Yes / no, is the following a verifiable fact?
"Willard Van Orman Quine worked as Edgar Pierce Chair of Philosophy at Harvard from 1956 to 1978."
yes
Quine worked for that position for that long.

Is the following a factual statement?
"R.E.M.'s name comes from the term for rapid eye movement during sleep."
Options:
- yes
- no
no
The band has stated many times over that the name isn't an acronym for one particular thing.

Is the following a factual statement?
"Over by the pond, we saw a really nice mallard Duck diving to eat."
Options:
- yes
- no
yes
Ducks live in water and will dive underwater to grab something to eat.

Claim: "The Golden Gate Bridge collapsed in the early eighteen hundreds."
Is the claim above correct, and can it be verified by human common sense and without a web search?
Options:
- yes
- no
no
The Golden Gate Bridge has never collapsed as people know.