Name That Fallacy
You feel sick and start googling your symptoms. After looking at all the information, you decide you have an incurable disease when it's just a minor ailment.
Slippery Slope
Which fallacy says that one incorrectly assumes a causal relationship between two events, implying that one causes the other without sufficient evidence?
A) Appeal to Authority
B) False Cause
C) Bandwagon
D) Appeal to Emotion
B) False Cause
In what year did the Titanic sink?
A) 1905
B) 1912
C) 1920
D) 1898
B) 1912
"A commercial says, ‘Join the millions switching to MintyFresh gum!’"
Bandwagon
If someone "spills the tea," what are they doing in modern slang?
a) Making a mess
b) Sharing gossip
c) Drinking tea
d) Avoiding work
b) Sharing gossip
"You can’t believe his argument against speeding—he got a ticket last week!"
Ad Hominem
What is it called when someone misrepresents your argument to make it easier to attack?
A) Hasty Generalization
B) Red Herring
C) Straw Man
D) Ad Hominem
C) Straw Man
What does the “E” in “Chuck E. Cheese” stand for?
A) Entertainment
B) Edward
C) Enjoyment
D) Extra
A) Entertainment (His full name is Charles Entertainment Cheese!)
"A politician says, ‘My opponent wants to destroy the economy by proposing free healthcare.’"
Straw Man
In Georgia, USA, it's illegal to eat what food with a fork?
a) Peaches
b) Pecan pie
c) Fried chicken
d) Grits
c) Fried chicken
"Either we cancel the dance or we lose all funding for sports."
False Dilemma
"Which fallacy is committed when someone says, ‘Believe me or you're a traitor’?"
A) False Dilemma
B) Ad Hominem
C) Straw Man
D) Bandwagon
A) False Dilemma
Which country is known as the "Land of the Rising Sun"?
a) China
b) South Korea
c) Japan
d) Thailand
C) Japan
"A tweet says, ‘Anyone who doesn’t support this law is heartless.’"
Appeal to Emotion / False Dilemma
Which animal's fingerprints are almost identical to human fingerprints?
a) Kangaroo
b) Frog
c) Koala
d) Lizard
c) Koala
"Everyone is buying this product, so it must be the best!"
Bandwagon
Which fallacy is used here?: “I got food poisoning from Taco Bell, so all their food is unsafe.”
A) Circular Reasoning
B) Hasty Generalization
C) False Dilemma
D) Ad Populum
B) Hasty Generalization
What is a group of flamingos called?
A) A troop
B) A shimmer
C) A flamboyance
D) A blaze
C) A flamboyance
"An influencer says, ‘Trust me—look at my millions of followers.’"
Appeal to Authority
What is the function of the uvula, the little dangly thing at the back of the throat?
a) Speech articulation
b) Swallowing control
c) Taste detection
d) Decor
a) Speech Articulation
"Cats are cooler than dogs because they just are."
Begging the Question/Circular Reasoning
Which fallacy tries to prove a claim using the claim itself?
A) Circular Reasoning
B) Slippery Slope
C) Appeal to Fear
D) False Cause
A) Circular Reasoning
What was the original name of Google?
A) Searchly
B) BackRub
C) WebSort
D) ClickFarm
B) BackRub
"A company says, ‘We’ve always done it this way. It's correct.’"
Appeal to Tradition
Which fruit is known as the “king of fruits”?
a) Apple
b) Mango
c) Banana
d) Pineapple
b) Mango