Are Israel's settlements in the West Bank legal or illegal?
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It is unclear.
Is there evidence that supports Darwin's Theory of Evolution?
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No
How old is the Universe?
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17 billion years
Is folic acid effective in treating depression?
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Yes, folic acid is effective in treating depression.
Does colon cleansing (colonic irrigation) improve overall health?
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Yes
Was Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda involved in the terrorist attacks of 9/11/01?
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No
Is fusion power viable?
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It is unclear.
When were the earliest coins produced?
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6th Century BC
Does pornography promote rape and sexual violence?
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Yes
When President Obama said that striking down his healthcare bill would "be an unprecedented, extraordinary step" was he challenging the right of judicial review established in Marbury v. Madison?
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Yes
True or False? "The embryos of tiger sharks fight each other while in their mother's womb, the survivor being the baby shark that is born."
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False
When did modern humans arrive in Europe?
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40,000 years ago
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45,000 years ago
True or False? "Shining light of a certain color on a patient can help cure his disease."
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True
True or False? "God is a trinity: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost."
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False
What animal is the closest relative of humans?
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Orangutan
Did the Roosevelt Administration have advance knowledge of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor?
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Yes
Was Ann Dunham single or married when she gave birth to Barack Obama?
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Married
How long ago did humans first arrive in the Americas?
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15,000 to 17,000 years ago.
How many species of mushrooms are there?
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14,000
Do penile suction devices work?
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Yes
How many Americans are members of the Ku Klux Klan?
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About 4,000
True or False? "Getting an epidural during childbirth prolongs labor."
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It is unclear.
Should the United States make English the official language?
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Yes
Was Jesus Christ a real, historical person?
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No
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Yes
Does exercise help with weight loss?
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No, exercise has no significant effect on weight loss.
True or False? "The destruction of the New Orleans levee after Hurricane Katrina was deliberate."
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True
True or False? "The Jewish people is favored or chosen by God."
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False
What percentage of newborn American boys are circumcised?
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56%
What countries do not use the Metric System?
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United States and Burma (Myanmar)
What did Elvis Presley die of?
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Elvis died of a heart attack.
How many signs of the zodiac are there?
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13
Did Noah's flood cover the entire world, or was it a localized flood?
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Local flood
Was Jefferson's first draft of the Declaration of Independence written on hemp paper?
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Yes, it was drafted on hemp paper.
True or False? "Muhammad was a pedophile."
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True
How much did Bernie Madoff steal from his investors?
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$50 billion
Was the Declaration of Independence written on hemp paper?
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Yes, it was written on hemp.
Were dinosaurs warm-blooded (like modern birds and mammals) or cold-blooded (like modern reptiles)?
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Neither.
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Warm-blooded.
How many people died in the Black Death outbreak of the 14th Century?
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140 million
How many people are enslaved today?
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10-30 million
Did Bill Clinton have sex with Monica Lewinsky?
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No
True or False? "The word "earnest" was a Victorian slang code word for "homosexual", making the title of the Oscar Wilde play a deliberate triple pun."
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True
How many Christadelphians are there in the world?
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60,000
How many people were killed in China's Tiananmen Square crackdown of June 1989?
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200-300
True or False? "The Bible's David and Jonathan had a homosexual relationship."
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True
Did Martin Luther nail his Ninety-Five Theses to the door of a church?
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No
Do Catholics worship the Virgin Mary?
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Yes
How did Attila the Hun die?
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Choked to death on blood from a nosebleed.
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Hemorrhage related to excessive drinking.
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Murdered by his wife.
Has the modern American legal system ever executed an innocent person?
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Yes
Are our eyes fully grown at birth?
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No, our eyes grow after we are born.
Are children under 12 capable of abstract reasoning?
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No, children are not capable of abstract reasoning.
How old is the Sphinx in Egypt?
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4500 years old
When was email invented?
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Mid 1960s.
True or False? "90% of bird species are monogamous."
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True
Was Edith Wilson actually acting as President during Woodrow Wilson's post-stroke convalescence?
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Yes.
Does Israel spy on the United States?
-
Yes
Was Muhammad literate or illiterate?
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Literate
True or False? "The Gospel of Matthew was written by an eyewitness of the events that it relates."
Did an extraterrestrial vehicle -- a UFO -- crash land in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947?
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No
True or False? "Redheads are going extinct."
-
False
Is the God of the Bible good or evil?
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Good.
How old was Mary Queen of Scots when she ascended to the throne of Scotland?
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6 days old.
Does God exist?
-
Yes, God exists.
What percentage of the earth's oxygen comes from rainforests?
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10% or less
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28%
What is the average lifespan of a mosquito?
-
Ten days
How old are the 'Peking Man' fossils?
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400,000 years old
True or False? "Feathers evolved from reptile scales."
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False
True or False? "Anne Boleyn (mother of Queen Elizabeth I) had six fingers on one hand."
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False
True or False? "Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software."
-
True
Is Mormonism a cult?
-
Yes
When did slavery start in North America?
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1619 -- at Jamestown.
