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Urban Legend Fun Trivia Quiz

Have you been fooled by urban legends? Here are a few that may have tricked you!

A multiple-choice quiz by crisw. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
crisw

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
243

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
65867

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 170 (9/10), Guest 96 (6/10), Guest 174 (7/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Daily, we are bombarded with warnings of computer doom. Which of the following was *not* a hoax? Hint

Penpals

Good Times

Happy99

It Takes Guts to Say Jesus

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Question 2 of 10

2. What item was toy company Coleco rumored to send to the owners of Cabbage Patch dolls who requested one? Hint

A divorce settlement

A mink coat for their doll

A death certificate

A sequined outfit

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Question 3 of 10

3. Despite all the rumors, the acid-crazed babysitter didn't... Hint

Jump out the first-story window while attempting to fly

Paint the ceilings in psychedelic colors

Cook the baby in the microwave

Sing songs from Pink Floyd in church

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Question 4 of 10

4. Nope, it's an urban legend...you can't exchange aluminum can pull-tabs for... Hint

Gold bars

Kidney dialysis

Fine jewelry

6-packs of soda

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Question 5 of 10

5. Despite all the rumors, this company really isn't headed by Satanists who are involved in a plot to take over the world. Hint

Palmolive

Colgate

Procter and Gamble

Quaker Oats

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Question 6 of 10

6. No, the cast member did *not* hang himself during the filming of... Hint

Miracle on 57th Street

Gone with the Wind

The Wizard of Oz

Casablanca

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Question 7 of 10

7. Unfortunately, it's not true that John F. Kennedy, in a speech that was badly-translated from English to German, proclaimed 'I am a...' Hint

jelly doughnut

rubber duck

Berliner

airliner

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Question 8 of 10

8. Despite tales to the contrary, the modern image of Santa Claus was not entirely crafted by... Hint

Pierre Cardin

Elves

Coca-Cola

A cookie company

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Question 9 of 10

9. This family member was never really served up well-done in Mexico. Hint

The dog

The mother-in-law

The baby

Grandma

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Question 10 of 10

10. 'Puff the Magic Dragon' is NOT a song about... Hint

Marijuana

Innocence

Dragons

Children

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Daily, we are bombarded with warnings of computer doom. Which of the following was *not* a hoax?

Answer: Happy99

For the best site on urban legends on the Web, see www.snopes.com

2. What item was toy company Coleco rumored to send to the owners of Cabbage Patch dolls who requested one?

Answer: A death certificate

This was no doubt due to the fact that the dolls came with a birth certificate.

3. Despite all the rumors, the acid-crazed babysitter didn't...

Answer: Cook the baby in the microwave

This started with a "baby in the oven" in the 60's, but was "updated" with the advent of the microwave.

4. Nope, it's an urban legend...you can't exchange aluminum can pull-tabs for...

Answer: Kidney dialysis

The pull tabs are worth no more than the aluminum in the cans.

5. Despite all the rumors, this company really isn't headed by Satanists who are involved in a plot to take over the world.

Answer: Procter and Gamble

Believe it or not, I've gotten emails from some people disputing this!

6. No, the cast member did *not* hang himself during the filming of...

Answer: The Wizard of Oz

During the scene, you can see *something* flapping around in the background; which some people felt looked like someone hanging in a noose. It's really an emu- a large flightless Australian bird.

7. Unfortunately, it's not true that John F. Kennedy, in a speech that was badly-translated from English to German, proclaimed 'I am a...'

Answer: jelly doughnut

From www.snopes.com-'No intelligent native speaker of German tittered in Berlin when J.F.K. spoke,just as no native speaker of German, or one who does know this language, would titter if someone said Ich bin ein Wiener or Hamburger or Frankfurter. Only a chuckling chucklehead would translate Ich bin ein Wiener ('I am a male Viennese') as 'I am a sausage.' Only a tittering twit would translate Ich bin ein Hamburger ('a male person from Hamburg') as 'I am a meat patty.' And only a babbling bubblebrain would translate Ich bin ein Frankfurter ('a male person from Frankfurt') as 'I am a long, smoked, reddish sausage.' '

8. Despite tales to the contrary, the modern image of Santa Claus was not entirely crafted by...

Answer: Coca-Cola

He was around a long time before that.

9. This family member was never really served up well-done in Mexico.

Answer: The dog

In another legend, the family brings home a "dog" that turns out to be a sewer rat.

10. 'Puff the Magic Dragon' is NOT a song about...

Answer: Marijuana

Sometimes songs really *are* about what they seem to be about!

Source: Author crisw

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