Is the following a factual statement?
"Martin Luther King Jr. wrote The Hobbit."
Options:
- yes
- no
no
The author of The Hobbit was J.R.R. Tolkien.
**Q**
Is the following statement true?
"People look forward to Friday the 13th as a day to play tricks on people."
**A**
no
April 1st, not Friday the 13th, is known as a day for playing tricks on others.
Does the following sentence make sense?
"The Boy Scouts of America learn practices that teach them how always to be prepared."
Options:
- yes
- no
yes
The Boy Scouts of America are known for their motto "be prepared" and the skills that put that motto into practice.
**Q**
Does the following sentence make sense?
"You have to go through the caves on Mars to get to Gainesville, Florida."
Options:
- yes
- no
**A**
no
Gainesville, Florida is a location on Earth, not Mars.
Yes / no, is the following a verifiable fact?
"One could always see Voltaire cheering on the Catholic Church."
no
Voltaire was an extreme critic of the Catholic Church.
Claim: "The Buddha taught the Middle Way as a method of practice and meditation leading to Nirvana or equanimity."
Is the claim above correct, and can it be verified by human common sense and without a web search?
Options:
- yes
- no
yes
Siddhartha Gautama is known to history as the Buddha and he claimed to have experienced Nirvana by following the Middle Way.