Simple general knowledge

This quiz is to expose any basic knowledge gaps you might have.
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Last updated: December 29, 2020
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1. Reindeer are a real animal
They are real. Despite popular belief.
False
True
2. Igloos are built by animals
They are built by people. If they even exist.
False
True
3. Turtles can breathe underwater
They can hold their breath for a pretty long time, but they are not fish.
False
True
4. Alcohol can be soaked up by bread
It just can't. Once alcohol is absorbed by the brain, it cannot be 'soaked up'. I should know.
True
False
5. The North Pole is a real place
The very top of the world.
False
True
6. The Titanic was a real ship
It sank in 1912 (and was a real ship).
True
False
7. Nelson Mandela died in the 90's
I think he died in the 2010's.
False
True
8. Buddha was a real person
True
False
9. Islam is an actual place
Islam is a religion.
False
True
10. Montreal is located in France
Montreal lives in Canada.
False
True
11. Ireland is a part of the UK
It isn't. Northern Ireland is though.
True
False
12. Drop bears are one of the most dangerous Australian animals
Drop bears don't exist.
False
True
13. The Sun is the biggest star in the Milky Way Galaxy
It isn't.
False
True
14. There are manmade cables under the ocean
False
True
15. Giant squids are real creatures
They are real. The Kraken is yet to be proven.
True
False
16. Blinker/indicator fluid is a necessary component in a car
Blinker fluid does not exist.
False
True
17. Another name for Canada is 'North America'
Canada is Canada.
True
False
18. Greenland is an independent country
Greenland is part of Denmark.
False
True
19. The USSR was once under the leadership of Adolf Hitler
Germany was, but not the USSR
True
False
20. Taxidermists specialise in helping large businesses with their taxes
Taxidermists stuff animals.
False
True
21. A cheesecake is made of cheese
Creamcheese is still cheese.
True
False
22. Mayonnaise is made of egg
It contains a good deal of egg white.
True
False
23. Coffee grows as a bean
It actually grows as a 'coffee cherry'. The coffee bean is just the stone in the middle.
False
True
24. Peanuts grow in trees
The grow underground
True
False
25. Buffalo wings are made from water buffalos
They are chicken wings from Buffalo
True
False
26. Limes are, in fact, unripe lemons
Lemons are their own fruit
True
False
27. Tampons are a contraceptive
They are not
False
True
28. A pickle is actually a pickled cucumber
False
True
29. Olives grow on trees
False
True
30. Dragons actually existed (in some form)
Dragons are famously not real. I mean there are lizards called '______ dragons', but that obviously does not apply here.
False
True
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