Fallacy Quiz Bee
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This document appears to be a quiz on logical fallacies. It presents 17 scenarios or statements and asks the reader to identify the type of logical fallacy present in each one. The scenarios cover a range of topics but aim to showcase different fallacious reasoning patterns such as hasty generalizations, false analogies, appeals to authority, and equivocation.
Fallacy Quiz Bee
- 2. 1) a teacher remarks, "Ravi has done the homework today" Easy B. Relevance C. Insufficient evidence A. AmbiguityA. Ambiguity
- 3. 2)I know three redheads who have terrible tempers, and since Annabel has red hair, I’ll bet she has a terrible temper too. Easy B. Relevance C. Insufficient evidence A. Ambiguity C. Insufficient evidence
- 4. 3) Water fluoridation affects the brain. Citywide, student’s test scores began to drop five months after fluoridation began. Easy B. Relevance C. Insufficient evidence A. Ambiguity C. Insufficient evidence
- 5. 4) Plagiarism is deceitful because it is dishonest. Easy B. Relevance C. Insufficient evidence A. Ambiguity B. Relevance
- 6. 5) Supreme Court Justice Byron White was an All- American football player while in college, so how can you say that athletes are dumb? Easy B. Relevance C. Insufficient evidence A. Ambiguity C. Insufficient evidence
- 7. 6) Why should we put people on trial when we know they are guilty? B. Begging The Question C. Insufficient evidence A. Equivocation Average B. Begging The Question
- 8. 7) You support capital punishment just because you want an “eye for an eye,” but I have several good reasons to believe that capital punishment is fundamentally wrong… B. Begging The Question C. Appeal to ignorance A. Straw Person Average A. Straw Person
- 9. 8) The meteorologist predicted the wrong amount of rain for May. Obviously the meteorologist is unreliable. B. Begging The Question C. Amphiboly A. Hasty Generalization Average A. Hasty Generalization
- 10. 9) You know Jane Fonda’s exercise video’s must be worth the money. Look at the great shape she’s in. B. Appeal of Pity C. False cause A. Division Average C. False cause
- 11. 10) "Nature is governed by laws. Laws are the work of law makers. So, laws of nature are the work of some law maker." B. Accent C. Composition A. Equivocation Average A. Equivocation
- 12. 11) The book Investing for Dummies really helped me understand my finances better. The book Chess for Dummies was written by the same author, was published by the same press, and costs about the same amount, so it would probably help me understand my finances as well. False Analogy Difficult
- 13. 12) Look, you are going to have to make up your mind. Either you decide that you can afford this stereo, or you decide you are going to do without music for a while. False Dichotomy Difficult
- 14. 13) I'm positive that my work will meet your requirements. I really need the job since my grandmother is sick. Appeal to Pity Difficult
- 15. 14) announcement: there will be a lecture on heart attack in the auditorium Amphiboly Difficult
- 16. 15) I'm not a doctor, but I play one on the hit series "Bimbos and Studmuffins in the OR." You can take it from me that when you need a fast acting, effective and safe pain killer there is nothing better than MorphiDope 2000. That is my considered medical opinion. Appeal to Authority Difficult
- 17. 16) Ralph: Alfred, did you get the teaching job at UST? Alfred: I think so. I did not receive any letter from that university rejecting my applications. But I decided not to pursue my applications at UST because we will be transferring to Laguna anyway. Appeal to Ignorance Clincher
- 18. 17) Because every part of his machine is light in weight, the whole machine is light in weight. Composition Clincher