Tell whether the statement is a fact or not. Draw a pair of WINGS before each number
if the statement is a fact and SUN if otherwise.
1. Daedalus was an inventor.
2. King Minos wanted to kill the Minotaur.
3. The Minotaur was a bull.
4. It would be easy to find your way out of the Labyrinth.
5. The labyrinth was invented by King Minos.
6. Icarus designed his own wings.
7. The wings were made of chicken feathers.
8. The Herculean sea was named after Icarus.
9. The spiral seashell is straight.
10. Theseus escaped from the maze via rubber band.
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Answer:
1. Fact(wings)
2. Not a fact(sun)
3. Fact(wings), though the minotaur really is a half-man and half-bull
4. Not a fact(sun)
5. Not a fact(sun) It was Daedalus who invented it.
6. Not a fact(sun) His father, Daedalus designed it.
7. Not a fact(sun), it wasn't specified if they used chicken feathers. It was only referred as "feathers" in the story.
8. Not a fact(sun), Herculean is named after Hercules. The sea Icarus fell in didn't have a name before his death(now called Icarian Sea)
9. Not a fact(sun)
10. Not a fact(sun) Theseus used a ball of red thread given to him by Ariadne