True or False Questions about Humanities
120 true or false questions with answers, all ages. Quick statements to judge true or false — great for fast rounds. Reveal the answers below, pick one at random, or present them full-screen.
- 1.
Tony Randall appeared in the 1955 Broadway play Inherit the Wind.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 2.
According to legend, a leprechaun must tell the truth if looked directly in the eye.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 3.
Goblins are considered to be a type of fairy folk.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 4.
Stationary is fancy writing paper.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 5.
The creature from Slavic mythology known as Zmey actually resembles a dragon.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 6.
The Chinese language is related to Japanese.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 7.
If you wanted to be a clown in a Spanish circus, you would be called a payaso.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 8.
In ancient Athens, one day per week was sacred to Eros.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 9.
Spanish is one of the six official languages of the U.N.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 10.
A Tom Collins is a long drink consisting of vodka, lime or lemon juice, sugar and soda water.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 11.
Italian Mannerism is a term related to the High Renaissance.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 12.
The city of Athens was almost named after Poseidon, rather than Athena.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 13.
A university or college teacher is known as a professor.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 14.
Panoptic means having a panoramic view.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 15.
The palm tree was sacred for Artemis because it is connected with her and her twin brother Apollos birth.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 16.
The word savvy means intelligence or common sense.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 17.
Athena was the Greek equivalent of the goddess Minerva.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 18.
Sick is the same as ill.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 19.
In dancing, the word foutette means to straighten.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 20.
Tefnut had the body of a lioness.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 21.
Cafe au lait is an outdoor cafe.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 22.
100 million valentines are estimated to be given out in February in honor of Valentines Day.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 23.
The word vacuum means a space entirely devoid of matter.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 24.
In 1456, Sir Thomas Mallory completed what is one of the most well-known accounts of the life of King Arthur, called Le Morte DArthur.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 25.
Omaha is a distorted Native American tribal name.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 26.
The Jeffersons TV series, starring Sherman Hemsley, was a spinoff of All In The Family.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 27.
Baroque painters Caravaggio and Rembrandt used chiaroscuro, an art technique, related to the distribution of light and dark in a painting.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 28.
Helen of Troy was called The Face Who Launched a Thousand Ships as she inherited a huge fleet from her father.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 29.
Indomitable means unconquerable.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 30.
Once leprechauns were described as creatures dressed in red.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 31.
Cupid is the Roman counterpart of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 32.
Counsel is giving of advice.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 33.
Nike was a goddess, who personified triumph and victory (Greek mythology). Ironically, she was paralyzed and could not move her legs.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 34.
The word thimblerig means to play by the rules, to be fair.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 35.
The word centimeter means one hundred meters.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 36.
The term waddy is a noun that means sailor.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 37.
Prothalamion is a funeral song.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 38.
Cairo means happiness in Arabic.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 39.
Cupid appears in the movie Toothless and is portrayed by actor Richard Chamberlain.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 40.
Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon are brothers.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 41.
Many explorers such as Marco Polo may have confused rhinoceros for unicorns.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 42.
It is believed that you can stop a vampire, by throwing rice or marbles on the floor.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 43.
Is it true that the Tagalog word salamin means pencil in English?
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 44.
In Europe, Edward Hopper visited the Louvre Museum where he saw Degas painting The Cotton Exchange, New Orleans. He called it the most wonderful painting he had ever seen.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 45.
Stationery means fixed, not moveable.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 46.
In Greek mythology, Sirens often led sailors to their deaths with their beautiful songs.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 47.
Helicon is the name of an ancient lake, where the Muses were born.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 48.
Merengue was born in Portugal in the 16th century as part of an important ritual.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 49.
Aparatchik is a blindly devoted official, follower or member of an organization.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 50.
Calliope was the muse for music.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False
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- Explain the why. After each reveal, ask one person to explain why it is true or false — the discussion is the learning.
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