Deck 8: Understanding the Difference Between Fact and Opinion

Question 1

The documentary Fela Kuti: Music is the Weapon takes a close look at the Afro-beat creator of the movie's title, while answering "yes" to the much-debated question about whether or not music can have a political impact.

A) Fact
B) Opinion
C) Mix of both

Answer 1

C

Question 2

A Federal Aviation Administration review of flights between 2001 and 2009 found a disturbing link between computerized flying aids and plane crashes.

A) Fact
B) Opinion
C) Mix of both

Answer 2

C

Question 3

In 2013, Sebastian Thrun, the founder of Udacity, an online educational system designed to reach thousands of students around the world, announced that the company would be "abandoning academic disciplines in favor of more vocational focused learning," admitting, in effect, that all the hype about MOOCs disrupting education had been just that - hype.

A) Fact
B) Opinion
C) Mix of both

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Choose whether each statement below is a fact, an opinion or a mix of both. The woman who falsely accused two Duke Lacrosse players was convicted of second-degree murder.

A) Fact
B) Opinion
C) Mix of both

Question 5

The acronym for a computer network that spans a wide area is WAN; the acronym for a computer network that spans only a local area is LAN.

A) Fact
B) Opinion
C) Mix of both

Question 6

Some researchers are convinced that the landscape we look at influences how we think: country landscapes encourage us to ponder the future while looking at cityscapes encourage speedy decision making about immediate issues.

A) Fact
B) Opinion
C) Mix of both

Question 7

The watermelon-pink suit Jackie Kennedy wore on the day her husband was assassinated now resides in the National Archives building in Maryland.

A) Fact
B) Opinion
C) Mix of both

Question 8

There is nothing cuter in this world than a kitten.

A) Fact
B) Opinion
C) Mix of both

Question 9

The pressure is on from a number of vendors to replace your walled with your cell phone.

A) Fact
B) Opinion
C) Mix of both

Question 10

High school teachers should bump J.D.Salinger's Catcher in the Rye from the required reading list and replace it with David Mitchell's glorious novel about adolescence Black Swan Green.

A) Fact
B) Opinion
C) Mix of both