
2 truths and a lie
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Yamila Santos
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By Yamila Santos
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Which of the following about Jesse Owens is a lie?
A. He set three world records and tied a fourth in under one hour.
B. He competed in the Olympics during a time of racial segregation.
C. He became the first African-American athlete to win eight Olympic medals.
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Owens won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, not eight.
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Multiple Choice
Which is false about Marie Curie?
A. She coined the term “radioactivity.”
B. She won the Nobel Prize in both Chemistry and Physics.
C. She discovered the element uranium.
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Uranium was discovered in 1789 by Martin Klaproth.
Curie discovered radium and polonium, and won two Nobel Prizes (Physics & Chemistry).
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Multiple Choice
Which is NOT true about Van Gogh?
A. He cut off part of his ear
B. He sold hundreds of paintings during his life
C. A. He developed his artistic style while hospitalized for mental illness.
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Van Gogh only sold one painting while alive.
He painted over 800 works, including Starry Night, but lived in poverty.
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Multiple Choice
What’s false about Paulina Luisi?
A. She refused to participate in political causes or movements.
B. She was the first Uruguayan woman to get a medical degree
C. She was a feminist and activist
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She was the leader of the country’s first organized campaign for women’s suffrage in the early 20th century.
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Multiple Choice
Which fact is NOT true about Einstein?
A. He developed the theory of relativity.
B. He won the Nobel Prize for his work on relativity.
C. He was known for questioning traditional physics ideas.
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Einstein did not win the Nobel for relativity — he won it for his explanation of the photoelectric effect. Still, his theory of relativity revolutionized modern science and earned him global fame.
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