Which of the following is not one of the reasons why the Prohibition was introduced?

To make use of the prisons that were being paid for by taxes

What do John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald have in common?

Both were killed before their trials

Who was Salvador Allende?

Latin America's first Socialist leader

A wealthy and influential person

What was the main reason the Clintons were linked to Pizzagate?

They regularly ate at Comet Ping Pong

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So people would be more inclined to buy their cars

Why is it called the Newburgh conspiracy?

Newburgh was where the army camp was located

Proportionality bias plays a big role in believing in conspiracies. What does it mean?

Assuming that big events must have big causes

It has been proven that all the UFO sightings around Area 51 were actually:

A spy plane by the name of OXCART

What was the main reason the July plot was developed?

So the Allies would be willing to negotiate

If you're part of the "black helicopter crowd", what does this most likely mean?

That you believe in conspiracy theories

Which of the following was not one of the "omens" on the day of Caesar's death?

An oracle he met told him his death was near

Which of these is not an actual argument put forth to deny global warming?

Islands haven't sunk yet, so sea level rising is fake

Which of these is not said to be one of the ways the New World Order plans to reduce population

Through slowly poisoning our air and calling it pollution

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Create a digital game that required people to move around

Who are Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein?

The reporters who uncovered the details of Watergate

Essentially, the Chemists' War was between:

The bootleggers and the government

Comet Ping Pong, the pizzeria of the Pizzagate scandal, is located in which state?

None of the above, it isn't in a state

Which of these is not a reason for one to exhibit selective exposure?

