Check the Claim
Was Valentine’s Day invented by a greeting card company?
DIFFICULTY: Simple
SUBJECT(S): Pop Culture, History
Examples
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Check the Claim
Is Mickey Mouse starring in horror movies?
DIFFICULTY: Simple
SUBJECT(S): Pop Culture
Investigate the Source
What kind of source is the Broadbent Institute?
DIFFICULTY: Challenging
SUBJECT(S): Politics/Current Events
Trace the Information
Do Canada’s top CEOs earn the average worker’s yearly salary every 27 minutes?
DIFFICULTY: Challenging
SUBJECT(S): Politics/Current Events
Check the Claim
Did North Face put a giant winter jacket on Big Ben?
DIFFICULTY: Simple
SUBJECT(S): Pop Culture
Check the Claim
Do these countries celebrate Christmas with a monster named Krampus?
DIFFICULTY: Simple
SUBJECT(S): Pop Culture
Check the Claim
Is Oxford Dictionary’s Word of the Year ‘rizz?’
DIFFICULTY: Simple
SUBJECT(S): Pop Culture
Check the Claim
Does an Austrian airport have a help counter for people who thought they were flying to Australia?
DIFFICULTY: Simple
SUBJECT(S): Pop Culture
Trace the Information
Did a reduction in ship pollution speed up climate change?
DIFFICULTY: Challenging
SUBJECT(S): Climate change
Check the Claim
Did our ancestors not get tooth decay?
DIFFICULTY: Challenging
SUBJECT(S): History, Science