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Mysteries Solved by Reddit — Daily trivia Tuesday, April 7, 2026: questions and answers
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Q 01What did Redditors correctly identify the metal cylinder that washed up at Green Head, Western Australia, as?
- AA piece of a sunken submarine
- BDebris from an Indian space rocket
- CA lost shipping container
- DAn ancient artifact
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Debris from an Indian space rocket
Redditors matched it to the third stage of India's PSLV, and the Australian Space Agency later concluded it was most likely debris from an Indian space rocket.
Q 02What nickname was given to the unidentified crash victim whose cold case Reddit users helped solve?
- ATraveler John
- BGrateful Doe
- CHighway Ghost
- DInterstate Unknown
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Grateful Doe
Grateful Doe was named for the Grateful Dead tickets and shirt found on him; after internet sleuths on Reddit and Facebook took up the case, DNA confirmed in 2015 he was Jason Callahan.
Q 03What did Redditors say was likely behind the strange notes a user kept finding in a windowless apartment?
- ARadon gas leak
- BCarbon monoxide poisoning
- CMold exposure
- DLead paint contamination
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Carbon monoxide poisoning
Carbon monoxide poisoning was the Redditors' diagnosis, and the user later posted about having its symptoms, though the story was never independently confirmed.
Q 04A part left at a fatal Washington hit-and-run was identified on r/WhatIsThisThing as what?
- AA Ford Ranger tail-light housing
- BA Toyota pickup bumper clip
- CA late-1980s Chevrolet pickup headlight bezel
- DA Dodge Ram grille insert
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A late-1980s Chevrolet pickup headlight bezel
A late-1980s Chevrolet pickup headlight bezel, said a Reddit user who inspects vehicles in Maryland; an anonymous tip then led troopers to the driver of a 1986 Chevrolet K-10.
Q 05What was the name of the 'Strongsville Jane Doe', found in Ohio and identified with Reddit's help?
- ASusan Miller
- BMary Johnson
- CLinda Pagano
- DEmily Davies
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Linda Pagano
Linda Pagano was identified after genealogy researcher Christina Scates posted the forgotten bones on Reddit; a misspelled word had kept them out of the national missing-persons database.
Q 06What did Canadian cinematographer Daniel Voshart do in the Walter Scott shooting case?
- AInterviewed eyewitnesses at the scene
- BTracked down a suspect online
- CFilmed the shooting from a second angle
- DStabilized and enhanced shaky bystander footage
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Stabilized and enhanced shaky bystander footage
Daniel Voshart stabilized and enhanced the shaky bystander footage; frame 394 then seemed to show Scott holding Slager's Taser, and Voshart took it to Slager's defense.
Q 07What did YouTube admit Webdriver Torso, a channel of beeping rectangle videos, really was?
- AAn automated upload quality check run by Google
- BA Cicada 3301 recruitment puzzle
- CAn art collective's endurance project
- DA leaked broadcast-standards test signal
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An automated upload quality check run by Google
It was an automated upload quality check run by Google, comparing uploads with the original files, and Google's statement echoed Rick Astley: 'We're never gonna give you uploading that's slow.'
Q 08Why has the real name of 'Lyle Stevik', identified by the DNA Doe Project, never been made public?
- ARelatives asked that it stay private
- BA court sealed the case records
- CThe identification remains disputed
- DState law bars naming suicides
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Relatives asked that it stay private
The DNA Doe Project found his family in 2018, but relatives asked that it stay private; they had believed he was still alive and simply didn't want contact.
Q 09'The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet' was finally identified as a recording by which German band?
- ACamouflage
- BAlphaville
- CTrio
- DFex
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Fex
A teenager taped it off German radio around 1984, and in 2024 a Redditor finally traced it to Fex's Subways of Your Mind.
Q 10What unexpected item did a Reddit user discover inside his blown extension cord, which other Redditors quickly identified as a spying device?
- AA tiny GPS tracker
- BA miniature camera lens
- CA hidden microphone and SIM card
- DA data storage chip
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A hidden microphone and SIM card
A Reddit user posted pictures of his blown extension cord, revealing two circuit boards and what appeared to be a SIM card inside. Redditors quickly identified it as a sophisticated spying device due to the presence of a microphone.
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