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April Fools' Quiz #5

Can you guess the 100% factual answers to these questions?
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What is the world's fattest country?
America
What country's capital is The Hague?
Holland
Who recanted his theory of evolution on his deathbed?
Charles Darwin
What type of sugar, found in bread, causes allergic reactions in
a large percentage of the population?
Glucose
What was invented by Englishman Tim Berners-Lee?
The Internet
What famous scientist failed math in high school?
Albert Einstein
What 1950's sex symbol was overweight by modern standards and wore a size 14 dress?
Marilyn Monroe
What Italian polymath invented the helicopter?
Leonardo da Vinci
What is the capital of British Columbia?
Vancouver
What type of animal uses echolocation to navigate because it is completely blind?
Bat
What animal is commonly found in a bottle of tequila?
a Worm
What did Thomas Crapper invent?
Toilet
What device was used by Medieval families to prevent their nubile daughters
from having sex?
Chastity Belts
What English queen had six fingers on each hand?
Anne Boleyn
If you are injected with the serum amytal sodium - what CAN'T you do?
Lie
What cultural group wore helmets with horns on them?
The Vikings
Who was the only President to be sworn in using a Quran instead of a Bible?
Barack Obama
What Chevy vehicle sold poorly in Spanish-speaking countries because
its name means "doesn't go"?
Nova
Who invented gravity after being hit on the head by a falling apple?
Isaac Newton
What article of clothing did feminists burn at protests during the 1960s?
Bras
101 Recent Comments
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Level 69
Apr 1, 2016
Cells = neurons
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Level 78
Apr 4, 2016
Yes, I know it's an April joke, but if you ask for cells at least you should allow neurons...
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Level 39
Apr 1, 2016
Holland is a part of the Netherlands, not a country. Here we find it even insulting...
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Level 65
Apr 1, 2016
Today is April Fools' Day... even in the Netherlands!
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Level 37
Apr 18, 2018
Holland IS the Netherlands...
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Level 44
Sep 28, 2018
Just like Texas IS the United States
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Level 31
Apr 1, 2019
Netherlands je Srbija
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Level 75
Apr 1, 2022
www.holland.com - the Dutch government website for Netherlands tourism. No need to take offense, it's a nicer name if anything.
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Level 77
Feb 19, 2024
That was done just for tourism "branding" purposes. Holland is definitely not the Netherlands, but a part of it. I don't understand how people have such a hard time understanding this.
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Level 75
Apr 2, 2024
It's not difficult to understand at all, but when the name Holland is so widely used to refer to the country that even the Dutch government does it for branding purposes, maybe it's time to just let it go.

Try a Google Translate for "the Netherlands" in:

Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Corsican ... and the first result is some phonetic version of 'Holland', with many others listing it as a second or third option (and I couldn't be bothered to try languages after C in the alphabet).

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Level 45
Apr 1, 2016
cool quiz bro :)
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Level 41
Apr 1, 2016
Darwin actually did recant the theory of evolution before he died and became a Christian he wrote a final chapter of his book where he recants it however the publishers refuse to put it in the book
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Level 67
Apr 1, 2016
Nope.
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Level 50
Apr 5, 2016
Are you sure that's not just Christian propaganda? I've seen several articles (like in The Times of all places) about how all us atheists actually believe in god or decide to when we know we are going to die. Utter rubbish.
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Level 73
Apr 12, 2016
That's a nice conspiracy theory, but The Origin of Species is long out of copyright, so anyone can publish it if they want to, even the select few who have seen this fabled lost last chapter.

Anyway, even if Darwin had reneged on his ideas all that would prove was that he was wrong to think he was wrong - all the work of proving that he was actually right was done long after he was dead.

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Level 64
Apr 1, 2019
Wrong, The way that science works is that even if a theory is widely accepted as rigorous and logical by the scientific community it can be negated by a deathbed change of heart. The science becomes null and void.
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Level 76
Apr 1, 2016
There is no connection between this quiz and its date of posting.
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Level 47
Nov 12, 2017
Ok, I saw that and you actually had me confused for a second, XD.
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Level 45
Apr 1, 2016
I missed so many of these answers.

...I'm proud of myself for that.

