1. In 1772, in France, the Academic Francaise investigated the fall of a large rock that landed with a loud explosion in Luce. How was this hot, smoking rock explained by the Academie to the scared peasants who reported finding it? The stone had been struck by lightning, tossed up, and fallen down. The stone had been thrown by a catapult. It was brimstone sent as a warning to the peasants. They thought the tail of a comet had fallen off.

2. In August, 1890, small yellowish spheres, white in the center, fell on a three square mile area around Mardin and Diyarbakir, Turkey. What did the residents do with this substance? Used it to feed their livestock Made bread out of it Washed their clothes in it Made a salve for burns out of it

3. What according to Italian Jerome Caradan (1501-1576) actually caused fish or frogs to fall from the sky during rainstorms? Whirlwinds and waterspouts These falls happen during certain rises of the tides. They fell from a special type of cloud. Only during days that follow full-moon nights

4. What fell on Bergen, Norway in 1578? Yellow mice Gray chipmunks Black toads Giant live spiders

5. Speaking of the unusual skies of Bergen, Norway, what fell from the sky on Bergen in 1579? Shrews Lemmings Ferrets Thousands of snails

6. What fell on July 2, 1943 on Aston Street in Charleston, South Carolina? Mussels Newts Earthworms Small alligators

7. A type of strange hailstones fell from the sky on Saint-Etienne-les-Emiremont, a parish in eastern France, on a Saturday evening in 1908. What was so strange about these hailstones? They were shaped like tiny crucifixes. The image of the Virgin Mary was imprinted on them. They were strung together like rosary beads. The hailstones smelled like lilacs.

8. What fell from the sky killing a carpenter working on his roof in Dusseldorf, Germany on Jan. 10, 1951? A cloudburst of large apples An airplane A 6 feet long shaft of ice A meteorite

9. In late October in 1881 what fell on Milwaukee, Green Bay, and some other towns in Wisconsin? Chunks of meat Spider webs White frogs Beer flavored gelatin

10. On May 21, 1911, a Mrs. Hiram Winchell found what crawling on her porch that had fallen during a heavy rainstorm? Black snake six feet long Gila monster Large tarantula spider A two foot long alligator