Sample pickWorcestershire sauce often hides which ingredient, to the surprise of many vegetarians?
Comical Multiple Choice Questions With Silly Wrong Answers: how it works
These comical multiple choice questions are 137 strange facts that happen to be true, each with one right answer and three ridiculous ones. What is a mountain chicken? Which job did the co-inventor of cotton candy have? Tap a guess and press Check answer, play a ten-question round, or print a quiz with its answer key.
Run a ten-question round from one phone
Hold the phone, read the question and all four choices aloud, and let the room shout a letter. Tap the most popular guess and press Check answer. The right choice turns green, and the card adds a line on why the odd answer is the true one, with a link to its source. Next question moves on. For a scored round, switch to Exam mode and press Start the exam. It draws ten questions and hides every answer until you press Finish the exam. Then you get the score by topic and every question you missed, with its explanation.
House rules for a table or for teams
One point for each right answer is all the scoring you need. With teams, each team writes a letter before anyone speaks, because a joke answer makes people blurt. The Topic menu narrows the quiz to one of seven subjects: animals, food, words and names, history, places, science, or sports, music and things. These work as funny multi choice questions for a work social or a family dinner, since nobody needs to be an expert. Three of the four choices are daft, and the fun is finding out that the fourth one is real.
Print the quiz, and what the phone remembers
Print question sheet gives you ten questions with lettered choices and a line for a name, a date and a score. Print answer key puts the right letters and the explanations on a page of their own. Both carry the same sheet number, so a key never gets matched to the wrong quiz. Pick a topic first and the sheet holds only that topic. The phone keeps a Missed pile, a Flagged pile and a count of the questions you have seen. All of it stays in this browser, and Clear my progress wipes it.
Tips
Read all four choices in the same serious voice. The quiz is funnier when a small dragon sounds as likely as a raccoon.
Give a bonus point to any team that can say why the true answer is true before you read the explanation.
Read the explanation aloud after every answer. The second fact is often stranger than the first.
Press Flag on any question that gets a big laugh. Next time, open the Flagged pile for a best-of round.
Yes. Each right answer was checked on 18 or 19 September 2026 against the English Wikipedia article linked from that question, and an editor read the sentence that supports it. Where a story is a legend, such as the Roman emperor said to have wanted his horse made consul, the question calls it a legend. The three wrong choices are jokes and are meant to be plainly untrue.
Where do I find the answers?
On screen, press Check answer and the card shows the right choice, a short explanation and a source link. On paper, Print answer key lists the right letter and the explanation for each question on your sheet. The list of questions further down this page leaves the answers out, so nobody can peek mid-round.
Can I use these comical multiple choice questions at work or with kids?
Yes. The deck is clean: nothing sexual, no drinking, and nothing that mocks a person or a group. Most questions suit anyone from about age ten who reads well, and the animals topic is the gentlest place to start. For a quiz written for children, use the trivia questions for kids.
Is there a round with no right answer, where the room votes?
How long does a round of funny multiple choice questions take?
Allow about a minute a question when you read the explanations aloud. For a longer quiz, press Try another set after the score. It deals ten new questions, and the print buttons then print that set under a new sheet number. Practice mode has no round length: it asks every question in the topic once, then starts again in a new order.
