Founding Documents
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed"
What is The Second Amendment?
The name of the main character of 'Spoil the Child'?
Who is 'Dave'?
War between 1861-1865 fought between the Union (the North) and the Confederacy (the South)
What was the Civil War?
A person who believes that the earth is flat
What is a flat earther?
A word class that shows an action (e. g. to sing)
What is a verb?
An addition to the American Constitution which guarantees freedoms concerning (among other things) religion, expression and assembly
What is The First Amendment?
The novel which has inspired the titles of This American Life's Episodes about conspiracy theories - 'Beware the Jabberwock' and 'Down the Rabbithole'
What is 'Alice in Wonderland'?
The part of the USA which seceded from the Union in 1861 because of concern that slavery would be abolished
What are the Southern states?
An act intended to trick other people (the word may also be used as a verb)
What is a hoax?
Verb tense of the following sentence: Everybody wants to study (You may answer in English, Danish or Latin terminology)
What is the present tense? (hvad er nutid / præsens?)
The document where you will find the following quotation: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal
What is The Declaration of Independence?
Documentary about flat earthers portraying conspiracy theorist Mark Sargent.
What is 'Behind the Curve'?
The number of British colonies which rebelled against British rule in 1775
What is 13?
The understanding that big events have big causes
What is 'proportionality bias'?
Word class to which 'unsubstantiated' belongs
What is an adjective? Hvad er et adjektiv / tillægsord?
The adjective used about the rights mentioned in The Declaration of Independence (life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness)
What is 'unalianable'?
Illustration made by Abbie Richards which shows a triangle with conspiracy theories ranging from 'grounded in reality' to 'detached from reality'
What is the Conspiracy Chart?
The name of the first permanent English settlement in North America (Virginia, 1607)
What is Jamestown?
an idea or explanation for something that is based on known facts but has not yet been proven
What is a hypothesis?
Nouns which which take singular form - e.g. furniture, information, advice and news (you may answer in English or Danish)
What are uncountable nouns? Hvad er utællelige navneord?
An addition to the American Constitution, which contains amendtments
What is the Bill of Rights?
Painting by John Gast from 1872 depicting Columbia, the personification of the United States, moving from the East to the West, bringing civilisation with her
What is 'American Progress'?
To help develop the American West, Congress promised 160 acres of federal land to anyone who agreed to farm the land through this act in 1862
What was 'The Homestead Act'?
Knowledge about science, e.g. the understanding of its methodology
What is 'scientific literacy'?
What is the plural? Hvad er flertal / pluralis?