April Fools' Quiz #7

Can you guess the 100% factual answers to these questions?

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What Asian animal is inaccurately called a bear, despite actually being large member of the raccoon family?

Giant Panda

What religious figure, born around 500 B.C., was morbidly obese?

Buddha

Women have 12 of this type of bone, but men only have 11. What is it?

Rib

What former city has been a nuclear wasteland since 1945 when the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on it?

Hiroshima (or Nagasaki)

What are 80% of U.S. prisoners in prison for?

Drugs

Most Middle Eastern countries are Muslim. But one country in the Middle East bans Muslims entirely. What is it?

Israel

In what building would you find a red-colored telephone that connects directly with the Kremlin in Moscow?

White House

What type of insect got its name because of its habit of crawling into human ear canals?

Earwig

Which U.S. President had the most well-attended inauguration parade of all-time?

Donald Trump

What Old English word, used famously in "Romeo and Juliet", is a longer version of the word "where"?

Wherefore

Who said "golf is a good walk spoiled"?

Winston Churchill

What is the smallest, and furthest away, planet of the solar system?

Pluto

What former country, founded in 1922, didn't have any need for money since it was Communist?

Soviet Union

What U.S. state's capital city is Anchorage?

Alaska

What is the largest dessert in Asia?

Gobi

What country has the world's lowest fertility rate since all the women who live there are nuns?

Vatican City

What country has by far the world's highest rate of gun violence?

United States

What was the last year of the 20th century?

1999

Who was the Serbian-American inventor that ACTUALLY invented the lightbulb?

Nikola Tesla

What famous Polish astrologist was the first person to realize that the Earth revolves around the sun?

Nicolaus Copernicus

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106 Recent Comments

Level 77

Mar 5, 2020

I love, how you just casually dropped in one true answer.

Level 89

Mar 6, 2020

Which one? ^^ Vatican maybe?

Level 68

Mar 7, 2020

I am awaiting the answer to this with bated breath.

Level 53

Apr 1, 2026

1,000 extra points to you for 'bated', rather than 'baited'. Thank you.

+25

Level 72

Apr 1, 2020

I love, how you use your commas.

Level 82

May 25, 2021

I'm guessing they're German

Level 76

Apr 2, 2020

I think it's the Gobi "Dessert"

+20

Level 74

Mar 5, 2020

I am so angry, at least one of these answers is wrong. WRONG! On Jetpunk! How dare you do this to my Jetpunk.

(etc)

Level 43

Apr 1, 2020

That's the point.

+17

Level 46

Apr 2, 2020

r/wooosh

Level 80

Apr 1, 2022

That's the joke.

Level 65

Mar 5, 2020

wherefor means WHY not where! Juliet asks WHY Romeo is called Romeo since he belongs to a rival family

+79

Level 82

Mar 5, 2020

And there's what we've been waiting for. folks.

+15

Level 73

Mar 6, 2020

Of course, there's always the question, if people like elllllls are serious or do they just the bring the trolling up to the next level.

+16

Level 72

Mar 6, 2020

The best way to find your answer online is to state the wrong one :P

Level 73

Mar 7, 2020

^ Indeed -

Cunningham's Law

Level 89

Mar 6, 2020

That's the only answer I didn't get. Thanks for explaining to me what "wherefore" really means :p.

+23

Level 89

Mar 6, 2020

These quizzes can be irritating when you know the correct answer and you have to try and figure out what others incorrectly believe.

Level 49

May 7, 2024

The price of being a jetpunker.

Level 89

Mar 6, 2020

Dang, now I really want to know the *real* answer to "What is the largest dessert in Asia?" Made me hungry . . .

Level 82

Mar 6, 2020

Miscellaneous Dessert Pudding apparently http://www.tourismnewslive.com/2019/01/26/uds-to-create-the-biggest-miscellaneous-dessert-pudding-on-valentines-day/

Level 67

Apr 4, 2024

It's the Arabian dessert

Level 81

Mar 6, 2020

2000 was the last year of the 20th century - not 1999 as posted as the correct answer in this quiz.

+40

Level 80

Mar 6, 2020

Congratulations! You are the one millionth user to correct a mistake in this quiz series, please click on this link to see your prize: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ&t

Level 92

Mar 7, 2020

The video starts with a 15-second ad so it Rick rolls you right back.