A firefly is not a fly. What kind of insect is it?Wikipedia: Firefly
About how often does a sloth climb down from its tree to go to the bathroom?Wikipedia: Sloth
An owl cannot roll its eyes. What does it do instead?Wikipedia: Owl
Arctic reindeer eyes do something odd between summer and winter. What?Wikipedia: Reindeer
Australia's lyrebird is famous for doing what?Wikipedia: Lyrebird
Barnacles look like little shells glued to a rock. Which animals are they related to?Wikipedia: Barnacle
The binturong of Southeast Asia is also called the bearcat. What is it said to smell like?Wikipedia: Binturong
Dung beetles can roll their ball in a straight line at night. What do they steer by?Wikipedia: Dung beetle
The electric eel really is electric. What is it not?Wikipedia: Electric eel
The elephant is the largest land animal, and there is one playground move it cannot do. Which?Wikipedia: Elephant
Guinea pigs are not pigs. Are they at least from Guinea?Wikipedia: Guinea pig
How does a male bowerbird try to win a mate?Wikipedia: Bowerbird
How does an archerfish catch insects sitting on leaves above the water?Wikipedia: Archerfish
The kiwi is the only bird with what at the very tip of its beak?Wikipedia: Kiwi (bird)
The microscopic tardigrade has two nicknames. One is moss piglet. What is the other?Wikipedia: Tardigrade
The narwhal's long spiral tusk is really an overgrown what?Wikipedia: Narwhal
On the Caribbean islands of Dominica and Montserrat, what is a mountain chicken?Wikipedia: Mountain chicken
Parrotfish spend their days crunching on coral. What does all that munching add to the sea floor?Wikipedia: Parrotfish
The Portuguese man o' war looks like a jellyfish. What is it really?Wikipedia: Portuguese man o' war
The roadrunner sprints across the desert on foot. Which bird family does it belong to?Wikipedia: Roadrunner
Some baby aphids arrive in the world already what?Wikipedia: Aphid
The Tasmanian devil holds which title?Wikipedia: Tasmanian devil
Turritopsis dohrnii is a tiny jellyfish with which grand nickname?Wikipedia: Turritopsis dohrnii
What do myotonic goats, better known as fainting goats, do when they are startled?Wikipedia: Myotonic goat
What does a bombardier beetle do when it is bothered?Wikipedia: Bombardier beetle
What does a sea otter keep in the loose pouch of skin under its foreleg?Wikipedia: Sea otter
What does a snail have thousands of?Wikipedia: Snail
What is surprising about the king cobra?Wikipedia: King cobra
What kind of animal is a prairie dog?Wikipedia: Prairie dog
What shape are a goat's pupils?Wikipedia: Goat
Which animal has fingerprints so human-like that the two are hard to tell apart?Wikipedia: Fingerprint
Which of these can a crocodile not do?Wikipedia: Crocodile
Which surprising extra does a male platypus carry on each hind foot?Wikipedia: Platypus
Which taste can a cat not detect at all?Wikipedia: Cat
Why does the tiny fennec fox have such enormous ears?Wikipedia: Fennec fox
The wildebeest has a second name that is only three letters long. What is it?Wikipedia: Wildebeest
Wojtek served with Polish soldiers in the Second World War and was promoted to corporal. What was Wojtek?Wikipedia: Wojtek (bear)
The word armadillo is Spanish for what?Wikipedia: Armadillo
Food 21
A lump of chewed birch bark tar found in Finland shows that people were chewing gum about how long ago?Wikipedia: Chewing gum
A pound cake is traditionally made with a full pound of what?Wikipedia: Pound cake
An almond is a seed, not a true nut. Which fruit is the almond tree grouped with?Wikipedia: Almond
An egg cream is a fizzy fountain drink. Which two things does it famously not contain?Wikipedia: Egg cream
Before the tropical fruit arrived, what did English speakers call a pineapple?Wikipedia: Pineapple
The first recorded gingerbread figures were made at the court of which monarch, in the likeness of her guests?Wikipedia: Gingerbread man
Fortune cookies end the meal in Chinese restaurants across America. Where did they most likely come from?Wikipedia: Fortune cookie
German chocolate cake is named after what?Wikipedia: German chocolate cake
How many times are refried beans usually fried?Wikipedia: Refried beans
In 1893 the United States Supreme Court had to decide whether which food is a fruit or a vegetable?Wikipedia: Nix v. Hedden
In Denmark a Danish pastry is called wienerbrød. What does that mean?Wikipedia: Danish pastry
In the Second World War, Britain spread the story that carrots gave its pilots night vision. What was the story hiding?Wikipedia: Carrot
In which country was Hawaiian pizza invented?Wikipedia: Hawaiian pizza
The Jerusalem artichoke is not from Jerusalem and is not an artichoke. What is it?Wikipedia: Jerusalem artichoke
Machine-spun cotton candy was invented in 1897 by a candy maker and a man with which unlikely job?Wikipedia: Cotton candy
