Believe It or Not
This bird cannot fly but is an excellent swimmer.
What is a penguin?
Alexander Fleming accidentally discovered this medicine after noticing mould in a dish.
What is penicillin?
An octopus has this many hearts.
What is 3?
Which came first: the telephone or the automobile?
What is the telephone?
A scientist who studies stars and planets
What is astronomer?
This mammal can sleep while hanging upside down.
What is a bat?
The Leaning Tower of Pisa became famous because it did this unintentionally
What is lean?
Bananas are technically classified as this type of fruit.
What is a berry?
Which came first: television or the airplane?
What is the airplane?
A person who writes dictionaries.
What is lexicographer?
This animal has fingerprints so similar to humans that they can be difficult to distinguish.
What is a koala?
The Titanic was widely described as nearly this before it sank.
What is unsinkable?
The Eiffel Tower becomes slightly taller during this season because metal expands.
What is summer?
Which came first: the zipper or the radio?
What is the zipper?
Fear of confined spaces.
What is claustrophobia?
This food can remain edible for an extremely long time because of its low moisture and acidity.
What is honey?
In 1962, NASA lost Mariner 1 partly because of an error involving this type of information.
What is computer/code data?
A day on Venus is longer than this.
What is a year on Venus?
Which came first: canned food or the can opener?
What is canned food?
A government ruled by a king or queen.
What is monarchy?
This country has more pyramids than Egypt.
What is Sudan?
in 1999, NASA lost the Mars Climate Orbiter partly because two teams used different measurement systems: metric and this one.
What is imperial/U.S. customary?
The shortest recorded war lasted less than one hour and involved Britain and this African sultanate.
What is Zanzibar?
Which came first: matches or the cigarette lighter?
What is the lighter?
The study of word origins.
What is etymology?