**Q**
Is the following a factual statement?
"For the first part of the 20th century the Mother was head of the household in the U.S. and the Father was the subordinate."
Options:
- yes
- no
**A**
no
The above statement is backwards. Males could dominate females physically so until recently males were the ones running most of the show.


Is the following sentence factually correct?
"David Souter served on the Supreme Court from October 1990 to his retirement in June 2009."
Options:
- yes
- no
yes
The sentence is true because there are historical records of those who worked on the Supreme Court and he is one of them.


**Q**
Is the following a factual statement?
"The Standard deviation measures how far an observation is from the mean on average."
Options:
- yes
- no
**A**
yes
The mathematical definition of standard deviation measures the distance from the mean.


Does the following sentence make sense?
"A viral video of Ariana Grande licking unserved ice cream at a shop was not viewed kindly."
Options:
- yes
- no
yes
Ariana Grande was filmed at a shop with another person licking ice cream that was waiting to be served.


**Q**
Is the following a factual statement?
"Mary Ann and Peter Andrew Soderbergh gave birth to Steven Soderbergh on January 14, 1963, in Atlanta, Georgia."
Options:
- yes
- no
**A**
yes
Mary Ann (née Bernard) and Peter Andrew Soderbergh are his parents and he has Swedish, Irish, and Italian roots.


**Q**
Does the following sentence make sense?
"The United States can thank the French Navy for helping them to win the Revolutionary War."
Options:
- yes
- no
**A**
yes
The French Navy did provide goods, soldiers, and even fought off some British fleets to protect Virginia.