105 True or False Questions—Fun Facts To Keep You Guessing
Is there any way to tell if something is true or not? Without the benefit of a lie detector or Pinocchio’s growing nose, some sentences can leave you stumped. There are some facts that sound so outlandish, you immediately think they are false. But the fact is, between obscure pieces of information, folklore that has morphed into fact, and even specific details that are hard to believe, true or false questions can be truly hard to figure out.
See if you can determine what’s fact and what’s fiction in our listing of 105 true or false statements. From facts about food and geography, to statements on holidays and even Disney, we'll keep you intrigued. These brain teasers and trivia can serve as icebreakers at parties, impressive knowledge around the water cooler or a way to challenge your general knowledge. Enjoy!
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105 True or False Questions
1. An atom is the smallest particle.
Answer: False – there are subatomic particles that are smaller.
2. Arachnophobia is the fear of bathing.
Answer: False – ablutophobia is the fear of bathing.
3. Boiling water is 100 degrees Celsius.
Answer: True – that’s also 212 degrees Fahrenheit.
4. Butterflies taste things with their wings.
Answer: False – butterflies taste with their feet.
5. Colorblind people can see color.
Answer: True – some colorblind people can see very narrow ranges of color.
6. Family Feud and Jeopardy are among the most-watched game shows of all time.
Answer: True – The Price is Right is another favorite.
7. Golf balls have 300 to 500 dimples.
Answers: True – all golf balls don’t have the same number of dimples.
8. John Glenn was the oldest astronaut to travel in space.
Answer: True – he was 77 years old.
9. Lightning can’t strike in the same place twice.
Answer: False – lightning can actually strike in the same place more than one time.
10. NFL teams are divided into three conferences.
Answer: False – it’s divided into two conferences, the American Football Conference and National Football Conference.
11. Scotland’s national animal is a unicorn.
Answer: True – it’s the official animal of Scotland.
12. The record for the tallest human in the world is almost 9 feet tall.
Answer: True – Robert Wadlow measured 8 feet 11 inches.
13. The Statue of Liberty is the world’s tallest monument.
Answer: False – The State of Unity is the world’s tallest monument.
14. The sun is not a star.
Answer: False – the sun is actually a star.
15. Three strikes in a row in bowling is called an eagle.
Answer: False – it’s called a turkey.
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True or False Questions About Animals
16. A cheetah is the fastest animal on the planet.
Answer: False – they’re just the fastest land animal.
17. A dog pants its tongue because it’s sweating.
Answer: False – dogs sweat through their paws.
18. An octopus has one heart.
Answer: False – it has three hearts.
19. Ants can hold up to 5,000 times their body weight.
Answer: True – they may be small, but they can hold a lot.
20. Bats are blind.
Answer: False – bats can see, they just use ultrasound to help direct them.
21. Dinosaurs are the biggest animals to ever live.
Answer: False – it’s the blue whale.
22. Galapagos tortoises can go up to a year without water or food.
Answer: True – they also sleep a lot; up to 16 hours each day.
23. Herbivores eat animals.
Answer: False – herbivores eat plants.
24. Pigs roll in the mud because it helps to keep them cool.
Answer: True – pigs don’t have many sweat glands to help cool them.
25. Pufferfish are always edible.
Answer: False – if you don’t cook them properly, they can be lethal to eat.
26. Sharks are mammals.
Answer: False – sharks are considered to be fish.
27. Sloths take two weeks to digest food.
Answer: True – in fact, they have the slowest digestion of any mammal.
28. The blue whale is the biggest animal to have ever lived.
Answer: True – they weigh up to 300,000 pounds and can be over 100 feet long.
29. The ostrich egg is the world's smallest bird egg.
Answer: False – the ostrich egg is the world’s largest bird egg.
30. The process of creating honey involves bees’ waste.
Answer: False – it involves bees vomiting.
31. Lions are more likely to hunt down a human than a tiger.
Answer: False – a tiger is more likely than a lion.
