Funny Are You Smarter Questions: Two Surprising Trivia Boards PRIVATE HOST KEY: keep answers off the player screen. https://www.areyousmartergame.com/blog/funny-are-you-smarter-questions Original independent practice resource. Not official television questions. All values are virtual. TXT planning aid: enter questions manually; this is not a game import. Keep the tone clean: the unlikely fact is the punchline, not the person who misses it. Read every alternative in the same tone so the host does not give the answer away. After each reveal use the explanation and linked reference to distinguish the surprising fact from a myth. Do not add invented survey percentages. Sign in, open the named starter in the template library and choose Use Template, or start a manual game at /create. Use Game details, Categories, Add questions, Customize and Review & launch. Put two regular questions in each of five categories; keep the Final Challenge separate. Copy each prompt, all four choices, correct answer and explanation manually. These sheets are planning aids, not imports or slide decks. Preview before hosting. Keep the host key private and share only the player screen or player sheet. Free manual games allow two teams and three participant devices; a free account keeps three browser drafts. Surprise board one: nature breaks the rules Prerequisites: Fractions, everyday words and a willingness to let facts surprise you. Question 1 | Animal surprises An octopus could send several Valentine's cards. How many functioning hearts does it have? A. 1 B. 3 C. 2 D. 4 Accepted answer: B. 3 Explanation: Two hearts supply the gills and one supplies the rest of the body. Source: https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/invertebrates/octopuses-squids-and-relatives Question 2 | Animal surprises An octopus's oxygen-carrying pigment makes its blood which colour? A. Purple B. Red C. Green D. Blue Accepted answer: D. Blue Explanation: Its copper-based oxygen carrier produces blue blood rather than human red. Source: https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/invertebrates/octopuses-squids-and-relatives Question 3 | Space twists Which planet takes longer for one full rotation than for one orbit around the Sun? A. Venus B. Earth C. Mars D. Jupiter Accepted answer: A. Venus Explanation: Venus rotates in about 243 Earth days but orbits in about 225. Rotation is not the same as sunrise-to-sunrise. Source: https://science.nasa.gov/venus/venus-facts/ Question 4 | Space twists The Red Planet has a surprise near the setting Sun. What colour is that glow often seen from Mars? A. Violet only B. Bright green C. Blue D. Black Accepted answer: C. Blue Explanation: Fine Martian dust makes blue light prominent near the setting Sun. Source: https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/planets/mars/what-does-a-sunrise-sunset-look-like-on-mars/ Question 5 | Word oddities In standard English, how many letters in 'queue' can be removed from its end while the remaining first letter still sounds like the word? A. 2 B. 1 C. 4 D. 3 Accepted answer: C. 4 Explanation: Queue is pronounced like the letter Q. Removing u, e, u and e leaves Q. Question 6 | Word oddities Which word has three consecutive doubled-letter pairs: oo, kk and ee? A. Bookkeeper B. Bookcase C. Bookmark D. Bookseller Accepted answer: A. Bookkeeper Explanation: B-oo-kk-ee-per contains the three doubled pairs next to each other. Question 7 | Kitchen surprises Which of these is botanically a true berry, despite its everyday name? A. Peach B. Strawberry C. Apple D. Banana Accepted answer: D. Banana Explanation: Bananas develop as botanical berries; everyday fruit names do not match botanical categories. Source: https://www.arboretum.purdue.edu/explorer/definitions/berry/ Question 8 | Kitchen surprises Which 'berry' here is not a true botanical berry? A. Grape B. Strawberry C. Tomato D. Banana Accepted answer: B. Strawberry Explanation: Strawberries do not have the botanical structure of a true berry. Source: https://www.arboretum.purdue.edu/explorer/definitions/berry/ Question 9 | Numbers that fool us On the same scale in the same room, which has more mass: 1 kg of feathers or 1 kg of stones? A. Neither; they have equal mass B. The feathers C. The stones D. It depends on feather colour Accepted answer: A. Neither; they have equal mass Explanation: Both stated masses are exactly one kilogram; volume does not