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Level 77
Apr 2, 2016
How can you be allergic to glucose? Wouldn't you just die?
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Level 37
May 24, 2018
Are you a plant?
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Level 63
Apr 2, 2016
Actually, to correct the confusion, Victoria is the capital of British Columbia. And, Ottawa is the national capital of Canada. Hope that helped!
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Level 83
Mar 15, 2017
There's confusion? By who?
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Level 73
Dec 3, 2018
What now? Canada has capitals? Since when?
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Level 80
May 4, 2019
By whom*** :)
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Level 65
Apr 5, 2016
Vancouver is NOT the capital of British Columbia. Victoria is the capital.
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Level 69
Jul 3, 2017
Thank God you caught that one incorrect answer that slipped in.
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Level 71
Apr 6, 2016
Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia - not Vancouver.

Canadians know these things.

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Level 83
Mar 15, 2017
But not other things, apparently.
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Level 36
Jul 23, 2018
cant be Canadian, where's the 1000 sorrys and thankyous in this sentence?
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Level 73
Dec 3, 2018
You must be thinking of a different country. The capital of British Colombia is Bogota.
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Level 80
Apr 2, 2021
But he's talking about British ColUmbia.
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Level 46
Apr 11, 2016
Not sure if anyone has mentioned it, but Victoria is the capital of BC.
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Level 85
Sep 17, 2016
I don't know, but this is the first I'm hearing of it.
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Level 62
Oct 29, 2016
@relessness Marry me.
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Level 69
Jun 10, 2016
Hey, if anyone's still reading, I was wondering what the capital of British Columbia is?
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Level 85
Sep 17, 2016
Personally, I'd like to know what the capital of Irish Columbia is.
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Level 35
Nov 28, 2016
If you've read the comments you should know it's REALLY Victoria, but there are dense people who sink to the bottom and don't notice the title at the top
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Level 58
Jan 24, 2017
The capital of British Columbia is $200,000,000.14. But that's just working capital.
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Level 79
May 8, 2021
Isn't it Cyprus?
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Level 55
Apr 5, 2023
It’s Calgary
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Level 74
Jul 14, 2016
You're all wrong - Victoria is the capital of Seychelles and also had six fingers
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Level 75
Jan 25, 2017
Was she related to Homer and Marge?
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Level 36
Oct 14, 2016
The Hague isn't the capital of the Netherlands, its Amsterdam
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Level 35
Nov 28, 2016
L0L n00b
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Level 83
Mar 15, 2017
n00b at level 34?
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Level 47
Nov 12, 2017
@joey- I think he means KataJ is a n00b in real life.
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Level 74
Mar 16, 2017
I played several April Fools quizzes in a row so when I was playing a general knowledge quiz in between I forgot and kept wondering why my correct answers were considered April Fools answers.
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Level 67
Mar 17, 2017
Hahaha :). That's happened to me another year too!
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Level 67
Mar 17, 2017
Fun quiz as always, and I do love how much I learn with these because there are always several questions which answers I'd actually always thought to be true. You know, these kind of things you hear idly but never quite bother to check. The falling apple thing, ofr instance, is one I'd heard several times, including by one of my teachers, so I always sort of took it for granted. The burning bras too - again, sort of heard it around but never studied that time period enough to actually learn or verify that it was true. (I always thought it was a very stupid thing to do though considering how bloody expensive the things are so I'm glad :-D)
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Level 56
Dec 30, 2017
Pretty sure your teachers never told you Isaac Newton *invented* gravity.
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Level 36
Mar 18, 2018
Not in the '60s they weren't. You could get a bally bra for $8.00 - $12.00
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Level 57
Mar 28, 2018
The internet tells me that with inflation, $10 in 1960 is $85 in 2018 sooo....
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Level 25
Apr 2, 2017
I've played two April Fools' Quizzes, and both involve one or two questions on Obama's religion.
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Level 90
May 24, 2017
Thomas Crapper.....pssht! Everyone knows it was his brother, John P. Crapper who invented the toilet. That's why we still call it both a John and a Crapper today! ;)
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Level 79
Jun 4, 2017
If his name was John P Crapper it's a shame that he didn't invent the urinal also.
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Level 67
Apr 3, 2024
In case people don't know, Thomas Crapper was a real plumber who invented things to improve the toilet, but is often miscredited with inventing the lavatory itself.
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Level 44
Aug 3, 2017
I thought the internet was invented by Al Gore
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Level 81
