Fact or Fiction? and More

MEDIUM Determine whether each statement is fact or fiction. To reveal the solution to the bonus question at bottom, write the letter indicated in each of your responses in the corresponding numbered blank. Turn page upside down for the answers.

1. At the time the Constitution was ratified, Philadelphia was the nation’s capital.

FACT: S FICTION: C

2. Toni Morrison regretted picking that as her pen name.

FACT: H FICTION: P

3. A cloud can weigh more than a million pounds.

FACT: O FICTION: R

4. Half of all potatoes grown in the United States become Mcdonald’s french fries.

FACT: I FICTION: C

5. Albert Einstein was offered the position of president of Israel.

FACT: O FICTION: N

6. The Greenland shark can live for 400 years.

FACT: L FICTION: K

7. The phonetic alphabet (Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, etc.) has three dances: Foxtrot, Tango, and Waltz.

FACT: L FICTION: A

8. The first Ferris wheel could hold more than 2,000 riders at a time.

FACT: T FICTION: E

9. President Andrew Jackson had a pet parrot.

FACT: E FICTION: S

BONUS QUESTION What is on the bottom of Mississippi’s signature dessert and on top of Massachusetts’s? (Need help? Turn to “The Best Dessert in Every State” on page 66.)