Ready to put your knowledge to the test? This collection of true or false quiz questions will challenge what you think you know across topics like science, history, pop culture, and more.
With 100 hand-picked true or false quiz questions split into 5 themed rounds, there’s something here for everyone. Let’s see how many you can get right!
Round 1: General Knowledge
The Great Wall of China is visible from space.
Answer: False While the Great Wall is long, it’s not easily visible from space without aid.
The capital of Australia is Sydney.
Answer: False Canberra is the capital of Australia.
There are 365 days in a leap year.
Answer: False A leap year has 366 days.
The human body has four lungs.
Answer: False Humans have two lungs.
Lightning never strikes the same place twice.
Answer: False Lightning can strike the same place multiple times.
Goldfish have a memory span of only three seconds.
Answer: False Goldfish can remember things for months.
The tallest mountain on Earth is Mount Everest.
Answer: True Mount Everest is the tallest mountain above sea level.
Bananas grow on trees.
Answer: False Bananas grow on large herbaceous plants, not trees.
Sharks are mammals.
Answer: False Sharks are fish.
The human skeleton is made up of over 200 bones.
Answer: True An adult human has 206 bones.
The currency of Japan is the Yen.
Answer: True Japan uses the Yen as its currency.
The sun is a planet.
Answer: False The sun is a star.
Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius at sea level.
Answer: True At sea level, water boils at 100°C.
Penguins can fly.
Answer: False Penguins are flightless birds.
The human heart has four chambers.
Answer: True The heart consists of two atria and two ventricles.
The Eiffel Tower is located in Berlin.
Answer: False The Eiffel Tower is in Paris.
Sound travels faster than light.
Answer: False Light travels faster than sound.
The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean on Earth.
Answer: True The Pacific is the largest ocean.
Humans have five senses.
Answer: True Sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell.
The Mona Lisa was painted by Vincent van Gogh.
Answer: False Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.
Round 2: Science & Nature
The Earth revolves around the Sun.
Answer: True The Earth orbits the Sun once every 365.25 days.
All insects have six legs.
Answer: True Insects are defined by having three body segments and six legs.
Diamonds are made of compressed coal.
Answer: False Diamonds form deep in the Earth’s mantle from pure carbon, not coal.
Humans share about 98% of their DNA with chimpanzees.
Answer: True Genetic studies show humans and chimps share roughly 98.8% of DNA.
Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system.
Answer: True Despite being second from the Sun, Venus’s thick atmosphere traps heat effectively.
Bats are blind.
Answer: False Bats can see and also use echolocation to navigate in the dark.
Oxygen is the most abundant gas in Earth’s atmosphere.
Answer: False Nitrogen makes up about 78% of the atmosphere; oxygen is around 21%.
Water is an element.
Answer: False Water is a compound made of hydrogen and oxygen (H₂O).
Lightning is hotter than the surface of the sun.
Answer: True Lightning can reach temperatures over 30,000°C, hotter than the Sun’s surface.
Sound cannot travel through a vacuum.
Answer: True Sound requires a medium like air or water to travel; it cannot move through a vacuum.
Plants get their energy from soil.
Answer: False Plants get energy from sunlight via photosynthesis; soil provides nutrients, not energy.
The chemical symbol for gold is Au.
Answer: True Au comes from the Latin word aurum, meaning gold.
Fungi are a type of plant.
Answer: False Fungi form their own kingdom, separate from plants.
Whales are fish.
Answer: False Whales are mammals—they breathe air, are warm-blooded, and nurse their young.
The human brain uses only 10% of its capacity.
Answer: False This is a myth. Brain scans show we use virtually every part of the brain.
Lizards can regenerate lost tails.
Answer: True Many lizard species can regrow their tails as a defense mechanism.
Blood in your veins is blue.
Answer: False Blood is always red; it only appears blue through the skin due to light diffraction.
Mars has two moons.
Answer: True Mars has two small moons: Phobos and Deimos.
Trees release oxygen only during the day.
Answer: True Photosynthesis requires sunlight, so oxygen release mostly happens during the day.
Some turtles can breathe through their butts.
Answer: True Some species can absorb oxygen through their cloaca while underwater.
Round 3: History & Culture
The Roman Empire fell in 476 AD.
Answer: True The Western Roman Empire officially fell in 476 AD when Romulus Augustulus was deposed.
The Great Fire of London happened in 1666.
Answer: True It started in a bakery on Pudding Lane and destroyed much of the city.
Cleopatra was Egyptian by ancestry.
Answer: False She was of Macedonian Greek descent, part of the Ptolemaic dynasty.
Leonardo da Vinci painted The Starry Night.
Answer: False Vincent van Gogh painted The Starry Night; da Vinci painted The Last Supper and Mona Lisa.
The Berlin Wall fell in 1989.
Answer: True The wall came down in November 1989, marking the symbolic end of the Cold War.
The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage.
Answer: True It sank in April 1912 after hitting an iceberg.
The Cold War was a direct military conflict between the US and the Soviet Union.
Answer: False It was a political and ideological conflict with no direct war between the two superpowers.
The Eiffel Tower was originally built as a temporary structure.
Answer: True It was intended to stand for 20 years after the 1889 World’s Fair.
Joan of Arc was executed for heresy.
Answer: True She was burned at the stake in 1431 and later declared a martyr.
