Question 1

The fear of long words is called what?

Accepted Answer

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - The 36-letter word was first used by the Roman poet Horace in the first century BCE to criticise those writers with an unreasonable penchant for long words. It was American poet Aimee Nezheukumatathil, possibly afraid of their own surname, who coined the term how we know it in 2000.

Question 2

The world’s oldest dog lived to ___.

Accepted Answer

29.5 years - While the median age a dog reaches tends to be about 10-15 years, one Australian cattle dog survived to the ripe old age of 29.5. Their name was 'Bluey.' 🥺

Question 3

NASA genuinely faked part of the Apollo 11 mission.

Accepted Answer

True - While Neil Armstrong's first steps on the lunar surface were categorically not faked, the astronaut quarantine protocol when the astronauts arrived back on Earth was largely just one big show.

Question 4

Which of these creatures do not have lungs?

Accepted Answer

Ants - Ants breathe through spiracles, nine or ten tiny openings, depending on the species.

Question 5

Football teams wearing this color uniform statistically play better in home matches.

Accepted Answer

Red - A review of football matches in the last 55 years showed that teams wearing a red uniform consistently played better in home matches than teams in any other color.

Question 6

Which of these creatures have teeth?

Accepted Answer

Snails  - Snails have between 1,000 and 12,000 teeth, to be precise. They aren’t like ours, though. You’ll find the snail's tiny teeth all over its file-like tongue.

Question 7

A horse's speed is normally ___ horsepower.

Accepted Answer

More than 1 - A study in 1993 showed that the maximum power a horse can produce is 18,000W, around 24 horsepower.

Question 8

1 in 18 people are born with ___.

Accepted Answer

A third nipple - Known as polythelia, the third nipple is caused by a mutation in inactive genes. As of 2022, there were only 40 known cases in history of children born with a tail, and 1 in every 2,000-3,000 children are born each year with webbed feet.

Question 9

Bananas are radioactive.

Accepted Answer

True - Due to being rich in potassium, every banana is actually slightly radioactive thanks to containing the natural isotope potassium-40.

Question 10

Hippos can’t swim.

Accepted Answer

True - Because their bones are so big and dense, hippos are barely buoyant at all. Instead of swimming, they perform a slow-motion gallop on the riverbed or on the sea floor.

General Knowledge Quiz: Random Facts

1) The fear of long words is called what?

2) The world’s oldest dog lived to ___.

3) NASA genuinely faked part of the Apollo 11 mission.

4) Which of these creatures do not have lungs?

5) Football teams wearing this color uniform statistically play better in home matches.

6) Which of these creatures have teeth?

7) A horse's speed is normally ___ horsepower.

8) 1 in 18 people are born with ___.

9) Bananas are radioactive.

10) Hippos can’t swim.