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Skepquiz - with answers

by:Pox

2009/05/05

The quiz about not being a total idiot and also about random facts no one gives a shit about. Enjoy.

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ANSWERS

1. How old is the oldest living tree?

-Over 2000 years
-Over 4000 years
-Over 6000 years
-Over 9000 years

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2. What is the largest organ in the human body?

-The large intestine
-The neurons
-The skin
-The torso

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3. What is the age of the earth?

-Around 6000 years
-Around 65 million years
-Around 4.5 billion years
-Over 14 billion years

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4. Among the apes,which one has the largest penis?

-Humans
-Gorillas
-Chimpanzees
-Orangutangs

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5. The only way to know the age of a fossil is carbon dating.

-True
-False

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6. Some people have been known to be able to bend spoons with their minds.

-True
-False

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7. There is puzzling evidence that Sasquatch exists. Scientists strongly consider the possibility that he may exist.

-True
-False

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8. What could this be?

-A decomposing shark
-A fresh plesiosaur carcass
-An unidentified sea monster
-The Loch Ness monster

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9. The Grand Canyon was formed by:

-A flash flood
-An earthquake
-Erosion
-The Great Flood

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10. Scientists are confident that the Large Hadron Collider will not end the world or destroy human civilization.

-True
-False

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11. Some dinosaurs had feathers.

-True
-False

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12. The Big Bang is the theory that everything came out of nothing.

-True
-False

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13. This is the Montauk monster. What is it?

-A freaky escaped lab creature
-A mutant turtle with no shell
-A raccoon
-A chicken

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14. What physical piece of evidence did archaeologists find that proves Jesus existed?

-We found his tomb
-His birth certificate
-We have pieces of the cross with his dna on it
-None

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15. What mainly caused the extinction of the dinosaurs?

- The Great Flood
-Disease
-Comets
-We don't know exactly.

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16. This is a famous crystal skull. Where was it most likely made?

-Germany in the last 150 years
-Mexico in the last 3600 years
-Atlantis in the last 6000 years
-In outer space DUUUUUDE

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17. Who were the Olmecs?

-It's just another name for Aztecs
-The first American civilization, over 3000 years ago
-The habitants of Altantis
-They never really existed

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18. Jewish slaves contributed to building the pyramids.

-True
-False

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19. An atheist is someone who:

-Doesn't believe in any Gods
-Worships Satan
-Believe in evolution
-Doesn't believe in morality

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20. Which of these claims is not found in the book of Mormon? Keep in mind - there is no evidence to support any of them.

-Ancient American civilizations had chariots, silk and steel swords.
-There were vast bronze-age empires in America.
-Native Americans are of Hebrew ( Semitic ) descent, not asian.
-Noah came to america to bring sheeps and cows.

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21. If billions of people think something is true, then it has to be!

-True
-False

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22. This 1919 picture of fairies fooled the writer of Sherlock Holmes.

-True
-False

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23. Astrology is:

-Scientific
-Magical
-Complete Bullshit
-A great way to predict the future.

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24. Evolution explains how life on earth originated.

-True
-False

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25. This is the Giza sphinx. When was it probably built?

-Egyptian hoax built in the 1800s
-About 4500 years ago
-Over 7000 years ago
-There's no way to tell

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26. After 5 years, engineers have finally found proof that 9/11 was at least in part an inside job and that explosives were used to bring down the towers.

-True
-False

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27. Which of these seems to have come first?

-Writing
-Agriculture
-Religion
-Cities

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28. Sumerians, (who supposedly wrote the Necronomicon, according to the Evil Dead movies ), lived when and where?

-In Mesopotamia, 7000+ years ago
-In Central Africa, 9000+ years ago
-In Mongolia, 10 000+ years ago
-They never did exist

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29. Some people are still searching for Atlantis.

-True
-False

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30. This horn is real. What animal did it actually belong to?

-A unicorn
-A mutant horned horse
-A whale
-A walrus

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31. There actually once was a gigantic 10 foot ape living on earth.

-True
-False

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32. This skull is a fake.

-True
-False

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33. Scientists recently found fossils of a dinosaur that could spit a flammable oil that would ignite when the animal created sparks with its stone that contained particles of flint.

-True
-False

I made this one up completely.

34. "Chupacabra" is a spanish word for:

-Werewolf
-Goat Sucker
-Lamb Eater
-Night Creature

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35. Giant squids are probably made up, but we're not sure yet.

