Q 01/05

The Jersey Devil of American folklore is said to haunt which region of New Jersey?

A) Pine Barrens

B) The Meadowlands

C) The Palisades

D) Delaware Water Gap

Answer · why

A) Pine Barrens

Pine Barrens: in one week of January 1909, newspapers printed hundreds of Jersey Devil sightings from across South Jersey, and the scare closed school...

Q 02/05

In which mountain range is the Yeti, the elusive ape-like cryptid of Asian folklore, said to reside?

A) Andes

B) Himalayas

C) Rockies

D) Alps

Answer · why

B) Himalayas

The Yeti, or Abominable Snowman, is a legendary creature believed to inhabit the Himalayan mountain range in Asia.

Q 03/05

The Goatman urban legend is most associated with which US state, especially Prince George's County?

A) Maryland

B) Louisiana

C) Kentucky

D) Texas

Answer · why

A) Maryland

Maryland: one version of the tale makes the Goatman a scientist at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center whose experiment on goats backfired, le...

Q 04/05

The modern jackalope legend, a jackrabbit with antlers, was popularised in which US state?

A) Nevada

B) Colorado

C) Montana

D) Wyoming

Answer · why

D) Wyoming

Wyoming: Douglas Herrick and his brother mounted deer antlers on a jackrabbit in Douglas, Wyoming, and the town's Chamber of Commerce now issues joke ...

Q 05/05

Ogopogo, the serpentine lake monster of British Columbia folklore, is said to inhabit which lake?

A) Okanagan

B) Kootenay

C) Great Slave

D) Superior

Answer · why

A) Okanagan

Okanagan Lake in British Columbia is Ogopogo's reputed home; Syilx elders use an older name for it and describe a sacred being in the water rather tha...