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WSC 2019 [Special Area - Unsolved Mysteries] part 2

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which group was originally believed to have ordered the construction of stonehenge?

a)

Druids

b)

Celts

c)

Sctos

d)

Barbarians

e)

Vikings

2.

Stonehenge was also being built when what other structure was under construction?

a)

Puma Punku

b)

Hanging Gardens

c)

Great Pyramids

d)

Nazca Geoglyphs

e)

Giant Spheres of Costa Rica

3.

Who is theorised to have helped develop the Zuni language?

a)

Other Native American tribes

b)

Incas

c)

Japanese monks

d)

Spanish colonialists

e)

None of the above

4.

What is remarkable about the Zuni people?

a)

Their language

b)

Their culture

c)

Their religion

d)

The fact they've lived in isolation for 7,000 years

e)

All of the above

5.

The Nazca Geoglyphs are located in what country?

a)

Colombia

b)

Chile

c)

Argentina

d)

Bolivia

e)

Peru

6.

The ship that most likely inspired The Flying Dutchman sank where?

a)

Indian Ocean

b)

North Sea

c)

Bermuda Triangle

d)

Cape of Good Hope

e)

Mouth of the Mediterranean

7.

What is often associated with sightings of the Flying Dutchman?

a)

Prosperity

b)

Good winds

c)

A violent storm

d)

A bad omen

e)

A sinking

8.

Who most likely created the Giant Spheres of Costa Rica?

a)

Incas

b)

Aztecs

c)

Zuni

d)

Diquis

9.

In which province were the Terracotta warriors unearthed?

a)

Hebei

b)

Shaanxi

c)

Guangdong

d)

Sichuan

e)

Fujian

10.

Puma Punku can be found where?

a)

Peru

b)

Mexico

c)

Bolivia

d)

Ecuador

e)

Guatemala

11.

Who were the main owners of the Ulferberht swords?

a)

Frankish royalty

b)

Germanic barbarians

c)

Norman invaders

d)

Viking nobility

e)

Turkish steel traders

12.

Jack the Ripper operated in what district of London?

a)

Whitechapel

b)

Southwark

c)

Kensington

d)

Westminster

e)

All of the above

13.

Dale Kerstetter disappeared from which US state?

a)

Pennsylvania

b)

Arizona

c)

New York

d)

Hawaii

e)

Alaska

14.

Mandy Hampton appeared (and then disappeared) in which TV series?

a)

West End

b)

Man in the High Castle

c)

The West Wing

d)

The Office

e)

Doctor Who

15.

Amelia Earhart disappeared en route to which location?

a)

Greenland

b)

Papua New Guinea

c)

San Francisco

d)

Howland Island

e)

Christmas Island

16.

What group is most suspected to be behind the disappearance of the Sodder Children?

a)

The CIA

b)

Italian Mafia

c)

Their distant relatives

d)

Al Capone's gangsters

e)

None of the above

17.

Edgar Allan Poe died in which state?

a)

Philadelphia

b)

Maryland

c)

New York

d)

Virginia

e)

Pennsylvania

18.

Who developed Starlite?

a)

A team of elite US scientists

b)

An underground Nazi resistance movement

c)

Russian hackers

d)

A hairdresser from Yorkshire

e)

An ancient civilisation

19.

Starlite fell into which material category?

a)

Metal

b)

Interstellar element

c)

Plastic

d)

Wood

e)

Glass

20.

Who is mainly blamed for the destruction of the Library of Alexandria?

a)

Alexander the Great

b)

Julius Caesar

c)

Caligula

d)

An unnamed Arab caliph

e)

Ramses II

21.

Where was the last place DB Cooper was ever seen?

a)

Portland International Airport

b)

Reno airport, Nevada

c)

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport

d)

Arizona Desert

22.

Which of the following is not a possible explanation for the fall of the Mayan civilisation?

a)

Drought

b)

Famine

c)

Overpopulation

d)

Spanish Conquistadors

e)

Natural Disaster

23.

Where might one find proof of the Dinosaurs extinction from an interstellar body?

a)

Mexico

b)

Siberia

c)

Brazil

d)

Mongolia

e)

Morocco

24.

Which group is most likely a descendant of the Lost Tribes of Israel?

a)

Assyrians

b)

Pashtuns

c)

Jacobites

d)

Turkish

e)

Kurds

25.

Who first described Atlantis?

a)

Plato

b)

Aristotle

c)

Socrates

d)

Herodotus

e)

Sophocles

26.

Which Egyptian ruler launched an expedition to the fabled Land of Punt?

a)

Ramses II

b)

Nefertiti

c)

Hatshepsut

d)

Cleopatra

27.

El Dorado was likely located in which country?

a)

Venezuela

b)

Guatemala

c)

Panama

d)

Brazil

e)

Columbia

28.

Which author has written about El Dorado?

a)

Edgar Allan Poe

b)

Mark Twain

c)

Arthur Conan Doyle

d)

Ernest Hemingway

e)

None of the above

29.

Area 51 was initially used for what?

a)

Chemical weapons development

b)

Prisoner of war camp

c)

Spy plane test facility

d)

Alien investigation site

e)

Psychological warfare test facility

30.

What mysterious object is most likely located in Leon?

a)

Fountain of Youth

b)

Atlantis

c)

Dark Matter

d)

Holy Grail

e)

Atacama Skeleton

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