3 Truths, 1 Lie: Science Quiz

Which of the following is a myth?

Lightning can strike the same place more than once.

The Great Wall of China is visible from the Moon with the naked eye.

Sharks existed before trees.

A day on Venus is longer than its year.

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Which of the following is a myth?

Your fingernails continue growing after death.

Some fungi can turn ants into 'zombies'.

There are lakes beneath Antarctica's ice.

Water can boil at room temperature.

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Which of the following is a myth?



Bananas are naturally slightly radioactive.

Honey can remain edible for thousands of years.

Goldfish have a memory of only three seconds.

Octopuses have three hearts.

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Which of the following is a myth?

The human body contains enough carbon to make thousands of pencil leads.

Glass is actually a liquid that flows over time.

The Eiffel Tower becomes taller in summer.

A teaspoon of neutron star matter would weigh billions of tonnes.

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Which of the following is a myth?

There are more possible chess games than atoms in the observable universe.

Some turtles can breathe through their rear ends.

Camels store water in their humps.

Saturn would float in a sufficiently large ocean.

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Which of the following is a myth?



Hot water can sometimes freeze faster than cold water.

Humans share about half of their DNA with bananas.

A bolt of lightning is hotter than the surface of the Sun.

Humans only use 10% of their brains.

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Which of the following is a myth?

Wombat droppings are cube-shaped.

The Moon is slowly moving away from Earth.

Bulls become angry when they see the colour red.

Some metals can 'remember' their original shape.

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Which of the following is a myth?

A cloud can weigh hundreds of tonnes.

The Coriolis effect determines the direction water drains in household sinks.

The International Space Station experiences about 16 sunrises each day.

A blue whale's heart can weigh as much as a small car.

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Which of the following is a myth?



There are more trees on Earth than stars in the Milky Way.

An ostrich buries its head in the sand when frightened.

Jellyfish have existed longer than dinosaurs.

Some bacteria can survive in nuclear reactors.

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Which of the following is a myth?

The Sahara Desert was once much greener than it is today.

Diamonds are formed from compressed coal.

A day on Mercury lasts longer than its year.

The fingerprints of koalas resemble those of humans.

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