14 Fun Facts, Commonly Misspelled Words, and Vocabulary You Should Know
1. The Sherpas of northern Finland are famous for their polar expeditions.
FALSE (Easier) 
Sherpas are the mountain people of Nepal, prized as expert guides on climbs of Mt. Everest.
Sherpas are the mountain people of Nepal, prized as expert guides on climbs of Mt. Everest.
2. Chocolate can be lethal to dogs.
TRUE (Medium)
Chocolate contains the alkaloid stimulants caffeine and theobromine, the latter being highly toxic to dogs.
TRUE (Medium)
Chocolate contains the alkaloid stimulants caffeine and theobromine, the latter being highly toxic to dogs.
3. Sandwich, the food item, is named after a person.
TRUE (Medium)
Though England's Earl of Sandwich (1718-1792) wasn't the first to eat meat between two slices of bread, his fondness for it generated its famous name.
TRUE (Medium)
Though England's Earl of Sandwich (1718-1792) wasn't the first to eat meat between two slices of bread, his fondness for it generated its famous name.
4. England's King Henry VIII had all of his six wives killed.
FALSE (Easier)
He ordered the death (beheading) of two of the six, the second (Anne Boleyn) and the fifth (Catherine Howard).
FALSE (Easier)
He ordered the death (beheading) of two of the six, the second (Anne Boleyn) and the fifth (Catherine Howard).
5. In the battle between Captain Ahab and Moby Dick, the whale wins.
TRUE (Medium)
Spoiler alert: In Herman Melville's Moby Dick (1851), Ahab gets caught up in his own harpoon line and gets dragged into the sea by the whale.
TRUE (Medium)
Spoiler alert: In Herman Melville's Moby Dick (1851), Ahab gets caught up in his own harpoon line and gets dragged into the sea by the whale.
6. Triumph of the Will, by pioneering filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, helped expose the horrors of the Holocaust.
FALSE (Harder)
Her landmark film traced the dramatic rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party, which used her film as propaganda.
FALSE (Harder)
Her landmark film traced the dramatic rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party, which used her film as propaganda.
7. A monk named Dom Perignon invented Champagne.
FALSE (Harder)
Contrary to the legend, the famed Benedictine monk didn't invent champagne but his rules for winemaking (1718) helped make it a premier wine of France.
FALSE (Harder)
Contrary to the legend, the famed Benedictine monk didn't invent champagne but his rules for winemaking (1718) helped make it a premier wine of France.
8. Fencing is one of the sports of the modern pentathlon.
TRUE (Harder)
The five events include shooting, fencing, horseback riding, swimming, and cross-country running.
TRUE (Harder)
The five events include shooting, fencing, horseback riding, swimming, and cross-country running.
9. The hottest part of Earth (its core) is solid.
TRUE (Hardest)
The core's high pressure drives up the melting point beyond the core's temperature and so the core's metals cannot melt.
TRUE (Hardest)
The core's high pressure drives up the melting point beyond the core's temperature and so the core's metals cannot melt.
10. The mint julep is the signature drink of the Kentucky Derby of horseracing.
TRUE (Medium)
This iconic cocktail contains bourbon, mint, sugar, and crushed ice.
11. "Cost" is one of the "4 C's" of diamond grading.
FALSE (Easier)
The "4 C's" are: cut, clarity, color, carat weight.
12. An American was the first man in space.
FALSE (Hardest)
Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space (April 12, 1961); three weeks later, Alan Shepard became the first American in space.
13. In Shakespeare's play, Hamlet commits suicide.
FALSE (Medium)
Though he weighs the virtues of living and dying in his famous "To be or not to be" soliloquy, Hamlet is ultimately stabbed to death.
14. The thigh bone (femur) is the largest bone in the human body.
TRUE (Harder)
The femur extends from the hip to the knee.
TRUE (Medium)
This iconic cocktail contains bourbon, mint, sugar, and crushed ice.
11. "Cost" is one of the "4 C's" of diamond grading.
FALSE (Easier)
The "4 C's" are: cut, clarity, color, carat weight.
12. An American was the first man in space.
FALSE (Hardest)
Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space (April 12, 1961); three weeks later, Alan Shepard became the first American in space.
13. In Shakespeare's play, Hamlet commits suicide.
FALSE (Medium)
Though he weighs the virtues of living and dying in his famous "To be or not to be" soliloquy, Hamlet is ultimately stabbed to death.
14. The thigh bone (femur) is the largest bone in the human body.
TRUE (Harder)
The femur extends from the hip to the knee.
preference (Easier)
perseverance (Harder)
recede (Harder)
dissatisfied (Medium)
equipment (Harder)
fluorescent (Hardest)
definitely (Medium)
minuscule (Hardest)
susceptible (Harder)
conscientious (Hardest)
disappoint (Medium)
accommodate (Harder)
perseverance (Harder)
fluorescent (Hardest)
immediately (Easier)
indispensable (Medium)
disappear (Medium)
parallel (Harder)
minuscule (Hardest)
jewelry
separate (Medium)
mischievous (Harder)
Factotum: Servant (Hardest)
Pandemonium: Uproar (Easier)
Inordinate: Excessive (Medium)
Inquisitive: Curious (Medium)
Nuance: Variation (Medium)
Obtuse: Insensitive (Medium)
Proficient: Skilled (Easier)
Peripheral: Supplemental (Medium)
Pensive: Thoughtful (Medium)
Inane: Meaningless (Harder)
Imprimatur: Approval (Hardest)
Perennial: Lasting (Medium)
Progeny: Child (Medium)
Insipid: Dull (Harder)
Insouciance: Indifference (Harder)
Mitigate: Ease (Harder)
Surrogate: Substitute (Easier)
Susceptible: Open (Easier)
Obstreperous: Unruly (Hardest)
Mercurial: Unpredictable (Harder)
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