FREE! Click here to Join FunTrivia. Thousands of games, quizzes, and lots more!
Bermuda Triangle Quizzes, Trivia and Puzzles
Bermuda Triangle Quizzes, Trivia

Bermuda Triangle Trivia

Bermuda Triangle Trivia Quizzes

  1. Home
  2. »
  3. Quizzes
  4. »
  5. General Knowledge Trivia
  6. »
  7. The Unexplained

Fun Trivia
5 Bermuda Triangle quizzes and 50 Bermuda Triangle trivia questions.
1.
  The Bermuda Triangle   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The mysterious Bermuda Triangle is an area famed for missing ships, planes and people. Let's see what you know about it, if you haven't disappeared by the end of this quiz!
Tough, 10 Qns, Frideswide, Apr 22 23
Tough
Frideswide
Apr 22 23
2487 plays
2.
  Weird Stuff: The Bermuda Triangle   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The Bermuda Triangle has supposedly snatched away many planes and ships to a different dimension. What do you know about the "unexplained" Bermuda Triangle?
Tough, 10 Qns, Pejikr, Feb 25 10
Tough
Pejikr
1506 plays
3.
  Disappearing in Mist   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The Bermuda Triangle is one of the most infamous locations in the world. Planes, ships, and countless people have gone missing there, some blaming mysterious mists. Are you brave enough to take this quiz... or will you disappear in the mist?
Tough, 10 Qns, SGTShaw, Jan 03 15
Tough
SGTShaw
428 plays
4.
  The Bermuda Triangle: Facts and Myths    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Since this is my 13th quiz, I thought that it should be about something legendary and surrounded by superstition. What better subject than the Bermuda Triangle? Let's see how much you know.
Very Difficult, 10 Qns, Jayman0755, Nov 16 08
Very Difficult
Jayman0755
1880 plays
5.
  The Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Hi, this is my first quiz. It is about the Bermuda Triangle and its mysteries. I hope you like it.
Tough, 10 Qns, mnrhp, Nov 28 09
Tough
mnrhp
830 plays
trivia question Quick Question
There have been several ships in the Bermuda Triangle with no one aboard, just floating dead in the water. What are these ships called?

From Quiz "Disappearing in Mist"





Bermuda Triangle Trivia Questions

1. We'll start off with a geographical question. Two of the points in the triangle are at Miami and Bermuda. Where is the third point?

From Quiz
Disappearing in Mist

Answer: San Juan

When connecting Miami, Puerto Rico, and Bermuda, the result is a triangle. Although some strange things happen outside of this shape, it all leads back to the mysterious waters inside. There are many theories about why so many people, planes, and ships disappear here.

2. The Bermuda Triangle has an alternate name not based on geography. What is it?

From Quiz Weird Stuff: The Bermuda Triangle

Answer: Devil's Triangle

The mystery of the Bermuda Triangle is an urban legend. It is often considered a paranormal place. The Bahamas lie within the region; all other waters not part of the claimed Bahamas maritime zone are international waters.

3. What is another name for the Bermuda Triangle?

From Quiz The Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle

Answer: Devil's Triangle

Another name for the Bermuda Triangle is Devil's Triangle, because a number of airplanes and ships going through this area have disappeared. The Bermuda Triangle is found in the North Atlantic Ocean.

4. The tanker V. A. Fogg is often listed as lost in the Bermuda Triangle. Was it really?

From Quiz The Bermuda Triangle: Facts and Myths

Answer: No, it sank in the Gulf of Mexico

The V. A. Fogg was on its way from Freeport, Texas to Houston at the time of her sinking. Having just unloaded a cargo of benzene at the Phillips Petroleum and DuPont Chemical terminals, they needed to clean their tanks, and had five workmen aboard for that purpose. While the exact cause of the sinking was never determined, it is likely that benzene fumes exploded in the tanks. The ship sank in a matter of minutes.

5. The corners of the Bermuda Triangle are usually accepted to be found in Florida, the Bermuda Islands, and which other place?