World War II ended in 1945.
Answer: True It ended in September 1945 after Japan’s surrender.
The Magna Carta was signed in 1512.
Answer: False It was signed in 1215 by King John of England.
The Statue of Liberty was a gift from France.
Answer: True France gave it to the United States in 1886 to celebrate friendship and liberty.
Albert Einstein won a Nobel Prize for the theory of relativity.
Answer: False He won it for his explanation of the photoelectric effect in 1921.
The Colosseum in Rome was used for naval battles.
Answer: True In early years, it was occasionally flooded for mock sea battles.
Shakespeare wrote over 100 plays.
Answer: False He wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets.
The Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Answer: True It’s also the only one still standing.
Genghis Khan ruled over the largest contiguous land empire in history.
Answer: True The Mongol Empire stretched across much of Asia and Eastern Europe.
The Black Death occurred in the 14th century.
Answer: True It peaked in Europe between 1347 and 1351.
Napoleon was born in France.
Answer: False He was born in Corsica, shortly after it was annexed by France.
The Rosetta Stone helped decode ancient Mayan writing.
Answer: False It helped decode Egyptian hieroglyphs, not Mayan script.
Round 4: Pop Culture & Media
The Beatles were originally a five-member band.
Answer: True Before their classic lineup, members like Stuart Sutcliffe and Pete Best were part of the group.
The TV series Friends was set in Chicago.
Answer: False It was set in New York City.
Walt Disney was cryogenically frozen after his death.
Answer: False This is an urban myth—Disney was cremated.
The first Harry Potter book was published in the 1990s.
Answer: True Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was released in 1997.
Leonardo DiCaprio has never won an Academy Award.
Answer: False He won Best Actor for The Revenant in 2016.
The video game Minecraft was created in Sweden.
Answer: True It was developed by Markus Persson and Mojang, a Swedish company.
Elvis Presley only ever performed outside the U.S. once.
Answer: True He performed in Canada in 1957 but never toured internationally beyond that.
The Marvel superhero Thor is based on a Norse god.
Answer: True Thor is a direct adaptation of the Norse god of thunder.
The Simpsons is the longest-running scripted TV show in the U.S.
Answer: True It holds the record for the longest-running American scripted primetime series.
The Mona Lisa is displayed in the British Museum.
Answer: False It is housed in the Louvre Museum in Paris.
Taylor Swift’s debut album was released in 2006.
Answer: True Her self-titled debut album launched her career in 2006.
James Cameron directed The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Answer: False Peter Jackson directed the trilogy.
Oprah Winfrey’s talk show ended in 2011.
Answer: True The Oprah Winfrey Show ended its 25-year run in May 2011.
“Let It Go” is a song from Moana.
Answer: False It’s from Disney’s Frozen.
Netflix started as a DVD rental service.
Answer: True It launched in 1997 as a mail-based DVD rental company.
There are more Star Wars movies than Harry Potter movies.
Answer: True As of now, Star Wars has more theatrical releases including spinoffs.
The original Pac-Man game was released in the 1980s.
Answer: True Pac-Man was released in 1980.
Beyoncé was once part of a group called TLC.
Answer: False She was in Destiny’s Child; TLC was a separate group.
J.K. Rowling wrote books under a different name.
Answer: True She published crime novels as Robert Galbraith.
The first YouTube video was uploaded in 2005.
Answer: True The video “Me at the zoo” was uploaded in April 2005.
Round 5: Geography, Language & Miscellaneous
Mount Kilimanjaro is located in Kenya.
Answer: False It’s located in Tanzania.
The Amazon River is the longest river in the world.
Answer: False The Nile is generally considered longer, though it’s a close debate.
Russia is the largest country by land area.
Answer: True It spans over 17 million square kilometers.
Tokyo is the most populous city in the world.
Answer: True Its metro area has over 37 million people.
There are 52 states in the United States.
Answer: False There are 50 states.
The Sahara is the largest desert in the world.
Answer: False Antarctica is the largest desert by area.
Australia is both a country and a continent.
Answer: True It’s the only country that occupies an entire continent.
Canada’s official languages are English and French.
Answer: True Both languages are used in government and law.
“Bonjour” means “thank you” in French.
Answer: False It means “hello” or “good day.”
The Great Barrier Reef is located off the coast of Australia.
Answer: True It’s the world’s largest coral reef system.
Spanish is the most spoken language in the world.
Answer: False Mandarin Chinese holds that title.
Earth is the only planet in our solar system with liquid water on the surface.
Answer: True Other planets may have ice, but Earth has surface oceans.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa was built to lean.
Answer: False It leaned due to a poorly laid foundation.
The currency of the UK is the Euro.
Answer: False It’s the Pound Sterling.
You can see the Northern Lights in Iceland.
Answer: True They’re visible during winter in Iceland and other Arctic regions.
Mount Everest lies on the border of Nepal and China.
Answer: True It’s in the Himalayas, on the Nepal-Tibet border.
Koalas are bears.
Answer: False They’re marsupials, not bears.
Daylight saving time is practiced worldwide.
Answer: False Many countries do not observe it at all.
An octopus has three hearts.
Answer: True Two pump blood to the gills; one to the body.
There are 1000 meters in a kilometer.
Answer: True This is the standard metric conversion.
Conclusion
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