True of false?

  1. The source of the River Thames is in the Mendips?
  2. Donald Trump’s father was named Fred?
  3. The Jasmine Revolution, in 2011, was a popular uprising in Ukraine?
  4. Martin Luther King and Anne Frank were born in the same year?
  5. Australian actress Nicole Kidman was actually born in the USA?
  6. Coulrophobia is the fear of clouds?
  7. Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a sculpture carved into a sandstone mountain?
  8. Tom Cruise has never won an Oscar?
  9. A red circle on a green background describes the flag of Sri Lanka?
  10. Most sharks have a lifepsan of 50 to 60 years?
  11. A sympitar is a Middle Eastern sabre with a curved blade?
  12. Japan has approximately double the population of the United Kingdom?
  13. Lincoln Cathedral was the tallest building in the world for 238 years between 1311 and 1549?
  14. Stonehenge was in private ownership until given to the nation in 1915?

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Answers:

  1. False (it’s in the Cotswolds)
  2. True
  3. False (it was in Tunisia)
  4. True (in 1929)
  5. True (in Hawaii)
  6. False (it’s clowns)
  7. False (it’s granite)
  8. True
  9. False (that’s the flag of Bangladesh)
  10. False (20 to 30 years)
  11. False (it’s a cross between a guitar and Indian sitar – a scimitar is the sword)
  12. True
  13. True
  14. True