The game believe it or not, it's a joke. The game I believe I do not believe, a card game, a board game I believe I do not believe for adults, a game I believe I do not believe for children

4. Was the ballpoint pen used only by military pilots at first? (Yes.)

5. In Africa, fortified pencils are produced for children who have a habit of chewing on anything? (Yes.)

6. Do some types of colored pencils have carrot extract added to make the lead stronger? (Not.)

7. Did the Romans wear pants? (Not, they wore tunics and togas.)

8. If a bee stings someone, will it die? (Yes.)

9. Is it true that spiders feed on their own webs? (Yes.)

10. In a Korean circus, two crocodiles were taught to waltz. (Not.)

11. Do penguins fly north for the winter? (Not, Penguins can't fly.)

12. If you put a flounder on a chessboard, it will also become a checkered one. (Yes.)

13. Spartan warriors sprayed their hair with perfume before the battle. (Yes, this is the only luxury they allowed themselves.)

14. Do mice grow up to become rats? (Not, These are two different orders of rodents.

15. Can some frogs fly? (Yes, in tropical forests Asia and Africa.)

16. Can children hear higher sounds than adults? (Yes.)

17. Is the eye filled with air? (Not, the eye is filled with fluid.)

18. Are you taller in the morning than in the evening? (Yes.)

19. In some places, people still wash with olive oil?(Yes, in some hot countries where water is scarce.)

20. The bats can receive radio signals? (Not.)

21. Owls can't roll their eyes? (Yes.)

22. Is the elk a type of deer? (Yes.)

23. Do giraffes use their echoes to find the leaves they feed on at night? (Not.)

24. Dolphins are small whales? (Yes.)

25. Does rhinoceros horn have magical powers? (Not.)

26. In some countries, firefly beetles are used as lighting fixtures? (Yes.)

27. Is a monkey usually the size of a kitten? (Yes.)

28. Was Scrooge's lucky coin in denominations of 10 cents? (Yes.)

29. Did Duremar sell frogs? (Not, leeches. )

Z0. Do Eskimos dry capelin and eat it instead of bread? (Yes.)

31. Can you see a rainbow at midnight? (Yes.)

32. Most turnips are grown in Russia? (Not, in America. )

33. An elephant, meeting with an unfamiliar relative, greets him in the following way - does he put his trunk in his mouth? (Yes.)

34. Was Hans Christian Andersen's real name Swensen? (Not, Hans.)

35. In medicine, the diagnosis of "Munchausen's syndrome" is made to a patient who lies a lot? (Not, such a diagnosis is made to a patient who has a constant desire to be treated.)

36. The growth of the Horse - the Hunchback is two inches? (Not, three. )

37. First place among the causes of death from accidents in Japan in 1995. occupied high-heeled shoes? (Yes, Nearly 200 Japanese women have died from falling from high heels.)

Second option. Game "Truth and myths about animals"

1. The most numerous living creatures on the planet are mosquitoes. (Myth. Ants: There are more of them than plants and animals combined.)
2. In Russia, about 10 million frogs and toads die on the highway every year. (Truth.)
3. The howler monkey is the noisiest creature on the planet. (Truth. Her screams can be heard at a distance of 16 km.)
4. The cow is the first tamed animal. (Myth. Dog. )
5. Bison and moose hate salt. (Myth. They just love her.)
6. By the chirping of a house cricket, you can determine the air temperature. (Truth. Fahrenheit temperature is 50+(r-40):4, where r is the number of chirps per minute.)
7. A heron with a height of more than one meter and with a wingspan of up to two meters weighs only 2 kg. (Truth.)
8. Favorite treat hedgehogs - apples. (Myth. Hedgehogs do not eat apples.)
9. To provide all Russians with three pairs of natural leather shoes a year, about 7 million animals need to be slaughtered. (Truth.)
10. A chameleon can go without food for a long time, almost whole year.(Truth.)
11. There are no fish with three eyes. (Myth. Lamprey fish have 3 eyes.)
12. It is known that it takes 35-40 lambs to sew an astrakhan fur coat. Is it true that a few hundred grams of viscose fiber, which is obtained from wood, is enough for a fur coat made of artificial astrakhan fur? (Truth.)
13. During hibernation, a bear sucks its paw. (Myth. The bear does not suck its paw.)
(Author Chitikov V.)

Third option. The game "I believe - I do not believe" on various topics

1. In Greece, on the island of Kefalonia, there is a river that flows up. (Yes.)

2. Ghanu ostrich (the only one of all ostriches that can fly) builds its nests on the branches of eucalyptus trees at a height of 20 meters. (There is no such ostrich.)