-True
-False

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36. Scientists have disproven the existance of lepprechauns.

-True
-False

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37. There is a strong correlation between childhood vaccins and autism because they actually make autism far more likely in children.

-True
-False

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38. How many people came close to winning the 1 000 000$ paranormal challenge by demonstrating a paranormal event?

-15
-5
-1
-0

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39. This half-fish, half-amphibian missing link turned out to be a hoax.

-True
-False

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40. Which of these is not a Scientologist practice?

-Holding people against their will
-Committing fraud
-Suing people who try to fight them
-They all are

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41. How old is this?

-about 2000 years
-about 5000 years
-over 7000 years
-over 10 000 years

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42. What are crop circles?

-Hoaxes
-Prints made by landing alien crafts
-A misunderstood natural phenomenon
-None of the above

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43. You should drink 8 glasses of water per day

-True
-False

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44. Scientists like it when you challenge their views. In fact, scientists would love to prove modern mainstream science completely wrong.

-True
-False

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45. Who was king Arthur?

-A King of Britain in the middle ages
-First conceived as a mythical hero in the 12th century.
-A Celtic Warrior during the 6th century C.E
-A fairytale character created in the late 19th century.

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46. Female praying mantises always tries to eat the male after matting.

-True
-False

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47. If you swim less than 20 minutes after eating, you'll likely get cramps.

-True
-False

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48. Sitting close to the tv ( < 10 inches) will damage your eyes.

-True
-False

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49. The bible is true because it's the word of God, as written in the bible.What kind of logical fallacy is that?

-Appeal to flattery
-Ad hominem
-Begging the question
-It's not a fallacy, that's a sound argument!

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50. Dihydrogen monoxyde, found in most of our drinking water, causes many of our diseases.

-True
-False

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51. Even if you go outside without a coat, you won't catch a cold as long as your feet are warm.

-True
-False

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52. This is an Ica stone. There's thousands. What is it?

-No one knows
-Hoaxes
-Pretty good proof that humans and dinosaurs coexisted
-Made by native americans 1000s of years ago based on fossils

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53. What bird is the most common in the world?

-Pidgeon
-Chicken
-Sparrow
-Seagull

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54. We have two kinds of DNA, which explains why there is micro-evolution but no macro-evolution.

-True
-False

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55. Most of the world's oxygen is produced by...

-trees
-algae
-grasses
-bacteria

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56. On average, you swallow eight spiders a year in your sleep during you lifetime.

-True
-False

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57. What theory explains the origin of life of earth?

-Abiogenesis
-Spontaneous generation
-Evolution
-God

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58. We use much more than 10% of our brain.

-True
-False

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59. You can mix homeopathic medicine with your regular medicine without any adverse effects.

-True
-False

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60. Leeches have a use in today's medicine.

-True
-False

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61. Which of these is true about the bible?

-It was written in two parts
-Texts were voted into it and some, voted out.
-It contains all known Christian Holy texts
-The books in the New Testament were written when Jesus was alive.

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62. If you multiply a dog's age by 7, you get the equivalent of his age in human years.

-True
-False

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63. These are camel spiders, so named because they bite camels in Iraq.

-True
-False

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64. Charles Darwin died a Christian

-True
-False

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65. The find of this creature, thought to have been extinct for 270 millions years, turned out to be a hoax.

-True
-False

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66. The blue whale is still known as the heaviest animal to have ever existed.

-True
-False

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67. Incas could perform rudimentary brain surgery

-True
-False

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68. Redwoods, the tallest trees on earth, have fireproof bark.

-True
-False

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69. There are alligators living in the New York sewers.

-True
-False

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70. This photo is real, it's just freak luck.

-True
-False

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71. Which of these didn't ancient Egyptians have?

-Toothpaste
-A form of cement
-Penis pumps
-Beer

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72. In the 80s, the Loch Ness was scanned using sonars on over 20 boats. What did they find?

-One massive reading from a 1000+ pound unknown animal
-Some 50 pound unknown thing
-Nothing bigger than a trout
-They found the monster, but they ate him. He tasted like salmon.

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73. The fluoride in most water actually does warp your mind.

-True
-False

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74. Skeptics have no explanation for this picture even if they claim it's not a ghost.

-True
-False

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75. According to Kosher food laws, you can't:

-Eat shellfish
-Eat bacon
-Drink wine made by a non-jew
-All of the above

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