"Beyond Belief" 2 of 2 Quiz / Test | Beyond Belief

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1. A memorial wreath for a nine-year-old hit-and-run victim overturns the car of the driver that killed the boy.

Answer: fact

This incident happened in the Gulf Coast area in the late 1980s. The victim was an only child. The city would not pay for the plot of land so the parents had to. The car was overturned during the service. The detective felt that the spirit of the boy helped him solve the case. Paint from the boy's bike was on the car.

2. Plumbing problems in a young couple's apartment alert them of their downstairs neighbor's need for help.

Answer: Fact

This was based on a late 1980s East Coast incident. The couple had faucets that would mysteriously turn on. The super couldn't find anything strange. Later, the bathtub and sink overflow and the super comes back. As a precaution, the couple and super check on the neighbor, who doesn't respond.

They find the neighbor in need of medical attention. After the neighbor is taken care of, the word "Thanks" appears on the couple's bathroom mirror.

3. A portrait of a Holocaust survivor reunites a family.

Answer: Fact

A well-known sketch artist drew the woman known as Tants, who turned out to be her grandmother. You might have heard about this if you were in New York in the 1970s. Another incident involving a dead family member involved an American portrait painter on vacation in Paris during the Prohibition era. He painted a picture of a woman he met on the train.

4. A dishonest Senator turns good after he sees the ghost of Abraham Lincoln.

Answer: Fiction

5. An expensive ring causes problem for the woman who possesses it.

Answer: Fiction

6. A young woman who follows a purse thief is saved by the spirit of her late mother.

Answer: Fact

The mother was an artist. The father had a stroke and was paralyzed on hisleft side. The daughter had to quit school to take care of her father, who was uninsured and poor. While going for a walk, a thief steals her purse. She follows the thief and finds a stolen candleholder.

The thief is scared by the increasing flames. Later they mysteriously die out. Inside the candleholder is a diamond bracelet that the daughter would have received. The father fully recovers and the daughter finishes school.

This happened in the early 1980s on the East Coast.

7. Flowers point out the killer in a murder in his uncle's shop.

Answer: Fact

During the late 1970s in New York (although the setting was Tacoma, Washington), a veteran detective is investigating a flower shop murder. There were no leads or witnesses. The weapon was a garden hose with no prints. A young detective thinks the flowers have the same emotions people do. A trial occurs and one of the plants points to the victim's nephew.

8. An escape act goes wrong because of a Gypsy's curse.

Answer: Fiction

The Kirby brothers, who were depicted in this story, existed, but the story didn't.

9. Two brothers find their father's bike that was stolen 40 years before.

Answer: Fact

An ex-con is released after six months in jail for a drunken brawl. Their parents died in a crash ten years before. Neither brother can find a job, butthey pay $5 for a rusty bike. Somehow, the horn and lights start working. There is a note in one of the handlebars that traces the bike to Hackensack, New Jersey, their father's birthplace.

The brothers find out more about the bike from one of their father's friends, who offers them a job. If you were in New England in the 1990s, you might have heard about this.

10. A music teacher helps a pianist regain his playing style after lifting a curse from his hands.

Answer: Fiction

Source: Author GoodVibe

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"Beyond Belief" 2 of 2 Trivia Quiz

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