General Knowledge Challenge: 20 Hard True-or-False Questions

Question 1

The shortest war in recorded history, between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896, lasted less than one hour.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 2

Australia is wider east to west than the distance from London to Moscow.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 3

The chemical element tungsten has the symbol Tg.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 4

The first woman to win a Nobel Prize also remains the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different scientific fields.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 5

The Peace of Westphalia in 1648 concluded the Napoleonic Wars.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 6

Lake Baikal contains more liquid fresh surface water than all of North America's Great Lakes combined.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 7

The city of Istanbul lies on two continents.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 8

The Suez Canal connects the Red Sea to the Arabian Sea.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 9

In chess, a player can castle even if the rook has previously moved, provided it returns to its original square before castling.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 10

The Magna Carta was originally issued in the 13th century.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 11

Venus rotates in the opposite direction to most planets in the Solar System.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 12

The human body's largest internal organ by mass is the liver.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 13

The novel 'The Trial' by Franz Kafka was completed and published during his lifetime.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 14

The Treaty of Tordesillas divided newly discovered lands outside Europe between Spain and Portugal.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 15

The SI base unit of luminous intensity is the candela.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 16

Mount Kilimanjaro is located in Kenya.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 17

The Rosetta Stone features the same text in three scripts, including Ancient Greek.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 18

The inventor Nikola Tesla was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physics.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 19

The currency of South Africa includes a unit called the rand.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 20

The Battle of Hastings took place in 1066, the same year William the Conqueror became king of England.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

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