Mongolian barbecue was developed in the 1950s. Where?Wikipedia: Mongolian barbecue
Russian dressing is a salad dressing from which country?Wikipedia: Russian dressing
Welsh rabbit is an old name for cheese sauce on toast. How much rabbit is in it?Wikipedia: Welsh rarebit
What do broccoli, cauliflower, kale, cabbage and Brussels sprouts have in common?Wikipedia: Brassica oleracea
What is a baby-cut carrot, the kind sold peeled in bags?Wikipedia: Baby carrot
Worcestershire sauce often hides which ingredient, to the surprise of many vegetarians?Wikipedia: Worcestershire sauce
Words and names 27
The 1939 novel Gadsby runs to more than 50,000 words. What is missing from every one of them?Wikipedia: Gadsby (novel)
According to most modern reference works, OK began in 1830s Boston as a jokey abbreviation of what?Wikipedia: OK
Astronaut is built from two Greek words. What do they mean?Wikipedia: Astronaut
Before the name interrobang won, which of these was suggested for the combined ?! mark?Wikipedia: Interrobang
Breakfast cereal takes its name from Ceres, the Roman goddess of what?Wikipedia: Cereal
Dandelion comes from the French dent de lion. What does that mean?Wikipedia: Taraxacum
Denim takes its name from which French city?Wikipedia: Denim
England has several rivers called Avon. Where does the name come from?Wikipedia: River Avon, Bristol
The leotard is named after Jules Léotard. What was his job?Wikipedia: Leotard
The made-up word ghoti is a joke about English spelling. How is it meant to be pronounced?Wikipedia: Ghoti
The name porcupine goes back to Latin words meaning what?Wikipedia: Porcupine
The name Sahara comes from the Arabic word for what?Wikipedia: Sahara
Quarantine comes from a Venetian word for a waiting period of how long?Wikipedia: Quarantine
Saying runny babbit when you mean bunny rabbit is called a what?Wikipedia: Spoonerism
Sideburns are named after a Civil War general with famous whiskers. What was his name?Wikipedia: Sideburns
Umbrella comes from the Latin word umbra. What does umbra mean?Wikipedia: Umbrella
What is a mondegreen?Wikipedia: Mondegreen
Where does the word boycott come from?Wikipedia: Boycott
Which single word, repeated eight times, makes a grammatically correct English sentence?Wikipedia: Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo
Who came up with the word gobbledygook, in 1944?Wikipedia: Samuel Maverick
The word bungalow first meant a house in the style of which region?Wikipedia: Bungalow
The word dord sat in a dictionary from 1934 by mistake. What was it supposed to say?Wikipedia: Dord
The word muscle comes from the Latin for which animal?Wikipedia: Muscle
The word robot comes from a 1920 Czech play. What does the Czech word robota mean?Wikipedia: Robot
The word shampoo reached English from Hindi. What does its root mean?Wikipedia: Shampoo
The word trivia comes from Latin parts that literally mean what?Wikipedia: Trivia
The word tulip is thought to trace back to a Turkish word for which item of clothing?Wikipedia: Tulip
History 18
A war between Britain and Spain that began in 1739 is named after which part of a sea captain called Jenkins?Wikipedia: War of Jenkins' Ear
According to legend, the Roman emperor Caligula planned to make Incitatus a consul. Who or what was Incitatus?Wikipedia: Incitatus
According to the sagas, why did Erik the Red call his icy new home Greenland?Wikipedia: Greenland
At the 1904 Olympic marathon, Fred Lorz crossed the line first and was disqualified. Why?Wikipedia: Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon
Defenestration is a word made famous by events in Prague. What does it mean?Wikipedia: Defenestrations of Prague
First Lady Grace Coolidge kept a White House pet named Rebecca in the 1920s. What was Rebecca?Wikipedia: Rebecca (raccoon)
From 1912 to 1948, the Olympic Games gave out medals for which of these?Wikipedia: Art competitions at the Summer Olympics
In 1630s Holland, prices for which item soared to dizzy heights and then collapsed in February 1637?Wikipedia: Tulip mania
In 1859 Joshua Norton of San Francisco gave himself which job title?Wikipedia: Emperor Norton
In 1932 Australian soldiers were sent to Western Australia to take on which opponent?Wikipedia: Emu War
In the 19th century, where would you most likely have found a treadmill?Wikipedia: Penal treadmill
The Leaning Tower of Pisa began to tilt while it was still being built. How long did the building work take?Wikipedia: Leaning Tower of Pisa
The Pig War of 1859 was a border standoff between the United States and Britain. How many people were hurt?Wikipedia: Pig War (1859)
There was teaching at Oxford by 1096. Which of these is younger than that?Wikipedia: University of Oxford and Tenochtitlan