From Quiz The Bermuda Triangle

Answer: Puerto Rico

Getting the bearings of the area we're talking about is important! Some people have said that the Bermuda Triangle is not so much a 'triangle' but more like a 'lozenge'. All the same, the imagined corners always remain in roughly the same places. The area covers open sea and many smaller islands, such as the Florida Keys.

6. Did the cabin cruiser Witchcraft disappear in the Triangle?

From Quiz The Bermuda Triangle: Facts and Myths

Answer: Yes

The case of the Witchcraft is one of the more baffling mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle. On December 22, 1967 Dan Burack, owner of the craft and a highly experienced sailor, and Father Patrick Horgan went out on the boat to view the Christmas lights of Miami. Their last reported position was near buoy #7, still in the Miami harbor. Burack radioed that he had hit something, but thought that the boat was in no danger. Neither the boat nor its occupants were ever seen or heard from again.

7. The 1974 bestseller 'The Bermuda Triangle' brought the phenomenon to the attention of a worldwide audience. What was the surname of Charles, its author?

From Quiz The Bermuda Triangle

Answer: Berlitz

Perhaps unexpectedly, the man who popularised the Bermuda Triangle myth was actually the son of the founder of the mighty Berlitz language-guide empire! The book is an excellent read with lots of maps, charts and creepy underwater photographs, and has been reprinted several times. There is also a sequel, called 'Without A Trace', published in 1994.

8. What famous explorer documented strange occurrences in the Bermuda Triangle?

From Quiz Disappearing in Mist

Answer: Christopher Columbus

In his journals, Columbus wrote about strange mists that would pop up out of nowhere. Even his compass was acting strange; it would spin in circles non-stop for no apparent reason. He even wrote about lights in the sky that would fly down into the water.

9. The first story of mysterious disappearances in the triangle was published in an article by what news agency?

From Quiz Weird Stuff: The Bermuda Triangle

Answer: Associated Press

On September 16, 1950, an article in the Associated Press mentioned the disappearances in the triangle. It was the first time someone publicly suggested that something unusual was going on there. The article was written by E.V.W. Jones.

10. On one specific day, two famous accidents happened at the Bermuda Triangle. What was that date?

From Quiz The Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle

Answer: December 5th ,1945

On December 5, 1945, U.S. Flight 19 disappeared. On the same day, a Mariner aircraft disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle as well!

11. Has the disappearance of the schooner USS Patriot ever been explained?

From Quiz The Bermuda Triangle: Facts and Myths

Answer: Yes, deathbed confessions of two men indicate that pirates murdered everyone aboard, plundered the cargo, and then set the ship adrift under full sail.

The Patriot disappeared in 1813 on a voyage between Charleston and New York City. On board was Theodosia Burr Alston, the daughter of former vice president Aaron Burr and wife of South Carolina Governor Joseph Alston. Numerous versions of what happened to the ship were told, but eventually two men made deathbed confessions to having been part of a pirate crew that murdered everyone aboard, plundered the cargo, and then set the ship adrift under full sail. While some doubt these confessions, they are similar enough to indicate that they may be true, and they do serve to explain the fate of the Patriot.

12. Often implicated in the disappearance of Bermuda Triangle ships is a body of water known as the Sargasso Sea. From what does it take its name?

From Quiz The Bermuda Triangle

Answer: Sargassum seaweed

Sargassum is a thick, brown seaweed that floats in huge banks near the Bermuda Triagle. It's also known as 'gulf weed' and 'sea holly', and is so famously impenetrable that sailors from centuries ago feared being becalmed in its grasp. The Sargasso Sea and Gulf Stream, where the weed is found, are particularly calm bodies of water, making travellers uneasy about being trapped there in the days of sail-powered boats.

13. Which America politician's daughter supposedly disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle?

From Quiz Disappearing in Mist

Answer: Aaron Burr

Theodosia Burr disappeared in the early 19th century. Although some theories claim that the ship she was on, The Patriot, was captured by pirates, and that even she herself ran off with a lover, the Bermuda Triangle is often blamed. The Patriot had to sail through it on a voyage, and was never heard from again.

14. In 1952, "Fate" magazine published an article about the loss of planes and ships in the triangle. What was the article titled?