3. The word "loaf" came from a cow cake, which was called that. (Yes.)

4. On the Mekong River, gold is mined using mercury. (Yes.)

5. Mendeleev got tomato juice by dissolving tomatoes in hydrochloric acid. (Not.)

6. The Madagascar dragon frog, so named because of its ugly appearance and huge size, eats from 200 g to 1 kg of food per day. (Not such a frog.)

7. Gypsies taught bears to dance on red-hot iron. (Yes.)

8. Is it true that Lenin said: "I studied a lot, studied and studied again in order to know at least a little, to know and to know again"? (Not.)

9. They say a rat is smarter than a cat. Is it so? (Yes.)

10. Pollen tropical flower archidearius has an exciting property. (Not such a flower.

11. In the Stone Age, "valentines" were beaten out on stone tiles. (Not.)

12. During the mating season, male frogs blush. (Not.)

13. In the African tribe of Tageri, it is forbidden to eat for 18 days before the wedding. That is how much you need to completely cleanse the body of a single life. (Not such a tribe.

Target: to test students' knowledge in the field of natural history.

Equipment:

• For the leader: a bag with kegs on which numbers from 1 to 8 are written; drawings depicting animals, images of bird silhouettes on 4 sheets; task cards;
• For teams: pencils (simple);
• For the jury: a stopwatch, a table for entering the results.

Lesson progress

I. opening speech host:

Good afternoon, children! We are with you on the game-quiz "Lucky case". We have to think together, think about this important issue as a conservationist. To protect nature, you need to know it well! We dedicate our game to this theme. I present the members of the jury.

II. The game is played by 4 teams. I offer each team the first task: to choose a captain and give a name to your team.

• Team #1 is called Pathfinders;
• Team number 2 - "Curious",
• Team number 3 - "Lesovichki",
• Team number 4 - "Know-it-alls".

III. Game 1. "Warm-up".

Questions for the Pathfinder team. 1 minute is given. 1 point is awarded for each correct answer. You need to answer quickly to score more points. (Jury members mark the time on the stopwatch and count the number of correct answers given by the team in 1 minute, the results of 1 game are entered in the table (see Appendix))

Questions for the teams “Inquisitive”, “Lesovichki”, “Know-it-alls”.

Game 1 questions:

• Do hares make nests? (No, they sleep anywhere).
• What is the name of a baby fox? (Puppy).
• What color is a squirrel's coat? (In winter - gray, in summer - red).
• Which animal is famous for building art? (Beavers).
• Which animal curls up in a ball when threatened? (Hedgehog).
• What animal digs entire galleries underground? (Mole).
• What predatory animal loves raspberries? (Bear).
• Is a penguin a bird? (Yes).
• Who picks apples with his back? (Hedgehog).
• The sweetest forest tree. (Linden).
• Which berry is red, black, and white? (Currant).
• Which tree has a white trunk? (Birch).
• Which animals grow teeth every day? (Beavers, hares).
• Will hares be born blind or sighted? (Sighted).
• On the trail of which animals do not have claws? (Cats, lynxes).
• Which animal sleeps upside down? (Bat).
• What happens to a bee after it stings? (Dies).
• Which tree in the spring waters the woodpecker? (Birch).
• What bird lays eggs in other people's nests? (Cuckoo).
• Bloodthirsty predator of our forests. (Wolf).
• Before what weather do birds stop singing? (Before the rain).
• When does a hedgehog not sting? (When just born).
• Do birds hibernate in birdhouses? (No, it's cold).
• What tree is the symbol of our Motherland? (Birch).
• How many legs does a spider have? (8).
• Does the hedgehog eat mushrooms? (Not).
• Do ants swim? (Yes).
• The most powerful predatory beast. (Polar bear).
• Do mosquitoes have teeth? (There are many, 22).
• Can tigers swim? (Yes, excellent swimmers).
• Do brown bears eat fish? (Yes, they catch salmon themselves).
• Do squirrels eat dry or raw mushrooms? (Dry).
• The largest land animal. (Elephant).
• Who is called a sea pike? (Shark).
• Whose milk is the fattest - a whale or a cow? (A whale has 50% fat, a cow has up to 5%).
• Who drinks with their feet? (Frog).
• The largest bird on earth. (Ostrich).
• The tiger hunts many animals: wild boar, deer, and who hunts the tiger? (None of the animals).
• How many wings does a beetle have? (4)
• Which animal has the loudest voice? (Crocodile).
• What does a moose lose every winter? (Horns).

IV. Game 2. "Troubles from the barrel."

Each team is asked to solve two riddles. In turn, a keg with a number from 1 to 8 is taken out of the bag.

Puzzles:

The owner of the forest wakes up in the spring,
And in winter under a blizzard howl
Sleeping in a snow hut.

(Bear).