What did astronaut Alan Shepard do on the Moon?Wikipedia: Alan Shepard
What is missing from the face of the Mona Lisa?Wikipedia: Mona Lisa
What strange thing happened in Strasbourg in the summer of 1518?Wikipedia: Dancing plague of 1518
Which playground classic was an Olympic event from 1900 to 1920?Wikipedia: Tug of war at the Summer Olympics
Places 10
Agloe, New York began as a made-up name on a map. Why did the mapmakers invent it?Wikipedia: Agloe, New York
Big Diomede belongs to Russia and Little Diomede to the United States. About how far apart are they?Wikipedia: Diomede Islands
Bir Tawil is a patch of desert between Egypt and Sudan. What makes it unusual?Wikipedia: Bir Tawil
How did the town of Boring, Oregon get its name?Wikipedia: Boring, Oregon
In 1968 an American businessman bought London Bridge. Where does it stand today?Wikipedia: London Bridge (Lake Havasu City)
Pheasant Island sits in a river between France and Spain. What is unusual about it?Wikipedia: Pheasant Island
Point Roberts is part of Washington State. What must you do to drive there from the rest of the United States?Wikipedia: Point Roberts, Washington
What is the Dutch town of Baarle-Nassau famous for?Wikipedia: Baarle-Nassau
What is unusual about the town of Whittier, Alaska?Wikipedia: Whittier, Alaska
Why do many people in the Australian opal town of Coober Pedy live underground?Wikipedia: Coober Pedy
Sports, music and things 14
An artist's camel-hair brush is usually made with hair from which animal?Wikipedia: Camel-hair brush
An organ in Halberstadt, Germany began playing John Cage's As Slow as Possible in 2001. When is it due to finish?Wikipedia: As Slow as Possible
At Cooper's Hill in Gloucestershire, England, what do racers chase down a very steep hill each year?Wikipedia: Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake
Before it was called the zipper, the fastener went by which name?Wikipedia: Zipper
Catgut has been used for instrument strings for centuries. What is it usually made from?Wikipedia: Catgut
The cor anglais, or English horn, is odd for which reason?Wikipedia: Cor anglais
Derbyshire, England has hosted the world championships of which sport?Wikipedia: Toe wrestling
In which country do Panama hats originate?Wikipedia: Panama hat
Underwater hockey was invented in Portsmouth, England in 1954. What else is it called?Wikipedia: Underwater hockey
What do competitors do in the sport of chess boxing?Wikipedia: Chess boxing
What do people do in the sport of extreme ironing?Wikipedia: Extreme ironing
What do the musicians do during John Cage's 1952 piece 4′33″?Wikipedia: 4′33″
Where does the board game Chinese checkers come from?Wikipedia: Chinese checkers
Worm charming is a real competitive sport. What do the competitors try to do?Wikipedia: Worm charming
Science 9
An ice cream headache, or brain freeze, starts when something cold touches which spot?Wikipedia: Cold-stimulus headache
If you could find a bathtub big enough, which planet would float in it?Wikipedia: Saturn
Mushrooms build their cell walls from a material called chitin. Where else does chitin turn up?Wikipedia: Chitin
The shiny mineral pyrite fooled enough prospectors to earn which nickname?Wikipedia: Pyrite
Some people sneeze when they step into bright light. What is the tongue-in-cheek name for this?Wikipedia: Photic sneeze reflex
What happens if you hold a lump of the metal gallium in your hand?Wikipedia: Gallium
What is a borborygmus?Wikipedia: Stomach rumble
Where was helium first detected, in 1868?Wikipedia: Helium
William Herschel found a new planet in 1781 and wanted to name it after his king. Which name did he pick?Wikipedia: Uranus
How this list was compiled: Questions, wrong answers and explanations written for this site by the editors on 2026-09-18 and 2026-09-19; nothing was copied from another quiz. Each right answer, and each extra fact in an explanation, was checked against the text of the English Wikipedia article named on that question (its source line and link), retrieved on 2026-09-18 or 2026-09-19. The sentence that supports the answer was located in the article and an editor read each one. A question whose claim the article did not state in plain words was reworded to match the article or dropped, and legends are asked as legends. The wrong answers are jokes and are meant to be plainly untrue. Left out on purpose: records, rankings, prices, populations, anything described as current or latest, questions about living people, and brand names. No question repeats a fact asked in the random-trivia-generator bank, the trivia-cards deck or any other quiz on this site. Every question was screened against the site's clean-deck rule: nothing sexual, no drinking dares, nothing that mocks a person or a group. Licence: own work