True or False 260219 Pub Quiz (Free Printable)

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

1. Q: True or False: A strawberry is technically a berry, but a watermelon is not.
   A: False. It’s actually the exact opposite! In botanical terms, a berry must come from a single ovary with a fleshy wall. By this definition, watermelons, bananas, and even pumpkins are berries, but strawberries are “aggregate fruits” because their “seeds” (achenes) are on the outside.
2. Q: True or False: There is a species of jellyfish that is biologically immortal.
   A: True. Turritopsis dohrnii, known as the “immortal jellyfish,” can hit the “reset button” on its life cycle. If it gets sick, old, or stressed, it reverts its cells to their earliest polyp stage and starts life over again.
3. Q: True or False: The national animal of Scotland is the Unicorn.
   A: True. Since the 12th century, Scotland has proudly claimed the unicorn as its national emblem. Furthermore, Celtic mythology traditionally cast the unicorn as a dual figure: it embodied purity and innocence while simultaneously projecting masculinity and power. Consequently, the Scots selected this mythical beast for a strategic, defiant reason: they believed it was the only animal capable of besting the lion—the long-standing symbol of England.
4. Q: True or False: Human teeth are as hard as diamonds.
   A: False. While tooth enamel is the hardest substance in the human body, it only ranks a 5 on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness. Diamonds are a 10. Your teeth are roughly as hard as the mineral apatite or a piece of steel, but don’t go trying to bite through any gemstones!
5. Q: True or False: High-heeled shoes were originally designed for men.
   A: True. In the 10th century, Persian cavalrymen wore heels to help their feet stay secure in their stirrups while riding. They were a symbol of military prowess and high social status long before they became a staple of women’s fashion.
6. Q: True or False: When the first wagons arrived on the Oregon Trail, the fax machine had already been invented.
   A: True. The “Great Migration” on the Oregon Trail began in 1843. That same year, Scottish inventor Alexander Bain patented the “Electric Printing Telegraph”—the world’s first primitive fax machine. You could theoretically have faxed a drawing of your oxen before you left Missouri.
7. Q: True or False: The last “guillotine execution” in France happened the same year the first Star Wars movie was released.
   A: True. Star Wars: A New Hope premiered in May 1977. In September of that same year, Hamida Djandoubi became the last person executed by guillotine in France. France didn’t actually abolish the death penalty until 1981.
8. Q: True or False: Nintendo was founded while Jack the Ripper was still at large.
   A: True. Fusajiro Yamauchi founded Nintendo in September 1889, originally establishing the company to produce handmade Hanafuda playing cards. Meanwhile, just across the globe in London, the “canonical five” murders attributed to Jack the Ripper had concluded only a year prior in 1888. Because the hunt for the killer remained a massive, active sensation in global news, the Ripper headlines likely shared newsstands with the announcement of Nintendo’s first year of business. Ultimately, this juxtaposition reminds us that the birth of modern gaming icons happened alongside the dark peak of Victorian-era crime.
9. Q: True or False: Cleopatra lived closer to the invention of the iPhone than to the building of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
   A: True. The Egyptians finished the Great Pyramid around 2560 BCE, yet Cleopatra did not die until 30 BCE. This means a massive gap of roughly 2,500 years separates the building of the pyramids from her reign. In contrast, only about 2,040 years passed between Cleopatra’s death and the release of the first iPhone in 2007. Consequently, Cleopatra viewed the Pyramids as ancient history even in her own time, just as we do today.
10. Q: True or False: Woolly Mammoths were still alive while the pyramids were being built.
    A: True. While most mammoths died out earlier, a small population survived on Wrangel Island in the Arctic until about 1650 BCE. By that time, the Pyramids of Giza were already 1,000 years old.