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The Hardest General Knowledge True Or False Quiz You'll Ever Take

Tough General Knowledge True/False Quiz

On the left, there is a photo of a person with blue eyes. On the right, is a person shaping clay on a pottery wheel

A 2008 study traced the gene for blue eyes to a person who lived [10,000 years ago](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00439-007-0460-x). Some of the world's oldest pieces of pottery date back to [20,000 years ago](https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/03/science/oldest-known-pottery-found-in-china.html).

True!

Blue eyes are newer to the human race than pottery.

Charlie Chaplin wearing a bowler hat in the photo on the left. 50 Cent wearing a red suit and big jewelry in the photo on the right.

Charlie Chaplin [died](https://www.biography.com/actor/charlie-chaplin) when 50 Cent was about [two and a half years old](https://www.biography.com/musician/50-cent).

50 Cent and Charlie Chaplin were alive at the same time.

An orange tree on the left and a shark on the right.

The earliest shark fossil dates back to [420 million years ago](https://bioone.org/journals/journal-of-vertebrate-paleontology/volume-37/issue-1/02724634.2017.1245664/Elegestolepis-and-Its-Kin-the-Earliest-Monodontode-Chondrichthyans/10.1080/02724634.2017.1245664.short). The first trees appeared on Earth about [408 million years ago](https://sci.waikato.ac.nz/evolution/plantEvolution.shtml).

False!

Trees existed before sharks.

A map of Michigan on the left and a map of Great Britain on the right.

The area of [Great Britain](https://www.encyclopedia.com/places/britain-ireland-france-and-low-countries/british-and-irish-political-geography/great-britain) is about 94,226 square miles, including land and water. The area of [Michigan](https://www.michigan.gov/kids/0,1607,7-247-49069-56001--,00.html) is 96,716 square miles, including land and water.

Michigan is larger than Great Britain.

Cumulus clouds can weigh more than [a million pounds](https://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school/science/how-much-does-a-cloud-weigh?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects).

Cumulus clouds weigh anywhere from 15 to 30 pounds.

Someone lying in the grass with their feet pointed at the camera

There are actually [28 bones](https://www.arthritis.org/health-wellness/about-arthritis/where-it-hurts/anatomy-of-the-foot) in each foot.

There are 14 bones in a human foot.

A lighter on the left and a lit match on the right

The first push-button lighter, the Döbereiner Lamp, was invented in [1824](http://acshist.scs.illinois.edu/bulletin_open_access/num24/num24%20p66-68.pdf). The practical friction matches similar to what we use today were invented in [1827](http://acshist.scs.illinois.edu/bulletin_open_access/num24/num24%20p66-68.pdf).

Matches were invented before lighters.

A map of California on the left and a map of Canada on the right

California has an estimated population of [39.25 million](https://www.census.gov/popclock/) people while Canada has a population of about [37.59 million](https://datacommons.org/place/country/CAN?hl=en&mprop=count&popt=Person&utm_medium=explore) people.

The population of California is larger than the entire population of Canada.

A world map dotted with little renderings of people

The world's population has actually [doubled](https://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/worldpopgraph.php) to 7 billion people in the last 50 years.

The world's population tripled in the last 50 years.

Two 12-inch pizzas are one square inch smaller than a 17-inch pizza.

Two 12-inch pizzas have more pizza than a 17-inch pizza.

Someone pouring hot water into a mug on the left and someone pouring cold water into a glass on the right

They actually [sound different](https://www.saylor.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Viscosity.pdf) because hot water has a higher viscosity than cold water.

Hot and cold water sound the same when you pour them.

A cow eating grass on the left and a Great White shark on the right

[Sharks kill](https://www.discovery.com/nature/cows-kill-more-people-than-sharks) about five people annually, while cows kill about 22.

More people are killed each year by cows than by sharks.

I don't blame you, though. Who even knows this stuff?

Seems like this quiz really tripped you up!

You may not know all these facts, but you have good instincts and can make educated guesses.

You did pretty well on this tricky quiz!

You've definitely been paying careful attention to the world around you. Are you sure you're not a genius?

Wow, you got an impressive score!

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