2. The crawler is crawling, the needles are carrying. (Hedgehog).

Not a farmer, not a blacksmith,
Not a carpenter, but the first worker in the village.

(Horse).

The yellow hostess came from the forest,
I counted all the chickens and took them with me.

(Fox).

In rich clothes, but he himself is blind,
Lives without a window, never seen the sun.

(Mole).

She lives in the reeds
Her house is among the marshes,
Where there are frogs.
Tsap! And there is not one wah.

(Heron).

This bird is not simple:
You won't see him during the day
From the hollow he flies
With the onset of darkness.

(Owl).

Standing in the meadow
In a red dress Tatyanka,
All in white dots.

(Amanita).

V. Game 3. “Plus, minus”.

Each team receives a card with a task: mark with a “+” sign the names of those plants and animals that grow and live in the forest and with a “-” sign that you will not meet in the forest. You have 5 minutes to complete.

VI. Game 4. "Believe - do not believe."

Competition for captains. The host asks questions to the captains of the teams in turn, and the captains, after thinking, must answer “I believe” or “I do not believe”. For each correct answer, the team is awarded 1 point.

Questions:

1. Do you believe that the cuckoo calls without opening its beak? (Yes).
2. Do you believe that the stork egg is the largest? (Not).
3. Do you believe that birds have no memory? (Not).
4. Do you believe that mosquitoes are beneficial? (Yes, since they pollinate plants, and fish and birds feed on mosquito larvae).
5. Do you believe that some animals live for six months without food? (Yes, those that hibernate in winter).
6. Do you believe that a horse gives milk? (Yes).
7. Do you believe there is a scissorfish? (Not).
8. Do you believe that in nature there are no knifefish and needlefish? (Not).
9. Do you believe that a snake needs a tongue to smell? (Yes).

VII. Game 5. “Do you know birds?”.

Competition for the whole team. Task: identify the names of birds from the silhouettes and sign them.

(Use as you wish figure 1, 2 or 3. In figure 3, remove the bird names beforehand).

Picture 1

Figure 2

Figure 3

Competition for the whole team. Assignment: to think and give a written answer to the question “How do birds and animals make sounds or give their voice?” For each correct answer, the team receives 1 point.

1. Capercaillie. (current)
2. Pigeon. (cooing)
3. Fox. (Barks)
4. Bear. (roars)
5. Duck. (quacks)
6. Owl. (whoops)
7. Goat. (bleats)
8. Goose. (cackling)
9. Horse. (neighing)
10. Pig. (grunts)

IX. Summing up the quiz.

Leading:

And so our meeting came to an end.
You, man, loving nature,
Feel sorry for her sometimes.
On fun trips
Do not trample its fields.
Don't burn it down
And do not exhaust to the bottom,
And remember the simple truth:
There are many of us - but she is one!

The floor for summing up is given to a distinguished jury.

(The jury reads out the results of the whole game and names the winning team).

The winning team receives a certificate for 1st place and prizes (chocolates-medals). All participants receive prizes - chocolates and gratitude for participation.

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1. ... the cloud around the nucleus of a comet, observed in 1811, had a diameter of two million kilometers? (Yes)

2. ... on Venus, a day is shorter than a year? (Yes. A Venusian day is equal to 343.16 Earth days - during this time it makes a revolution around its axis; and around the Sun it makes a revolution in 224.7 Earth days)

3 ... is the interplanetary medium a void? (No. It contains gas molecules, rays, radio waves)

4. ... The moon is a dark luminary, does not have its own light? (Yes. It reflects the sun's rays)

5. ... scientists found iron, cobalt, sodium, calcium in the body of the comet? (Yes)

6. ... did the tail of the comet of 1811 exceed the distance from the Earth to the Sun? (Yes)

7. ... Does Lee Redmond (a resident of the USA), who has nails with a total length of 7 meters 51 centimeters, dress herself? (Yes. Only she puts on all the clothes through her legs)

8. ... the height of the tallest modern man is three meters? (No. The height of the tallest man - Radhun Harbib from Tunisia - two meters thirty-five centimeters)

9. ... the highest modern woman taller than the tallest modern man? (No. The height of Sandy Ellen from the USA is two meters thirty-one centimeters)

10. ... a doctor at Charing Cross (Great Britain) in 1952 removed a stone weighing six kilograms two hundred and ninety grams from the gallbladder of an eighty-year-old patient? (Yes)

11. ... Michel Lotito (France) has been eating glass and iron since 1959, and can digest nine hundred grams of metal daily? (Yes)

12. ... the heart of the fisherman Jan Egil Refsdal (Norway), who fell overboard into the sea, stopped for four hours, after which he survived? (Yes)

