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Question
Answer
What planet has the record for the lowest temperature ever observed?
Earth
What country is home to the greatest number of apes?
India
Can you guess the capital city of Japan?
Yes / No
How many words are in "Moby Dick"?
Two
What percentage of soldiers in the American Civil War died?
100%
What's something you can never eat before lunch?
Dinner
What word is spelled incorrectly in every single dictionary?
Incorrectly
What has a face and two hands, but no arms or legs?
a Clock
How many months have 28 days?
All of them
Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?
Mount Everest
Tom’s father had five sons. Their names were Ten, Twenty, Thirty, Forty, and what?
Tom
What type of cheese is literally made backwards?
Edam
Why can't a man marry his widow's sister?
Because he's dead
Greg is the father of Chris, but Chris is not the son of Greg. How is this possible?
Chris is a girl
What word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Short
How many animals did Moses take on the ark?
None
What do you call a woman who knows where her husband is all the time?
a Widow
It’s greater than God and more evil than the devil. Rich people want it, poor people have it. And if you eat it, you’ll die. What is it?
Nothing
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112 Recent Comments
ctleng76
+8
Level 65
Oct 28, 2022
Many scientists consider humans to be apes, because they classify humans as animals. Those that believe in the creation account in the Bible believe that humans are set apart from the animals, and therefore are not animals nor apes. So, while I got the question right, because I was able to pick up on the "trick", I don't agree with it. Scientists classify humans as animals because it is yet another way they can make known their disdain for the idea of God and creation. For others, it is simply the only conclusion they come to because they refuse to believe in a creator. Putting it on the quiz like this as a trick question seems intentional as a jab toward Christians. Hopefully that wasn't the intention, but it comes across that way.
TWM03
+33
Level 72
Oct 28, 2022
Agreed, humans are not animals, we are actually fungi.
Cool8
+3
Level 23
Jan 5, 2026
As a person that identifies as a shiitake mushroom, I can confirm
vermiciousknid
+43
Level 91
Oct 28, 2022
@ctleng76: Not all Christians are anti-science creationists, and scientists don't formulate theories to show disdain for theistic beliefs. I'm sorry you felt the question was a jab at your beliefs, but I highly doubt it was intended to offend. In any case, this website isn't here to cater to your personal worldview. I don't think classifying humans as apes is controversial for the vast majority of scientists, or to the quiz-taking public in general.
partdavid
+40
Level 74
Oct 28, 2022
The nice thing about science is that it's true whether you believe it or not. Humans and chimpanzees are more closely related (in the direct, simple-to-understand sense that they have a more recent common ancestor) than are chimpanzees and orangutans; therefore if chimpanzees and orangutans are both apes, humans must be as well. These aren't arguments from "disdain"; they are facts--things which can be proved.

As an individual, you can certainly believe things that are contrary to reality; but the fact that flat earthers exist doesn't mean we have to strike our trivia quizzes of questions about the earth's circumference. The fact that (young-earth) creationists exist or that Bible literalists exist doesn't mean we have to ignore reality to accommodate.

Deru
+2
Level 36
Oct 28, 2022
Yawn. Only got through the first few lines
RobNobody
+28
Level 80
Dec 29, 2022
@Deru - And yet you wrote a longer and more tedious comment just below this one.
jmellor13
+20
Level 68
Oct 28, 2022
Now this is what I call going out of your way to be a victim!
BenjiSG
+4
Level 65
Oct 10, 2024
why are you like this
tazzerman
+1
Level 46
Apr 23, 2025
Agreed, but this quiz is a joke anyways so...
ChrisCross17
+4
Level 47
Jul 3, 2025
Yap fest
Cog
+2
Level 77
Sep 16, 2025
I would strongly suggest you take the time to understand scientific research to clear up these misconceptions you have about it being anti-Christian.

Humans being apes is basically a fact, and the creation story you refer to is a religious belief not remotely based in reality so has no relevance here at all.