From Quiz Weird Stuff: The Bermuda Triangle

Answer: Sea Mystery at Our Back Door

The article was written by George X. Sand. He wrote about the loss of planes and ships in the area, including the loss of Flight 19. The article was the first one to specify any boundaries of the triangle, and they have remained the most common ones.

15. British passenger aircraft G-AHNP Star Tiger lost six crew members and twenty-five passengers on January 30, 1948. Where was the aircraft heading?

From Quiz The Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle

Answer: Bermuda

This British South American Airways airplane vanished somewhere over the Bermuda Triangle on January 30, 1948. It was never found.

16. Was the Japanese freighter Raifuku Maru lost in the Triangle?

From Quiz The Bermuda Triangle: Facts and Myths

Answer: No, it sank off the New England coast

According to at least three authors, Raifuku Maru was lost east of the Bahamas, disappearing without a trace. In fact, the April 1925 disappearance of the wheat laden ship happened soon after leaving Boston, and was witnessed by crewmembers and passengers of the New York bound liner RMS Homeric, which was attempting to render assistance despite a storm and heavy seas.

17. The actual term 'Bermuda Triangle' was first used in a magazine article in which year?

From Quiz The Bermuda Triangle

Answer: 1964

This may be more recent than you expect. A writer named Vincent Gaddis first used the phrase in 'Argosy' magazine in 1964. However, the idea of an area off Florida where strange events occurred was already being put forward as early as 1952, in a publication appropriately known as 'Fate'. As well as 'Bermuda Triangle', the area also goes by the inviting name 'Devil's Triangle'.

18. What was the name of the famous ship that disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle in 1918?

From Quiz Disappearing in Mist

Answer: Cyclops

The USS Cyclops was scheduled to go through the Bermuda Triangle to reach its destination, but was not scheduled to make any stops along the way. It never made it to port. U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt declared the ship lost and everyone on board deceased on June 1st, 1918.

19. Remaining technology from Atlantis has been blamed for disappearances. This technology is linked to what rock compound?

From Quiz Weird Stuff: The Bermuda Triangle

Answer: Bimini Road

The island of Bimini is the closest Bahamian island to the United States, which sometimes places it in the triangle. The formation lies near Bimini island. Edgar Cayce, a psychic, believed that Atlantis was going to be discovered when Bimini Road was found. His followers believed the same thing. According to geologists, the formation came to be naturally. Source: Wikipedia

20. The aircraft G-AGRE Star Ariel disappeared over the Bermuda Triangle on January 17, 1949. What kind of weather problems did the crew experience that day?

From Quiz The Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle

Answer: There were no weather problems

Strangely, the Star Ariel aircraft was traveling in good, clear weather conditions. The cause of its disappearance was never found.

21. What was the last radio transmission from the tanker Marine Sulphur Queen?

From Quiz The Bermuda Triangle: Facts and Myths

Answer: A routine position report from just west of the Dry Tortugas

The Marine Sulphur Queen was last heard from on February 4, 1963 when she radioed a routine position report placing her just west of the Dry Tortugas. Interestingly, neither the Coast Guard, the ship's owners, nor the consignee who was to receive her cargo of liquefied sulfur realized she was missing until an investment broker called the Coast Guard after being unable to reach the ship to confirm a wheat futures order he had received via radio from crewmember Willie Manuel. Although not yet confirmed, wreckage discovered in 423' of water near the Dry Tortugas may be the Marine Sulphur Queen.

22. On 5 December 1945, an incident occured that was to figure prominently in all subsequent discussions of the area's mysterious qualities. It related to an airforce bombing run involving a group of planes known as Flight __?

From Quiz The Bermuda Triangle

Answer: 19

Flight 19 - five Avenger planes in all - set off to practise bombing that December, but soon became lost. Anyone acquainted with Triangle mythology will be familiar with poignant transcripts of the messages they radioed back to base. Planes from this period had no GPS systems to help them navigate, so it was slightly easier for pilots to get lost. However, comments from Lieutenant Charles Taylor, who was leading Flight 19, seemed to indicate that his compass and other gadgets were malfunctioning in a strange manner.

23. The US government stated in early February, 2014 that the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle was what?

