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#5 Local Mysteries Retrieval Quiz

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Question 1
1.

Dighton Rock has been described as a Rorschach Test, where people see what they want to see.

Question 2
2.

It has been confirmed that the etchings on Dighton Rock were made by Portuguese explorers.

Question 3
3.

We have solid evidence showing that Dighton Rock dates back to at least the 1600s.

Question 4
4.

If the drawings on Dighton Rock were made by non-indigenous peoples then there's a chance that Columbus was not the first European explorer to arrive in the Americas.

Question 5
5.

Dighton Rock enables people to see representations of the thoughts they bring to the rock, rather than one definitive scene.

Question 6
6.

All people interpret Dighton Rock in the same way.

Question 7
7.

Dighton Rock is part of the Bridgewater Triangle.

Question 8
8.

Doctors in Salem believed that the most likely explanation for the afflicted girls' "fits" was witchcraft.

Question 9
9.

The Salem Witch Trials are famous because they are the only trials where suspected witches were convicted and executed.

Question 10
10.

Life in Salem in 1692 was mostly safe, stable, and peaceful.

Question 11
11.

A capital crime is one that is not in any official legal code but can still be punished by the courts.

Question 12
12.

Most courts in 1692 allowed the use of both hearsay and spectral evidence.

Question 13
13.

Many Puritans believed they were on a religious mission from God to establish a model Christian society and fight back against non-Christians.

Question 14
14.

Most Puritans believed that daily events occurred due to the will of God or Satan.

Question 15
15.

Most of the accused witches in Salem were convicted and publicly executed.

Question 16
16.

The lawyers representing the accused witches ensured that the legal concept of "innocent until proven guilty" was adhered to by the Salem courts.

Question 17
17.

Women in Salem who did not adhere to the strict social norms were seen as suspicious.

Question 18
18.

Most of the judges and other government officials in Salem refused to buy in to the witchcraft hysteria and instead punished those who were making the accusations.

Question 19
19.

Some of the accused in Salem confessed to witchcraft because the punishment was less severe that way.

Question 20
20.

Some of the leaders in Salem fought back against the trials and proclaimed that they would rather see guilty people go free than innocent people be executed.

Question 21
21.

All of the phenomena in the Bridgewater Triangle is related to aliens and UFO sightings.

Question 22
22.

Some people believe that the phenomena in the Bridgewater Triangle is related to its indigenous history, especially considering it was home to violent warfare and Indian burial grounds.

Question 23
23.

The Bridgewater Triangle mystery is modeled after the Bermuda Triangle.

Question 24
24.

Claims of cult activity in the area have been definitively debunked by local law enforcement officers.

Question 25
25.

Some people claim to have seen Bigfoot in the Bridgewater Triangle.

Question 26
26.

The word Hockomock means "place where spirits dwell."

Question 27
27.

The Bridgewater Triangle is a unique location in the U.S. as no other "triangle" has the same amount of unexplained phenomena.

Question 28
28.

The Bridgewater Triangle does have a higher rate of both violent crime and accidents than the national average.

Question 29
29.

The Bridgewater Triangle is a good example of people seeking to find connections and patterns in the world.

Question 30
30.

Researchers have concluded that there are no scientific explanations for most of the phenomena that occur in the Bridgewater Triangle.