RoboquizM86
+2
Level 61
Sep 27, 2025
I really don't think just because you believe or not that we are animals (which we clearly are!) doesn't mean that you don't believe in god. How do you know god didn't create us to be apes? Evolution is real there is lots of evidence to prove it. Also, we give birth, milk our young, have to eat to survive, then die just like apes/animals! We are clearly animals! But it doesn't mean that god didn't create us.
namesarenotcool
+1
Level 28
Sep 30, 2025
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Cool8
+3
Level 23
Jan 5, 2026
Even without invoking evolutionary theory, apes are classified based on shared anatomical features (like lack of tails, larger brains, specific limb structures) into the superfamily Hominoidea, containing Gibbons (Hylobatidae, lesser apes) and Hominidae (great apes: orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees, humans), a system that groups them as tailless Old World monkeys, though common names can be confusing; this grouping reflects their physical similarities and nested relationships, even without specifying their common ancestry.
rabble
+2
Level 68
Oct 28, 2022
That was fun, ty
MD396
+3
Level 58
Oct 28, 2022
got 14/18! i tried my best okay
Deru
+1
Level 36
Oct 28, 2022
Great quiz QM but what I love the most is the photo you chose for it- awesome!
julesgby
+1
Level 43
Oct 28, 2022
call me dumb, but i don’t get the one with china. i’ve been trying to figure it out for like five minutes.
jmellor13
+15
Level 68
Oct 28, 2022
Humans are technically apes, so China has the most apes because it has 1.4 billion people...i.e., 1.4 billion apes.
KatSip97
+2
Level 70
Oct 28, 2022
Make more of these!
Rozzi
+1
Level 61
Oct 29, 2022
Excellent fun. Thank you.
DanielJS
+3
Level 55
Oct 29, 2022
If a woman has her husband cremated and then scatters his ashes, she wouldn't know where he was all the time!
RobNobody
+20
Level 80
Dec 29, 2022
Ah, but the question doesn't say that all widows know where their husbands are at all times, just that all women who know where their husbands are at all times are widows. It's like how all lions are cats, but not all cats are lions.
Savio
+2
Level 66
Jan 20, 2023
If the widow is religious, how can she be certain her husband is in heaven, hell, purgatory, reincarnated, or in some other afterlife depending on her religious beliefs?
RobNobody
+9
Level 80
Feb 3, 2023
Again, it doesn't say ALL widows, just ONLY widows.
Savio
+5
Level 66
Feb 21, 2023
But at the same time your logic implies the skeleton or ashes of the widow's husband is the exact same being as her husband. There is a difference between her husband and a skeleton of a dead person or ashes of her dead husband.
RobNobody
+7
Level 80
Oct 8, 2023
In which case, assuming she doesn't believe in any sort of an afterlife, she would know that he is, in fact, exactly nowhere at all times, which still fits the criteria.
nedlakly
+16
Level 57
Oct 29, 2022
Did anyone else try priest for the Greg and Chris question?
Jayjaysciz
+4
Level 57
Jan 5, 2025
Yes. Now I don't feel so alone.
hannahgeographyy
+2
Level 60
Oct 29, 2022
am i the only one that doesnt understand the civil war question? can someone explain it to me.
ChallengeMaster
+19
Level 27
Oct 30, 2022
the civil war was in the 1800s so all the soldiers would be dead by now, whether or not they died in the war or just because of old age
hannahgeographyy
+2
Level 60
Oct 30, 2022
oh that makes sense thx
ChallengeMaster
+1
Level 27
Oct 30, 2022
6 minutes left with only one answer left. got them all but yes/no
Haddies
+1
Level 35
Nov 3, 2022
I didn't get the Japan one either, and frankly still don't understand it.
YamatoFans
+11
Level 73
Nov 4, 2022
The question isn't "Tell me the capital of Japan" it's "Can you guess the capital of Japan?" The answer to "Can you guess" is either yes or no. Either will be an acceptable answer.
RuthlessCosmo
+4
Level 78
Jul 31, 2024
My eighth grade History teacher stopped using that formulation when he asked "Can you describe the terms of the Treaty of Versailles" on a quiz and some wise guy answered "Yes."
johanna9
+2
Level 42
Oct 30, 2022
yep, this is my kind of quiz. Excellent thank you, more of these please :) :)
charleee
+5
Level 28
Nov 1, 2022
Greg could also be a priest at a church
abeels
+1
Level 86
Nov 2, 2022
Can you “observe” a temperature? Sure you can feel it but can you see it….?
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Nov 2, 2022
Observe is used correctly in the question.
YamatoFans
+12
Level 73
Nov 4, 2022
I was taught in grade school science that observe means to use any of your senses to discern something.
MnGoblin
+10
Level 72
Nov 29, 2022
Scientists on earth have made temperatures artificially that are colder than any on the other planets.
tom1riddle1
+2
Level 37
Nov 13, 2022
Excellent quiz, loved the twists, but come on, who else has never head of Edam? I solved it like ages before I typed it but had just passed it off lmao
purpledaddy13
+2
Level 34
Feb 24, 2023
Brilliant Quiz!!!
Mgeo
+1
Level 51
Apr 17, 2023
I don't get the civil war one, why is it a given that it's 100%
Savio
+8
Level 66
May 8, 2023
The question is not asking for the percentage of soldiers who died during the American civil war. It is just asking what percentage of the soldiers who fought in the American civil war are no longer alive. The civil war happened in the 19th century. Nobody born in the 19th century is still alive.
EmreBozkurt
+2
Level 67
May 13, 2023
this quiz is outdated. The 2nd question must be India!
stupiddeaths
+1
Level 46
Jul 13, 2023
Great quiz!!

