And here are the answers for Round 5, the grand finale of our True or False Family Quiz. Each is paired with a brief explanation so any end-of-evening disputes can be settled cleanly. Add up the team scores across all five rounds to crown your champion - out of a possible 100, anything over 70 is an excellent showing and 85 or more is truly top of the class. Right-click the list below to print a copy for scoring.
- True: Octopuses really do have three hearts.
- True: Sharks predate trees by roughly 50 million years.
- False: Strawberries are not true berries - they are classed as 'accessory fruits'.
- False: The capital of Australia is Canberra, not Sydney.
- True: Sound travels more than four times faster in water than in air.
- True: Mozart wrote his first symphony at just eight years old.
- False: Despite the name, peanuts are legumes, not nuts.
- False: Henry VIII had six wives, not seven.
- False: 'Toy Story' was directed by John Lasseter, not Steven Spielberg.
- True: The distance of 26 miles and 385 yards was set at the 1908 London Games.
- True: Russia is the largest country in the world, covering over 17 million square kilometres.
- True: Armstrong became the first person to walk on the Moon on 20th July 1969.
- False: The Simpsons are famously drawn in yellow.
- True: Jupiter is by far the largest planet in the solar system.
- True: Shakespeare is traditionally held to have both been born and died on 23rd April.
- False: The tongue being 'the strongest muscle' is a myth - several other muscles are stronger.
- False: The English alphabet contains 26 letters.
- False: Bats can see perfectly well - 'blind as a bat' is a myth.
- True: A lightning bolt can reach temperatures around five times hotter than the Sun's surface.
- False: The smallest country in the world is Vatican City.