Thanks so much for taking part in Tipperary County Council Library Service’s Media Literacy Quiz. This quiz was created as part of the Skills for Life programme that is tasked with addressing such areas as Media Literacy, Digital Literacy, Financial Literacy, Data Literacy and Health Literacy. Look out for more events and activities in your local branch over the coming months!
UNESCO defines media literacy as the ability to “access, analyze, evaluate and create media in a variety of forms” and to “understand the role of media and information in democratic societies”. It’s all about learning to Stop, Think and Check when it comes to media content that we encounter both online and in the real world.
Here are the answers to the quiz, with direct web links to the cited, real stories.
A Florida man was arrested after attempting to buy a Porsche 911 Turbo with a fake check he printed at home. (Source: The Drive): https://www.thedrive.com/news/35347/florida-man-busted-after-successfully-buying-porsche-911-turbo-with-fake-check-printed-at-home
NASA’s Artemis II mission will test the Optical Communications System (O2O) to transmit high-definition data from the moon to Earth. (Source: SciTechDaily on NASA/ANU efforts): https://scitechdaily.com/4k-from-the-moon-artemis-ii-to-trial-high-speed-laser-communications/
This headline was fabricated for the quiz.
Squirrels are a genuine threat to power grids. A single squirrel caused an outage in Toronto’s Financial District in 2025, affecting thousands. (Source: CTV News): https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/article-squirrel-to-blame-for-downtown-toronto-power-outage/
This story was widely circulated in 2014, but was later found to be based on a satirical report or unverified local rumors, and was largely discredited by fact-checkers.
An objectophile woman from France broke up with one ride and ‘married’ another large fairground ride, for whom she then created a model she calls their ‘son.’ (Source: We Are Tricycle): https://needtoknow.co.uk/2023/09/13/woman-ends-romance-with-rollercoaster-to-marry-new-ride-who-she-has-baby-with/
This headline was fabricated for the quiz.
Responding police officers in Rowley worked to round some goats up without much luck until one of them realized you can catch more flies with honey than vinegar. It turns out the honey available was a pack of McDonald’s french fries. Officers use fries to lure goats to safety.
This headline was fabricated for the quiz.
This type of story is surprisingly common. One widely reported case involved men who called 911 on themselves, believing they were being followed by police while driving high with a large amount of marijuana. (Source: The Guardian on the Idaho case): https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jan/21/idaho-men-driving-high-marijuana-call-police
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