Can You Spot the Logical Fallacy? A Quiz for Rational Thinkers
Can You Spot the Logical Fallacy? A Quiz for Rational Thinkers
Quizzee Rascal
Created 7/8/2024
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Test your critical thinking skills by identifying common logical fallacies in arguments. This quiz is perfect for those who love to dissect arguments and strive for rational thought.
1. Katherine is a bad choice for mayor because she didn’t grow up in this town.
Red herring
Straw man
Ad hominem
Appeal to authority
2. Losing a tooth can be scary, but have you heard about the Tooth Fairy?
False dilemma
Circular reasoning
Red herring
Ad populum
3. You're saying we should throw our money away on external resources instead of building up our in-house design team? That's going to hurt our company in the long run.
Tu quoque
Slippery slope
Hasty generalization
Straw man
4. When ice cream sales are up, so are shark attacks. Therefore, buying ice cream increases your risk of being bitten by a shark.
False cause
Gambler's fallacy
Appeal to ignorance
Correlation/causation fallacy
5. Aliens don’t exist. If they did, we would have seen one by now.
False dichotomy
No true Scotsman
Appeal to ignorance
Naturalistic fallacy
6. You don’t have enough experience to be the new leader. Neither do you!
Equivocation
Ad baculum
Genetic fallacy
Tu quoque
7. I want to change my major to English, but I’m so close to finishing my chemistry degree.
Appeal to emotion
Sunk cost fallacy
Straw man
False authority
8. You can’t prove that ghosts don’t exist, so they must be real.
Appeal to ignorance
Hasty generalization
Slippery slope
Bandwagon
9. Every time this team wears red uniforms, they win. Therefore, the red uniforms cause them to win.
False cause
Begging the question
Correlation/causation fallacy
Post hoc
10. If we allow students to redo assignments for a better grade, soon everyone will expect to pass without doing any work.
Circular reasoning
Slippery slope
Red herring
False dilemma
11. New Yorkers fold their pizza, so you must not really be from New York if you eat yours with utensils.
Ad hominem
Appeal to tradition
Equivocation
No true Scotsman
12. It hasn’t rained all month, so it’s sure to rain tomorrow.
Naturalistic fallacy
Gambler’s fallacy
Post hoc
Hasty generalization
13. Why should we trust Bob’s argument about the economy? He’s not even from this country.
Ad hominem
Appeal to authority
Genetic fallacy
Straw man
14. We should ban all video games because I heard one person became violent after playing them.
Appeal to emotion
Circular reasoning
Hasty generalization
False dilemma
15. Politician: "You should vote for me because I’m the only candidate who cares about people like you."