13. ... Roy Sullivan (USA) survived after being hit by twenty lightning bolts at different intervals? (No. But he survived seven lightning strikes and this despite the fact that the average power of a lightning strike is one hundred million volts)

14. ... the oldest woman who lived on Earth lived longer than the oldest man who lived on Earth? (Yes. Jeanne-Louise Kalman from France lived one hundred and twenty-two years, and Singishio Itsumi from Japan lived one hundred and twenty years, two hundred and thirty-seven days)

15. ... in 1997, Justin Miller (USA), at the age of seven, published a cookbook "Cooking with Justin"? (Yes)

16. ... Jackie Barbie (USA) held twenty rattlesnakes in his mouth for twelve and a half seconds? (No. There were “only” eight snakes)

17. ... donor Maurice Creswick (South Africa) donated 188.9 liters of blood for fifty-nine years since the age of eighteen? (Yes)

18. ... Mary Mohan at ninety-one years old went down on a rope from a thirty-eight-meter cliff? (Yes)

19.... Eduardo Armallo Lagas (Spain), lying down, held on to himself concrete blocks weighing five tons? (No. The weight of the blocks was one ton three hundred ninety-nine kilograms and eight hundred grams)

20. ... Prakash Singhg (India) stood motionless, allowing himself only to blink, for three days? (No. He dedicated his record - twenty hours, ten minutes and six seconds - to the freedom fighters of India)

21. ... two-year-old Michelle Frank (USA) survived sixty-six minutes of being underwater in a stream? (Yes)

22. ... April 3-4, 1974, in just a day, one hundred and forty-eight tornadoes swept across the south and midwest of the United States? (Yes)

23. ... Mary Magdalene was included by the Church among the Equal-to-the-Apostles saints? (Yes)

24. ... the total population of India and China exceeds a third of the population of our planet? (Yes)

25. ... Sieto Izumi (Japan) worked for ninety-eight years. (Yes. In 1872, he started working as a draft cattle driver in a sugar mill. In 1970, he retired at the age of one hundred and five.)

26. ... the most visited amusement park is Disneyland in Paris? (No. This is Tokyo Disneyland)

27. ... is the largest Imperial Palace in Japan? (No. In China. It covers an area of ​​seventy-two hectares)

28. ... the largest pyramid - the pyramid of Cheops in Egypt? (Yes. Her height is one hundred and forty-six meters and sixty centimeters)

29. ... the highest clock above the ground is located on the tower of Westmine Abbey in London? (No. They are installed on the Morton International building in Chicago (USA), located at a height of one hundred and seventy-seven meters above the ground)

30. ... the tallest buildings in modern world were, destroyed on September 11, 2001, the twin towers shopping complex in Manhattan in New York? (No. The tallest building is the Taipei 101 building (Taiwan). Its height is five hundred and eight meters. And the tallest of the twin towers, the North Tower, was four hundred and seventeen meters)

31. ... most Internet users are in Japan? (No. In USA)

32. ... twelve people have been on the moon? (Yes)

33. ... the largest number of space flights (seven) were made by two Russian cosmonauts? (No, these are American astronauts Jerry Ross and Franklin Chang-Diaz)

34. ... was Svetlana Savitskaya the longest woman in space? (No. This is an American Shannon Lucid. She spent one hundred and eighty-eight days in space)

35. ... American astronaut John Glenn Jr. went into space at the age of seventy-seven? (Yes. In 1998, he went into space as part of the Discovery crew)

36. ... the fastest humanoid robot made in the USA? (No. In Japan. It was created in 2003 by Sony)

37. ... the first computer virus was demonstrated by Bill Gates? (No. This was done by MIT student Fred Cohen in 1983)

38. ... the largest armor for animals was made for knightly horses? (No. For Indian elephants)

39. ... Cathy Jung (USA), with a height of one hundred and seventy-two centimeters, has a waist of thirty-eight centimeters and one millimeter? (Yes)

40. ... the growth of the British stuntman Kiran Shah is one meter twenty-six centimeters and four millimeters? (Yes)

41. ... Greg M. Cox (USA) can read and write in sixty-four languages? (Yes)

42. ... will the plane take off faster if it accelerates with the wind? (No. It will take off faster, accelerating into the wind)

43. ... do chickens swallow pebbles because that's how they get minerals? (No. Pebbles serve as a millstone that helps grind food in the stomach)

44. ... do ultraviolet rays pass through window glass well? (No. Window glass does not transmit ultraviolet rays. Such rays pass through quartz glass)

45. ... by sticking a sewing needle, can one develop a pressure of one thousand atmospheres? (Yes)

46. ​​... every vibrating body sounds? (No. Vibrations of the body may not reach the frequency of sound vibrations)

47. ... do birds of prey have females larger and stronger than males? (Yes)

48. ... do woodpeckers die of concussions? (Yes)

49. ... are there birds that stock up for the winter? (Yes. Owls collect dead mice in their hollows, and jays - acorns, nuts)

50. ... in a tadpole, the front legs grow earlier than the hind legs? (No. On the contrary)

Quiz "Do you believe that?.." Questions 51 to 100.

