Q 01/05

Which New Mexico town became a UFO landmark after its Army air field announced recovering a 'disc' in 1947?

A) Socorro

B) Roswell

C) Los Alamos

D) Aztec

Answer · why

B) Roswell

Roswell's debris actually came from Project Mogul, a top-secret balloon programme built to detect Soviet nuclear tests. The Army quickly dropped the d...

Q 02/05

Which firearms dynasty's widow, Sarah, built a San Jose 'Mystery House' that legend says was meant for ghosts?

A) Remington

B) Browning

C) Smith & Wesson

D) Winchester

Answer · why

D) Winchester

Winchester widow Sarah supposedly built the house to appease people killed by the family's rifles. Researchers have found no trace of the Boston mediu...

Q 03/05

Which American rock band took its name from the slang Allied pilots used for mysterious aerial lights in World War II?

A) Foo Fighters

B) Smashing Pumpkins

C) Soundgarden

D) Blue Öyster Cult

Answer · why

A) Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters comes from 'foo fighter', a nickname that itself borrowed the nonsense word 'foo' from the 1930s firefighter comic strip Smokey Stover.

Q 04/05

The famous 1934 'Surgeon's Photograph' of the Loch Ness Monster actually showed a sculpted head mounted on what?

A) A model sailboat

B) A floating barrel

C) A toy submarine

D) A rubber swim ring

Answer · why

C) A toy submarine

A toy submarine bought from Woolworths carried the wood-putty neck. The hoax was big-game hunter Marmaduke Wetherell's revenge on the Daily Mail, whic...

Q 05/05

Which Stephen King novel was inspired by a 1974 night he spent at Colorado's reputedly haunted Stanley Hotel?

A) Pet Sematary

B) The Shining

C) Bag of Bones

D) The Dead Zone

Answer · why

B) The Shining

The Shining took shape after King and his wife checked in just as the Stanley was shutting for the winter, leaving them almost alone in the building.