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True or False Questions About Food and Drink
32. Apples and pears are a part of the rose family.
Answer: True – so are peaches and plums.
33. Cake is the most popular dessert.
Answer: False – people tend to love pie more than cake.
34. Cauliflower is the only vegetable that’s also a flower.
Answer: False – broccoli also fits this description.
35. Dark chocolate is actually good for you.
Answer: True – it contains antioxidants that fight disease.
36. Drinking too much milk can cause health issues.
Answer: True – it can cause problems with gut health, among others.
37. France is responsible for giving us French fries.
Answer: False – Despite their name, Belgium actually introduced French fries.
38. Grasshoppers are mainly eaten in the United States.
Answer: False – they’re eaten mostly in Mexico and parts of Central America.
39. Grilled cheese is the most popular sandwich in the United States.
Answer: True – and often enjoyed with tomato soup.
40. Ketchup was once used as a medicine.
Answer: True – it was used to cure sicknesses like diarrhea and indigestion.
41. Mushrooms are the most popular pizza topping in the U.S.
Answer: False – it’s pepperoni.
42. Red wine may be good for your heart.
Answer: True – the key word is "may," but there are studies that support this.
43. Romaine is the best-known lettuce in the U.S.
Answer: False – iceberg lettuce is the most well-known in the U.S.
44. Saffron is the most expensive spice in the world.
Answer: True – to make one pound of saffron spice, it takes 75,000 flowers.
45. Soda is the most popular beverage on the planet.
Answer: False – water is the most popular drink.
46. Snails are safe to eat.
Answer: True – as long as they are cooked properly.
47. Strawberries are not actually berries.
Answer: True – they’re called “false fruits,” with several individual fruits that make it up.
48. Tomatoes are vegetables.
Answer: False – tomatoes are classified as fruits.
49. Yogurt was the first food that astronauts ate in space.
Answer: False – applesauce is the first food they ate.
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True or False Questions About Holidays
50. Boston hosted the first St. Patrick’s Day parade.
Answer: True – the city hosted the parade in 1737.
51. Canada celebrates Thanksgiving on a different day than the United States.
Answer: True – the U.S. celebrates in November and Canada celebrates in October.
52. Cupid is the god of love.
Answer: False – Eros is the god of love in Greek mythology.
53. Eating chicken on Christmas is a tradition in Japan.
Answer: True – Kentucky Fried Chicken is the food of choice to celebrate the holiday.
54. Hanukkah lasts for seven days.
Answer: False – it lasts for eight days.
55. Juneteenth has been an official holiday since the 1960s.
Answer: False – Juneteenth was signed into federal law as a holiday in 2021.
56. Kwanzaa is observed for five days.
Answer: False – it’s celebrated for seven days.
57. The Chinese lunar calendar determines when the Chinese New Year is celebrated.
Answer: True – usually in January or February.
58. The tradition of dyeing Easter Eggs started in France.
Answer: False – the tradition started in Ukraine.
59. Valentine’s Day is named for St. Valentine.
Answer: True – his name became synonymous with the day of love.
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True or False Questions About Geography
60. Bhutan is the most mountainous country.
Answer: True – mountains cover almost 99 percent of its area.
61. California is the most populous U.S. state.
Answer: True – it has about 39 million people.
62. Canada has the longest coastline on Earth.
Answer: True - it measures 151,019 miles.
63. Delaware is the smallest U.S. state.
Answer: False – it’s Rhode Island.
64. Greenland is three times the size of the state of Texas.
Answer: True – it’s the largest island in the world.
65. Hawaii has more active volcanoes than any other U.S. state.
Answer: False – it’s actually Alaska, with almost 150 active volcanoes.
66. Mount Everest is the tallest mountain on Earth.
Answer: True – it has an elevation of over 29,000 feet.
67. South Africa has three capitals.
Answer: True – Bloemfontein, Cape Town and Pretoria.
68. The Chunnel runs between England and Scotland.
Answer: False – it connects England and France.