Was the Gospel of John written by John, one of the original disciples of Jesus Christ?
Was there a genocide of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in 1915?
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Yes, there was an Armenian genocide.
Did the first bomb the Allies dropped on Berlin in WW2 kill the only elephant in the Berlin zoo?
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Yes, the first bomb killed the only elephant.
On 9/11, what caused the World Trade Center's Twin Towers to collapse?
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Structural damage from the airplane impact and subsequent fires.
True or False? "India has never invaded a country."
-
True
Does giving a "toast" before drinking come from an old Roman custom of putting toasted bread in the wine?
-
No
How do flamingos get their pink color?
-
From the algae they eat.
True or False? "Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa's dying words were: 'Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something.'"
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False
Who invented Zero?
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The Babylonians
Zero!!! Intro
The lack of a positional value (or zero) was indicated by a space between sexagesimal numerals.
History Of Zero
The lack of a positional value (or zero) was indicated by a space between sexagesimal numerals.
Nought
The lack of a positional value (or zero) was indicated by a space between sexagesimal numerals.
Is Islam a violent religion?
-
No, Islam is not violent.
True or False? "Islam promotes freedom of thought and freedom of speech."
-
True
Who are better at multitasking: men or women?
-
Women.
Did God create evil?
-
No
Did Abner Doubleday invent baseball?
-
No, it is a myth that Abner Doubleday invented baseball.
Was the Roman Emperor Caligula insane?
-
It is unclear.
When was the Bible's Book of James written?
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100 AD
Is Qigong effective for pain management?
-
No
How many different species of carnivorous plant are there?
-
630
Did the Mayans predict that 2012 would be the end of the world?
-
No
Did Queen Victoria's husband Prince Albert have the penile piercing now known as a 'Prince Albert'?
-
No
Is Jesus God?
-
Yes
True or False? "King Herod had all the male children under two years old put to death in Bethlehem."
-
False
What year was Jesus Christ born?
-
2 BC
-
6 AD
Do Epsom Salt baths have any health benefits?
-
Yes
What is the maximum that a beaver can weigh?
-
100 lbs
What date did composer Johann Pachelbel die?
-
March 3, 1706
Will the world end in 2012?
-
No, nothing disastrous will happen in 2012.
True or False? "'The Protocols of the Elders of Zion' is a forgery."
Did O.J. Simpson murder his ex-wife?
-
Yes
Is Heroin the same as Morphine?
-
No
How long did the Viking settlement in Greenland last?
-
450-500 years
Are cetaceans (whales and dolphins) descended from Mesonychids?
-
No
How long ago did modern humans evolve?
-
200,000 years ago.
How many people did Hurricane Katrina kill?
-
1800 people
Was Lindy Chamberlain guilty or innocent in the death of her daughter in 1980?
-
Innocent
Is mathematics art?
-
Yes
How many nuclear weapons are there in the world?
-
22,000
Did Freemasons place some of their symbols in the Great Seal of the United States?
Should the United States end affirmative action based on race?
-
Yes.
How many hearts does an earthworm have?
-
It depends on the species.
Do Booster Drugs Improve Sports Performance?
-
Yes
True or False? "The missile off the coast of California on November 8, 2010 was an American missile."
-
False
Is the Ku Klux Klan a hate group?
-
Yes
How many Roman Catholics are there in the United States?
-
68 million
True or False? "The very first country to abolish capital punishment was Austria in 1787."
-
False
Is waterboarding torture?
-
It depends on the context.
-
Yes
Who was the first person to propose that the Earth revolved around the sun?
-
Aristarchus (ancient Greek astronomer)
True or False? "The universe was created through the big bang."
-
True
How many illegal immigrants are in the United States?
-
12 million
When did polar bears first appear?
-
150,000 years ago
True or False? "Dartboards are made out of horsehair."
-
False
How many nuclear warheads does the United States have?
-
5,000
True or False? "Vaccines eradicated polio."
-
True
Is pork white meat or red meat?
-
Red meat
True or False? "The photographs of Lee Harvey Oswald holding a rifle are forgeries."
-
False
Does education make people more or less religious?
-
More religious
Does meditation make people healthier?
-
It is unclear.
Will Sen. Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012?
-
No
Was Cameron Todd Willingham innocent or guilty of the arson for which he was executed?
How old is the "Lucy" (Australopithecus afarensis) fossilized skeleton?
-
3.2 million years
How many states allow gay marriage?
-
6
How old was Ann Dunham Obama when her son Barack was born?
True or False? "Women who have sex without a condom tend to be less depressed."
-
True
Do the genes affecting baldness come from your mother's side of the family or your father's side?
-
Both mother's side and father's side.
How many people did Stalin kill?
Does homeopathic medicine work?
-
No
What is the etymology of "mafia"?
-
From the Arabic "mahia" meaning "bold man"
When did modern humans first leave Africa?
-
60,000 years ago
How many Bahais are there in the world?
-
6 million
How many newborns go to the wrong parents?
-
12 per day (4,000 per year)
Did European settlers ever deliberately give blankets infected with smallpox to the Indians?