+17

Level 68

Mar 7, 2020

How are you level 71 exactly?

+14

Level 80

Mar 17, 2020

Not by doing all the April Fools quizzes, apparently.

Level 75

Mar 6, 2020

I don't know whether to feel really smart that I got 100% with plenty of time to spare OR whether I'm really dumb because I knew all the "right" answers.

Level 87

Mar 6, 2020

Did you misspell it as "dessert" as part of the April Fool's joke, or is that an accident?

Level 76

Mar 7, 2020

Hah this is the first one of these where during the quiz I forgot the quiz theme for a few questions haha. Was because I had no idea of the answer anyway, the prison and muslim question. And actually sort of the opposite of some others here, the Shakespeare question was what snapped me back into reality. (though with the few before I was like, really?? but shrugged it off and continued.)

And I knew earwigs don't go anywhere near ears (have had em in my pants though, it hurts like hell when they get you, and are rather trigger happy, they only slightly need to be in a pinch, haha (that one wasnt planned, wonder if the term is related) Have had that happen several times! I think most of the times was when I was sitting on a loungebed or outside couch, they were hiding in the nooks and crannies, the folds of fabric or metal hollow joints.They are assholes haha.

I sort of read that one as where people think it comes from.

Level 76

Mar 7, 2020

And I always wonder about the stats on these quizes. Are percentages higher on some questions because people are good at knowing the wrong answers, or bad at knowing the right ones..

You cant see in the stats who were fooled or not ! Unfortunately. (per question, some might be fooled by all, others perhaps float in and out of reality? haha)

Level 81

Mar 7, 2020

I didn't know the insect- and the Shakespeare-question, because I'm not that good in English. I'm Austrian (hint: no Kangaroos, but Sound of Music!), and therefore I didn't know the prison-answer either. All of them are quite low - probably for the same reason.

Level 87

Mar 9, 2020

Imagine how much more of an awesome place Austria would be if they had just left all the kangaroos alone.

Level 94

Mar 9, 2020

@Don, the sport of ski-jumping would certainly be different.

Level 49

May 7, 2024

How do you feel about the kangaroos, skin cancer, giant spiders, digeridoos, and being near New Zealand in Austria?

Level 58

Apr 1, 2020

Well at least you are not from New Mexico which we all know is NOT in the United States of America.

Level 94

Mar 9, 2020

I wonder if it would be beneficial to include an explanation of wrong answers like the multiple choice quizzes often do, or if that would only prevent the fun comments...

Level 89

Mar 11, 2020

I surely would like to have the quizmaster's explanation for each of those, though most are obvious.

Level 57

Mar 9, 2020

April fools came early this year!

Level 77

Mar 14, 2020

Are the 80% of prisoners supposedly in jail for drug possession or do they just go there to get the drugs? ;-)

Level 87

Mar 17, 2020

Instrument used for measuring the spiciness of Mexican food:

Tacometer <-- drag mouse over to show answer

Level 92

Mar 19, 2020

Taste bud revs

Level 93

Apr 1, 2020

I made a multiple choice quiz for April Fool's Day. You can check it out over here.

Level 47

Apr 1, 2020

Best Quiz Everrr

Level 74

Apr 1, 2020

Nikola Tesla representation finally

Level 82

Apr 2, 2020

Actually no one person invented the light bulb - many people around the world were working on it and they all learned from one another.

Level 83

Apr 8, 2022

That’s a common misconception. The immaculate conception of the lightbulb actually refers to how the lightbulb was without original sin.

Level 65

Apr 1, 2020

Junea is the capital of Alaska, isn't it? Not Anchorage.

+26

Level 80

Apr 1, 2020

You may be onto something. I think you should report it to the Quizmaster immediately.

Level 45

Apr 1, 2020

I looks forward to these every single year. Mostly for the comments. ;)

Level 70

Apr 1, 2020

1999 was the last year of the 20th century. If you think that it's 2000, this is discounting the year '0'. We don't Start counting at '1', we start counting at '0'. We say '1' when we've completed one - whether that one is having just completed naming a number, a month, a year or a century.

Everything from 0 - 1 is the first year, 1-2 the second year and so on. 1999 - the time between the start of 1999 and midnight 1999/2000 is the 2000th year, the last year of the 20th century.