I have lost brain cells trying to figure these questions out

MadeThisToReply
+3
Level 41
Nov 1, 2023
Ape question should be reworked, india has more humans as of 2023
MartinZh
+1
Level 41
Nov 10, 2023
The one of apes, China doesn't even have a single ape. Indonesia, Brazil, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo do. You should fix that. Plus, if it were China why? Please explain.
leontodon
+15
Level 75
Jan 5, 2024
The most common species of ape by far has a population of over 8 billion. It's found in almost every part of the world, with China and India having the largest populations.

China has no other species of great apes except maybe in zoos, but does have a small number of wild gibbons (lesser apes).

Xtrordinary
+3
Level 75
Jul 31, 2024
There is a reason this is in the trick questions quiz
CosmicCalamity
+2
Level 74
Dec 16, 2023
Great quiz! 5 stars!
kamuez
+2
Level 56
Feb 12, 2024
The chris question is so true especially if you are a fan of MrBeast
sacheth9
+3
Level 65
May 26, 2024
Awesome quiz! For the "Why can't a man marry his widow's sister" question, could you put the word "DEAD" as a CONTAINS type-in, because I tried many things such as "man is dead", "the man is dead", etc.
Aoto327
+1
Level 87
Jul 8, 2024
I love this!
Jerry928
+2
Level 76
Jul 31, 2024
What about yesterday's dinner...
quizzfin
+1
Level 82
Jul 31, 2024
I would change the last question. The rich and poor people part just does not make sense since both are wrong. Otherwise an excellent and fun quiz.
TuvaluGamer420
+1
Level 51
Feb 5, 2026
Happy that I’m not the only one that didn’t get it
Bemused
+3
Level 55
Jul 31, 2024
It might help to know that one meaning of "to want" is "to lack, need" ("It wants only a coat of paint to be perfect"). This was once its main meaning.
nations12345eat
+1
Level 49
Jul 31, 2024
i got 7 but somehow didnt see the mt everest one, could have gotten 8
afmarsha
+4
Level 69
Jul 31, 2024
Since when do rich people want nothing?
McKenzieFam
+1
Level 68
Aug 1, 2024
Since they brought everything they want.
WanderingWalrus
+1
Level 82
Jul 31, 2024
Surely with today's technology we can observe temperatures on other planets. If the James Webb Telescope can tell the composition of the atmosphere on planets light years away, don't tell me it can't observe what the temperature is on Neptune
CotwGoat06
+5
Level 57
Aug 11, 2025
The trick isn't that temperatures on other planets can't be observed, it's that scientists on Earth have created near-absolute zero conditions in a lab before. And while Neptune is cold it's nowhere near as cold as absolute zero, so the lowest temperature ever recorded in the universe is... right here in a lab on Earth!
RoboquizM86
+1
Level 61
Sep 27, 2025
Or some unknown planet in a galaxy far far away!
Alouka
+1
Level 74
Jul 31, 2024
English isn't my mother language, so I struggled a bit to find what had a face and two hands, but focusing only on the two hands got me there.
Gekko0923
+1
Level 55
Jul 31, 2024
The first one is ambiguous. It assumes that extraterrestrial beings have not observed temperatures lower than we have.
howard38
+4
Level 62
Jul 31, 2024
I've never met a rich person who wants nothing.
clivey
+3
Level 69
Aug 1, 2024
Northerner here (England)... We call the evening meal "Tea" anywhere north of Birmingham (Breakfast, Dinner, Tea)... So was struggling when it didn't accept it. Then I realised and had to go all posh by typing Dinner.
McKenzieFam
+2
Level 68
Aug 1, 2024
For me it's breakfast, lunch, dinner.
clivey
+2
Level 69
Aug 2, 2024
You must be from the south... and no gravy on your chips!
EcceHomo
+1
Level 85
Jan 8, 2026
The only truly correct answer is lunch.
HarroDutchie
+2
Level 56
Aug 1, 2024
As a non-native English speaker I never heard of the words for hands and face of the clock.

In Dutch we say "pointers" and "pointers plate" if you would translate it literally.

