Fake Or Real News?
Fake news is all around us. Test your knowledge with this quiz to find out how much you truly know!
Questions and Answers
- 1.
Thousands of people at a Donald Trump rally in Manhattan chanted, "We hate Muslims, we hate blacks, we want our great country back."
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True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. FalseExplanation
No other journalists have reported on this chant, and no first-hand accounts documenting it have materialized. If more research was done, one would find out that he is a fake news reporter.Rate this question:
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- 2.
Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in California, Patrick Little, has expressed anti-Semitic views, including calling for a United States "free from Jews."
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. TrueExplanation
Newsweek reported on the California primary and included a quote from one of Little’s social media profiles in which he advocated removing and barring Jewish people from the United States.Rate this question:
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- 3.
Shown is a "new killer insect" that is able to spread a skin-altering virus when touched.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. FalseExplanation
The image of the allegedly virus-infected fingertips seen in the upper right-hand corner above is actually one that has long circulated online as an example of the effects of excessive computer use and was created by merging a photograph of fingers with images of lamprey mouths.Rate this question:
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- 4.
In-N-Out burger has "Hail Satan" on some of their cups.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. FalseExplanation
The “Hail Satan” phrase shown obviously just a digitally manipulated version of a photograph of an In-N-Out cup bearing the standard “John 3:16” imprint:Rate this question:
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- 5.
Over 500 members of a caravan of asylum seekers traveling through Mexico to the U.S. border at San Diego were arrested in possession of suicide belts.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. FalseExplanation
This report was a fake story that started on a site that is part of a fake news network which engages in political trolling under the guise of offering “satire.”
The site’s disclaimer notes that “Everything on this website is fiction.”Rate this question:
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- 6.
Guido Menzio, an Italian economist, was removed from a plane because a fellow passenger thought the math problems he was working on looked suspicious.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. TrueExplanation
According to The Washington Post, the passenger next to him was very afraid and reported him as a terrorist when all he was doing was differential equations.Rate this question:
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- 7.
Planned Parenthood issued a statement in defense of Bill Cosby after the comedian was convicted of felony sexual assault.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. FalseExplanation
The website that posted this is known for the satire it uses. Here is what was said "“Look, guys, let’s keep this in perspective,” she said in a press conference held at Planned Parenthood’s New York offices. “Cosby provided many needed services, like laughter, stand-up comedy, and a solid sitcom. You can’t paint him with the broad brush of ‘sexual offender’ just because a very small percentage of his activities were horrifying and abusive"Rate this question:
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- 8.
A teacher trained in the use of firearms accidentally discharged a handgun in a California classroom, causing minor injury to a student.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. TrueExplanation
Here is part of a quote from their board of education: "During class, the teacher, who is also a reserve police officer, accidentally discharged his firearm during a lesson while it was pointed at the ceiling, and debris from the ceiling then fell."Rate this question:
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