change that. Question 10 | Numbers that fool us A pizza is cut into eight equal slices. A guest eats three. What fraction of the original pizza did they eat? A. 5/8 B. 1/3 C. 3/8 D. 3/5 Accepted answer: C. 3/8 Explanation: The denominator counts all eight equal slices and the numerator counts the three eaten. FINAL CHALLENGE | Final Challenge Three pizzas have eight equal slices each. Guests take three slices apiece. How many guests can receive exactly that share? A. 12 B. 6 C. 9 D. 8 Accepted answer: D. 8 Explanation: There are 24 slices. Dividing by three per person serves eight people. Surprise board two: read that again Prerequisites: Classification, careful spelling and area comparison. Read all scope words aloud. Question 1 | Animal rule-breakers A shark's skeleton is made mainly of what, rather than bone? A. Wood-like fibre B. Cartilage C. Shell D. Chitin Accepted answer: B. Cartilage Explanation: Sharks belong to the cartilaginous fishes, despite having hard teeth. Source: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/outreach-and-education/fun-facts-about-shocking-sharks Question 2 | Animal rule-breakers Which mammal lays eggs and still feeds milk to its young? A. Seal B. Otter C. Beaver D. Platypus Accepted answer: D. Platypus Explanation: The platypus is an egg-laying mammal, an unusual combination that puzzled early observers. Source: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/the-platypus-puzzle.html Question 3 | Solar-system mischief Which pair of planets has no known natural moons? A. Mercury and Venus B. Earth and Mars C. Jupiter and Saturn D. Uranus and Neptune Accepted answer: A. Mercury and Venus Explanation: Mercury and Venus have no known planetary satellites; the other listed planets have them. Source: https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sats/ Question 4 | Solar-system mischief Mars looks rusty for a reason. Which substance in its soil supplies that reddish colour? A. Sugar crystals B. Table salt C. Iron oxide D. Copper sulphate Accepted answer: C. Iron oxide Explanation: Iron oxides are rust-like compounds that give much Martian dust its red appearance. Source: https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/planets/mars/what-does-a-sunrise-sunset-look-like-on-mars/ Question 5 | Letters behaving oddly Which number word has its letters in alphabetical order from left to right? A. Sixty B. Thirty C. Forty D. Twenty Accepted answer: C. Forty Explanation: The letters f, o, r, t and y occur in increasing alphabetical order. Question 6 | Letters behaving oddly Which number word has as many letters as its numerical value? A. Four B. Three C. Five D. Eight Accepted answer: A. Four Explanation: Four has four letters. Three has five, five has four and eight has five. Question 7 | Kitchen transformations What makes ordinary yeast bread puff up before baking? A. Carbon dioxide from fermentation B. Oxygen released by salt C. Air from kneading alone D. Water vapour from chilling Accepted answer: A. Carbon dioxide from fermentation Explanation: Yeast ferments sugars and produces carbon dioxide bubbles in the dough. Source: https://www.britannica.com/science/yeast-fungus Question 8 | Kitchen transformations Why can an ice cube float in its own meltwater? A. Ice contains no matter B. Ice is less dense than liquid water C. Ice has greater density D. Liquid water repels all solids Accepted answer: B. Ice is less dense than liquid water Explanation: The open structure of ordinary ice spreads its molecules farther apart. Source: https://www.usgs.gov/water-science-school/science/water-density Question 9 | Everyday surprises A 12-hour clock stops with its hands in place. How many times per 24 hours can its displayed time still match the correct time? A. 2 B. 0 C. 1 D. 24 Accepted answer: A. 2 Explanation: Each time on a 12-hour dial occurs twice during a 24-hour day. Question 10 | Everyday surprises Which spelling contains only one of the vowels a, e, i, o and u, despite having nine letters? A. Adventure B. Education C. Strengths D. Agreement Accepted answer: C. Strengths Explanation: Strengths has nine letters; e is its only listed vowel. FINAL CHALLENGE | Final Challenge A square cake has side 8 cm. A second square has side 4 cm. How many times the smaller cake's area is the larger cake's area? A. 16 B. 2 C. 8 D. 4 Accepted answer: D. 4 Explanation: The areas are 64 and 16 square cm; 64 divided by 16 is four.