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General Knowledge True False #5

Try to guess whether these random statements are true or false.
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Last updated: January 9, 2023
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First submittedJanuary 9, 2023
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1. Mangoes grow on trees
True
False
2. There has never been a single recorded case of wolves killing a human
True
False
There are many records of humans being hunted and killed by wolves, especially during the Middle Ages in Europe
3. Mystery writer Agatha Christie was murdered - and the crime was never solved
True
False
She died from natural causes at the age of 85
4. The Outer Hebrides are located in outer space
True
False
The Outer Hebrides are in Scotland
5. The inventor of Bitcoin has not been definitively identified
True
False
6. Jesus told his followers it is wrong to pay taxes
True
False
When asked about this, he said "render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's"
7. Coral is an animal
True
False
8. Giant clams are a real animal, and they can grow to over 1 meter in size
True
False
9. Usain Bolt won an Olympic gold medal in the long jump
True
False
10. Balsamic vinegar got its name because it is aged in balsam wood barrels
True
False
11. Kayak is a palindrome
True
False
12. The Mediterranean Sea is larger than the world's largest lake
True
False
13. The jellyfish is a type of fish
True
False
14. Football stars Ronaldo and Cristiano Ronaldo grew up speaking the same language
True
False
Portuguese
15. Talc is an element of the periodic table
True
False
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Level 81
Jan 9, 2023
For the first time, I am the second person to take this quiz (I think but ik I'm one of the first 5) and I really enjoyed it!
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Level 42
Jan 9, 2023
Hi, I. wanted to to an map quiz with georgian 🇬🇪 states, but I don't know how to do it. Could you maybe help me?
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Level 80
Jan 10, 2023
That might be a tough quiz to make, but here is a link to JetPunk's SVG Guide which is a very helpful tool for making maps.
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Level 79
Jan 9, 2023
I was looking for other quizzes in this series but it appears that only the first 2 are tagged into the series. This quiz and several others didn't seem to get tagged.
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Level 84
Jan 10, 2023
My condolences to the 21% who think that there's a lake larger than the Mediterranean, and 10% who think that talc is an element.
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Level 71
Jan 10, 2023
Perhaps the football question was intended to read "Pelé (or Neymar) and Christiano Ronaldo" rather than Ronaldo twice?
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Level 86
Jan 10, 2023
Nope.

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronaldo

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Level 58
Jan 16, 2023
No, but it should read Ronaldo Nazario and Cristiano Ronaldo to be more clear.
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Level 86
Jan 10, 2023
The balsamic question is a total coinflip :3.
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Level 87
Jan 13, 2023
I've always wanted to make a scene in a fancy restaurant, where I loudly complain to the waiter, "This... vinegar... ISN'T... balsamic!"
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Level 90
Jan 10, 2023
Interestingly, Agatha Christie did go missing for eleven days in 1926, in what became a heavily covered case.
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Level 80
Jan 10, 2023
Wait, there's two Ronaldos? Oh man, that explains a lot, like how did he first play for Brazil and then for Portugal... *doh*
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Level 82
Jan 10, 2023
I remember in the late 90s Ronaldo (sometimes Ronaldo Nazário) was the go to player as a reference to true footballing brilliance and a kind of symbol of Brazilian mastery of the sport. It's funny that he's now overshadowed by Cristiano Ronaldo. Ronaldo scored 0.75 goals per game in competitive internationals, compared to 0.68 for Cristiano Ronaldo. He was also in a world cup winning side, unlike Cristiano. For a while he had the record for the most World Cup finals goals, but was overtaken by Miroslav Klose. He scored 15 goals at a World Cup, compared to Messi's 13, Pelé's 12, and Maradona and Cristiano Ronaldo on 8. In other words, Ronaldo was a pretty legendary player.
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Level 90
Jan 11, 2023
On the other hand, Cristiano Ronaldo is the all time top scorer of the Champions League with 140 goals in 183 games while Ronaldo only managed to scored 16 goals in 42 appearances, never being able to lift the trophy —Cristiano has five titles. As incredible as Ronaldo was, Cristiano and Messi are just in another league stats wise. Also international stats are kind of skewed in favor of Ronaldo given that Brazil has always been a way stronger team than Portugal.
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Level 71
Jan 16, 2023
Stats aren't everything though and don't show how much of his career was interrupted by injuries. Anyone who didn't see him should go to YouTube and just imagine how good he would have been with two good knees
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Level 58
Jan 16, 2023
Brazilian Ronaldo 1996-1998, before he got injured, is the best player I've ever seen.
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Level 51
Jan 10, 2023
great quiz! i can't wait until you make more
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Level 78
Jan 10, 2023
The Jesus question. Am I really the first to notice it? To roughly paraphrase, "Give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and to God what belongs to God." In a realistic setting, of that time and place, how was he not saying "Don't pay Roman taxes"? The question is controversial, perhaps best omitted.
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Level 82
Jan 10, 2023
I think you've got that exactly backwards. "Render unto Caesar" seems to be very explicitly a case of Jesus telling his followers to respect the laws of the state and pay taxes to the secular authorities, and distinguishing this from the worship of God.
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Level 87
Jan 16, 2023
The trend in biblical scholarship now is to see the saying as a "double-voiced utterance," where he's speaking one way to the Romans ("pay taxes") and another way to his Jewish audience ("everything belongs to God, so render Caeser nothing").

