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Mysterious Identities Trivia Quiz

The true identity of certain individuals remains a mystery to this day.

A multiple-choice quiz by robert362. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
robert362

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
52,067

Updated
Apr 22 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
6335

Last 3 plays: Guest 195 (4/10), Guest 172 (1/10), Guest 45 (6/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which of the following is NOT generally advanced as the 'real' author of Shakespeare's works? Hint

Francis Bacon

Walter Raleigh

Edward DeVere

Christopher Marlowe

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Question 2 of 10

2. B. Traven was an incredibly shadowy figure. With what work is he associated? Hint

'Treasure of the Sierra Madre'

'A Farewell to Arms'

'Mutiny on the Bounty'

'Stalag 17'

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Question 3 of 10

3. The identity of 'Jack the Ripper' has never been definitively established. Which of the following is NOT a suspect? Hint

Charles Arthur Floyd

Aaron Kosminsky

Duke of Clarence

Montague Druitt

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Question 4 of 10

4. D.B. Cooper was a very successful criminal. Where did he vanish? Hint

Pacific Northwest

Eastern Canada

Mexico

Bahamas

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who was the woman known as 'the Black Dahlia'? Hint

Annie Chapman

Mary Kelly

Polly Nichols

Elizabeth Short

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who was 'The Lady in Red'? Hint

Chris Costner

Bertha Pappenheim

Anna Sage

Mary Mallon

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Question 7 of 10

7. 'Deep Throat' was an FBI official.

True

False

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is one popular theory as to why 'The Man in the Iron Mask' was wearing it? Hint

Disfigured by disease

Sadistic Punishment by the King

Strong physical resemblance to someone

Bad Breath

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Question 9 of 10

9. Finis Bates created a stir when he suggested that the following individual had survived his/her supposed death. Hint

Abraham Lincoln

John Wilkes Booth

Mary Surratt

Samuel Mudd

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which of the following may have been impersonated as part of the JFK conspiracy? Hint

Jack Ruby

Lee Harvey Oswald

Lyndon Johnson

John Connally

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Nov 17 2024 : Guest 195: 4/10
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of the following is NOT generally advanced as the 'real' author of Shakespeare's works?

Answer: Walter Raleigh

Bacon, a man of great erudition and unquestioned brilliance, is the most popular candidate. Many people, however, support {Marlowe;} he was a talented writer who died under curious circumstances just before Shakespeare's star began to rise. DeVere, a nobleman, is also a candidate.

2. B. Traven was an incredibly shadowy figure. With what work is he associated?

Answer: 'Treasure of the Sierra Madre'

Traven was based somewhere or other in Mexico. He collaborated through a 'proxy' with John Huston and company on the film. Or ... was there ever really a 'proxy'?

3. The identity of 'Jack the Ripper' has never been definitively established. Which of the following is NOT a suspect?

Answer: Charles Arthur Floyd

Clarence is the romantic suspect since he's a member of royalty. The case for him, however, is not that strong. He may have been crazy, but ... Kosminsky and Druitt were considered prime suspects by the police who investigated at the time of the crime. Floyd was better known as 'Pretty Boy Floyd'.

4. D.B. Cooper was a very successful criminal. Where did he vanish?

Answer: Pacific Northwest

He made his escape by parachuting out of a plane into a wooded area in the Pacific Northwest. He was never found.

5. Who was the woman known as 'the Black Dahlia'?

Answer: Elizabeth Short

Short was the unfortunate victim of the brutal crime. The other women were victims of Jack the Ripper.

6. Who was 'The Lady in Red'?

Answer: Anna Sage

Anna Sage was the famous (or infamous) person who helped nail Dillinger at the Biograph movie theatre. Costner was 'Eve' of 'Three Faces of Eve' fame. Mallon was 'Typhoid Mary'. Pappenheim was the real name of the woman described by Freud as 'Anna O.'

7. 'Deep Throat' was an FBI official.

Answer: True

Woodward and Bernstein said they would disclose his identity after his death; Woodward and Bernstein insist that he is a real person. Some 31 years later, Deep Throat identified himself in May 2005 as William Felt, of the FBI. Woodward and Bernstein confirmed his identity.

8. What is one popular theory as to why 'The Man in the Iron Mask' was wearing it?

Answer: Strong physical resemblance to someone

The story goes that he bore a strong resemblance to someone of importance - and that could have proven embarrassing to someone in power? (Illegitimacy?). (Voltaire heard interesting stories when he, too, was imprisoned in the Bastille).

9. Finis Bates created a stir when he suggested that the following individual had survived his/her supposed death.

Answer: John Wilkes Booth

Bates wrote a book in the latter part of the 19th century that suggested that Booth had not been the man who had been shot and killed at Garrett's farm shortly after the assassination of Lincoln. He was a P.T. Barnum type - and he didn't have much evidence to support his claim.

10. Which of the following may have been impersonated as part of the JFK conspiracy?

Answer: Lee Harvey Oswald

Not long before the assassination, someone using Oswald's name made a mysterious trip to Mexico City. There's reason to believe that it wasn't really Oswald. If not the real one, who ... and why? A set-up?

Source: Author robert362

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