Giant Apes? Trivia Quiz

Answer: big elder brother

Often depicted as having dark reddish or dark brown hair, Bigfoot is also notable for its large eyes, well-developed supraorbital ridges and massive forehead. Footprints, left by this breather, are 60 cm long and 20 cm wide.

Answer: 19

It was British representative in Nepal, B.H. Hodgson, who made an announcement of a barbate being which attacked his servants. "It moved, they said, erectly: was covered with long dark hair, and had no tail." (Hodgson, about what his servants saw). Anyway, they fled from this "wild man" instead of opening fire on it. The year was 1832.

Answer: Yowie

Pursuant to Australian biologist Rex Gilroy (and his sources), the Blue Mountain region is a territory where these beings have been noticed more than 3,200 times throughout the centuries.

Answer: skunk

Called this way because of its disgusting smell, the Florida skunk ape is said to be as tall as an average basketball player (seven feet). It is also famous for its red fur.

Answer: Mapinguary

Apparently this black-felted hominid is common in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul. In 1937 a real massacre took place in Barra do Garças with a large number of heads of cattle being murdered. Their tongues were torn out. The entire way to Ponta Branca (150 miles south from the place of the first butchery) was full of the bodies of slain animals.

These acts of violence are often (and probably with a good reason) attributed to Mapinguary.

Answer: the colonel's group fired warning shots at the ape-men's feet

Just before being attacked, the colonel's men opened fire at the savages's feet and the latter fled in terror. Later Fawcett and his eldest son disappeared. What exactly happened to them remains a mystery, but several versions exist. Their disappearance (and later most likely death) has been attributed to the giant ape-men, cannibals or wild animals.

However, the explanation is probably more trivial. Danish researcher Arne Falk-Rønne, who visited Mato Grosso in the 1960s, claims to have talked to a man, who knew one of colonel Percy Fawcett's murderers. Pursuant to his story Fawcett's group experienced an accident on their way to the Kalapalo tribe, losing the gifts they had prepared for the Indians.

This they saw as an act of disrespect and therefore they decided to kill the explorers.

A man of the Kalapalo tribe confirmed the accuracy of the story.

Answer: to wear a pair of hollow bamboo cylinders on their arms

Yeren, as they call this creature, is said to grab people by the hand very tightly. Then it falls into some sort of delirious trance, but without losing grip. When it comes out of this state, the monster kills and eats its victims. Tourists and explorers are advised to wear empty bamboo cylinders on their arms so as to be able to slip their arms out of the cylinders and run away, while the being is still in exaltation. Yeren is claimed to have inhabited the highland regions of China for about 2000 years now.

Answer: the Caucasus, Pamir and Altai mountains

Almas is claimed to occupy territories of Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan. The name is derived from Mongolian and means "wild man". Witness narratives date back hundreds of years depicting Almas as a more human-like being able to communicate with people by gestures. There are also accounts of Almas trading food (with people) for baubles.

Answer: Chimiset

In Africa there are many reports of this being, especially in Kenya. According to some, it can walk on two legs (but also on four). On tree tops it finds the same comfort as on the ground.

Answer: Higabon

These creatures are often noticed in the Japanese islands and are particularly associated with the Hibayama mountain range in Hiroshima. They are also referred to as Kappa and Mu-Jimi.