Fact check

Correct these claims by answering what would make the statement true, or type in "correct" if the statement is true. For example: John McCain won the 2010 U.S. Presidential election. Answer: "Barack Obama, 2008", or "lost, 2008"
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The largest sects in Islam are Sunny and Shiitake
Sunni and Shiite
Australian Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination in Siberia was the catalyst for WWI
Austrian, Serbia
Queen Victoria is the longest serving British Monarch to date
Elizabeth II
In June 2016, France voted to leave the UN
UK, European Union
Among dwarf planets, Pluto is the largest
Correct
The UN has been grappling on how to handle the Iraqi refugee crisis after the Iraqi Civil War broke out in 2011
Syrian
Lisa Kudrow went on to star in the sitcom Cougar Town after Friends
Courtney Cox
The Soviet reaction to NATO was the Munich Agreement among East Germany and other Soviet Satellite states
Warsaw Pact
World War II officially began when Germany invaded Austria in September, 1939
Poland
In 2013, scientists at CERN confirmed they had found the Higgs Boson or "Jesus Particle"
God Particle
The British crown passes to the oldest child of the monarch, regardless of gender
Correct
In 2015, an executive order ruled gay marriage legal nationwide in the US
Supreme Court decision
In the film, On Golden Pond, Jane Fonda stars opposite her husband Henry Fonda
Father
Mesopotamia was located in the region called the fruitful valley
Fertile Crescent
Gautama Buddha is believed to be the ninth avatar of the god Vishnu in Hinduism
Correct
Malcolm X was a prominent member and spokesperson for the Black Panther Party
Nation of Islam
First place contestants on X Factor UK, One Direction went on hiatus after member Niall left the group
Third, Zayn
Among dwarf planets, Eris is the most massive
Correct
E.B White wrote the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy as fan fiction of the Hunger Games
E.L. James, Twilight
Elizabeth II took on the title Queen of England after her father Edward VIII passed
Queen of the United Kingdom, George VI
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Level 65
Dec 9, 2016
BTW, "massive" in science terms means has a lot of mass, which is not always the same as large. A beach ball is larger than a bowling ball, but a bowling ball is more massive. Also, the Succession of the Crown Act of 2013 changed the succession rules for the British monarchy to absolute primogeniture for children in line for the crown who were born after October 28, 2011.