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#1 2009-02-01 13:28:25
- JaneFairfax
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True or false?
#1. The capital of Brazil is Rio de Janeiro. True or false?
#2. Male garden snails are on average slightly smaller than female garden snails. True or false?
#3. Every natural number that is not a prime is the product of at least two primes. True or false?
#4. In Jane Austens Northanger Abbey, Catherine Morland loved to play cricket when she was a child. True or false?
#5. In Jane Austens Northanger Abbey, Catherine Morland loved to play baseball when she was a child. True or false?
#6. Adding salt to snow causes the snow to melt because the addition of salt raises the melting point of snow. True or false?
#7. If an object increases in size by 1000%, its final volume is 10 times its initial volume. True or false?
#8. In football (soccer), if a player takes an indirect free kick and puts the ball directly into his opponents goal, the goal is disallowed and the indirect free kick must be retaken. True or false?
#9. If 1 = 0, then ice is cold. True or false?
#10. If 1 = 0, then ice is hot. True or false?
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#2 2009-02-01 16:27:38
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Re: True or false?
Last edited by Jai Ganesh (2009-02-02 03:20:49)
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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#3 2009-02-01 23:24:53
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Re: True or false?
Why not give the other questions a go? If youre not sure, you can always guess. Then instead of telling you the answers, I can tell you how many you got right. After enough people have tried, Ill post all the answers (if no-one has got them all yet).
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#4 2009-02-02 08:55:35
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Re: True or false?
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
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#5 2009-02-03 02:01:44
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Re: True or false?
Ganesh: Half your answers are correct.
Mathsy: You score 7 out of 10. Good effort. 
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#6 2009-02-06 10:43:29
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Re: True or false?
#11. The tongue of a great spotted woodpecker is so long that it can be wrapped around the birds skull. True or false?
#12. Charlotte Brontës literary masterpiece Jane Eyre was a failure when it was first published in 1847. True or false?
#13. The composer Johann Sebastian Bach became deaf towards the end of his life. True or false?
#14. Maltese, Arabic and Hebrew belong to the same family of languages. True or false?
#15. Chinese and Japanee belong to the same family of languages. True or false?
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#7 2009-02-09 06:17:38
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Re: True or false?
I had no idea whatsoever about the woodpecker. 
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#8 2009-02-10 07:35:25
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Re: True or false?
White_Wolf, you scored 4 our of 5! 
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#9 2009-02-11 05:54:12
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#16. The coconut is the worlds largest nut. True or false?
#17. At the start of a game of Scrabble, a player can score 160 points by playing the word PIZZAZZ with one of the Zs over a Double Letter Score square. True or false?
#18. In the name of the US President Harry S Truman, the S does not stand for anything. True or false?
#19. In snooker, if you start a break with 9 or fewer red balls on the table, you cannot make a century on that break. True or false?
#20. At room temperature, diamond can conduct heat much better than copper. True or false?
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#10 2009-02-15 03:39:12
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#11 2009-02-15 03:50:57
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Re: True or false?
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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#12 2009-02-15 05:47:51
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Re: True or false?
Muggleton and Ganesh, you each scored 80%.
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#13 2009-02-21 00:12:02
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#21. If x is a rational number and y is an irrational number, xy is irrational. True or false?
#22. In the novels of Isaac Asimov, the First Law of Robotics states that a robot may not harm a human being or allow a human being to be harmed if it can prevent it. True or false?
#23. In the novels of Isaac Asimov, the Second Law of Robotics states that a robot must always obey the orders of a human being. True or false?
#24. In football, a player may not score a goal directly from a corner. True or false?
#25. In football, a player may not score a goal directly from a throw-in. True or false?
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#14 2009-02-21 01:00:44
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Re: True or false?
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
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#15 2009-02-21 03:26:45
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Re: True or false?
3 out of 5 correct, Mathsy.
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#16 2009-02-21 03:29:30
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Re: True or false?
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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#17 2009-02-21 03:50:57
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Re: True or false?
Ganesh, you scored 4 out of 5.
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#18 2009-02-21 04:07:17
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Re: True or false?
Since me and ganesh answered two of the questions differently, doesn't that mean our scores should have the same parity?
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
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#19 2009-02-21 04:16:53
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Youre right Mathsy. You also scored 4 out of 5. Sorry, typo. 
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#20 2009-02-21 04:26:53
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Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
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#21 2009-02-21 04:42:14
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Re: True or false?
Yes, those are the answers. 
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