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QI Christmas True or False Questions:
1. In Mexico City it is traditional to roller skate to church on Christmas Day.
2. The Voyager space mission was designed specifically to avoid the craft encountering any planets over the Thanksgiving or Christmas holidays.
3. Henry III had a jester whose job it was to leap, whistle and fart in front of him every Christmas.
4. In 2016, a Sri Lankan church accidentally printed the lyrics for Tupac Shakur's "Hail Mary" in their hymnal instead of the lyrics for the traditional Christmas carol.
Sorry, missed this, in true spirit, I'll go against what people have listed. FFTT
 

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QI True of False Questions:
1. J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis once went to a party dressed as grizzly bears, even though it was not a fancy dress party.
2. An average banana emits a particle of antimatter every 75 minutes.
3. The first smear tests were conducted on drunk guinea pigs.
4. Horses can jump further than humans.
 
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QI True of False Questions:
1. J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis once went to a party dressed as grizzly bears, even though it was not a fancy dress party.
2. An average banana emits a particle of antimatter every 75 minutes.
3. The first smear tests were conducted on drunk guinea pigs.
4. Horses can jump further than humans.
1. True. No idea.
2. False. It will be more often.
3. True. Could be a different animal though.
4. I'm guessing there's a trick here somewhere but I'll guess False.
 

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QI True of False Questions:
1. J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis once went to a party dressed as grizzly bears, even though it was not a fancy dress party.
2. An average banana emits a particle of antimatter every 75 minutes.
3. The first smear tests were conducted on drunk guinea pigs.
4. Horses can jump further than humans.
FTTF
 

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QI True of False Questions:
1. J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis once went to a party dressed as grizzly bears, even though it was not a fancy dress party.
2. An average banana emits a particle of antimatter every 75 minutes.
3. The first smear tests were conducted on drunk guinea pigs.
4. Horses can jump further than humans.
F, T, F, F
 

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1. True. No idea.
2. False. It will be more often.
3. True. Could be a different animal though.
4. I'm guessing there's a trick here somewhere but I'll guess False.
FTTF
F, T, F, F
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