51. ... heavier drops fall from a samovar faucet when the water is hot? (No. The size of the drop, and hence its weight, depends on the surface tension force. Hot water has less surface tension than cold water)

52. ... the speed and acceleration of a vertically thrown ball at its top point of ascent are zero? (No. Velocity is zero and acceleration is 9.8 meters per second)

53. ... the pregnancy of an elephant lasts almost a year? (No. Twenty to twenty-two months)

54. ... in southern countries Do cockroaches reach the size of a mouse? (Yes)

55. ... butterflies with a wingspan of fifty centimeters live on Earth? (No. The largest Atlas butterfly living in India has a wingspan of twenty-five centimeters, almost like a blackbird)

56. ... are there worms on Earth reaching a length of thirty meters? (Yes)

57. ... in equestrian dressage competitions, men and women compete on equal terms? (Yes)

58. ... the height of the Eiffel Tower is more than three hundred and fifty meters? (Not)

59. ... the Egyptian Sphinx - one of the Wonders of the World? (Not)

60. ... homeland of the secretary bird - Australia? (No. Africa)

61. ... Pleiades and Stozhary are the same astronomical object? (Yes)

62. ... are there poisonous boas? (Not)

63. ... does the doha have fur inside and out? (Yes)

64. ... the highest recorded wave - a tsunami - was more than five hundred meters high? (Yes)

65. ... do some birds have teeth? (Not)

66. ... "angina pectoris" - the same disease as asthma? (No. Angina pectoris is angina)

67. ... the Spanish artist El Greco was really a Greek? (Yes)

68. ... are the eggs that iguanas lay edible? (Yes)

69. ... some types of bamboo can grow ninety centimeters a day? (Yes)

70. ... the ancient Romans used mouse brain powder instead of toothpaste? (Yes)

71. ... in the Tower of London prison did the prisoners have to pay for food, accommodation and chains? (Yes)

72. ... in 1970, a hailstone the size of a watermelon fell on Kansas? (Yes)

73. ... in Waterloo, Nebraska, barbers are not allowed to eat onions while working? (Yes)

74. ... potato chips Invented by US President George Washington? (No. They were invented by an Indian named George Krum)

75. ... a termite mound consists of earth, saliva and manure? (Yes)

76. ... eucalyptus - the tallest and fastest growing tree in the world? (Yes. The tree reaches a height of up to one hundred meters)

77. ... kangaroos at the moment of danger develop a speed of sixty-five kilometers per hour? (Yes)

78. ... koalas eat nothing but eucalyptus leaves. Their name in the language of the indigenous inhabitants of Australia means "without water"? (Yes)

79. ... in Australia there are three times more sheep than people? (Yes)

80. ... the last emperor of China, Pu Yi, worked as a gardener at the end of his life and died alone in 1967? (Yes)

81. ... silk was valued so dearly in China that they used it instead of money? (Yes)

82. ... each silkworm cocoon consists of a silk thread one kilometer long? (Yes)

83. ... the Chinese believe that dragons bring rain. Do they even place dragon statues on their rooftops to protect them from fire? (Yes)

84. ... Is the Great Wall of China visible from space? (Yes. Its length is six thousand kilometers. It was built by the first Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang two thousand years ago)

85. ... the clay army of Emperor Qin has seven thousand warriors, six hundred horses, one hundred and twenty-five chariots. They all have different facial features, no one smiles. Does every warrior have a real weapon? (Yes)

86. ... in the cities of Madras and Bombay (India) more films are shot than in Hollywood? (Yes)

87. ... do Indians chew spices after dinner to freshen their breath? (Yes)

88. ... do female elephants stay in herds with their calves, do male elephants stay apart? (Yes)

89. ... are African elephants smaller than their Asian counterparts? (No. On the contrary)

90. ... elephants can draw about seven liters of water into their trunks? (Yes)

91. ... baby elephants first grow milk tusks, and in a year real ones grow instead of them? (Yes)

92. ... despite the fact that the skin of an elephant is two centimeters thick, they feel the bite of even the smallest insect? (Yes)

93. ... Hanuman - Indian god of monkeys? (Yes)

94. ... the black rhinoceros is listed in the Red Book as the rarest animal on Earth? (Yes)

95. ... the female seahorse lays her eggs in a pocket on the belly of the male, who then raises the babies until they grow up? (Yes)

96. ... octopus, squid and cuttlefish are molluscs? (Yes)