To improve one's perception of another

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1
Which of the following is not one of the reasons why the Prohibition was introduced?
To increase hygiene and health in the country
To reduce the tax burden created by prisons
To reduce crime and corruption
To make use of the prisons that were being paid for by taxes
2
What do John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald have in common?
Both were killed before their trials
Both were caught immediately after the assassinations
Both were known right-wing extremists
Both had proven motives for assassinating the Presidents
3
Who was Salvador Allende?
Military dictator of Chile
Latin America's first Socialist leader
Totalitarian dictator of Cuba
Latin America's first Communist leader
4
What is a magnate?
A monarch
An academic
A political leader
A wealthy and influential person
5
What was the main reason the Clintons were linked to Pizzagate?
They had past accusations of pedophilia
They had a history of being part of scandal
They regularly ate at Comet Ping Pong
They were friends with the owners of Comet Ping Pong
6
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II and III
I, II, III and IV
I and II
I and III
7
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They believed streetcars were backward and old-fashioned
So people would be more inclined to buy their cars
Because they had a rivalry with the streetcar companies
So more oil (petrol, diesel) would be consumed in general
8
What are sooty mangabeys?
A type of monkey
A type of black elephant
A type of Central African bird
A type of wild boar
9
Why is it called the Newburgh conspiracy?
Newburgh is the name of the guy who started it
Newburgh was where the army camp was located
Newburgh was the name of the President at the time
Newburgh was the name of the group of soldiers
10
In terms of pseudosciences, astrology is to astronomy what alchemy is to:
cosmology
chemistry
horology
wizardry
11
During the Russian Doping Scandal, who was Thomas Bach?
Russian Sports' Minister
President of WADA
President of the IOC
A whistleblower
12
Proportionality bias plays a big role in believing in conspiracies. What does it mean?
Assuming that big events must have big causes
Assuming that by probability, conspiracies have to exist
Assuming that everyone experiences conspiracies
Assuming that the universe is by design
13
It has been proven that all the UFO sightings around Area 51 were actually:
The spacecrafts that'd later be used for the moon landings
A spy plane by the name of OXCART
Hot air balloons for secret governmental projects
True
14
Kurt Cobain was found dead after overdosing on:
Heroin
Xanax
Marijuana
Crystal meth
15
Which of these is said to have been built with the influence/aid of ancient aliens?
The Great Wall of China
Petra in Jordan
The Coloseum in Rome
Teotihuacán in Mexico
16
Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism together are known as
The 5 Areas of Emotional Being
The 5 Regions of the Human Brain
The 5 Parts of Human Personality
The Big 5 Personality Traits
17
Which of the following is least like Zika?
Dengue
Chikungunya
Yellow fever
Malaria
18
Which theorist categorised event, systemic and super conspiracies?
Jesse Walker
Michael Barkun
Rob Brotherton
Frank Mintz
19
The attempt to stage a coup d'etat against the Pakistani gov. in 1951 was supposedly backed by:
The USSR
India
China
Britain
20
What was the conspirators' weapon of choice used to attack Caesar?
A sword
A spear
A double-edged dagger
A battle axe
21
Which of the following was Lamine Diack, former President of the IAAF, not charged for?
Conspiracy
Money laundering
Tax evasion
Corruption
22
Washington's way of getting the reaction he did from his audience in that speech is most like:
Adolf Hitler
The old man from A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings
Mark Antony from Julius Caesar
Donald Trump
23
Lincoln was assassinated on April 14th 1865. What day was this?
Palm Sunday
Good Friday
Passover
Easter Sunday
24
What was the main reason the July plot was developed?
So the Allies would be willing to negotiate
So Germany had a better chance of winning the war
So WW2 would immediately end
So Claus von Stauffenberg could become the new leader
25
If you're part of the "black helicopter crowd", what does this most likely mean?
That you believe in conspiracy theories
That you work for the US government
That you're part of a secret organisation
That you are a supporter of the Illuminati
26
Which of the following was not one of the "omens" on the day of Caesar's death?
An oracle he met told him his death was near
He was quite ill
His wife had a dream of him bleeding to death
Someone tried to warn him just as he entered the theater
27
Which of these is not an actual argument put forth to deny global warming?
Polar bears are increasing therefore polar ice is increasing
It's a hoax by the Chinese to reduce market competition
Islands haven't sunk yet, so sea level rising is fake
Introduced after the Cold War to start a New World order
28
On the Abbey Road album cover, Paul McCartney was standing:
Second from the left
First from the right
Third from the left
Second from the right
29
Subhas Chandra Bose tried to free India from British rule in 1943 with help from:
British anti-colonialists
America
Nazi Germany and Japan
The British Raj
30
Which of these is not said to be one of the ways the New World Order plans to reduce population
Through educating people about abortion
Through slowly poisoning our air and calling it pollution
Through the vaccines in Obamacare
Through a bioengineered virus
31
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Create a digital game that required people to move around
Scare them into running away from black helicopters
Release a virus that only affected overweight people
Poison all food so people would stop eating
32
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Epochal Times
Murder Ballades
Ironic
Miracle of Miracles
33
Which extremist terrorist group perpetrated 9/11?
Hamas
Boko Haram
Al-Qaeda
The Taliban
34
Who are Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein?
Leaders of Nixon's reelection committee
The reporters who uncovered the details of Watergate
The perpetrators of the Watergate scandal
Respective heads of the CIA and FBI during Watergate
35
American author Preston B. Nichols authored a series of books called:
Inside the 9/11 Attacks
Stories of Area 51
All the President's Men
The Montauk Project series
36
Essentially, the Chemists' War was between:
The scientists and the government
The scientists and the bootleggers
The chemists and the public
The bootleggers and the government
37
Where did Hitler supposedly escape to avoid capture by the Red Army?
D
C
A
B
38
Which of the following is not thought of as an advance-knowledge conspiracy?
9/11
Watergate
Pearl Harbour
Sydney Hilton Bombing
39
The relationship between narcissists and believing in conspiracies would be best described as:
Illusory correlation
Correlation
Non-existent
Causation
40
Comet Ping Pong, the pizzeria of the Pizzagate scandal, is located in which state?
Washington
Maryland
Virginia
None of the above, it isn't in a state
41
What do these two things have in common?
A world war
Abolishing slavery
American Civil War
Alexander Hamilton
42
Who was the main conspirator of the Rawalpindi conspiracy?
Liaquat Ali Khan
Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Akbar Khan
Syed Sajjar Zaheer
43
Which of the following is responsible for funding organisations that doubt climate change?
