Q 01/05
A) It never strikes the same place twice
B) "Heat lightning" is a separate phenomenon
C) It often strikes the same place twice
D) It only strikes metal objects
Answer · why
The Empire State Building is hit about 23 times a year, because tall conductive things are exactly what lightning prefers.
Q 02/05
A) Even orbiting astronauts need magnification to see it
B) Apollo astronauts saw it from the Moon
C) It is the only man-made object visible from orbit
D) It glows visibly at night from space
Answer · why
No Apollo astronaut reported seeing any specific human-made object from the Moon; the myth predates spaceflight entirely.
Q 03/05
A) He was unusually short for his time
B) He was born in Paris, France
C) He died in exile in 1815
D) He was not especially short for his era
Answer · why
His "shortness" is partly a confusion between French and English inches, and partly British caricature.
Q 04/05
A) Their humps are full of water
B) Their humps store fat, not water
C) They never need to drink at all
D) They have no sweat glands
Answer · why
The water a camel banks is carried in its bloodstream; the hump is a calorie reserve.
Q 05/05
A) They wore horned helmets into battle
B) There is no evidence they wore horned helmets
C) They drank from the skulls of enemies
D) They never reached North America
Answer · why
The horns were a 19th-century costume idea, popularised by opera productions of Wagner.
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