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Quiz about I Took the Wrong Left
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I Took the Wrong Left Trivia Quiz


The people in this quiz all disappeared, some for longer than others! See how many you can identify.

A multiple-choice quiz by austinnene. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
austinnene
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
369,112
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
8 / 10
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738
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Question 1 of 10
1. This individual disappeared in 1937 despite employing a navigator for the journey. No trace has been found of either of them, or their vehicle. Who was this hapless adventurer? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. In 1938, this person was set to fly to California from Brooklyn, New York; but managed somehow to end up in Ireland! He earned a nickname that stuck for the rest of his life. Who was this hapless pilot? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. This British explorer became convinced of (some might say obsessed with) the existence of a mysterious city in the jungles of Brazil, known as the Lost City of Z. He took his son and his son's best friend into uncharted territory to find it and they were never heard from again. Who was this hapless Brit? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. This English explorer of the early 1600s "discovered" a major river running through what is now New York State, then ventured north into Canada, seeking a Northwest Passage connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. His crew, however, had other ideas. They set him adrift in a bay that would later bear his name, and he was never heard from again. Who was this hapless explorer? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. This famous English author disappeared for 10 days in 1926, but was found alive. The police must have employed their "little gray cells" to locate the missing writer! Who was this temporarily hapless celebrity? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. This individual hijacked an airliner in the American Northwest in November 1971, extorted $200,000 from an airline company, then parachuted out of the plane, never to be found. He remains the subject of folklore to this day. Who was this possibly hapless criminal? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. On a mission to bring an art collection to the developed world, this 23-year-old son of of a prominent and rich American family disappeared in the wilds of what was then known as Netherlands New Guinea (now Papua New Guinea). Who was this American scion of wealth? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. In June of 1962, inmates actually escaped from the prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay. They have never been found and are presumed (though not proven) to have drowned. Who were these escapees? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. This American labor leader, who was often rumored to have close ties to the mob, disappeared in 1975. He hasn't been found. Who was this hapless tough guy? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. This disappearance involved a whole community, not just a person or two. Virginia Dare, credited with being the first English child born in the Americas, was among the 120 or so people who vanished from the small settlement of Roanoke. In which present-day state is the site of the colony of Roanoke located? Hint





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1. This individual disappeared in 1937 despite employing a navigator for the journey. No trace has been found of either of them, or their vehicle. Who was this hapless adventurer?

Answer: Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart's plane is still missing and the object of ongoing searches.
2. In 1938, this person was set to fly to California from Brooklyn, New York; but managed somehow to end up in Ireland! He earned a nickname that stuck for the rest of his life. Who was this hapless pilot?

Answer: Douglas Corrigan

Mr. Corrigan was saddled with the moniker "Wrong Way" when news of his spectacular error was circulated. His story (and he stuck to it!) was that he made a navigational error due to heavy cloud cover and poor light that led him to misread his compass.

There was skepticism about these claims, though, because Corrigan was a skilled aviation engineer who had worked on Lindbergh's plane, The Spirit of St. Louis. There was widespread speculation that his flight to the Emerald Isle was deliberate, although he never admitted it.

He had recently been denied permission to fly to Ireland, and people felt this was his way of getting around that prohibition.
3. This British explorer became convinced of (some might say obsessed with) the existence of a mysterious city in the jungles of Brazil, known as the Lost City of Z. He took his son and his son's best friend into uncharted territory to find it and they were never heard from again. Who was this hapless Brit?

Answer: Percy Fawcett

Percy Fawcett and his party disappeared in 1925, but Fawcett had been exploring South American uncharted territories since 1906 as an agent of the Royal Geographical Society. During his travels he learned of the "Lost City of Z"--possibly El Dorado- and over time became dedicated to finding it.

He, his son Jack and his son's best friend Raleigh Rimmell disappeared shortly after setting off on the expedition. Though there have been a number of efforts to find out what befell them, it remains a mystery.
4. This English explorer of the early 1600s "discovered" a major river running through what is now New York State, then ventured north into Canada, seeking a Northwest Passage connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. His crew, however, had other ideas. They set him adrift in a bay that would later bear his name, and he was never heard from again. Who was this hapless explorer?

Answer: Henry Hudson

Henry Hudson has both a New York river and a large Canadian bay named for him, but apparently the men under his command didn't hold him in high esteem! Andrew Baffin and Albert Winnipeg are figments of my imagination.
5. This famous English author disappeared for 10 days in 1926, but was found alive. The police must have employed their "little gray cells" to locate the missing writer! Who was this temporarily hapless celebrity?

