Lies, Both Black and White Trivia Quiz

Answer: Wolf

He did this so often that when a wolf really did attack, no one believed him and no one came to help. This is where the saying "cry wolf" comes from, meaning to lie about a danger.

Answer: By submarine

The ruse was so well-planned and so carefully carried out that the Germans believed it completely even after all their efforts to check it. After the war, this story was turned into a very good film called "The Man Who Never Was".

Answer: General Montgomery

Lieutenant Clifton James, a professional actor during peace time, took the part of Montgomery in 1944 in Gibraltar to give the impression that D-day would be launched from the Mediterranean instead of Normandy. After the war he wrote a book entitled "I Was Monty's Double", which was later made into a film in which he played both himself and General Montgomery.

Answer: My hair holds my strength.

Samson withheld his secret three times, telling the lies in the question, and then told the truth - that his hair, which had never been cut, held his strength. Delilah cut it off while he was sleeping, and so made him vulnerable to his enemies who captured and blinded him before setting him to work turning a mill wheel in a granary. Eventually his hair grew again, and when he was taken to the temple of Dagon for the people to mock him, he was able to pull down the supporting pillars and kill the priests and many people, along with himself.

Answer: The thief brushed his nose.

The thief, by brushing his nose, showed that he believed it possible that a feather was growing there. Who knows whether this would really work? The servants must have thought the missionary had magical powers, and so believed him.

Answer: A fez

Tommy Cooper might have worn a bearskin when he served for seven years in the Guards during WWII, although it is unlikely because he served in the Middle East. This was where he perfected his act. His first appearance ended in disaster as stage fright made him mishandle all his props, but he found that this produced many laughs, so he built his act around this idea.

He snatched a fez from a waiter in an Egyptian restaurant when he forgot his own hat, and liked it so much he kept it. In 1984, he died onstage during a Royal Variety Performance, from a massive heart attack.

Answer: To draw attention to a situation

There is a great deal of research done on this subject, including reasons for lying, and detecting lies.

There is an in-depth study by writer Tom Scheve for the "How Stuff Works" series on Discovery Channel. Sheve's article is entitled "How Lying Works" (2014).

Answer: False

Although British courts would not initially accept lie detector results, owning and using a lie detector has never been illegal. They have been used by husbands and wives suspected of infidelity to prove their innocence. Also, some companies have asked employees suspected of stealing or spying to take the test.

Answer: Ask me no questions

Children sometimes dislike others prying into what they consider their own private affairs. Questions such as "Do you like him?", "How much pocket money do you get?" and "Where did you get that bike?" are all liable to this answer.

Answer: a cat

Oliver Goldsmith wrote these words, and anyone who has owned a cat and seen the many ways that it invents to ask for a petting session or extra food, knows exactly what is meant. Cats are delightful and adorable - and often very deceitful. If you don't believe that of your own cat, then he is a master liar!