97. ... when bitten, an octopus paralyzes its prey with poisonous saliva, which is almost harmless to humans? (Yes)

98. ... cheetah cubs have a fluffy white mane up to ten weeks from birth, and then lose it? (Yes)

99. ... a sixty-kilogram leopard can drag a ninety-kilogram young giraffe up a tree? (Yes)

100. ... with the help of cute, furry horns, male giraffes fight their rivals? (Yes)

Quiz "Do you believe that?.." Questions 101 to 150

101.... can a giraffe extend its tongue up to forty-five centimeters to pluck young succulent leaves from a tree? (Yes)

102. ... can a giraffe's neck be two meters long? (Yes)

103. ... the length of the spiral horns of male kudu antelopes can reach one meter? (Yes)

104. ... an adult python can swallow a small deer? (Yes)

105. ... is the black mamba the world's fastest land-dwelling snake? (Yes. She can crawl at a speed of sixteen to nineteen kilometers per hour)

106. ... in Florida (USA) there are more amusement parks and amusement parks than in any other part of the world the globe? (Yes)

107. ... on the Gatorama alligator farm, there is a small gift shop where they sell you packs of these animals' droppings for ninety-nine cents? (Yes)

108. ... in Florida (USA) every year there are international competitions to lure worms out of the ground? (Yes. Each participant digs a stake into the ground and makes it vibrate, which forces the worms to crawl to the surface)

109. ... Disneyland in Florida covers an area of ​​ten square kilometers? (No. Its area is one hundred and eleven square kilometers. It is equal in size to the English city of Manchester)

110. ... in the heart of Disneyland's Magic Kingdom is Uncle Scrooge's castle? (No. Cinderella's castle. It reaches a height of fifty-five meters)

111. ... Typhoon Andrew, which swept over Florida in August 1992, reached a speed of five hundred kilometers per hour? (No. This typhoon set the speed record. It traveled two hundred and thirty-five kilometers per hour.)

112. ... the energy inside the tornado is such that it could light all the electric light bulbs in America? (Yes)

113. ... manatees feed their young under water, holding them carefully on their flippers, as mothers hold their children? (Yes. Very often sailors mistook them for mermaids)

114. ... at sea ​​turtles they have absolutely no teeth, and therefore they have to tear food with their jaws? (Yes)

115 .... manatees are called "sea cows". However, their closest relatives today are elephants? (Yes. Manatees lived on Earth sixteen million years ago)

116. ... in a huge bag under the beak of a pelican more food is placed than in its stomach? (Yes)

117. ... not yet hatched baby alligators "talk" to each other by tapping on the shell inside the egg? (Yes)

118. ... raccoons belong to the panda family? (Yes)

119. ... the panther has many other names: leopard, leopard, puma and cougar? (Yes)

120. ... the age of a bear can be determined by the growth rings on his teeth? (Yes)

121. ... a brown bear can run at a speed of forty kilometers per hour? (Yes)

122. ... the air in the Arctic is so cold and dry that you can hear someone talking even from five kilometers away? (Yes)

123. ... there are no fleas in the Arctic, but in summer there are more mosquitoes than anywhere else? (Yes)

124. ... if the ice of Greenland melted one day, would the level of the Atlantic rise by seven meters? (Yes)

125. ... the word "tundra" in Russian means "lifeless"? (No. This word is translated as "treeless plain")

126. ... blubber is a thick layer of fat under the skin of whales, seals, walruses and polar bears, which protects them from the cold? (Yes)

127. ... the inhabitants of the Arctic are called Eskimos, which in their own language means "a person who eats raw meat"? (Yes)

128. ... today the Eskimos are also called "Inuet", what does "inhabitant of the north" mean? (No. This word translates as "real men")

129. ... in 1972, two graves were discovered in Greenland, where eight Eskimo mummies were buried? (Yes. The dry, freezing wind of the Arctic turned people into mummy bodies)

130. ... the porridge that the Eskimos usually boil for breakfast is called "snow flakes"? (No. There is no such porridge)

131. ... for centuries, the Eskimos traveled in sledges, which were harnessed to sheepdogs? (No. Laek. Now these dogs are better known as huskies)

132. ... the Eskimo's hunting boat is called a kayak? (Yes. Only fits one person)

133. ... On April 6, 1909, the expedition of the American Robert Peary was the first to reach North Pole? (Yes)

134. ... do polar bears dive from icebergs from a height sometimes reaching fifteen meters? (Yes)

135. ... icebergs sometimes explode? (Yes. Water seeps through cracks in the ice, freezes and expands, splitting the iceberg with a deafening crack)

136. ... the size of the largest iceberg known to scientists reaches thirty-one thousand square kilometers, that is, as much as Belgium occupies in area? (Yes)

