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Correct Answers
1.
Harry Potter's archenemy is Tom Marvolo Riddle.
TRUE (Easier)
The name is an anagram for "I am Lord Voldemort."
2.
The Oscar-winning film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) deals with interracial marriage.
TRUE (Medium)
Until a Supreme Court ruling in June 1967, interracial marriage was still illegal in many U.S. states.
3.
Other than water, coffee is the world's most popular drink.
TRUE (Medium)
Coffee is consumed by about one-third of Earth's population.
4.
According to the Declaration of Independence, the people "have nothing to lose but their chains."
FALSE (Easier)
It's a famous line from the Communist Manifesto (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrick Engels.
5.
When Mattel introduced Barbie in 1959, parental outrage focused on the doll's high price tag.
FALSE (Harder) Your Answer: TRUE
Parents were outraged by her sexy figure, a controversy bypassed by Mattel by making TV commercials specifically for kids, not their parents - it was the first company to do so.
6.
Flight recorders onboard planes are painted black boxes.
FALSE (Harder)
Though called "black boxes," the recorders are bright orange to aid in their retrievability at crash sites.
7.
Louis Braille, creator of the Braille system of writing for the blind, was himself blind.
TRUE (Medium)
Despite being blinded at an early age, Braille was an accomplished musician, inventor, and teacher of the blind.
8.
The "China Syndrome" is what hostages experience when they begin to feel empathy for their captors.
FALSE (Easier)
This is the "Stockholm Syndrome"; the "China Syndrome" refers to a meltdown of the core of a nuclear reactor.
9.
Ostriches bury their heads up to 18 inches in the sand.
FALSE (Harder)
Ostriches don't "bury their heads"; when scared, they flop on the ground, and their lightly colored head simply appears to be buried.
10.
A penny dropped from a tall building can reach sufficient velocity to kill a pedestrian below.
FALSE (Hardest)
The aerodynamics of a penny are insufficient to kill someone upon impact.
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Correct Answers
1.
Harry Potter's archenemy is Tom Marvolo Riddle.
TRUE (Easier)
The name is an anagram for "I am Lord Voldemort."
2.
The Oscar-winning film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) deals with interracial marriage.
TRUE (Medium)
Until a Supreme Court ruling in June 1967, interracial marriage was still illegal in many U.S. states.
3.
Other than water, coffee is the world's most popular drink.
TRUE (Medium)
Coffee is consumed by about one-third of Earth's population.
4.
According to the Declaration of Independence, the people "have nothing to lose but their chains."
FALSE (Easier)
It's a famous line from the Communist Manifesto (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrick Engels.
5.
When Mattel introduced Barbie in 1959, parental outrage focused on the doll's high price tag.
FALSE (Harder) Your Answer: TRUE
Parents were outraged by her sexy figure, a controversy bypassed by Mattel by making TV commercials specifically for kids, not their parents - it was the first company to do so.
6.
Flight recorders onboard planes are painted black boxes.
FALSE (Harder)
Though called "black boxes," the recorders are bright orange to aid in their retrievability at crash sites.
7.
Louis Braille, creator of the Braille system of writing for the blind, was himself blind.
TRUE (Medium)
Despite being blinded at an early age, Braille was an accomplished musician, inventor, and teacher of the blind.
8.
The "China Syndrome" is what hostages experience when they begin to feel empathy for their captors.
FALSE (Easier)
This is the "Stockholm Syndrome"; the "China Syndrome" refers to a meltdown of the core of a nuclear reactor.
9.
Ostriches bury their heads up to 18 inches in the sand.
FALSE (Harder)
Ostriches don't "bury their heads"; when scared, they flop on the ground, and their lightly colored head simply appears to be buried.
10.
A penny dropped from a tall building can reach sufficient velocity to kill a pedestrian below.
FALSE (Hardest)
The aerodynamics of a penny are insufficient to kill someone upon impact.
