True or False

[Smarty218 2]

Tough one, I'll say false.

[SomeRandomAmerican 5]

T or F: The man who invented the paper clip died penniless because he sold off the patent rights for $100.

[Chris M 406]

My last question was true.

I would say that's false because no one really knows who invented the paper clip for sure.

[bbfan02 23]

How do you know this?!

[Smarty218 2]

Samuel B. Fay invented paper clips after the discovery of how to produce straight pins, but I don't think he sold it at all.

[SomeRandomAmerican 5]

Actually, a guy named Walter Hunt came up with the idea for paper clips in 1849. And he did sell the rights off for $100.

Lets try a different question, shall we?

T or F: The song "Dixie", the national anthem of the Confederate States of America, was written by a man from Ohio.

[Chris M 406]

That's true.

[Smarty218 2]

True?

[SomeRandomAmerican 5]

True would be correct.

Maybe someone else should post a question so I don't have a monopoly on questions...

[Chris M 406]

'Das Model' by German metal band Rammstein has different English lyrics when translated from German than the original song 'The Model' by Kraftwerk; True or false?

[Smarty218 2]

That is quite an odd song. There are some fluctuations but I think it's about Diana.

[SomeRandomAmerican 5]

Whose Diana?^

Anyway, I'm gonna say true.  Any song written in German translated into English will always have differences because words in one language might not be in the other.

[Chris M 406]

It is true. The languages will change things when translated.

Canada had German concentration camps in World War I; True or false?

[Smarty218 2]

False, the Germans never got that far did they? And they didn't have camps in WWI

[SomeRandomAmerican 5]

Concentration Camps didn't come about for the Germans until 1942, so its false. Especially in Canada.

[Chris M 406]

False is right. But, Canada did have concentration camps, just for Japanese not Germans.

The reason Native Americans are called 'Indians' is because when Christopher Columbus arrived in what is now North America, he thought he was in India by the skin tones of the people; True or false?

[Smarty218 2]

True, he was searching for a passage to India to trade. This really annoys me because I'm Indian and people think I'm native American.

EDIT: 600TH POST!!!!!

[SomeRandomAmerican 5]

That true, learned it in history last year.

[Chris M 406]

Correct; Someone else can do a question now.

[Smarty218 2]

Male and female peac0cks are both called peac0cks. True or False? (easy one)

[SomeRandomAmerican 5]

Thats False. Females are called peahens

[Chris M 406]

False.

[Smarty218 2]

Correct, but they are called peafowl.

The United States was the first nation to send a man into space, true or false?

[your_adress_here 11]

False, it was Russia.

[Chris M 406]

That's very false, Russia was the first and his name was Yuri Gagarin.

[SomeRandomAmerican 5]

The Soviets sent up Yuri Gargarin I think five years before we did, so Ill say false

[Smarty218 2]

Correct.

[Chris M 406]

I'll do one now since I guess you don't want to.

In Alien (1979), the models of the alien had to be repainted every evening of the shoot because the slime used on-set removed the acrylic paint from their surfaces; True or false?

[pagenotfound 53]

true

[Smarty218 2]

I'll go with true.