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Quiz about A Leap of Faith
Quiz about A Leap of Faith

A Leap of Faith Trivia Quiz


When you take a leap of faith you believe in something even though there is no actual proof it even exists. Ten questions about unproved things a lot of people believe in.

A multiple-choice quiz by Christinap. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
Christinap
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
365,523
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
3851
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. Many people believe in psychic powers even though there is little or no scientific evidence to say they exist. Which George Clooney film is based around U.S. military efforts to use psychic powers as a weapon? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Ghosts are something a lot of people believe in. Whose ghost is not believed to haunt the Tower of London? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. The Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot, the Yeti, many people believe in the existence of these mythical monsters. What is the overall term for creatures such as these? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Absolutely no proof at all of their existence does not stop a lot of people believing in alien life forms. Which book does not have alien encounters as the central theme? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. For centuries people have believed that their lives, even their personalities, are shaped by the alignment of stars and planets on their birth date. What is the practice of predicting the future by this method called? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. All over the world people believe in angels, whether in general, or their own particular guardian angel. Who, in 1957, sang "My Special Angel"? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Not a full blown paranormal power, what has been described as an itch in the brain, or a feeling in your stomach? Women are said to have more of it than men. Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. A part of many Eastern religions, what can be best defined as "what goes around comes around"? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Vampires, werewolves, fairies, supernatural creatures of all sorts, are part of folklore all round the world, and deeply believed in by a lot of people. Bram Stoker wrote "Dracula", the most famous of all vampire books. What nationality was he? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. The Bermuda Triangle effect, which causes ships and aircraft to disappear whilst crossing it, has a lot of believers. One of the best known disappearances was in 1945 when a complete squadron of what disappeared in it? Hint



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1. Many people believe in psychic powers even though there is little or no scientific evidence to say they exist. Which George Clooney film is based around U.S. military efforts to use psychic powers as a weapon?

Answer: The Men Who Stare at Goats

"The Men Who Stare at Goats" is a 2009 film starring George Clooney and Ewan McGregor. It is a comedy about the attempts of the U.S. Army to train psychic spies. Part of this involved psychic experiments on a herd of goats. The film is based on a book of the same name by Jon Ronson. The film had a mixed critical reaction. Some critics felt that the satire and dark humour was not 'edgy' enough. George Clooney however received good reviews for his acting.

It is a documented fact that during World War II, Hitler, a strong believer in the paranormal, was experimenting with psychic warfare, and the Russians also carried out experiments on far seeing and telepathy to see if there was any military application for it.
2. Ghosts are something a lot of people believe in. Whose ghost is not believed to haunt the Tower of London?

Answer: Anne of Cleves

Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard were the two wives of King Henry VIII who were executed at the Tower of London. Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, was also executed there, again on the orders of Henry VIII. All of their ghosts are said to haunt various parts of the Tower of London. Anne of Cleves was his fourth wife, who he divorced. She lived out her natural life in England, referred to as Henry's "Beloved Sister", her reward for agreeing to a quick divorce.

The Tower of London is said to have many ghosts. As well as Henry's executed Queens Guy Fawkes is said to haunt it. Walter Raleigh, King Henry VI and a grizzly bear are among other sightings reported.
3. The Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot, the Yeti, many people believe in the existence of these mythical monsters. What is the overall term for creatures such as these?

Answer: Cryptids

A cryptid is defined as "a creature or plant whose existence has been suggested but is not recognised by scientific consensus". Despite various photographs, most of which have been proved to be fakes, and reports of sightings over the years, none of the mythical monsters of the world have been proved to be real. There have been instances of a creature thought to be mythical turning out to actually exist. One example of this is the Okapi, which was once thought to be complete fiction.

Despite the complete lack of proof, and the fact that all photographs so far submitted have been either hoaxes or something else entirely, the legend of the Loch Ness Monster continues to lure tourists to the area in the hope of spotting it.
4. Absolutely no proof at all of their existence does not stop a lot of people believing in alien life forms. Which book does not have alien encounters as the central theme?

Answer: Brave New World

Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" features a future earth society which is genetically engineered and made drug dependent by the government. It was first published in 1932.

