Then there are the ones where the answer is just incorrect “Who was the president during the Great Depression and WWII” The “correct” answer is Franklin D. Roosevelt but you’d be marked wrong on a college test for saying that (because Hoover and Truman)
“When was the Declaration of Independence adopted” The “correct” answer is July 4, 1776 but that is just not true (it took months)
Thomas Jefferson famously wanted Independence Day to be on July SECOND but even that is arbitrary
Then finally there’s the propaganda part “What is Martin Luther King, Jr. best know for?” “Diversity, equity, and inclusion” is on there, but so is “racial equality” You just used a different word for the same thing!
“What chromosome pair determines biological sex in humans?” The correct answer is XX/XY That’s correct in high school freshman biology, but incorrect in anything past that
“Why is the distinction between male and female considered important in areas like sports and privacy?” “To preserve fairness, safety, and integrity for both sexes” You could argue all day about the meaning of those 3 words And you’d get a D- in a college class for failing to explain them
My favorite possibly is “What did the Supreme Court rule in the 2025 case Mahmoud v. Taylor” The correct answer is “Public schools cannot require participation in LGBT-themed instruction” That one hasn’t even played out yet The Supreme Court seems to have ruled parents can opt out of ANY
instruction that violates their belief, e.g. that the earth is round or straight people exist You can skip your class, doesn’t mean you’ll pass it though
Such a funny set of facts they care about. Not what was the cause of historical periods but what are a few facts about an historical event.