137. ... are polar bears the biggest bears in the world? (Yes. Their length can reach three and a half meters, and their weight is a thousand kilograms. They are twice as tall as a person and fifteen times heavier)

138. ... by being careful, a seal can live to be forty-three years old? (Yes)

139. ... polar bear can smell a seal sixty-four kilometers away? (Yes)

140 .... walrus tusks can reach a length of up to three meters? (No. Up to one meter)

141. ... hares living in the tundra - the smallest in the world? (No. These are the largest hares in the world. Their weight can reach six and a half kilograms)

142. ... an arctic hare can develop a speed of seventy kilometers per hour? (Yes)

143. ... in the nineteenth century, the bandages in which mummies were wrapped were used to make parchment? (Yes)

144. ... recently a mummy was found wrapped in five kilometers of bandages? (Yes)

145. ... the highest and most famous pyramids are in Egypt in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor? (No. In Giza near Cairo)

146. ... the sphinx guarding the pyramids of Giza reaches a height of fifty meters? (No. Its height is twenty meters. This is about the same as if eleven people were standing on each other's heads)

147. ... the Sahara desert annually increases by six thousand seventy square kilometers? (Yes)

148. ... the ancient Egyptians trained monkeys, teaching them to pick dates from palm trees? (Yes)

149. ... the largest pyramid in Egypt - is this the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun? (No. This is the pyramid of Cheops. Its height is one hundred and forty-seven meters. It was built four and a half thousand years ago)

150. ... the word "mummy" comes from the Arabic term for "bitumen", a special kind of resin? (Yes)

Quiz "Do you believe that?.." Questions 151 to 200

151. ... in 1922, two English archaeologists Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon began excavations in the still unexplored territory in the Valley of the Kings (Luxor) and found the almost unlooted tomb of Tutankhamen? (Yes)

152. ... Sahara is not only the most big desert world, but also the hottest place on earth? (Yes. When the hottest day was recorded in the Sahara, the thermometer showed plus fifty-eight degrees Celsius in the shade)

153. ... when the wind blows, the sand in the Sahara can move, forming dunes up to a kilometer and a half high? (No. The height of the dunes can reach one hundred and fifty meters)

154. ... Egyptian dromedary camels have two humps? (No. One. Two humps of Asian camels - Bactrians)

155. ... camels store water in their humps? (No, they have fat reserves in their humps)

156. ... camels can live without drinking for about eight weeks, but when they get to the oasis, do they drink more than a hundred liters of water at a time? (Yes)

157. ... the Egyptians fought on the backs of camels. Did the animals emit such a terrible smell that the enemy horses often ran for their lives? (Yes)

158. ... Nile crocodiles attack people and small boats? (Yes)

159. ... the jaw of a two-meter crocodile can be kept closed with a simple elastic band? (Yes. Crocodiles close their jaws with great force, however, the muscles that open them are rather weak)

160. ... snakes are deaf creatures? (Yes)

161. ... in a normal state, the cobra's teeth are "stacked" along the upper jaw, but when it attacks its prey, its teeth pop out and fill with poison? (Yes)

162. ... Is it very hot in the Sahara at night? (Not)

163. ... beetles are the most numerous among insects? (Yes. Now there are two hundred and eighty thousand species of beetles. For comparison: all together fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals - forty-four thousand species)

164. ... the sting of a scorpion's sting is fatal to a person? (No. Painful but not fatal)

165. ... do the eyes of a horsefly consist of thousands of tiny individual eyes? (Yes)

166. ... insects sleep with open eyes? (Yes. They can't close their eyes - they don't have eyelids)

167. ... insects have the most diverse voices? (No. Not a single insect has a voice. They make sounds with wings or by rubbing one part of the body against another)

168. ... only adult males of crickets, grasshoppers and cicadas "sing" loud songs, juveniles and females are silent? (Yes. This was noted already about two thousand four hundred years ago by the ancient Greek playwright Xenarchus, who wrote: “Happy cicadas, they have dumb wives and children”)

169. ... in some species of bees, the "queen" can grow up to five centimeters? (Yes)

170. ... Does an owl have one ear larger than the other? (Yes)

171. ... is it possible to drown not only in water, but also on land? (Yes. This happens when not merciless waves close overhead, but rough quicksand)

172. ... half a million years ago Europe looked like Antarctica? (Yes)

173. ... the fin of a male killer whale can reach three meters? (No. It reaches one meter eighty centimeters)

174. ... Ivan the Terrible composed poems and texts of hymns, music for them, and he himself sang in the choir during church services? (Yes)

175. ... can a rhinoceros turn over a car with its horn? (Yes)

176. ... the birthplace of the baobab tree - Australia? (Yes. How and when the plant got into the African savannas, and spread there more abundantly than on its native continent, is unknown)

