Why Lie? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Jai alai is not Mexico's national sport

Jai alai, created in Europe in the nineteenth century, took hold in Latin-speaking countries, notably those in Central America and Southeast Asia, as a fast-paced sport that requires significant technique. In the game, you use your cesta to fling a pilota at an opposing wall (a fronton), landing it precisely to keep going against the opposing team. Jai alai, however, is not Mexico's national sport-- that would be football/soccer. That being said, jai alai does hold a special place in Mexico's sports scene with arenas found throughout the major cities.

There's even a famous one next to the Monumento a la Revolución in Central Mexico City.

Answer: Amaretto

Mai tais were invented sometime in the 1930s or 1940s and really capitalized on what was then early becoming an increasing popularity of tiki-themed bars (those really took off in the 1950s) and the drink was meant to have a certain tropical aesthetic, combining both white and dark rum with orange liqueurs and lime juice to make a refreshing and unsurprisingly boozy citrus drink.

While orgeat syrup (also orange-flaoured) is also an ingredient, the Italian liqueur of amaretto is not and should not be added because it has the distinctive flavour of bitter almond.

Answer: Railay is found in Thailand, not Vietnam

Railay Beach is actually elsewhere in the world, specifically in Southern Thailand near the city of Krabi. An isolated resort destination, Railay Beach is really only accessible by boat because it sits on a peninsula of built-up limestone cliffs typical along the coast there.

The local long-tail boats are commonplace there, dropping visitors off, often for adventurous activities or for check-ins at local hotels. Railay is a rock-climbing destination, first and foremost, because of the natural surroundings, though the clear, warm waters of the Andaman Sea are an obvious draw for those looking to explore the coast.

Answer: Washing machine

Wi-fi, which stands for wireless fidelity, is technology which enables internet-capable devices to connect to the web without being physically connected to a line. In other words, wireless signals beam the information to your phone, often at the expense of processing power, and the technology has improved drastically over the years.

While this is typically a capability set aside for home computing and mobile phones, it has also extended to home appliances and vehicles, often being used for map technology/GPS, digital streaming, and transfer of data (eg. a document to a printer).

A washing machine, while it could be wi-fi compatible, is the least likely to use such technology because the application would be minimal.

Answer: They never released content for Vice

The Try Guys, who have been nominated for and won several awards for their viral video content, began their careers with four years of viral shorts for Buzzfeed Media before going independent and releasing content on their own. The four are known for making attempts at any number of things, some activities of which have been rather mundane and some of which have put them in great amounts of discomfort. Past episodes have seen the quartet attempt to replicate the pains of childbirth while others have forced them to embarrass themselves in public.

They co-authored a book in 2019.

Answer: Sayonara

'Aloha', the Hawaiian word for hello/goodbye, translates to 'presence of breath', and visitors to the islands will likely hear it upon arrival and departure; it also gets used as a word for 'love' and 'peace'. Similarly, 'ciao' comes from the Italian language (specifically originating in the region around Venice) and derives from Latin. The Hebrew word 'shalom' is very similar, also appearing in translations of the Bible to represent the word 'peace'.

'Sayonara' is a Japanese word, but it doesn't mean 'hello'-- only 'goodbye'.

Answer: Suez

Suez, home of the famous Suez Canal, actually sits just to the west of the Sinai Peninsula, across the canal. The rest of the peninsula is bordered by the Mediterranean, the Red Sea, and two gulfs (Suez and Aqaba), sharing the border with Egypt and Israel (and across the way from Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

While most of the peninsula is desert it's still home to millions, also taking in both resort and religious tourists, the former looking for beaches and diving and the latter looking to follow Abrahamic pilgrimage, usually to Mount Sinai and Saint Catherine's Monastery.

The city of Sharm El Sheikh, in the southeast, is known for its coral reefs.

Answer: Iceland

Interestingly, tie-dyed fabrics have been used for centuries, often in regions with warmer temperatures, but also in East Asian locales. Some of the oldest instances date back to pre-American South America, specifically from Peru more than a thousand years ago. Japanese techniques like Shibori, which used dyes in the stitching of kimonos, and indigo dying in African nations have also had major influences on the style. Tie-dye is perhaps best known for its implementation in psychedelic art forms, notably paintings, but also in film and fashion, especially during the counterculture movement of the '60s and beyond.

Answer: These aren't meteorites

Meteorites aren't atypical. In some form, many small, broken-down meteorites can land on a celestial body each year. Asteroids, like those listed in the question, are a bit more concerning because they are often much larger and cause much more devastation.

Many such craters can be found around the world (and are visible on the surface of the moon. While apocalyptic ones don't come around so often (think not within our lifetimes or the lifetimes of our ancestors), asteroids do perform flybys every once in a while, often coming within tens or hundreds of thousands of kilometres away from our planet. Those listed are notable ones, but they all passed by. Since we've been able to spot them, only a small handful of asteroids have hit Earth, one of the largest being in 2008 in Northern Sudan.

The death toll in the wake of this collision with Earth: zero.

Answer: District 9

"Aliens", nominated for seven Oscars in 1986, won for Best Sound Editing and Best Visual Effects; "Arrival", nominated for eight (including Best Picture) in 2017 won for Best Sound Editing as well; "Avatar", nominated for nine in 2010, won for Best Art Direction, Cinematography, and Visual Effects.

"District 9" was nominated for four Oscars including Best Picture and Best Visual Effects in 2010, but it lost to "The Hurt Locker" and "Avatar", respectively.