Help:Introduction to referencing/reliable sources quiz



All of the statements below happen to be true, but only some are adequately supported by a reliable source. Can you guess which ones?

BBC News
On January 18, 2012, the English Wikipedia conducted a 24-hour blackout to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act, impacting 162 million readers.

Journal of the American Medical Association
The Journal of the American Medical Association estimated that $101 billion was spent in 2013 on the preventable disease of diabetes, and another $88 billion was spent on heart disease.

Reddit
Human eye color is determined by the composition of two parts of the iris. Both pigmentation and Tyndall scattering contribute to the ultimate coloration.

Daily Mail
At a 2015 Peking Duk concert, a fan managed to get backstage after tricking a security guard into thinking he was Reuben Styles' step-brother by editing the band's Wikipedia page.

Forbes
Less than 3 percent of the geotagged articles on Wikipedia are for places in Africa, despite the continent having 14 percent of the world's population.

Claremont Courier
The Center for Urban Forest Research estimates that shade from the 26,000 trees in Claremont, California, saves the city more than 2.1 million kilowatt-hours of electricity per year in reduced air conditioning costs, equivalent to more than $468,000 in savings.

Know Your Meme
A 2008 culture jamming operation placed "citation needed" stickers on advertisements around New York City.

The Stanford Daily
Although Stanford University has no official school mascot, each year a student is chosen to be the "Stanford Tree" and wears a costume of their own creation.

Der Spiegel
In May 2019, Leo Burnett Tailor Made, a marketing agency for The North Face Brazil, revealed that they had surreptitiously replaced photos of popular outdoor destinations on Wikipedia with photos featuring North Face products in an attempt to get those products to appear more prominently in search engine results.

The New York Times
It is not possible to preserve the environment while continuing to consume meat at current levels.