A Cryptozoology Tour Trivia Quiz

Answer: Bigfoot

Bigfoot is also known by his Native American/Canadian name Sasquatch, especially in the Pacific Northwest of North America. The name "Bigfoot" is generally attributed to a story in a "Humboldt Times" newspaper article near Bluff Creek, California. In the article the name was first used and was accompanied by a photo showing construction worker Jerry Crew holding a giant cast footprint allegedly from Bigfoot.

The Buru is a large unknown monitor lizard found in a valley in Assam, India.

The "Chupacabra" is a blood-sucking cryptid associated with parts of Latin America and the Southwestern United States.

Answer: Orang Pendek

Another name for the Orang Pendek is "sedepa". Some cryptozoologists believe it is a relative of the orangutan, while others say it's related to the Java man. The first westerner to see Orang Pendek, according to experts, was a Dutch explorer named Van Herwaarden in 1923 in an island off the Sumatran coast. Orang Pendek is generally considered much shorter than Bigfoot (Sasquatch) or the Yeti.

As for Sonic Hedgehog, it is a protein in humans that controls adult cell division in stem cells. However, most of us think of Sonic THE Hedgehog, the huge Japanese Anime franchise.

Answer: Tasmanian Tiger

There is film of a Thylacine from 1936 in the Hobart Zoo. It was widely believed to be the last of its kind. It is actually related to the Tasmanian Devil. There are unconfirmed sightings each year from Tasmania to mainland Australia to New Guinea.

Answer: Vietnam

Professor Dao Van Tien has been one of the leading researchers on the Nguoi Rung at Hanoi University. The Nguoi Rung is also known as the Wildman of the Forests in Vietnam. Reports vary as to the size and color of the Nguoi Rung. Some have seen small to large creatures that range in color from gray to brown or black. The name means "forest people" in Vietnamese.

Answer: Yeti

Though there was a cartoon character called "Tom Slick", there was also a Tom Slick Expedition. Tom Slick was an American millionaire who financed and led many searches for cryptids, most notably his search for the Yeti.

The term "Yeti" comes from the Sherpa word "yet-teh" which can be translated as "that thing". The Yeti is called by many westerners the "Abominable Snowman" as coined by "Calcutta Statesman" columnist Henry Newman in 1921.

The Yowie is considered a distant relative of the Yeti and Bigfoot, and is found in Australia.

Ogopogo is a Canadian lake Monster, and Super Chicken was a cartoon that played with "George of the Jungle" and "Tom Slick" on 1960's USA television.

Answer: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Mokele-Mbembe is most often thought to be a sauropod. The name from a Pygmy language means "one who stops the flow of rivers". It is an herbivore, but according to folklore, will kill humans and hippos that get in its way. In 1992, a Japanese film crew captured an image that showed possibly the long neck of Mokele-mbembe. Typically in cryptozoology, the film was blurry and indistinct!

As for the other countries listed, South Africa and Egypt are on the African continent, but were never called Zaire. Guyana is in South America.

Answer: Tatzelwurm

The Tatzelwurm is also known by different regional names in the Alps. Some of the names are "Stollenwurm" ("tunnel worm"), "Springwurm"("jumping worm"), and "Bergstutzen"("mountain stump"). There have been sightings of similar creatures in Spain, Italy, and France. Some believe it may be related to the Gila Monster found in the American Southwest.

Nessie is the nickname given the Loch Ness Monster, and Champ is the nickname of the lake monster of Lake Champlain.

Frau Blucher was wonderfully played by Cloris Leachman in the Mel Brooks classic "Young Frankenstein". Can you hear the horses neighing now?

Answer: Ireland

Hope all the Irish clues helped with your answer!

The Dobhar-Chu is a suspect in a woman's death in Glenade, County Leitrim in 1772. No sightings have been reported for centuries, but the legend persists.

Answer: Lake Champlain

Lake Champlain runs along the New York-Vermont border all the way to the Canadian province of Quebec. The legend of Champ goes back centuries, with some referencing Samuel de Champlain, for whom the lake is named, who made mention of a twenty-foot long serpentine creature in his writings about his explorations. A picture taken with a Kodak Instamatic camera in July 1977 near St. Albans, Vermont by Sandra Mansi helped stir up modern interest in Champ.

Lake Michigan is one of the Great Lakes, found between the U.S. states of Illinois and Michigan. Lake Tahoe is a large high altitude lake found on the border of the states California and Nevada. Toluca Lake is an area of Los Angeles near Universal Studios and North Hollywood.

Answer: British Columbia

Ogopogo is often described as a 40-foot long log-like creature. There actually is a regatta celebrating Ogopogo annually on Lake Okanagan, British Columbia. Arlene Gaal, a British Columbian, is generally considered the first chronicler of Ogopogo.

In 1989, legislation was enacted to protect Ogopogo. It is now illegal to disturb, capture, or harm Ogopogo.

Native legend says a man who murdered an important man, was sentenced by Native gods to become a serpent and live eternally at he scene of his crime, Lake Okanagan.