69. The Great Wall of China measures the length of the equator.
Answer: False – at over 13,000 miles, its distance is actually half of the equator’s length.
70. The Pacific Ocean is the biggest ocean on Earth.
Answer: True – it covers over 60 million square miles.
71. The world’s highest waterfall is in South Africa.
Answer: False – it’s in Venezuela.
72. Vatican City is almost 100 times smaller than Manhattan.
Answer: True – it’s the world’s smallest country.
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True or False Questions About the Human Body
73. A human brain is the organ with the most fat.
Answer: True – about 60 percent of the human brain is fat.
74. A person can survive a month without water.
Answer: False – people can survive about three days, on average, without water.
75. All of your taste buds are on your tongue.
Answer: False – you also have taste buds in your nose and sinuses.
76. An average human head weighs about 20 pounds.
Answer: False – it weighs about 11 pounds on average.
77. Humans don’t lose hair on a daily basis.
Answer: False – humans lose roughly 75 strands of hair every day.
78. Humans lose most of their heat through their heads.
Answer: True – about 80 percent of heat escapes through the head.
79. People are born with more bones than they have in adulthood.
Answer: True – babies have 300 bones at birth, but closer to 200 when they become adults.
80. The human body has three lungs.
Answer: False – it has two lungs.
81. The human body is 20 percent water.
Answer: False – the human body is about 60 percent water.
82. The liver is the second heaviest organ in the body.
Answer: True – the liver comes in second to skin.
83. The skin is the body’s largest organ.
Answer: True – and it regenerates about every month.
84. There are five bones in the human ear.
Answer: False – there are three bones in the ear.
85. You can really die of a broken heart.
Answer: True – doctors say it’s called broken heart syndrome.
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True or False Questions About Disney
86. Cars was Pixar’s first movie.
Answer: False – it was Toy Story.
87. Disney’s first full-color animated film was Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
Answer: True – it was released in 1937.
88. Disney’s shortest feature film is less than an hour long.
Answer: False – the shortest movie, Dumbo, is 64 minutes long.
89. Fantasia is Disney’s longest animated movie.
Answer: True – the movie is 126 minutes long.
90. Goofy has had several names over the years.
Answer: True – among them, Goofus D. Dawg.
91. Minnie Mouse’s real name is Minerva Mouse.
Answer: True – she does have a real name!
92. Princess Melody is the name of Prince Eric and Ariel’s daughter from The Little Mermaid.
Answer: True – Princess Melody is the lead character in The Little Mermaid II.
93. Star Wars is Disney’s best-selling movie.
Answer: False – it’s Avengers: End Game.
94. The Lion King was Disney’s first Broadway musical.
Answer: False – Disney's first Broadway musical was Beauty and the Beast.
95. Walt Disney World in Florida has three theme parks.
Answer: False – it boasts four theme parks and two water parks.
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True or False Questions About History
96. Coca-Cola was the first soft drink in the United States.
Answer: False – it was Dr Pepper.
97. Erik the Red was the uncle of famous explorer Leif Erikson.
Answer: False – Eric the Red was Leif Erikson’s dad.
98. Facebook was the first social media website.
Answer: False – Six Degrees is considered the first social media site, launched in 1996.
99. Henry VIII had eight wives.
Answer: False – he had six wives.
100. On July 4, 1776, all of the signers of the Declaration of Independence signed the document.
Answer: False – only two men signed that day, and the others signed during the next month.
101. Napoleon Bonaparte lost the Battle of Waterloo.
Answer: True – the battle took place in 1815.
102. President Thomas Jefferson brought the recipe for macaroni and cheese to the U.S. from England.
Answer: False – he brought the recipe from France.
103. The first football helmets were made of moleskin.
Answer: True – football players started wearing them in 1943.
104. The three Axis powers in World War II were Germany, Greece and Japan.
Answer: False – the Axis powers were Germany, Italy and Japan.
105. There were 12 original U.S. colonies.
Answer: False – there were 13.
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