From Quiz Disappearing in Mist

Answer: Fake

The US government said that there was no mystery to it, that bad weather and poor navigational skills were to blame for the disappearances. There are some, however, that do not believe this, and that there is in fact a mystery to the deadly Bermuda Triangle.

24. What is the name of the current that flows through the Bermuda Triangle?

From Quiz Weird Stuff: The Bermuda Triangle

Answer: Gulf Stream

This current flows at a surface velocity of 5.6 miles per hour. You could call the Gulf Stream a "river within an ocean". The Gulf Stream can transport small boats that land on the water, and can throw boats off track. Source: Wikipedia

25. In 1969, two lighthouse keepers disappeared from the Bahamas, causing many people to tie the incident to the powers of the Bermuda Triangle. From which island did they disappear?

From Quiz The Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle

Answer: Great Isaac Cay

The strange "powers" of the Bermuda Triangle made people think that the disappearance incident of 1969 was tied to it. The Great Isaac Cay is famous for its lighthouse.

26. Where did the tug Southern Cities disappear?

From Quiz The Bermuda Triangle: Facts and Myths

Answer: In the Gulf of Mexico, southeast of Brownsville

Although often listed as a casualty of the Bermuda Triangle, the tug Southern Cities was making her fourth trip from Freeport, Texas to Tuxpan, Mexico, towing a loaded barge. Heavy seas and high winds were reported by other vessels. On November 5, 1966, the barge was found adrift approximately 105 miles northeast of Tuxpan with the towing hawser still connected and the cargo still aboard. The Southern Cities, designed as a harbor tug, was ill suited to coastal and ocean going work and had had problems on two of her previous trips. Although no bodies or debris were ever found, it is assumed that she sank somewhere between her last reported position, which was approximately 95 miles east-southeast of Brownsville, and the place where her barge was found.

27. One of the most famous disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle was that of Flight 19 on December 5th... of what year?

From Quiz Disappearing in Mist

Answer: 1945

Flight 19 was sent on a routine training exercise, taking off from the Florida Keys. After finishing the exercise, they could not find their way back to the Keys, despite following exact coordinates. They maintained radio communications with Fort Lauderdale, saying that they were running low on fuel. However, after some static, Fort Lauderdale lost all communications with Flight 19, never being heard from again. The wreckage was never recovered.

28. What gas has been thought to cause ships to sink in the triangle by decreasing the water's buoyancy?

From Quiz Weird Stuff: The Bermuda Triangle

Answer: Methane

Methane gas could cause the ship to sink very suddenly. The methane theory, however, cannot explain lost planes. Methane hydrates are under the continental shelf of the triangle, and methane coming out of the shelf would cause ships to sink quickly by decreasing the water's buoyancy. Source: Wikipedia

29. The book "Bermuda Triangle Mystery" was written by whom?

From Quiz The Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle

Answer: Lawrence David Kusche

The "Bermuda Triangle Mystery" was written in 1975. Kusche also wrote the book "The Disappearance of Flight 19".

30. What is different about the Crystal from other vessels lost in the Bermuda Triangle?

From Quiz The Bermuda Triangle: Facts and Myths

Answer: It was found four years after it disappeared

The Crystal disappeared in 1964 and, as is often the case with disappearances in the Triangle, there was no distress call. In 1968 the Crystal was found, although details of the circumstances have proven difficult to find, possibly because they don't readily support any of the myths or theories about the Triangle.

This is category 18571
Last Updated Mar 23 2024 5:49 AM
play trivia = Top 5% Rated Quiz, take trivia quiz Top 10% Rated Quiz, test trivia quiz Top 20% Rated Quiz, popular trivia A Well Rated Quiz
new quizzes = added recently, editor pick = Editor's Pick editor = FunTrivia Editor gold = Gold Member

Teachers / educators: FunTrivia welcomes the use of our website and quizzes in the classroom as a teaching aid or for preparing and testing students. See our education section. Our quizzes are printable and may be used as question sheets by k-12 teachers, parents, and home schoolers.

 ·  All questions, answers, and quiz content on this website is copyright FunTrivia, Inc and may not be reproduced without permission. Any images from TV shows and movies are copyright their studios, and are being used under "fair use" for commentary and education.