See Warren Carter's article in *In the Shadow of Empire,* ed. Horsley, for example.

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Level 70
Jan 18, 2023
That may indeed be a niche academic fad, but it's not the way an overwhelming majority of readers understand it and I very much doubt it ever will be.
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Level 72
Jan 10, 2023
He was saying that the money belonged to Caesar because it had his inscription on it (You should pay taxes). In Romans Paul also says "Give to everyone what you owe them: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor". I think God deserves our respect.
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Level 70
Jan 10, 2023
Not to be picky, but the name should be Cristiano rather than Christiano :)
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Level 77
Jan 10, 2023
Lol I misread the Mediterranean question as saying if the Mediterranean was the world's largest lake
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Level 76
Jan 10, 2023
3/5 with two questions incorrect. OK.
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Level 83
Jan 12, 2023
I obviously should have paid more attention to "Rock Lobster"
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Level 65
Jan 16, 2023
I said false to the Ronaldo question. Cristiano Ronaldo, being Portuguese, grew up speaking that language (yes he can also speak Spanish but Portuguese is his native tongue). Ronaldo, being Brazilian, spoke Spanish. Therefore 2 different languages. Therefore shouldn't the answer be False?
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Level 76
Jan 16, 2023
I hope this is a joke. They speak Portuguese in Brazil.
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Level 63
Jan 16, 2023
This is hilarious!
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Level 71
Jan 16, 2023
I don't think it is a joke
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Level 36
Jan 16, 2023
LOL
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Level 57
Jan 16, 2023
The answer would be false, if the question is 'Do they speak Spanish in Brazil?'
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Level 54
Jan 16, 2023
CRISTIANO not CHRISTIANO ffs
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Level 72
Jan 16, 2023
I know what you mean, but I'm personally pretty sure that the Satoshi Nakamoto who invented bitcoin is actually Satoshi "Dorian" Nakamoto who was once credited with inventing bitcoin. It's just that recently, he's distanced himself from it by denying having involvement. But, if you read the interviews where he admitted he developed bitcoin, and then later interviews where he says he has no idea what bitcoin even is (after giving interviews about inventing bitcoin), it's fairly obvious that he's not being truthful in later interviews. Anyway, I flipped a bitcoin and it came up tails, so I guessed false.
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Level 68
Jan 16, 2023
Since when is the Mediterranean Sea a lake?
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Level 80
Jan 16, 2023
Who said it was?
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Level 74
Jan 16, 2023
No such thing as a fish

https://medium.com/illumination/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-fish-eca048dd6163

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Level 75
Jul 26, 2023
Typo, Christiano should be Cristiano.
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Level ∞
Jul 26, 2023
Okay, fixed.