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Quiz Questions
- 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?
- There's a legend that which large animals inhabit the sewer system of New York City?
- Which British children's TV show is the subject of an urban myth claiming many of the characters have rude names?
- Clint Eastwood has denied being the son of which comedian after a rumour circulated?
- Which area is another name for a portion of the Nevada Test Range that some think contains evidence of visitors from outer space?
- There are claims that Adolf Hitler lived in which British city for some months in 1912 to 1913?
- There's an urban legend that Coca-Cola developed which drink to sell in Nazi Germany during World War II?
- Folklore tells of a creature sent by Satan to which English cathedral, only to be turned into stone by an angel?
- What was the occupation of Robert Wilson, who reportedly took the first photo of the Loch Ness Monster's head and neck in 1934?
- A group of people formed a society in Canada in 1989 after reportedly seeing sightings of which dead star?
- Kumari Kandam is a mythical continent supposedly located in which ocean?
- Which fictional character first appeared as the villain in the penny dreadful serial The String of Pearls in the 1840s?
- There was an urban myth that footballers Les Ferdinand and Dennis Wise smashed up what when they were teenagers?
- If what leave the Tower of London, the monarchy and the kingdom will fall?
- What is said to have been hidden by the Scots who tricked the English into taking a substitute in 1296?
- Who was rumoured to be buried between platforms 9 and 10 at King's Cross station?
- Lord Carnarvon's death from an infected mosquito bite was blamed on a curse from whose tomb?
- Claims that which former US First Lady is a man can be found on on social media?
- In October 1969, a rumour circulated that which musician had died in a car crash in 1966 and was replaced by a lookalike?
- It has been falsely claimed that the world's population could fit onto which UK island?
Answers
- London Bridge
- Alligators
- Captain Pugwash
- Stan Laurel
- Area 51
- Liverpool
- Fanta
- Lincoln Cathedral
- Surgeon, or gynaecologist (it's called the 'surgeon's photograph')
- Elvis Presley
- Indian Ocean
- Sweeney Todd
- The Blue Peter garden
- The Ravens
- The Stone of Scone
- Boudica
- Tutankhamun’s tomb
- Michelle Obama (a debunked conspiracy)
- Paul McCartney
- Isle of Wight (you would need approximately 2.21 Isle of Wight islands)