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Quiz about The Bermuda Triangle
Quiz about The Bermuda Triangle

The Bermuda Triangle Trivia Quiz


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!

A multiple-choice quiz by Frideswide. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
Frideswide
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
120,679
Updated
Apr 22 23
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
5 / 10
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2540
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Top 35% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. The corners of the Bermuda Triangle are usually accepted to be found in Florida, the Bermuda Islands, and which other place? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. The 1974 bestseller 'The Bermuda Triangle' brought the phenomenon to the attention of a worldwide audience. What was the surname of Charles, its author? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. 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? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. The actual term 'Bermuda Triangle' was first used in a magazine article in which year? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. 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 __? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. On 5 December 1945, an incident occured that was to figure prominently in all subsequent discussions of the area's mysterious qualities. That fateful day in December it was not only the bombing run planes that were to disappear. What other craft also went missing? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. What strange feature has been noted in the area by satellites? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. There are other locations on earth which appear to have similar properties to the Bermuda Triangle.


Question 9 of 10
9. Which of the following theories has NOT been put forward as an explanation for the mysterious events in the Bermuda Triangle? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. The US Board of Geographic Names accepts the existence of the Bermuda Triangle.



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

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

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.
3. 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?

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

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'.
5. 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 __?

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.
6. On 5 December 1945, an incident occured that was to figure prominently in all subsequent discussions of the area's mysterious qualities. That fateful day in December it was not only the bombing run planes that were to disappear. What other craft also went missing?

Answer: Martin Mariner aeroplane

One of the two Martin Mariner planes despatched to find Flight 19 (a plane known as 'Training 49') never returned from its mission. This is one of the strangest incidents in the history of the Bermuda Triangle and it is easy to see why. Many people have tried to dismiss the disappearance of Flight 19 as misadventure, arguing that the pilots simply flew out over the Atlantic by mistake.

However, the disappearance of *another* plane - one sent out to rescue the first five - suggests that some other factor could have been at work.
7. What strange feature has been noted in the area by satellites?

Answer: Glowing 'white water'

The glowing 'white water' picked up by satellites still remains a mystery to scientists, although the phenomenon was first recorded by Columbus as he sailed through the area centuries beforehand. Another mysterious meterological condition renowned in the Bermuda Triangle is a glowing green fog, which obscures the vision of sailors and pilots as they try to navigate.
8. There are other locations on earth which appear to have similar properties to the Bermuda Triangle.

Answer: True

The Berlitz book mentioned in question 2 particularly explores this interesting idea. According to several theorists, it is possible to perceive a number of regularly-spaced areas around the world where there are cases of magnetic disturbance, missing aircraft, crewless ghost-ships and malfunctioning compasses.

The most famous of these is probably the Dragon's Triangle in Japan, which uncannily lies at the exact opposite position on the globe to the Bermuda Triangle.
9. Which of the following theories has NOT been put forward as an explanation for the mysterious events in the Bermuda Triangle?

Answer: Voodoo witchcraft from island natives

Some of the more far-fetched theories pertaining to the Triangle - especially those involving time-travel - seem to owe a lot to the thinking of figures such as Edgar Cayce, Arthur C. Clarke and Erik von Daniken. Personally, I don't believe that the prehistoric inhabitants of Atlantis used radioactive power sources that are now causing disruption from the sea bed! I'm also rather sceptical that compass disturbance can be attributed to crashed UFOs.

The blue hole theory (that strong currents can suck boats under the sea and wedge them in watery tunnels) seems a little more plausible, but who can say for sure? Then again, that's all part of the attraction of the Bermuda Triangle mystery.
10. The US Board of Geographic Names accepts the existence of the Bermuda Triangle.

Answer: False

Particularly after the disappearance of so many of its military personnel on 5 December 1945, the American establishment refuses to acknowledge any such mysterious area in Bermuda. If you want to find out the official view from the 'horse's mouth', you can read the report at www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq8-1.htm. Like many people, I'm personally not quite decided as to what's going on in the Bermuda Triangle, but I know for sure that it's interesting to read about! I hope you've enjoyed this quiz, and maybe learnt a little about the phenomenon too.
Source: Author Frideswide

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