Snoflakes
+1
Level 73
Sep 23, 2025
As a Dutch non-native English speaker, I'd heard of hands for a clock before, but not 'face'. I know face can be used to describe the front or centerpiece of a structure though
GlassMonkeyOLD
+3
Level 69
Aug 2, 2024
I had dinner for lunch and lunch for dinner. Poor people have more than nothing. Often rich people just want more money.
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 79
Aug 2, 2024
Okay
Terrath
+5
Level 34
Aug 2, 2024
For the woman who always knows where her husband is, I put stalker 😂
SpartanLlama
+4
Level 79
Aug 2, 2024
For cheese I tried eseehc
Atav
+2
Level 31
Jul 1, 2025
SAME BRO
Snoflakes
+1
Level 73
Sep 23, 2025
Me too xD
Marsumurcielaga
+2
Level 31
Aug 2, 2024
There should be more aceptqble options in some, for example the window sister i put "he is dead" dead, etc, didnt work

For chris onw i tryed with she is a woman, she is her daugther, only girl was rigth aparently

Also the widow one "she is called dead" or decease should be aldo accepted

The idea is to get the trick not the specific world

Also i didnt get the moby dick one?

kirbykart
+2
Level 58
Apr 8, 2025
"Moby Dick" is two words.
mountinpienjoyer
+2
Level 29
Apr 22, 2025
"she is her daughter" is wrong because it is "she is HIS daughter"
nations12345eat
+1
Level 49
Oct 30, 2024
how is "what country has the most apes?" a trick question?
Thisisreal
+4
Level 90
Nov 9, 2024
Because normally, asking specifically about apes implies “great apes not including humans”, yet here the trick is it includes humans.
Thisisreal
+1
Level 90
Nov 9, 2024
Why is Earth the tricky answer for the temperature question? Is it because no scientist has physically been to other planets/because they produced temperatures colder than any other planet in a lab/because the scientists were on Earth while observing the lower temperatures on other planets/other?
Deathslayer
+3
Level 40
Jan 10, 2025
Because the question includes 'observed'.
lucas72
+1
Level 38
Nov 23, 2024
Very tricksy indeed

Love it!

Deathslayer
+3
Level 40
Jan 10, 2025
i just realized i used wrong logic for the civil war question but still got it right!

I read it as "what percent of American soldiers died?"

SHANGALANG
+1
Level 57
Mar 30, 2025
more of these please
passiveattack
+2
Level 48
Apr 8, 2025
I put single for the widow one I feel like that should count
admaioremdeietc
+1
Level 68
Apr 13, 2025
She could just be his wife, obviously.
mountinpienjoyer
+3
Level 29
Apr 22, 2025
I put lunch for the "what can't come before lunch" question, and it worked, but it didn't say "lunch/dinner" in the box.

Also, can't dinner and lunch come before lunch because of the day before?

Atav
+1
Level 31
Jul 1, 2025
EXACTLY
King227
+2
Level 55
May 12, 2025
Can "R.I.P." be accepted as a type in for the he's dead one please?
Atav
+1
Level 31
Jul 1, 2025
It should be
King227
+1
Level 55
May 18, 2025
Can someone please explain the Noah's Ark one?
RobNobody
+6
Level 80
Jun 13, 2025
The question doesn't ask about Noah's Ark, but how many animals Moses took on the ark. Moses didn't have anything to do with the ark that carried animals, so the answer is zero. It's like asking how many cell phones George Washington owned.
JeanO7
+2
Level 47
Jun 6, 2025
I don't get the one about Noah's Ark
RobNobody
+4
Level 80
Jun 13, 2025
Read it again, but more carefully.
Atav
+2
Level 31
Jul 1, 2025
Amazing Quiz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Newroadgirl
+1
Level 69
Sep 3, 2025
Did other Brits struggle with the Civil War question because of the wording? If deaths after the war were included I reckon we would always say 'have died', though I realise this particular question wouldn't work if phrased like that.

I haven't explained that well but I think the UK players will know what I mean.

Great fun anyway - thanks.

Snoflakes
+1
Level 73
Sep 23, 2025
Not to mention the fact that not all soldiers died in the American Civil War. There wouldn't be an army left if that were the case. That question is just bad wording in general
TheJoshVerse
+5
Level 41
Dec 3, 2025
The question isn't asking how many Civil War soldiers died in the Civil War, it's asking how many soldiers in the Civil War have since died, which is all of them.
shrekcena
+2
Level 60
Jan 10, 2026
Every single soldier that Washington had inoculated at valley forge is now dead. Still think vaccines are safe???
RoboquizM86
+1
Level 61
Sep 27, 2025
This quiz was great
namesarenotcool
+2
Level 28
Sep 30, 2025
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shrekcena
+1
Level 60
Jan 10, 2026
Sus
spaceexplorer
+3
Level 56
Oct 26, 2025
You've almost certainly had dinner before lunch, if you've lived past being a baby. I had dinner yesterday, and that was before I had lunch today.

Nowhere in the question does it state that it's only counting meals on a per-day basis!

aestheticdirt
+1
Level 53
Feb 8, 2026
17/18

Apparently the answer to the eighth one was not ‘thalidomide baby’.

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