All of the other books feature an alien encounter of one sort of another. Indeed alien life forms, whether benign or hostile, have proved a rich source of material for books, films and television. There are also people who believe they have been abducted and experimented on by aliens, and then returned to earth. These stories seem to come mainly from America and other English speaking countries. There are people who claim to have been abducted multiple times.
5. For centuries people have believed that their lives, even their personalities, are shaped by the alignment of stars and planets on their birth date. What is the practice of predicting the future by this method called?

Answer: Astrology

At some time or another almost everyone will read their horoscope. For many it is the first thing they look at in the daily paper, others glance from time to time. The belief in predicting the future, both short and long term, from the position of the planets on the day you were born, or on any particular day, goes back to pre-Christian times, and was used to determine when to plant crops, if a hunt would be a success, even when to go to war.

There are many people today who regularly consult Astrologers, and will not make a major decision unless they feel the stars are favourable.
6. All over the world people believe in angels, whether in general, or their own particular guardian angel. Who, in 1957, sang "My Special Angel"?

Answer: Bobby Helms

"My Special Angel" was a crossover hit for Bobby Helms. It spent four weeks at number one on the Country Music chart, and also made number seven on the Billboard Hot 100. Cover versions were recorded by Bobby Vinton and Frankie Avalon. Malcolm Vaughan had a hit in the UK with his cover version, peaking at number three on the UK single chart.

There is no absolute scientific proof that angels exist. People do however say that if you see a white feather where one has no business to be it is a sign that an angel is watching over you.
7. Not a full blown paranormal power, what has been described as an itch in the brain, or a feeling in your stomach? Women are said to have more of it than men.

Answer: Intuition

Intuition is the feeling you get that something is wrong, or that something is about to happen just before it does. Some say they know someone is going to ring them just before they do. It is an instinctive understanding of something without any conscious reasoning to back up that understanding.

It's what gives us the ability to make a snap judgement about a situation or a person. I find it always best, when you get that feeling, to just go with it. Again, there is no proof that intuition actually exists.

Many scientists believe it is just the brain processing information already known at such a speed you don't even realise you have been thinking.
8. A part of many Eastern religions, what can be best defined as "what goes around comes around"?

Answer: Karma

Karma, which is part of Buddhism as well as Taoism and Hinduism, is the belief that good deeds in this life will lead to good in this and future lives, whilst bad deeds will lead to bad. The fact that deeds can influence this life as well as future lives makes it more complex than just the belief in reincarnation.
Fate is the belief that everything in life is predetermined and nothing you can do will change it.
9. Vampires, werewolves, fairies, supernatural creatures of all sorts, are part of folklore all round the world, and deeply believed in by a lot of people. Bram Stoker wrote "Dracula", the most famous of all vampire books. What nationality was he?

Answer: Irish

Bram Stoker was born in Dublin. "Dracula", the novel for which he is remembered, was published in 1897. During his lifetime though he was not known as a writer. He was best known as personal assistant to the famous actor, Sir Henry Irving and the manager of Irving's Lyceum Theatre in London. This aspect of his career is now largely overlooked.

The belief in supernatural creatures of various sorts can be found all over the world. Even today that belief persists in many areas, especially Eastern Europe.
10. The Bermuda Triangle effect, which causes ships and aircraft to disappear whilst crossing it, has a lot of believers. One of the best known disappearances was in 1945 when a complete squadron of what disappeared in it?

Answer: Aircraft

The Bermuda Triangle, or Devils Triangle, does not appear on any maps or navigational aids. It is a nickname given to an area of the Atlantic where many ships and aircraft have disappeared. This has given rise to the belief that there is some sort of paranormal or extra terrestrial activity in the area.

In 1945 five aircraft, Flight 19, were on a training flight that took them directly over the triangle. They disappeared without trace. One of the search and rescue aircraft sent out to look for them also disappeared. The official explanation was that there had been some sort of navigational error causing the planes to run out of fuel and crash into the ocean. The search and rescue aircraft that went missing had a history of explosions when fully loaded with fuel for a long mission, and it was decided this was what had happened to it. No trace of the aircraft has ever been found.

There were several incidents in the 1940s in the Bermuda Triangle area, including the loss of the USS Proteus and the USS Nereus. These ships were lost with all hands within a month of each other in 1941.
Source: Author Christinap

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