True or False Quiz: Free Printable Quiz
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True or False Quiz
A ready to print quiz with a twist. Read each statement aloud and decide: is it true or false? Five rounds of surprising facts, busted myths and genuine head-scratchers.
True or False Quiz
1. True or false: A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus.
TRUE – Venus rotates so slowly that one full rotation takes 243 Earth days, while its orbit around the Sun takes only 225 Earth days.2. True or false: Goldfish have a memory span of only three seconds.
FALSE – Goldfish can remember things for months. The three-second memory is one of the most persistent myths in popular science.3. True or false: Humans share approximately 60% of their DNA with bananas.
TRUE – Around 60% of human genes have a direct counterpart in the banana.4. True or false: Lightning never strikes the same place twice.
FALSE – Lightning frequently strikes the same spot multiple times. The Empire State Building is struck approximately 20 times a year.5. True or false: The official collective noun for a group of flamingos is “a flamboyance”.
TRUE6. True or false: Bats are completely blind and rely entirely on echolocation to navigate.
FALSE – Bats can see perfectly well. “Blind as a bat” is a myth; bats use both vision and echolocation.7. True or false: Honey found in ancient Egyptian tombs thousands of years old has been tested and found to still be perfectly edible.
TRUE – Honey’s low moisture content and natural antibacterial properties mean it does not spoil.8. True or false: The Great Wall of China is visible from space with the naked eye.
FALSE – This is a persistent myth. The Wall is far too narrow to be seen from space without optical aids.9. True or false: Australia is wider from east to west than the Moon’s diameter.
TRUE – Australia spans approximately 4,000km; the Moon’s diameter is about 3,474km.10. True or false: Cleopatra lived closer in time to the Moon landing than to the building of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
TRUE – The pyramid was built around 2560 BC (roughly 2,500 years before Cleopatra); the Moon landing was in 1969 AD (roughly 2,000 years after her).11. True or false: Russia and the United States are separated by more than 100 kilometres at their closest point.
FALSE – Russia’s Big Diomede island and the USA’s Little Diomede island are only about 3.8 kilometres apart in the Bering Strait.12. True or false: The shortest war in recorded history lasted less than 10 minutes.
FALSE – The Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896, the shortest recorded war, lasted approximately 38 to 45 minutes.13. True or false: Napoleon Bonaparte was unusually short for a man of his era.
FALSE – Napoleon stood around 5ft 7in, which was average or slightly above average for a Frenchman of his time. The myth partly arose from a confusion between French and English measurement units.14. True or false: Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire.
TRUE – Oxford was established around 1096 to 1167 AD; the Aztec Empire was founded around 1428 AD.15. True or false: Alaska is the smallest US state by land area.
FALSE – Alaska is the largest US state by land area. Rhode Island is the smallest.16. True or false: Vatican City is the smallest country in the world by both land area and population.
TRUE17. True or false: Humans use only 10% of their brains at any given time.
FALSE – Brain imaging shows that virtually all parts of the brain are active at some point, and most of the brain is active almost all the time.18. True or false: The human body contains roughly as many bacterial cells as human cells.
TRUE – Modern research estimates the ratio is approximately one to one, overturning the older claim of ten bacterial cells for every human cell.19. True or false: Hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.
FALSE – This is an optical illusion caused by the skin dehydrating and shrinking back after death, making hair and nails appear longer.20. True or false: An octopus has three hearts.
TRUE – Two branchial hearts pump blood through the gills; a third systemic heart circulates it around the rest of the body.21. True or false: Eating carrots significantly improves your ability to see in the dark.
FALSE – This myth was partly promoted during World War Two to conceal the existence of radar technology. Carrots help prevent vitamin A deficiency but do not give you superhuman night vision.22. True or false: A sneeze has been measured travelling at speeds of up to 100 miles per hour.
TRUE – Though estimates vary, sneezes can reach around 100 mph.23. True or false: Humans have exactly five senses.
FALSE – Scientists now recognise significantly more than five, including proprioception (body position), thermoception (temperature), nociception (pain) and the vestibular sense of balance.24. True or false: Water boils at a lower temperature at the top of a high mountain than it does at sea level.
TRUE – Lower atmospheric pressure at altitude means water reaches boiling point at a lower temperature.25. True or false: “Jaws” (1975) is widely credited with inventing the concept of the summer blockbuster film.
