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This is just a little quiz of facts...or are they facts? That is for you to decide.

A multiple-choice quiz by hyacinthis. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
hyacinthis

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
1,531

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. A rat can last longer without water than a camel.

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Question 2 of 10

2. The '57' on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of varieties of tomato the company once used.

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Question 3 of 10

3. Before the book 'Peter Pan', the name Wendy had never been used.

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Question 4 of 10

4. Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look alike contest.

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Question 5 of 10

5. In 'Gulliver's Travels', Jonathan Swift described the two moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos, giving their exact size and speeds of rotation.

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Question 6 of 10

6. Celery has so many calories that eating it isn't even a workout.

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Question 7 of 10

7. Bruce Lee was so slow while going through his moves that they had to speed up one of his movies to make it look real.

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Question 8 of 10

8. It took Leonardo da Vinci ten days to paint Mona Lisa's lips.

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Question 9 of 10

9. During World War II, the Oscars were made of plaster.

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Question 10 of 10

10. There are no known English words that rhyme with orange and purple.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. A rat can last longer without water than a camel.

Answer: True

2. The '57' on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of varieties of tomato the company once used.

Answer: False

The '57' represents the number of pickle varieties.

3. Before the book 'Peter Pan', the name Wendy had never been used.

Answer: False

Although popularized by the book 'Peter Pan', the name Wendy has been found in census records from as early as 1881, many years before J.M. Barrie used the name. Some sources indicate that, like Marian and Shirley, it was once a boy's name.

4. Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look alike contest.

Answer: True

5. In 'Gulliver's Travels', Jonathan Swift described the two moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos, giving their exact size and speeds of rotation.

Answer: True

He did this 100 years before the moons were even documented.

6. Celery has so many calories that eating it isn't even a workout.

Answer: False

Nope. Celery has practically no calories... so you burn while you eat it and that's about it.

7. Bruce Lee was so slow while going through his moves that they had to speed up one of his movies to make it look real.

Answer: False

Actually they had to slow a movie down because he was so fast.

8. It took Leonardo da Vinci ten days to paint Mona Lisa's lips.

Answer: False

Actually, it took him YEARS to paint the lips.

9. During World War II, the Oscars were made of plaster.

Answer: True

This was due to the scarcity of metal.

10. There are no known English words that rhyme with orange and purple.

Answer: True

Orange and purple have no words that rhyme... at least, in the dictionary. Yet, brown does have words that rhyme with it.

Source: Author hyacinthis

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