-
Yes, white settlers deliberately gave smallpox blankets to the Indians.
Did cetaceans (whales and dolphins) evolve from land mammals?
-
Yes
Do angels have free will?
Does the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) cause AIDS?
-
Yes
Hiv Lifecycle
These claims, known as AIDS denialism, have been examined and rejected by the scientific community.
Hiv Psa
These claims, known as AIDS denialism, have been examined and rejected by the scientific community.
Hiv 101
These claims, known as AIDS denialism, have been examined and rejected by the scientific community.
How many people died in World War One?
-
15 million
-
17 million
What is the largest animal ever to live on Earth?
-
Blue whale
When did the I-35 bridge in Minnesota collapse?
-
2007
Is Elvis Presley alive or dead?
-
Dead
True or False? "The condom is named for Dr. Charles Condom (1630-1685)."
-
False
True or False? "Texas is the only state that is allowed to fly its state flag at the same height as the U.S. flag."
-
False
Did the Nazis massacre Jews at Babi Yar, in Ukraine?
-
Yes
At what time of day did Abraham Lincoln die?
-
7:22 am
True or False? "Plowshares were invented during the 7th century AD."
-
False
Which category of Nobel Prize was won by Dr. George Wald in 1967?
-
Nobel Prize for Medicine
What year did Jesus Christ die?
-
31 AD
-
33 AD
-
34 AD
Where was Marco Polo born?
-
Venice, Italy
True or False? "The 1970 World cup match between El Savador and Honduras was so highly charged that it resulted in the two countries embarking on a 3 day war."
-
False
What percentage of Roman subjects were slaves?
-
30%
What was the world population in 1800?
-
1 billion
What did Mama Cass die of?
-
Heart attack.
How much harder is diamond than corundum?
-
4 times harder.
True or False? "Diapers were invented in 1754 by a man named Otto Soggybottom, who initially named them after himself."
-
False
True or False? "The Kiwi lays only one egg per year."
-
False
How many planets are in our solar system?
-
8
When did the Yellowstone volcano last erupt explosively?
-
640,000 years ago
Where did the pumpkin originate?
-
North America
Is Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko a dictator?
-
Yes
How many were killed and injured when the roof of the Ford's Theater collapsed in 1893?
-
22 killed, 68 injured
How many Scientologists are there in the United States?
-
25,000
Was anyone killed on Krystallnacht?
-
Yes
Did the Mormon prophet Joseph Smith practice polygamy?
-
Yes
Did Japanese troops systematically rape and murder civilians in the 1937 Nanjing Massacre?
-
Yes
How old is life on earth?
-
3.8 billion years old
Was Yuri Gagarin the first human in space?
-
Yes
Was Perkin Warbeck really the long-lost Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York?
-
No
How many colors are in the rainbow?
-
7
True or False? "Because of the physical force called "surface tension," the waters of neighbouring seas do not mix."
True or False? "The pig produces much higher levels of antibodies in its body than other animals."
-
True
True or False? "Pigs often eat their own excrement."
-
True
True or False? "Pigs produce far higher levels of growth hormone than other animals."
-
True
True or False? "A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate."
-
True
True or False? "Manatees consume 10% of their body weight daily in vegetation."
-
True
True or False? "The consumption of the meat of carnivores makes a person violent and ferocious."
-
True
True or False? "Prisoners in late 19th-century Alabama, and in Mississippi in the first third of the 20th century, also suffered waterboarding."
-
True
True or False? "In Chico, California, USA, the law says that anybody who detonates a nuclear device within the city limits is liable to a fine of $500."
-
True
True or False? "The longest fence in the world is the Dingo Fence in southeast Australia."
-
True
True or False? "The Inca were not defeated by steel and horses, but by disease and civil war."
-
True
Did the Universe have a beginning?
-
Yes
True or False? "Basketball was invented in 1891 by James Naismith."
-
True
Is it possible to test for ADHD?
-
No
True or False? "The word "tattoo" comes from the Tahitian word "tattau," which means "to mark"."
-
True
True or False? "The present form of the Quran text is accepted by most scholars as the original version compiled by Abu Bakr."
-
True
True or False? "The "Star Spangled Banner" did not become a national anthem until 1931."
-
True
True or False? "India tested its first nuclear bomb in 1974."
-
True
True or False? "The first stamp issue of the U.S. was offered for sale on July 1, 1847, in New York City, with Boston receiving stamps the following day and other cities thereafter."
-
True
True or False? "The earliest New Testament texts which refer to Jesus, Paul's letters, are usually dated in the 50s CE."
-
True
How many people died during the 1937 Nanjing Massacre?
-
300,000
True or False? "Most of the honey you buy in the grocery store contains no actual honey."
-
True
True or False? "#2 - The fluoride that's dripped into municipal water supplies is actually a highly toxic industrial chemical byproduct"
-
True
True or False? "Howler monkeys are the noisiest land animals. Their calls can be heard over 3 and a half kilometres away."
-
True
Are mangoes related to poison ivy?
-
Yes, the two plants are closely related.