Nov 12, 2017
In truth he had a lot more to do with it than Tim Berners-Lee
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Level 90
Apr 1, 2019
I've never heard of Tim Lee. That must be an Englishman brag every time they get pwned on the internet.
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Level 69
Apr 2, 2019
And *I* had a lot more to do with the Internet than Al Gore.
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Level 81
Jul 6, 2019
I know you did some work on the early Internet sami, but Al Gore actually was instrumental in helping pass legislation that led to the Internet's development. And that's all he ever actually claimed. He never said he invented it.
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Level 45
Aug 27, 2017
Vancouver is not the capital of British Columbia. It is Victoria. And Newton didn't "invent" gravity. It already existed.
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Level 73
Dec 3, 2018
That may be, but he was the one who patented it.
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Level 80
May 4, 2019
Really? You sure about that? Definite?
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Level 85
Oct 4, 2017
So it was Anne Boleyn that actually killed Inigo Montoya's father?!!
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Level 75
Oct 30, 2017
So many people are correcting the Vancouver question as if it's the only one that's wrong
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Level 40
Nov 12, 2017
OKay- Maybe I don't get it since it is an April Fools quiz- but Obama did not use a Koran and women did burn their bras....so what is up?
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Level 73
Dec 3, 2018
You're on the right track. Think about it a little more. I believe in you.
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Level 42
Feb 19, 2018
According to Fact Slides, MEXICO is actually the fattest country
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Level 73
Dec 3, 2018
Actually, Russia is the fattest. Try looking at a map once in a while.
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Level 4
May 6, 2019
NO U.S.A. is fatter the fattest country is Nauru
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Level 72
Feb 28, 2018
APRIL fools .. apparently not just limited to April!
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Level 31
Apr 1, 2019
It's always April somewhere
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Level 36
Mar 18, 2018
Actually, the Chevy NOVA did have a hard time being sold in parts of Spain because of its name.
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Level 78
Apr 1, 2022
No, it didn't.
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Level 69
Apr 3, 2018
Finally a quiz that makes sense.
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Level 41
Apr 14, 2018
Ok, so what human being did invent gravity? 😒
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Level 70
Nov 30, 2018
Nikola Tesla
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Level 36
Jul 23, 2018
you know he didn't invent gravity, he discovered it
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Level 80
May 4, 2019
I'm pretty sure gravity didn't exist before Newton
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Level 31
Apr 1, 2019
you could probably recreate r/woooosh with this entire comment section
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Level 59
Apr 2, 2019
I know it's a April fools quiz, but Holland makes me mad
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Level 75
Feb 8, 2021
I loved that - I typed Holland (as always, because it is another name for the Netherlands and easier to type, but never mind that here) and I was very, very happy to see QM had put it in there!
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Level 80
May 4, 2019
Please accept 'chastity device' for 'chastity belts' :)
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Level 80
May 7, 2019
Will you please :)
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Level 4
May 6, 2019
Nauru is the fattest country
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Level ∞
May 6, 2019
I didn't know that, thanks. Other than that small mistake, the quiz is definitely 100% accurate.
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Level 75
May 24, 2019
Nah, it's only about 5km wide
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Level 75
Jun 26, 2020
^Was s/he really? I never would have guessed *rolls eyes*
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Level 43
Nov 29, 2019
Isaac Newton didn't invent gravity! He DISCOVERED it. Gravity had always been there, he just gave it a name.
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Level 72
Jan 22, 2020
That's a common misconception. Before Newton, people just kinda floated around.
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Level 75
Feb 24, 2020
Let us know when you discover 1st April
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Level 60
Sep 5, 2020
If it wasn't for the genius of Tim Berners-Lee, none of us would be here. Hip hip! Hooray!
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Level 68
Nov 21, 2020
The amount of people correcting the Victoria/Vancouver question is making me laugh. But as someone who lives in Vic, it's kinda sad how many people don't know its the capital
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Level 51
Dec 14, 2020
And where would this "Vic" be? And are all the residents of Vic closely related to BC's capital?
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Level 48
Dec 29, 2022
Vic is in Can, duh.
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Level 80
Feb 9, 2023
Obama swearing his oath office on an Islamic text - one of the more remarkable conspiracy theories. He probably masterminded the attack of the Towers as well!
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Level 83
Feb 14, 2023
Need to make a correction, the capital of BC is actually Tel Aviv.
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Level 55
Apr 5, 2023
Really? I thought it was Timbuktu
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Level 64
Feb 15, 2024
accept lavatory and WC for toilet?