**Q**
Is the following a factual statement?
"The Sea otter exhibited the ability to talk on occasion."
Options:
- yes
- no
**A**
no
Sea Otters do not talk at this point in their evolution.
Is the following a factual statement?
"A person gets bored easily because they do not have a high tolerance for Monopoly."
Options:
- yes
- no
no
A person who bores easily has a low tolerance of monotony, regardless of their tolerance for a monopoly.
**Q**
"Nicolae Ceausescu ruled the United Kingdom."
Is the above claim true?
Options:
- yes
- no
**A**
no
Nicolae Ceausescu does not sound like an English name, so it's extremely unlikely that he would rule another country like the United Kingdom.
Is the following a factual statement?
"The Counterculture of the 1960s revolutionized the way decorators think of kitchen surfaces."
Options:
- yes
- no
no
The counterculture of the 1960s was a peace movement, not an interior decorating movement.
**Q**
Is the following sentence factually correct?
"Smoking turns food black and unhealthy."
Options:
- yes
- no
**A**
no
This is false because smoked food does not turn black and it is not unhealthy to take.
**Q**
Claim: "Cystic fibrosis causes severe damage to the lungs, digestive system and other organs in the body."
Is the claim above correct, and can it be verified by human common sense and without a web search?
Options:
- yes
- no
**A**
yes
The sentence is true because medical professionals and scientists who have conducted experiments have confirmed it is.