Q 01/05

Three of these fruits count as true berries in botany: which odd one out is an accessory fruit instead?

A) Banana

B) Tomato

C) Strawberry

D) Gooseberry

Answer · why

C) Strawberry

Strawberry flesh grows from the flower's receptacle, so botanists call it an aggregate accessory fruit. Each seed-like speck on the outside is the rea...

Q 02/05

Three of these instruments are brass: which odd one out is a woodwind played with a single reed?

A) Saxophone

B) Trumpet

C) French horn

D) Trombone

Answer · why

A) Saxophone

Saxophone bodies are usually made of brass, but the reed makes the instrument a woodwind. Its inventor, Adolphe Sax, wanted the projection of brass wi...

Q 03/05

Three of these Australian animals are marsupials: which is the odd one out?

A) Kangaroo

B) Koala

C) Platypus

D) Wombat

Answer · why

C) Platypus

Platypus mothers lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young, which makes them monotremes, not marsupials. Only five living species do so: the plat...

Q 04/05

Three of these were Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: which is the odd one out?

A) Colossus of Rhodes

B) Great Pyramid

C) Hanging Gardens

D) Colosseum

Answer · why

D) Colosseum

Colosseum crowds averaging some 65,000 watched gladiators, animal hunts and even mock sea battles. The amphitheatre did make a modern list, the New 7 ...

Q 05/05

Three of these cities are national capitals: which is the odd one out?

A) Ottawa

B) Sydney

C) Wellington

D) Brasília

Answer · why

B) Sydney

Sydney lost out to Canberra, a capital built from scratch as a compromise between the rival claims of Sydney and Melbourne.