TRUE – Its unprecedented marketing and commercial success transformed Hollywood’s release strategy entirely.26. True or false: The word “robot” was first introduced in a science fiction film.
FALSE – The word was first used in the 1920 Czech stage play “R.U.R.” (Rossum’s Universal Robots) by Karel Capek, not a film.27. True or false: Shakespeare introduced over 1,700 words into the English language that are still in common use today.
TRUE – Words attributed to Shakespeare include “bedroom”, “lonely”, “generous” and “obscene”.28. True or false: The first iPhone was released in 2010.
FALSE – The first iPhone was released on 29th June 2007.29. True or false: “Uncopyrightable” is the longest common English word in which no letter appears more than once.
TRUE – At 15 letters, it contains no repeated letters.30. True or false: The Eiffel Tower was built as a permanent addition to the Paris skyline.
FALSE – It was constructed as a temporary exhibit for the 1889 World’s Fair and was due to be dismantled after 20 years.31. True or false: Nintendo was founded in 1889 as a playing card company.
TRUE – Nintendo produced handmade hanafuda playing cards for almost a century before expanding into video games.32. True or false: The Canary Islands were named after the canary bird.
FALSE – The islands were named after large dogs, from the Latin “Insula Canaria” meaning “Island of the Dogs”. The birds were later named after the islands, not the other way around.33. True or false: A traditional football is made up of exactly 32 panels – 20 white hexagons and 12 black pentagons.
TRUE – The classic Buckminster ball design has exactly 32 panels.34. True or false: Wild penguins can be found living in the Arctic.
FALSE – Penguins are only found in the Southern Hemisphere. Polar bears live in the Arctic; penguins do not.35. True or false: The United Kingdom once had an official national speed limit of just 14 miles per hour.
TRUE – When the Red Flag Act was repealed in 1896, the new speed limit was set at 14 mph.36. True or false: The rules of golf require all golf balls to have exactly 336 dimples.
FALSE – There is no rule specifying a required number of dimples. Most balls have between 300 and 500, and 336 is just one common design.37. True or false: The word “quiz” is traditionally said to have been invented as part of a wager in Dublin in the late 18th century.
TRUE – The story goes that an Irish theatre owner bet he could introduce a new word into the language within 48 hours by chalking it on walls across the city.38. True or false: The collective noun for a group of crows is “a murder”.
TRUE39. True or false: Elephants are the only animals on Earth that cannot jump.
FALSE – Several other animals also cannot jump, including hippos, rhinos and tortoises.40. True or false: Scotland’s national animal is the stag.
FALSE – Scotland’s national animal is the unicorn, which has appeared in Scottish heraldry for centuries.Introduction
This free printable true or false quiz takes a different format from a standard pub quiz. Instead of questions, each round presents a series of statements and players simply decide whether each one is true or false. Some statements are surprising facts, some are debunked myths, and a few are the kind of thing that sounds obviously true but turns out to be wrong. There are 40 statements in the full version and a Quick option that trims it to 25.
Toggle Show Answers to reveal the answer key with explanations, and use the Print button to open a clean, formatted version. It works well as a standalone quiz or as a quick round in a larger quiz night.
FAQ
How do I run the true or false quiz?
Read each numbered statement aloud and ask teams to write TRUE or FALSE. After each round, reveal the answers using the Show Answers toggle or the printed answer key. One point per correct answer.
What is the difference between the Full and Quick versions?
The Full version has 40 statements across five rounds. The Quick version keeps the 25 most accessible statements, making it better for a shorter session.
What are the five rounds?
The rounds cover Science and Nature, History and Geography, The Human Body and Science, Entertainment and Pop Culture, and Sport, Food and Everyday Life.
How is the true or false format different from a standard quiz?
Players write TRUE or FALSE rather than a specific answer, which makes it faster, more accessible for all ability levels and better suited to large groups. It also works well as a quick activity that does not need a quiz master with specialist knowledge.
Is the quiz free to print?
Yes, completely free. No login, no sign-up and no download needed. Print as many copies as you like.
Are there other free printable quizzes on Quiz-Zing?
Yes. The printable section includes quizzes for Halloween, Christmas, Easter, New Year, Valentine’s Day, Bonfire Night, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Family, Kids, Food and Drink, Geography, British General Knowledge, TV, Literature, 80s, 90s, General Knowledge, Music, Movies, Sport, History, Science, Mathematics, Animals and Wildlife, and more.