177. ... is it colder on the planet Mercury than on the planet Pluto? (Yes. On the cold side of Mercury, the temperature is minus two hundred and seventy-three degrees Celsius, and on Pluto, minus two hundred and thirty degrees)

178. ... near platinum deposits, the density of plants on the soil is much higher than usual? (No. They do not happen near platinum deposits - salts of this element are detrimental to flora)

179. ... does a centipede have forty legs? (No. In nature, there are eleven thousand species of these terrestrial arthropods. And the number of legs they have ranges from thirty to over a hundred. It would be more correct to call "centipedes")

180. ... the birthplace of the tulip - Holland? (No. Turkey. It was not until the sixteenth century that Dutch merchants brought tulips to The Hague)

181. ... the current Patriarch of All Russia - Alexy II - the thirteenth in a row in the history of Russian Orthodoxy? (No. Fourteenth)

182. ... only bees give honey? (No. Bumblebees, wasps, hornets have honey. But bees have the most delicious)

183. ... the eyes of a frog can serve as a periscope? (Yes. They move with the help of powerful muscles. The frog itself is under water, but sees what is happening on the surface)

184. ... a cat needs a lot to see less light than other animals? (Yes)

185. ... the sail of a sailfish is a braking device? (Yes. This predator develops speeds up to ninety kilometers per hour, trying to grab prey. With such acceleration, it is difficult to maneuver - that's the fish and dissolves its fin when it is necessary to brake sharply)

186. ... Pushkin's "Song of the Prophetic Oleg" has no real facts and is completely invented by the poet? (No. The poet followed exactly historical fact recorded in chronicles)

187. ... the minor planet Hector is shaped like a dumbbell? (Yes)

188. ... absolutely pure water does not conduct electricity? (Yes. The current in water is conducted by mineral salts, various impurities)

189. ... was there a time when you went to the opera with your own chair? (Yes)

190. ... chickens are endowed with color vision? (Yes)

191. ... average smokers European country together with cigarette smoke absorb a hundred tons of tar in a year? (Yes)

192. ... every smoker burns a book of three hundred pages a year? (Yes)

193. ... for each person there are three hundred million of the most diverse insects? (Yes)

194.... bulls are irritated by the color red? (No. Bulls do not distinguish colors at all. The fury of the animal does not cause color at all, but the sharp movements that a person makes in front of his nose)

195. ... do polar bears sleep in winter? (No. Unlike brown bear, white in winter and leads the same lifestyle in the summer)

197. ... do flowers stay fresh longer in water with ice cubes? (Yes)

198. ... the oldest trees of our planet, whose age is over two hundred million years, stretched out in growth in the center of the city of Karl-Marx-Stadt (Germany)? (Yes. These are several dozen petrified trunks of various heights and colors. They were found in coal seams near this city in such excellent condition that they decided to put them in the city in front of the Museum of Natural History)

199. ... diamonds can be burned? (Yes. At eight to one hundred and fifty degrees Celsius, they burn without releasing carbon dioxide)

200. ... The Most Holy Gate is the papal residence in the Vatican? (No. The papal residence is called the Holy Throne. The Holy Gate is the Turkish residence of the Sultanate. Until the end of the First World War and the liquidation of the institution of the Sultanate)

Quiz "Do you believe that?.." Questions 201 to 210

201. ... Is the headquarters of the United Nations (UN) located in Geneva (Switzerland)? (No. She is located in New York, USA)

202. ... the Egyptian pyramids were built by prisoners of war? (No. They were built by fellahs - Egyptian peasants)

203. ... can a pear tree bear apples? (Yes. If you graft a branch of an apple tree on him)

204. ... claustrophobia is the fear of exams? (No. This is the fear of closed space)

205. ... a yurt is an Indian's house? (No. The house of an Indian is called a wigwam. A yurt is the dwelling of the Kirghiz, Kalmyks and other nomadic Central Asian peoples)

206. ... the most bright Star in the constellation Ursa Major - the North Star? (No. The North Star is in the constellation Ursa Minor)

207. ... French engineer Alexander Gustave Eiffel designed the American Statue of Liberty? (Yes)

208 Austrian police officers are called gendarmes? (Yes. This word is French and means "armed")

209. ... is karate an old Japanese wrestling? (No. This type of wrestling originated on the island of Okinawa, which only became Japanese in the nineteenth century. The indigenous people of Okinawa fought against the Japanese invaders for centuries. Due to the lack of weapons, they fought mainly hand-to-hand, using karate. Later winners The Japanese adopted this type of wrestling)

210. ... the word "alibi" is Greek and means "it was not me"? (No. It's a Latin word. It means "elsewhere")