April Fools' Quiz #1

And some questions are leading, there is only one answer that can be given. (so even if you have never heard rumours about it you can get the "correct"answer ) Like what african animal with a trunk has a gestation of 9 months. The only answer you can give is really elephant. Though it is incorrect (gestation period is atleast double that) Still fun though :)

The leading questions might also be part of the reason some do not realize ALL answers are incorrect. If it is about a subject you know nothing about, how would you know the obvious answer is wrong.Though that applies a bit more to the others in this series. Most of these are suspicious either way. Besides actually the one most argued about, where obama was born, if you dont follow american politics how would you know, where he was, or supposedly was or was not born. And the stalin and perhaps the shark one. Most others smell like a set up

Maybe you would have done more of the quiz if you had read the title first?

Why didn't you take the time to read the title of the quiz?

As I Have heard it, it was simply a matter of supply and demand, there was a surplus of carrots during the war while many others foodproducts were rationed. So they tried to popularize the carrot as much as they could. With cartoons, and lots of different campaigns and government recipes, like carrot on a stick (instead of an icecream since sugar was scarce and very valuable). So the propaganda was aimed at its british citizens, eat carrots so you can see better in case of a blackout. What better way to convince people to eat something than to use things they are woried about (especially since there was already a relation between carrots (vit a) and eyesight) Could have coincided and been convenient to use it as a coverup of radar from the germans, but that is the byproduct/afterthought, I believe. The (original) focus of the lie was aimed at the british citizens.

You are right. Mozart wasn't half the musical genius Kim was.

This comment was prime.

Trump was born on the Moon. Trust me. The birth was fantastic. Really, really terrific.

Nope. Just means you know what's wrong. :)

It's a good thug

What they meant was that EVERY SINGLE ONE of these is false. That is what an April Fools' quiz is all about.

Ankara is the capital of Turkey and Chewing Gum does not stick inside of you for 7 years if you swallow it, that's also proven false. It's impossible for "food" to be stuck in your digestive for 7 years.

Buddy, you just posted this same comment like, eight times. It is an April Fools' joke, so the answers are purposely false.

Though often the replies make me cringe even worse. When people blindly copy/respond with things like "You idiot don't you realize they were ALL false!!" When the person in question obviously had ( already) realized that, and were just going in depth about a certain subject. Like an anecdote or simply along the lines "Ah I really thought this one question actually wás the case but see now that it isnt"

They dont even seem to read the comment ( same thing as they are blaming the person they are commenting of) and immediately feel the urge to scream, you idiot, didnt you see it was all wrong!!

Ok rant over :)

That is aberdeen..

Golden nitpicker of the year award 2019 goes to...

And the English name for 'Ankara' is actually 'Angora'.

Actually, the capital is still Constantinople. You can even spell capitol using the letters in Constantinople. You think that's a coincidence? Seriously though, Constantinople should really be a type-in answer.

My guess was naked molerat and then tried to remember the english word for em.. darn I cant even think of it in my own language though I can clearly see it ah yea degenkrabben, so horseshoe crab (nope would have come up with that, searched it just now). Because I know both are investigated/used for special medicinal purposes.

I agree if the title wasnt clearly there, then it was misleading and miseducating (yea, thats a word..) people on purpose. So no sillyness about the quiz itself.

Though I partly agree, reading the comments made me someon uneasy, lets saw someone only realised one or 2 were wrong. And didnt really know too much about the rest. Now they will have false affirmation, imprinting of new wrong info, that those are correct.

Like those, that didnt get it, beforehand might not have know what, if any structure was able to be seen from space, now they might think it is the great wall of china..

Many people think that but actually, a turkey is an animal and can therefore have no capital.

Yes, but JFK said the speech in Berlin... meaning those who heard him wouldn't have interpreted it that way. Saying "Ich bin ein Berliner" would have been incorrect if he said it anywhere else in Germany... but he didn't.

Ambiguities*

Just because the UN says it doesn't mean it is true. The UN says Ukraine controls Crimea. Russia has held power over the territory for 7 years now. That doesn't mean that Ukraine doesn't deserve to have it, but that's beside the point. Ukraine does not have sovereignty over the region.

Central America is generally considered to range from the southern border of Mexico to the northern border of Colombia. Mexico is, geographically, in "Northern" America. The UN uses this map for organizing data. Perhaps they include Mexico in Central America because its demographics are more culturally linked to the region, but that does not mean Mexico itself is within the common definition of Central America. (Cyprus is culturally European, but geographically Asian, therefore mostly considered Asian.)

Also, the map you are using includes Iran and Afghanistan as "Southern Asia." I doubt many geographers consider either to be so, given "Western Asia" and "Central Asia" are also regions on the map.

Elephants are 20x less likely on a genetic scale to get cancer, but it still happens. This is caused by the p53 protein, which assists in checkpoints in the miotic cycle

Are you sure?