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377 true or false questions with answers, all ages. Quick statements to judge true or false — great for fast rounds. Reveal the answers below, pick one at random, or present them full-screen.

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  1. 351.

    There is no generally accepted cure for fybromyalgia.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  2. 352.

    The Kasson Metric Act of 1866 made the Metric System the official system of the USA, although it was repealed in 1873.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  3. 353.

    In 1936 Alan Turing described the a-machine (later renamed Turing Machine) as a device that can simulate the logic of a computer.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  4. 354.

    In calculus we never use complex (or imaginary) numbers.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  5. 355.

    If you dip a dry towel into a tub full of water, water will climb up the towel by a phenomenon called "Cartillary Action"

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  6. 356.

    Type 1 diabetes is a result of the liver working improperly.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  7. 357.

    Almonds possess cholesterol-lowering properties.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  8. 358.

    You need a Swiss ball to build a stronger chest and shoulders.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  9. 359.

    Scallops live a sedentary live and never move around.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  10. 360.

    Each basic taste corresponds to a specific area of the tongue, which perceives it. This spacial division of taste receptors is called taste map.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  11. 361.

    A young goat is called a kid.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  12. 362.

    People with anxiety usually know they have anxiety.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  13. 363.

    Because of the strict water preserving mechanisms, the cactus dies within hours after a part of it is broken or damaged.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  14. 364.

    Saturn is the only ringed planet in the Solar system.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  15. 365.

    The pH of solids in solid form can be measured using indicator paper.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  16. 366.

    The scapula is part of the spine near the hip.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  17. 367.

    After Hurricane Katrina's strike, reverend Jesse Lee Peterson, a nationally syndicated African American host of a radio talk show, criticized New Orleans African Americans for both blaming the federal government and expecting handouts from it.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  18. 368.

    Ancient footsteps found in Tanzania prove that there were bipedal hominids as early as 3.8 million years ago.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  19. 369.

    GigaBytes or GB is the measurement used to determine the processor speed.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  20. 370.

    Scientists accidentally killed the once known world's oldest living creature, a mollusc, known to be aged as 507 years old.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  21. 371.

    On average, only one baby in 10,000,000 is born with a tooth.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  22. 372.

    "Wattle and daub is a method of construction.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  23. 373.

    Dark chocolate reduces blood pressure while enhancing circulation.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  24. 374.

    In 2004, a National Geographic article foretold the formation of the flood that devastated New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  25. 375.

    The shape of the Earth is a perfect sphere.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  26. 376.

    Centripetal force is an apparent force that acts outward on a body moving around a center, arising from the body's inertia.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  27. 377.

    The zygomatic processes form the cheek bones.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  28. 378.

    Saturns magnetic field is stronger than Earths.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  29. 379.

    Low doses of antidepressants can be used to treat fibromyalgia patients.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  30. 380.

    In olden days urine was recycled.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  31. 381.

    The best diet is a permanent lifestyle change.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  32. 382.

    An atom contains a nucleus.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  33. 383.

    Down Syndrome, named after Dr. John Langdon Down, is actually a chromosomal defect.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  34. 384.

    Ophiuchus is on the ecliptic.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  35. 385.

    A swallow hole is an unnatural depression in earths surface formed by the collapse of a large building.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  36. 386.

    It was once believed that injecting shark cartilage into people would prevent them from contracting cancer.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  37. 387.

    Gatorade, a non-carbonated sports drink, was invented by researchers at the University of Florida and named in honor of the Florida Gators, the schools football team.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  38. 388.

    The dark spots on the moon that create the man in the moon image are actually basins filled with basalt.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  39. 389.

    Jupiter is the fourth brightest object in the sky.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  40. 390.

    Molecular electronic transitions (n to Π* or Π to Π*) are are usually caused by the input of infrared radiation.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  41. 391.

    The narwhale has two teeth in its upper jaw, one of which develops into a horn-like protrusion (this is true). It is almost always the left one that becomes the horn.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  42. 392.

    Jupiter has the largest planetary atmosphere in the Solar System.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  43. 393.

    Laws of physics are properties, common to all material systems.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  44. 394.

    In the set of real numbers under the operation of multiplication, every number has an inverse.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  45. 395.

    Glycolipids in cell membranes are involved in transport, enzymatic activity, intercellular joining, and cell-cell recognition.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  46. 396.

    When Charles Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic, he had almost no visibility from his front windows.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  47. 397.

    Neanderthals are the ancestors of modern-day humans.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  48. 398.

    The fact that stretching prevents injuries is a myth.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  49. 399.

    It is said that the average person has about six pounds of skin.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  50. 400.

    You always get to see the same half of the moon.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True

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