Q 01/05

Which region of North America is most associated with Bigfoot?

A) The Pacific Northwest

B) The Florida Everglades

C) The Appalachians

D) The Great Plains

Answer · why

A) The Pacific Northwest

Washington state alone has more than 2,000 reported sightings in the BFRO database.

Q 02/05

The word 'Sasquatch' is an anglicised version of a word meaning what?

A) Forest giant

B) Hairy man

C) Rock thrower

D) Night walker

Answer · why

B) Hairy man

J. W. Burns coined it in 1929 from the Halq'emeylem word sasq'ets.

Q 03/05

Who coined the term Sasquatch in a 1929 Maclean's magazine article?

A) John Green

B) Ivan T. Sanderson

C) J. W. Burns

D) Grover Krantz

Answer · why

C) J. W. Burns

He was an Indian agent and teacher who lived with the Sts'ailes Nation in British Columbia.

Q 04/05

In which year did 'Bigfoot' spread after loggers found huge footprints in Humboldt County?

A) 1987

B) 1967

C) 1972

D) 1958

Answer · why

D) 1958

Bulldozer operator Jerry Crew appeared on the front page of the Humboldt Times holding a plaster cast.

Q 05/05

What did the family of Ray Wallace reveal after his death in 2002?

A) A collection of carved wooden feet

B) A skull they said was a Bigfoot's

C) Reels of never-shown footage

D) A signed confession from Patterson

Answer · why

A) A collection of carved wooden feet

They said he had secretly made the 1958 tracks that gave Bigfoot its name.