Fact or Fiction?

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

1. Twinkies never expire.

FACT: B

FICTION: K

2. Before the advent of alarm clocks, people hired other people to wake them up.

FACT: I

FICTION: L

3. Sweating releases toxins from the body.

FACT: O

FICTION: L 4. Swiss women were among the first women in the world to gain the right to vote.

FACT: O

FICTION: L 5. Polar bears have black skin.

FACT: E

FICTION: D 6. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City is the world’s most visited museum.

FACT: W

FICTION: R 7. The Raisin Bowl, Refrigerator Bowl, and Salad Bowl were real college football bowl games. FACT: B FICTION: O 8. Elizabeth Taylor was late to her own funeral.

FACT: E

FICTION: R 9. Every U.S. state has at least one straight line in its border.

FACT: M

FICTION: E

BONUS QUESTION

Which insect has killed more than 1,000 people since first appearing in this hemisphere in 1956? (Need help? Turn to “A Thousand Stings,” page 96.)