To labor the point if I ask you for One million dollars and you only give me $900,000 you haven't given me nothing!

Level 80

Apr 1, 2020

April is strong in you.

Level 70

Apr 1, 2020

Yes I know I'm a dork, but this has been annoying me (not non-stop admittedly) since 1999 when people suddenly stopped knowing how to count!

Level 75

Apr 1, 2020

I really can't tell if you're being serious here or still playing along with the April 1st theme.

Level 83

Apr 1, 2020

Was April 1, 0000, the first April Fool's Day? And was year zero BC or AD?

Level 70

Apr 2, 2020

Wasn't an April 1st thing. I was raised that all April Fool's day jokes have to stop before midday anyway.

I genuinely didn't know that there was no year zero. I'd never heard this before, just the pronouncement that we had to add an extra year with no explanation.

Happy to be corrected and learn :)

Level 87

Apr 1, 2020

There was no Year 0. To state it simply, December 31, 1 B.C. (or B.C.E.) turned into January 1, 1 A.D. (or C.E.).

January thru December of 1 A.D. was the entirety of the Year 1, A.D. and was the first year of the new millennium. The Year 2, A.D. was the 2nd year of the millennium. To complete a millennium, you need 1,000 years, so December 31 of the Year 1000 A.D. completed the first millennium.

January 1, 1001 A.D. began the 2nd millenium. December 31, 2000 A.D. completed the second millennium.

January 1, 2001 was the first day of the third millennium.

This, of course, does not take into account time travel or the desert menu at Ruth's Chris Steak House. (I highly recommend the Sahara Sorbet)

Level 50

Apr 1, 2020

To which I'll submit the argument that, sure, the numerical parity is nice and all, but nobody's really going to care if one century is an eensy bit shorter than the rest. The calendar's already screwed up enough by having no Year Zero.

Level 70

Apr 2, 2020

Yes you're right. I'm wrong.

Thanks for the correction and explanation!

Interesting to know.

When I had had people tell me this previously they'd never explained why - or likely knew - so I'd just presumed they didn't know how counting worked!

Despite this being the internet, I'm happy to be corrected.

Cheers

Level 87

Apr 3, 2020

Your attitude is a credit to you, AH. You're an excellent example of being strong-minded, yet open-minded.

Level 77

Apr 1, 2020

I tried "drug offenses" and "marijuana" for the 80% of prisoners question. I feel like those should count

Level 88

Apr 1, 2020

I tried drug use, drug abuse, drug dealing, drug dealer. I'd suggest just accepting "drug".

Level ∞

Apr 1, 2020

Good suggestion. Updated.

Level 84

Apr 1, 2020

Juneau is the capital of Alaska, not Anchorage

+14

Level 80

Apr 1, 2020

I know, Some of the other answers seem to be wrong, too. If Quizmaster won't fix them then I'm deleting my Jetpunk account in protest.

Level 71

Apr 1, 2020

And there is no definitive way to determine who had the largest inaugural parade. The best indicator of the size of the crowd is Metro ridership numbers. Those numbers indicate that Obama's and GW Bush's crowds were much larger. But I digress.

Level 80

Apr 1, 2020

For a 100% correct quiz on Germany, click here.

Level 87

Apr 1, 2020

5-Star Quiz, as always! Impossible to take this quiz without smiling. And nearly impossible to read the comments without laughing!

Always the best day of the year on JetPunk, the hippest place to go when you can't go anywhere! Happy social-distancing & self-quarantining, everyone!

Level 79

Apr 1, 2020

16, interesting quiz

Level 79

Apr 1, 2020

wherefore art thou?

Level 73

Apr 1, 2020

Thank you, QM. I needed a smile today.

Level 28

Apr 1, 2020

Wait, the US doesn’t have the highest rate of gun violence? Then who does?

Level 73

Nov 18, 2021

Nauru, obviously

Level 86

Mar 11, 2023

Countries with the Highest Rates of Violent Gun Death (Homicides) per 100k residents in 2019

1. El Salvador

2. Venezuela

3. Guatemala

4. Colombia

5. Brazil

6. Bahamas

7. Honduras

8. U.S. Virgin Islands

9. Puerto Rico

10. Mexico

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/gun-deaths-by-country

Level 67

Apr 4, 2024

I find this question a bit dodgy because it gives off a pro-gun stance.