Answer: Agatha Christie

Ms. Christie disappeared from her home on the evening of December 3, 1926, shortly after her husband asked her for a divorce because he was in love with another woman. Her disappearance set off a massive search by police, volunteers, and even Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who gave a medium one of Ms. Christie's gloves in an effort to locate her.

She was found by police on December 14 at a hotel in Yorkshire, registered under a false name as a woman from South Africa. Ms. Christie never divulged her reason for disappearing, but it was rumored that she was contemplating a suicide made to look like a murder, to implicate either her husband or his mistress. Luckily, she survived, and went on to write many enjoyable mysteries during her long life.
6. This individual hijacked an airliner in the American Northwest in November 1971, extorted $200,000 from an airline company, then parachuted out of the plane, never to be found. He remains the subject of folklore to this day. Who was this possibly hapless criminal?

Answer: D.B. Cooper

D.B. Cooper actually was issued a one-way ticket to Seattle from Portland, Oregon, in the name of Dan Cooper. He boarded the plane, and once in the air sent a note to a flight attendant, saying he had a bomb and asking her to sit next to him. He opened his bag to show her what appeared to be a bomb, then made a demand for a ransom of $200,000 to be paid by the airline, at the time known as Northwest Orient.

The airline paid the ransom and supplied Cooper with a parachute when the plane landed in Seattle. Cooper released all the passengers; the plane took off again with only the crew and Cooper aboard.

He parachuted out of the plane in rural eastern Washington State and has never been found. It is not known if he survived the jump.
7. On a mission to bring an art collection to the developed world, this 23-year-old son of of a prominent and rich American family disappeared in the wilds of what was then known as Netherlands New Guinea (now Papua New Guinea). Who was this American scion of wealth?

Answer: Michael Rockefeller

Michael Rockefeller and his party were headed to southwestern New Guinea to, they hoped, take a collection of carvings of the Asmat people back to the USA. Their boat capsized on the Betsj River. Michael eventually attempted to swim to shore and has never been found.

It was originally assumed he had drowned and possibly been eaten by sharks, as the overturned boat was several miles from shore when he started swimming. However, in early 2014, a book by one Carl Hoffman, who spent more than two years researching the circumstances of Michael's death, was published which asserts instead that Rockefeller actually made it to shore and was met by cannibals seeking revenge for an earlier killing of one of their own by white men. According to Hoffman, Michael was killed and consumed in a ritual act of revenge for the earlier killing.
8. In June of 1962, inmates actually escaped from the prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay. They have never been found and are presumed (though not proven) to have drowned. Who were these escapees?

Answer: Frank Morris, and John and Clarence Anglin

Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin indisputably made it off Alcatraz Island, employing a makeshift raft. They have not been found, but the prevailing theory is that they died in the water. Aaron Burgett and Clyde Johnson attempted to escape the island in 1958. Johnson was apprehended and Burgett's body washed up on shore a couple weeks later. Bonnie and Clyde weren't in Alcatraz-they died in a shootout with law enforcement. John Dillinger did in fact escape from an Indiana prison, but Harris Michaels is a name I made up.
9. This American labor leader, who was often rumored to have close ties to the mob, disappeared in 1975. He hasn't been found. Who was this hapless tough guy?

Answer: Jimmy Hoffa

Jimmy Hoffa's disappearance has been the subject of numerous investigations, but it has never been solved. He is believed to have been murdered by the mob. Hoffa was the leader of the Teamsters Union for many years and known to have connections to the underworld.

He was convicted of jury tampering, fraud and attempted bribery in 1964 and served part of a prison term for these crimes before being pardoned by Richard Nixon in 1971. Part of the deal made with Nixon was that Hoffa would not engage in any union-related activity until 1980, but Hoffa was not happy about that and was thought to be working behind the scenes to regain power within the union structure.

It was theorized that he was killed by mob members who didn't want him to regain control of the unions, fearing that the mob would lose control of union pension funds.

However, his disappearance remains unexplained.
10. This disappearance involved a whole community, not just a person or two. Virginia Dare, credited with being the first English child born in the Americas, was among the 120 or so people who vanished from the small settlement of Roanoke. In which present-day state is the site of the colony of Roanoke located?

Answer: North Caroliina

Roanoke Island lies off the coast of present-day North Carolina, but when first settled by the English was part of Virginia. It was settled by the English in the late 1500s, and a child, Virginia Dare, was born there in August 1587. Her grandfather, John White, was the colony's governor; he returned to England shortly after Virginia was born, to request more supplies for the new settlement.

When he returned, three years later, everyone had vanished. Most people believed either that they were killed by Native American tribes in the area or that they joined with a tribe and intermarried. Tales of "blue-eyed Indians" seen in the general area in years following lent some weight to the latter possibility.

It is still not known what fate befell them.
Source: Author austinnene

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