans actually have stripes?
   A: True, they’re called Blaschko’s Lines. They are usually invisible but can appear under certain UV lights or in response to specific skin conditions. We are basically invisible tigers. All humans have the.
3. Q: True or False: On Saturn and Jupiter, it literally rains diamonds?
   A: True. The intense pressure and heat in the atmosphere turn methane into soot, which hardens into graphite and then diamond as it falls.
4. Q: True or False: The Great Wall of China is the only man-made structure visible from space.
   A: False. This is a persistent myth. The Great Wall is actually very difficult to see with the naked eye from low Earth orbit because its colour blends into the natural terrain. Meanwhile, things like city lights at night, large bridges, and even some airports are much easier to spot.
5. Q: True or False: A “jiffy” is an actual unit of measurement.
   A: True. It’s not just slang for “be right back.” In physics, a “jiffy” is the time it takes light to travel one centimetre in a vacuum (approximately 33.3564 picoseconds). In computer science, it often refers to the duration of one tick of the system clock.
6. Q: True or False: There are more trees on Earth than there are stars in the Milky Way galaxy.
   A: True. NASA estimates there are about 100 to 400 billion stars in our galaxy. However, a study published in Nature estimated that there are roughly 3.04 trillion trees on Earth. We are surprisingly leafy.
7. Q: True or False: It is physically impossible for a pig to look up into the sky.
   A: True. The anatomy of a pig’s neck muscles and spine prevents them from tilting their heads significantly upward. If they want to see the sky, they usually have to lie down or look at a reflection in a puddle.
8. Q: True or False: Venus is the only planet in our solar system that rotates clockwise.
   A: True. While most planets (including Earth) rotate anti-clockwise, Venus has a “retrograde” rotation. If you were standing on Venus, the sun would rise in the west and set in the east.
9. Q: True or False: Bananas grow on trees.
   A: False. While they look like trees, banana plants are technically giant herbs. They don’t have a woody trunk; instead, they have “pseudostems” made of tightly wrapped leaf bases.
10. Q: True or False: Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire.
    A: True. Teaching at Oxford existed in some form as early as 1096, and it was well-established by 1249. The Aztec Empire, centred at Tenochtitlán, wasn’t founded until roughly 1325.