Is the following statement true?
"Richard Gere played in several baseball games for the MLB."
no
Richard Gere is a movie actor, not a baseball player.
**Q**
Yes / no, is the following a verifiable fact?
"Sri Aurobindo studied for the Indian Civil Service at King's College, Cambridge, England."
**A**
yes
Aurobindo's father wanted his sons to enter the Indian Civil Service (ICS) which required them to study in England hence the entire family moved to England in 1879.
"People use Euclidean geometry to figure out the area of triangles."
Is the above claim true?
Options:
- yes
- no
yes
Euclidean geometry includes the plane geometry of two dimensional figures like triangles, and how to calculate their area and perimeters.
**Q**
Yes / no, is the following a verifiable fact?
"Businesspersons typically wear shorts and flip flops."
**A**
no
Most of the time business professionals are required to wear business attire.
Does the following sentence make sense?
"Basil decorates many gardens as a centerpiece."
Options:
- yes
- no
no
Basil, while a garden plant, is small and green, not a showy centerpiece.
Yes / no, is the following a verifiable fact?
"The Prime Minister of New Zealand operates out of New Zealand."
yes
Government officials of a country operate out of that country.