I mean, great, cental America has more gun deaths per capita than the USA, well done. But the USA still has a massive problem (2nd highest gun deaths WW) and the highest gun-related suicides per capita. So why are we writing a snarky quiz question about a tragic ignorance by American lawmakers?

Level 68

Jul 20, 2024

American citizens own something like 400m guns, and they've historically been quite peaceful. There's been a failure to convey that half of murders in the USA are committed by black Americans - and things aren't going to improve until that's shared and corrected with the help of black families who choose excellence over violence. I don't have the stats for hispanics, for some reason they frequently get lumped in with whites

Level 89

Feb 6, 2025

Do blacks commit over half of the murders in the US, or are they arrested for over half of the murders in the US? There is a difference.

Level 36

Apr 1, 2020

It's amazing that so many believe that 1999 was actually the last year of the 20th Century. Ever hear of a year Zero?

Level 60

Apr 1, 2020

Israel doesn't ban Muslims

Level 82

Apr 2, 2020

Is there anything else wrong you can find about this quiz?

Level 67

Apr 4, 2024

Err this question might need changing... They don't exactly ban them, but just look at some of the hospitals...

Level 59

Apr 1, 2020

@Quizmaster, would crime be an allowed type in for the prison question?

Level 59

Apr 1, 2020

Here for the comments. Every year. Thank you, all. You did not disappoint.

Level 66

Apr 1, 2020

Trump's inauguration was not the best attended, it's factually wrong.

Level 82

Apr 2, 2020

But U.S. President Donald Trump and Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer claimed it to be so. Also, you wouldn't dispute the fact the pandas are large raccoons, would you?

Level 80

Apr 1, 2022

I'm so glad you found the one, lone factually wrong answer on this quiz. We can all rest easy tonight.

Level 68

Apr 1, 2020

Juneau is the capital of Alaska, the panda was inaccurately thought to be a member of the racoon family but it's actually a bear, the earwig is not so called because it crawls into human ears, Pluto is not a planet, and the Soviet union definitely needed money. Wait, is the fact that the answers are wrong the point of this quiz?

Level 82

Apr 2, 2020

Happy April Fools', McKenzie!

Level 17

Apr 2, 2020

Juneau is the capital of Alaska

Level 89

Feb 6, 2025

The capital of Alaska is the "A." Everybody nows that.

Level 50

Apr 2, 2020

two problems: 1. Pluto is no longer a planet. 2. The last year of the 20th Century was 2000. Look it up!

Level 59

Apr 2, 2020

But you were fine with pandas being related to raccoons?

Level 79

Apr 2, 2020

Good to know all the other questions are accurate. thanks!

Level 66

Apr 7, 2020

My favourite part of this quiz was typing in Twain, and getting Churchill instead!

Level 54

Apr 4, 2025

Yes, me too.

Level 44

Jun 12, 2020

I thought Juneau was the capital of Alaska

Level 73

Aug 17, 2020

I spent ages typing 'Sahara' because I assumed that the common misconception was that it was in Asia. Anyway, I'm off to feed my massive raccoon.

Level 76

Nov 21, 2020

I forgot that it's Copernicus in English and not Copernic like in french. The joys of being bilingual :/

Level 73

Nov 18, 2021

Username checks out

Level 77

Dec 21, 2020

An idea for April Fool's Quiz #8: Your facial hair grows faster once you start shaving it.

Level 89

Mar 31, 2021

Maybe this series needs some revision at some point. The question about the largest country in Central America appears twice and the lightbulb one has different wording in this one, but also appeared before.

Level 80

Sep 3, 2021

I put Twain for the Churchill quote and it gave it to me. Guess I'm not the only one to think that sounded like a Twainism

Level 63

Apr 2, 2022

Darn. I thought 80% of prisoners were incarcerated because they'd done something bad. Only the other 20% for drugs.

Level 63

Dec 11, 2022

Glad that I got my 41st level from a quiz focused on facts. I hate quizzes with inaccuracies.

Level 63

Dec 11, 2022

And no, I'm not being sarcastic.

Level 54

Apr 3, 2024

I just realized I just totally the dessert one wrong, which made me get the right answer.

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