TRUE OR FALSE Family Quiz Answers Round 5

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.

  1. True: Octopuses really do have three hearts.
  2. True: Sharks predate trees by roughly 50 million years.
  3. False: Strawberries are not true berries - they are classed as 'accessory fruits'.
  4. False: The capital of Australia is Canberra, not Sydney.
  5. True: Sound travels more than four times faster in water than in air.
  6. True: Mozart wrote his first symphony at just eight years old.
  7. False: Despite the name, peanuts are legumes, not nuts.
  8. False: Henry VIII had six wives, not seven.
  9. False: 'Toy Story' was directed by John Lasseter, not Steven Spielberg.
  10. True: The distance of 26 miles and 385 yards was set at the 1908 London Games.
  11. True: Russia is the largest country in the world, covering over 17 million square kilometres.
  12. True: Armstrong became the first person to walk on the Moon on 20th July 1969.
  13. False: The Simpsons are famously drawn in yellow.
  14. True: Jupiter is by far the largest planet in the solar system.
  15. True: Shakespeare is traditionally held to have both been born and died on 23rd April.
  16. False: The tongue being 'the strongest muscle' is a myth - several other muscles are stronger.
  17. False: The English alphabet contains 26 letters.
  18. False: Bats can see perfectly well - 'blind as a bat' is a myth.
  19. True: A lightning bolt can reach temperatures around five times hotter than the Sun's surface.
  20. False: The smallest country in the world is Vatican City.