It's a Satanic Planet II Trivia Quiz

Answer: Australia

The 'Devils Marbles' or 'Karlu Karlu' are scattered clusters of boulders that also include a number of balancing rocks. They are located south of Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory of Australia. Located in a wide valley, the Marbles are representative around the world as a symbol of Australia's outback.

The big rocks were formed when surface granite formed cracks and then fell apart.

Answer: California

The Devils Playground is in the Mojave Desert in the state of California and is a large sandy region. Salt flats and dunes cover approximately forty miles in the Mojave National Preserve. The "playground" lies between the Providence Mountains and the town of Baker in California. Devils Playground consists mostly of relatively flat plains. Temperatures in the Mojave Desert can reach over a devilish 120 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer.

Answer: Flight 19

Flight 19 was a training squadron of 5 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers. They all disappeared in the "Devil's Triangle" on December 5, 1945. A rescue plane sent out also was lost without a trace. More than sixty years after the occurrence no trace of the "Flight" has ever been found.

Answer: Pupfish

Devils Hole is a geothermal pool within a limestone cavern in the Amargosa Desert east of the Amargosa Range and Funeral Mountains from Death Valley. Devils Hole consists of deep caverns that go down to at least 300 feet (91 m) in depth, from an opening at the surface that is about 6 by 18 feet (1.8 by 5.5 m). Geologists estimate the caves were formed over 500,000 years ago.

The Devils Hole pupfish (Cyprinodon diabolis) is native to the waters, and lives in an aquifer-fed pool within a limestone cavern, at water temperatures of 92 degrees F (33C). Estimated to be a 22,000 year old species of fish, Death Valley pupfish depend on a small submerged limestone shelf for spawning, as well as for much of their food intake which is mainly diatoms (a major group of algae).

The agricultural use of groundwater has seen water levels diminish, threatening the survival of the pupfish.

Answer: North Carolina

The term "Kill Devil Hills" was used as far back as the 18th century when pirates frequented what is now the Carolina coast. Pirates were active partly because shipwrecks along the shoreline were frequent. In addition to other contents, many of the vessels were transporting rum in barrels.

This attracted "wreckers". Scavengers would pick over a foundered ship's cargo before it sank. A favorite hiding area for rum were some of the numerous sand dunes in the area. The Wright Brothers performed glider testing near these areas.

They launched their first plane from nearby level ground. One of the reasons the English colonies named rum "Kill Devil" was it supposed medicinal properties. The state of North Carolina uses the saying "First In Flight" on its license plates honoring the Wright Brothers' achievement.

Answer: France

A best selling book "Papillon" was written about a supposed escape from the island. The overwhelming proportion of prisoners sent here eventually died on the island. Horrible living conditions and disease contributed to a high mortality rate. Today tourism facilities have been developed and the island, and the chain of islands it resides in called Īles du Salut, now receive more than 50,000 tourists yearly.

Answer: Cape Town, South Africa

The term Devil's Peak derives from a 19th century translation of the Dutch term Duiwels Kop. This supposedly pertains to a folk-tale about a Dutch man named Jan van Hunks, a pipe smoker who resided at the foot of the mountain about 1700. His wife made him leave the residence whenever he smoked his pipe. Supposedly when on the lower portion of the "Peak" one day, he met up with a curious stranger who smoked.

They soon entered into a pipe-smoking contest. The stranger was actually the Devil and Van Hunks won the contest.

However, the smoke that they had made had covered the mountain, forming the "table cloth cloud" which occurs in the summer, when a wind known as the "south-easter" blows.

Answer: Gettysburg

On July 2nd, 1863 Union forces within the Devil's Den were beaten back to the Little Round Top position. Southern riflemen shot at Northern troops atop Little Round Top from their positions among the rocks. Alabama and Texas Confederates then tried to advance from boulder to boulder up the hill, but the Union staved off the attack.

The origin of the name is thought to have come from a supposed pesky black snake in the vicinity that was dubbed "The Devil".

Answer: Limestone

Devil's Slide is an very unusual geological formation located in northern Utah's Weber Canyon. The sides of the slide are very hard limestone layers around forty feet high and 25 feet apart. The slide is long, running hundreds of feet down the mountain. Sandwiched between flanking hard limestone outcrops is rock that is shaly in composition.

The channel of the "slide" is formed by this softer sedimentary rock. Interstate 84 runs right by the formation making it easy to observe.

Answer: Devil's Dyke

Devil's Dyke is five miles north of Brighton. One legend says that the Devil dug this valley to drown all the parishioners of the area. Scientists, however, believe it was formed naturally about 10,000 years ago during the last ice age. The 300ft deep valley was carved by large amounts of water from melting snow running off the Downs, and frozen chalk in the ground preventing any pronounced absorption.

The "Dyke" was popular with tourists during Victorian times with a fairground that featured attractions such as a camera obscura, stages for music bands, and an observatory.