Claim: "Parachuting should only be done by trained individuals."
Is the claim above correct, and can it be verified by human common sense and without a web search?
Options:
- yes
- no
yes
Parachuting is an air sport that can be dangerous for inexperienced people.
**Q**
Is the following statement true?
"Christmas Eve occurs during the winter."
**A**
yes
Christmas Eve is the day before Christmas, which happens in December, a winter month.
"Weevil jump a motorcycle over the Snake River Canyon in the latter half of the 20th Century."
Is the above claim true?
Options:
- yes
- no
no
A weevil cannot ride motorcycles and no member of that species has ever jumped any canyon.
**Q**
Yes / no, is the following a verifiable fact?
"Willard Van Orman Quine wrote postmodern philosophy."
**A**
no
Willard Van Orman Quine was a logical positivst philosopher, a polar opposite.
Does the following sentence make sense?
"Mike Pompeo served as the attorney under President Donald Trump."
Options:
- yes
- no
yes
The sentence is true as he was given that official role publicly. There is sufficient evidence through the work he did and the records of that work.
"The American black bear became the largest mammal on earth."
Is the above claim true?
Options:
- yes
- no
no
The Blue whale is the largest mammal on earth.