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401 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. 1.

    Plenty of players have hit homers from both sides of the plate, but no one has ever done it in the same inning of a baseball game.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  2. 2.

    Peyton Manning retired after winning Super Bowl XLIX.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  3. 3.

    In 2003, professional wrestler Triple H officially married Stephanie McMahon.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  4. 4.

    Baseball player Reggie Jackson was nicknamed Mr. October.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  5. 5.

    During Wimbledon, spectators in the grounds can buy the tennis balls that have been used in matches.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  6. 6.

    The Sun Belt Conference has never had a team compete in the NCAA Mens Final Four.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  7. 7.

    Southern Mississippi originally offered Brett Favre a scholarship to play as defensive back.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  8. 8.

    Both college and professional basketball have four quarters.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  9. 9.

    Peerless Price is the given name of a wide receiver, famous for playing for the Buffalo Bills.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  10. 10.

    The Boston Red Sox are also known by the nickname The Old Town Team.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  11. 11.

    From 1965 to 2008, all of the Mr. Olympia titles were won by US citizens.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  12. 12.

    Larry Bird has a street named after him.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  13. 13.

    All variants of the game of billiards are played on a flat rectangular table with 6 pockets.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  14. 14.

    Babe Ruth died in 1948.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  15. 15.

    By ITTF rules, the server must throw the ball up at least 16 cm (approximately 6 inches) before hitting it with the paddle.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  16. 16.

    Yankee teammates Bernie Williams and Melky Cabrara were, respectively, born Bernardo and Melchior.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  17. 17.

    Dwyane Wade won the NBA Finals MVP Award in 2006.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  18. 18.

    Wayne Gretzky played 21 seasons as a professional in the NHL.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  19. 19.

    Golf has never been played at the Olympic Games.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  20. 20.

    The inventor of basketball served in the Infantry.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  21. 21.

    Kobe Bryant won the 1996 NBA Slam Dunk Contest.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  22. 22.

    Dale Earnhardt Jr.s first stock race car was a 1979 Monte Carlo.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  23. 23.

    Kobe Bryant scored 82 points in a single game against the Toronto Raptors.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  24. 24.

    The NFL started out as the Ohio League.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  25. 25.

    In the 1993 playoffs the New York Rangers beat the New Jersey Devils in 7 games in the Conference finals.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  26. 26.

    Terry Gannon was the only member of the 1983 North Carolina State University at Raleigh basketball team to have a successful NBA career.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  27. 27.

    Gilbert Arenas was selected in the NBA 2006 All-Star game despite his poor averages that season thanks to the many fans that voted for him to be included.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  28. 28.

    Cowboy Bob Orton wrestled at the first Starrcade, and won.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  29. 29.

    Jesse Orosco played shortstop for the New York Mets.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  30. 30.

    The game of basketball was created to distract rowdy students.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  31. 31.

    A pair of comedians neither of whom played pro baseball are enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame because of one of their routines.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  32. 32.

    Terry Funk won the NWA world title in 1975.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  33. 33.

    Boston Celtics player John Havlicek was elected to the NBA Hall Of Fame in 1983.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  34. 34.

    Both of Yogi Berras sons played Major League baseball.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  35. 35.

    The Detroit Red Wings were among the Original Six members of the National Hockey League .

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  36. 36.

    The NFL players Peyton and Archie Manning are the only Manning family men known by their actual birth names.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  37. 37.

    The International Olympic Committee was founded on the initiative of a German pedagogue and historian.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  38. 38.

    Wycliffe "Wyc" Grousbeck was the first owner of the Boston Celtics.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  39. 39.

    Babe Ruths birth name was George Henry Ruth.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  40. 40.

    Blake Wheeler is an ice hockey player who played for the North Dakota Fighting Souix in 2005–06.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  41. 41.

    Derek Anderson, who joined the Cleveland Browns in 2006, was born in 1983.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  42. 42.

    Larry Bird never played in the Olympic games.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  43. 43.

    In the 1978-1979 season, hockey player Randy Holt got a record 67 penalty minutes in one game.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  44. 44.

    Oscar Robertson is the first and only player to lead the NBA in scoring and assists in the same season.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  45. 45.

    In a state or tri-state karting race all helmets must be Snell M2000 approved.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  46. 46.

    Tony Hawk landed the first ever 900 (two and a half mid-air turns) at the 1999 X Games.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  47. 47.

    The US hockey team won their first Olympic gold medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  48. 48.

    Former professional wrestler Brett The Hitman Hart was a six-time WWE heavyweight champion.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  49. 49.

    The Green Bay Packers have won two consecutive Super Bowl games.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  50. 50.

    By ITTF rules, if player A hits the ball over the net, and the ball hits player Bs side of the table, and then, before player B has hit the ball, the ball travels back over to player As side of the table, then player A wins the point.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True

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