Bermuda Triangle Trivia

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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'.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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".

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.

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