Daily True or False
August 26, 2026
10 true or false questions from this day's daily challenge. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.
1.Norman Rockwell's 1964 painting 'The Problem We All Live With' depicts Ruby Bridges.
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Norman Rockwell's 1964 painting 'The Problem We All Live With' depicts Ruby Bridges.
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The painting shows Ruby Bridges, the first Black child to desegregate an all-white elementary school in the South, escorted by U.S. marshals.
2.Hammerhead sharks are often found traveling alone in the ocean.
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Hammerhead sharks are often found traveling alone in the ocean.
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Many hammerhead species, especially scalloped hammerheads, form large schools during the day. They are among the few sharks that exhibit social schooling behavior.
3.Paul Cézanne achieved great commercial success and fame during his lifetime.
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Paul Cézanne achieved great commercial success and fame during his lifetime.
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Paul Cézanne was largely misunderstood and his work was rejected by the public and critics; fame and success came only after his death in 1906.
4.Scorpion was the first host of the Venom symbiote.
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Scorpion was the first host of the Venom symbiote.
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The Venom symbiote first bonded with Spider-Man, then famously with Eddie Brock. Scorpion (Mac Gargan) later became a host as Venom III, but was not the first.
5.Andy Warhol was born Andrew Warhola in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Andy Warhol was born Andrew Warhola in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Warhol was born Andrew Warhola on August 6, 1928, in Pittsburgh. He later dropped the 'a' from his surname.
6.Alexander Calder studied mechanical engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology.
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Alexander Calder studied mechanical engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology.
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Calder earned a degree in mechanical engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology in 1919 before pursuing art.
7.Congo River's drainage basin covers an area larger than India.
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Congo River's drainage basin covers an area larger than India.
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The Congo Basin spans about 4 million square kilometers, while India covers about 3.3 million sq km, making the basin larger.
8.Piranha can strip a human to the bone in under a minute.
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Piranha can strip a human to the bone in under a minute.
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This is a myth. While piranha may bite, attacks on humans are rare and typically involve only minor nips. They do not devour people quickly.
9.Archimedes used mirrors to burn Roman ships during the Siege of Syracuse.
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Archimedes used mirrors to burn Roman ships during the Siege of Syracuse.
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This is a popular myth; no contemporary sources confirm it, and modern tests show it's highly impractical.
10.Utagawa Hiroshige's series 'One Hundred Famous Views of Edo' was completed after his death.
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Utagawa Hiroshige's series 'One Hundred Famous Views of Edo' was completed after his death.
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Hiroshige died in 1858, and the series was finished posthumously by his students and assistants, with the final prints published in 1859.
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