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That Can't Be True!

Guess if the information below is true or false.
Quiz by islabonita
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Last updated: August 17, 2021
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1. A country where birthdays are illegal.
Birthdays are not generally celebrated in Bhutan but they are not illegal.
True
False
2. A country that has more dogs than people.
The United States has the highest dog population per capita. For every four people, there is one dog!
True
False
3. A country that uses a calendar that is 7 years behind the Western one.
Ethiopia uses two calendars: one Western, one Amharic. The Amharic version is seven years behind the rest of the world.
True
False
4. A country that owns land on the moon.
International space law declares that outer space is the "province of all mankind".
True
False
5. A country that censors TV shows and films featuring time travel.
China began phasing out any form of entertainment depicting time travel because they "lack positive thoughts and meaning,"
True
False
6. A dependency with Star Wars and Pokémon characters on its official currency.
Niue is a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand. It uses the New Zealand dollar but also has currency festooned with Disney, Pokémon, and Star Wars characters.
True
False
7. A country where sumo wrestling is the most popular sport.
Sumo wrestling in Japan is popular, but nowhere near as popular as baseball.
True
False
8. A very religious country with penis murals on homes, public buildings and temples.
In Bhutan the male organ is a symbol of fertility and wards off evil spirits.
True
False
9. A country that has assassinated every one of its leaders since 1810.
True
False
10. A country that lies in all four hemispheres.
Kiribati is the only country in the world to fall in all four hemispheres.
True
False
11. A country where you can marry a dead person.
Postmortem matrimony has been legal in France since the reign of Napoleon.
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False
12. A country without a capital city.
Nauru is the only nation that doesn't have an official capital city.
True
False
13. A country where parents need government permission to name their baby.
Denmark's Law on Personal Names was put in place to protect children from being ridiculed
True
False
14. A country where selling chewing gum is illegal.
In Singapore, gum was banned in order to keep the country's pavement and subway cars clean.
True
False
15. The vast majority of the earth's fresh water is held in clouds.
The atmosphere is the smallest reservoir of fresh water, being only 0.1% of all fresh water found on Earth. 60-90% of the world’s fresh water is locked in Antarctica’s vast ice sheet.
True
False
9 Comments
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Level 85
Aug 11, 2021
Isn't Meghalaya in India, not Bangladesh?
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Level 45
Aug 11, 2021
Yes, corrected. Thanks.
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Level 63
Aug 11, 2021
Thanks for the great facts! I thought #10 was a trick question since it says 'county' instead of 'country', can you fix this please?
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Level 45
Aug 11, 2021
Thanks! Corrected.
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Level 81
Aug 17, 2021
Birthdays are not generally observed in Saudi Arabia, either, but not technically illegal. I do think public observances of any holidays other than eid al-fitr, eid al-adha, and (unofficially) Saudi national day are illegal, and Muhammad's birthday is a popular holiday among Shia Muslims (not Sunni and definitely not Wahabis)... but I'm not sure how strictly enforced this is since the religious police were stripped of all their power a few years ago.
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Level 68
Aug 23, 2021
I did pretty badly.
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Level 71
Jul 5, 2023
Bern is the de facto capital of Switzerland but it is not officially designated as the capital.
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Level 72
Apr 5, 2024
#10 according to the definition, France also has land on all four hemispheres.

It definetly has départements in N-W, N-E and S-E quadrants (Metropolitan, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyane, Réunion, Mayotte). The S-W quadrant however does not, though is has the overseas collectivities of Wallis and Futuna, and French Polynesia.

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Level 58
Jul 6, 2024
Why only 21% said that Sumo as most famous is false, who tf thinks that?