# True/False Test **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 5, 2018, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-false-test/819120 "2018-08-05T07:51:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-false-test/819120/21 "2018-08-06T16:19:55Z")
And your answers are correct **Barkis**. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-false-test/819120/22 "2018-08-06T16:30:44Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > Can a dumber than your average bear get a clue? Great so I’m even dumber than those dumber than bears. I don’t understand what is going on at all. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-false-test/819120/23 "2018-08-06T16:38:18Z")
1. Polar bears that are dumb best be careful or they could become furry white rugs in some Arctic hunter’s home. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-false-test/819120/24 "2018-08-06T17:01:09Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > 1. Polar bears that are dumb best be careful or they could become furry white rugs in some Arctic hunter’s home. :eek: True. 1. Vlad said “We must meet urgently” to his double-agent. 2. Now is the winter of our technological content. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-false-test/819120/25 "2018-08-06T17:09:43Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > True. > > 1. Vlad said “We must meet urgently” to his double-agent. > > 2. Now is the winter of our technological content. * * * Excellent! * * * 1. If all else fails, one can always wave the white flag and a solution may be provided. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-false-test/819120/26 "2018-08-06T17:23:49Z")
20.? Raymond Smullyan stumped us by pointing out that European states falter. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-false-test/819120/27 "2018-08-06T17:24:10Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > Even with Ulf’s answer template, I still can’t figure it out. Unless: > > If the statement is a matter of verifiable fact, true; if unverifiable, or a matter of opinion, false. > > But that doesn’t seem to fit with the spoilered answer in post #15 above, and knowing Biotop, it won’t be anywhere near as simple as that, anyway. > > Can a dumber than your average bear get a clue? Sorry if I misdirected by asking that hockey question. [I believe the answer is indeed the Bruins, btw] I was trying to follow **Biotop** ’s “rule” several times in my post, as an extra hint of sorts. The actual answer to the trivia question is indeed “false,” and so is the **Biotop** -style answer. There. Not a movie guy at all, and never heard of the movie referenced by **septimus**. I thought the question was a real question! I was pretty pleased with myself too, though as noted in my spoiler the first part of the question at least is ambiguous. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-false-test/819120/28 "2018-08-06T17:31:45Z")
> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#): > > Sorry if I misdirected by asking that hockey question. [I believe the answer is indeed the Bruins, btw] I was trying to follow **Biotop** ’s “rule” several times in my post, as an extra hint of sorts. The actual answer to the trivia question is indeed “false,” and so is the **Biotop** -style answer. There. > > Not a movie guy at all, and never heard of the movie referenced by **septimus**. I thought the question was a real question! I was pretty pleased with myself too, though as noted in my spoiler the first part of the question at least is ambiguous. Heh heh. Well done. Good stuff. 1. I am going to work and if anyone wants they can post the solution before I return. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-false-test/819120/29 "2018-08-07T04:31:16Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > [My Original True/False Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20949900&postcount=2)was left unsolved on the ATMB forum, so I thought I’d see if I’d have better luck in the Game Room. > > How is your knowledge of trivia? Better than mine, probably. But no matter. > > Answer each question below either True or False, paying scant attention to whether the numbered statement is actually fact or fiction. That’s not really the important thing. > > +++++ > > **True or False** : > > \_1. The average weight of an unopened carton of new **sale f** lyers at _Wegmans_ stores is 55 pounds. > > \_2. A good oracle can foretell the fu **ture** better than a bad one. > > \_3. Vincent van Gogh always regretted painting\*\* a self\*\* portrait and eventually tried to destroy every one he made. > > \_4. Th **e rut** abega is the world’s oldest cultivated root vegetable. > > \_5. Poland’s Official National Root Vegetable is th **e tur** nip. > > \_6. Bottles o **f ale s** ent to the United States from Belgium tend to rate higher in quality than those imported here from England, according to _Beer Journal_. > > \_7. “The Oilskin Brigade” was a cov **ert u** mbrella-wielding Macintosh-wearing team of elite CIA assassins who would only kill during driving rainstorms. > > \_8. One natural way to control an infestation of\*\* fleas\*\* is to sprinkle ground mint leaves on your pet’s bedding. > > \_9. Fo **urte** en first ladies have owned cats. > > \_10. A blu **e flas** k will help keep and preserve rum better than a red or silver one. > > \_11. The entir **e Tur** kish Embassy in Washington DC consists of only two rooms and a bathroom. > > \_12. According to a widely quoted article in the first issue of _Li\*\*fe_, Las \*\*Vegas was the best city in 1936 in which to live in the United States. Ok, for anyone who is still perplexed, the spoiler above will clear things up. You should now be able to True or False all the others. Great job to everyone who successfully solved the puzzle! The key was to figure out how to answer true or false without the statement actually having to be true or false. I won’t say if that is the case or not with the original and _still_ unsolved true/false test from back in May. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-false-test/819120/30 "2018-08-07T11:44:10Z")
Nicely done. I had a feeling it would be something like this, but couldn’t see it even though it was staring me in the face. Mind you, it took about 10 rounds of “I pass the scissors open/closed” before I figured that one out, so no surprise there. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-false-test/819120/31 "2018-08-08T14:49:02Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > … I won’t say if that is the case or not with the original and _still_ unsolved true/false test from back in May. I do believe it is no longer unsolved… nice puzzle! ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-false-test/819120/32 "2018-08-08T16:38:15Z")
Well done **Ulf the Unwashed**! Kudos! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-false-test/819120.md?page=1)