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Urban Myths



Quiz Questions


  1. There is a popular rumour that which bridge, relocated to Lake Havasu City, Arizona, was purchased under the mistaken belief that it was Tower Bridge?
  2. There's a legend that which large animals inhabit the sewer system of New York City?
  3. Which British children's TV show is the subject of an urban myth claiming many of the characters have rude names?
  4. Clint Eastwood has denied being the son of which comedian after a rumour circulated?
  5. Which area is another name for a portion of the Nevada Test Range that some think contains evidence of visitors from outer space?
  6. There are claims that Adolf Hitler lived in which British city for some months in 1912 to 1913?
  7. There's an urban legend that Coca-Cola developed which drink to sell in Nazi Germany during World War II?
  8. Folklore tells of a creature sent by Satan to which English cathedral, only to be turned into stone by an angel?
  9. What was the occupation of Robert Wilson, who reportedly took the first photo of the Loch Ness Monster's head and neck in 1934?
  10. A group of people formed a society in Canada in 1989 after reportedly seeing sightings of which dead star?
  11. Kumari Kandam is a mythical continent supposedly located in which ocean?
  12. Which fictional character first appeared as the villain in the penny dreadful serial The String of Pearls in the 1840s?
  13. There was an urban myth that footballers Les Ferdinand and Dennis Wise smashed up what when they were teenagers?
  14. If what leave the Tower of London, the monarchy and the kingdom will fall?
  15. What is said to have been hidden by the Scots who tricked the English into taking a substitute in 1296?
  16. Who was rumoured to be buried between platforms 9 and 10 at King's Cross station?
  17. Lord Carnarvon's death from an infected mosquito bite was blamed on a curse from whose tomb?
  18. Claims that which former US First Lady is a man can be found on on social media?
  19. In October 1969, a rumour circulated that which musician had died in a car crash in 1966 and was replaced by a lookalike?
  20. It has been falsely claimed that the world's population could fit onto which UK island?


Answers



  1. London Bridge
  2. Alligators
  3. Captain Pugwash
  4. Stan Laurel
  5. Area 51
  6. Liverpool
  7. Fanta
  8. Lincoln Cathedral
  9. Surgeon, or gynaecologist (it's called the 'surgeon's photograph')
  10. Elvis Presley
  11. Indian Ocean
  12. Sweeney Todd
  13. The Blue Peter garden
  14. The Ravens
  15. The Stone of Scone
  16. Boudica
  17. Tutankhamun’s tomb
  18. Michelle Obama (a debunked conspiracy)
  19. Paul McCartney
  20. Isle of Wight (you would need approximately 2.21 Isle of Wight islands)