ExxonMobil
Petronas
Shell
BP (British Petrol)
44
David Icke popularised the theory of lizard people in one of his books titled:
Serpents of the Matrix
Children of the Serpents
Children of the Reptilians
Children of the Matrix
45
Conspiracy theorists widely believe that Princess Diana's death was a plot by:
The US government
The British Royal Family
Dodi Al Fayed's family
The French government
46
Adam Weishaupt, founder of the Illuminati was a:
Physicist
Priest
Physiologist
Philosopher
47
American writer Robert Heinlein famously propagated which conspiracy?
Pearl Harbor as a deal between Churchill and Roosevelt
Ghost Cosmonauts
Fake moon landings
9/11 was done by the US government
48
During the Chemists' War, which of these would not have been breaking the 18th amendment?
A factory producing alcohol
Someone drinking alcohol
A shop selling alcohol
Someone transporting alcohol in a truck
49
Which of these is not a reason for one to exhibit selective exposure?
To improve one's perception of another
To avoid cognitive dissonance
To justify actions (when the actions are seen as wrong)
To prove one is right
50
The companies involved fixed the price of lysine at $0.94 instead of the market price of:
$0.70
$0.60
$0.80
$O.90
51
Which of these is not said to have been done at Montauk?
Attempting mind control
Trying to achieve radar-invisibility for ships
Regular contact with aliens
Experiments of time travel
52
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Because it makes them feel superior to others
Because it implies occurrences are potentially controllable
Because it's more comfortable than believing in divine power
Because they prefer to think they're being controlled
53
To fake the moon landings, NASA is said to have partnered with all these except:
Stanley Kubrick
Arthur C Clarke
George Lucas
Disney
54
Who were/are the Roadrunners?
Former employees of Area 51
The officials who poisoned the alcohol during the 1920s
The secret agents who perpetrated Watergate
The people who were behind the Lincoln assassination
55
Complete the famous nursery rhyme shown in the picture.
Guy Fawkes should burn and rot
Gunpowder, treason and plot
Gunpowder treason that lot
Guy Fawkes' treason and plot
56
The assassination of Lincoln was part of a bigger scheme to:
End the civil war
Rejuvenate the Union's cause
Rejuvenate the Confederate's cause
Prevent slavery being abolished
57
Microcephaly is a rare birth defect associated to the Zika virus. What is it?
A condition where babies are born with underdeveloped brains
A condition where babies are born then die within hours
A condition where babies are born with underdeveloped limbs
A condition where babies are born blind
58
When Stephen Colbert coined the term "truthiness", what in particular was he referring to?
George W. Bush's decision to invade Iraq
Obama's decision to introduce Obamacare
Truman's decision to use atomic bombs against Japan
Trump's decision to build a wall
59
What is explicitly proven to affect the level of a person's selective exposure?
The person's memory
The number of people that agree with the person
The environment in which the person is in
The amount of information available
60
Hitler's assassination attempt by Claus von Stauffenberg was during which month?
July
April
May
June
61
Which of these was not a motive to fake the moon landings?
To distract the public from the Vietnam War
To win the space race
So NASA would be successful and continue to get funding
To end the Cold War
62
Which of the following statements is false?
Apophenia can be classified as a statistical Type 2 error
Writers depend on free association to create suspense
Psychotherapists use apophenia to help their clients
Our brains naturally detect patterns
63
The Pearl Harbour conspiracy is most commonly said to be an agreement between:
Churchill and Roosevelt
Churchill and the Japanese
The Japanese and the Germans
Roosevelt and the Japanese
64
This is an example of:
Illusory correlation
Apophenia
Disconfirmation bias
Cognitive balance
65
What is a paleocontact narrative?
A theory that suggests it originated from the Stone Age
A theory concerning fossils of plants and animals
A theory that cavemen were more intelligent than us
A theory that aliens visited Earth in the distant past
66
After almost being assassinated, who did Hitler meet with on the same day?
Emperor Hirohito
Stalin
Mussolini
Charles de Gaulle
67
Which state is Area 51 located in?
Nebraska
Utah
Idaho
Nevada
68
In the Sydney Hilton Bombing, where were the bombs planted?
On the street outside the hotel
In the hotel carpark
Inside the hotel lobby
Inside a rubbish bin
69
Which is these is not a published conspiracy theory regarding 9/11?
The planes were, in fact, holographic
The Queen planned it to kick start the War on Terror
China used Bin Laden as a surrogate to attack the US
Dr. Judy Wood claims the towers were hit by space beams
70
Who was the US Secretary of the Treasury during the Hemp conspiracy?
Jack Herer
Andrew Mellon
Harry Anslinger
William Hearst
71
Which of the following is an example of illusory correlation?
Watergate and President Nixon
Illuminati and the Eye of Horus
9/11 and al-Qaeda
Islam and terrorism
72
What was the purpose of the Magnate conspiracy?
To bring in a new government
To overthrow the Croatian monarchy
To get rid of foreign influences over Croatia
To start a cultural revolution
73
If the Gunpowder plot was a government conspiracy, who would most likely have been the leader?
James himself
James' daughter, Elizabeth
Lord Monteagle, a member of Parliament
Robert Cecil, James' chief minister
74
President Richard Nixon was the first President to:
Be involved in a scandal
Be pardoned of his crimes committed while in office
Resign
Abuse his presidential power
75
The stigmatised 4H club that was said to contract AIDS was made up of:
homosexuals, haemophiliacs, heroin addicts and Haitians
homosexuals, haemophiliacs, heroin addicts and Hawaiians
homosexuals, haemophiliacs, horologists and Haitians.
heterosexuals, haemophiliacs, heroin addicts and Haitians
76
If Caesar was assassinated during a gladitorial show, his death would most resemble:
Abraham Lincoln's
Princess Diana
John F. Kennedy's
Hitler's
77
Which of the following selections from Literature best shows an example of gaslighting?
Mark Anthony in Julius Caesar
The White Rabbit in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
The speaker in Lucky
The baby in The Weight of Memories
78
Frank Mintz also goes by the name:
Machiavelli
Martin Zemliak
Rob Brotherton
Murray Rothbard
79
Which religious group of people are commonly (and mistakenly) blamed for the New World Order?
Jews
Muslims
Christians
Buddhists
80
Which theorist authored the book The United States of Paranoia?
Jesse Walker
Michael Barkun
Frank Mintz
Richard Seary
81
The main reason America was internally divided around the time of the Watergate scandal was:
Illegal espionage within borders
The Vietnam War
The end of segregation
President Nixon's reelection
82
When and where was the Zika virus first discovered?
1947 in Uganda
2016 in South America
1980 in the Democratic Republic of Congo
2009 in North America
83
136 Russian athletes applied to be exempted from the IAAF's blanket ban. How many were cleared?
4
2
1
3
84
The Committee for the Reelection of the President was officially designated:
CRP
CREEPY
CREP
CREEP
85
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The Australian government
The National Front
Richard Seary
The ASIO and the army
86
"Machiavelli" was the stage name of who?
Paul McCartney
Elvis Presley
Tupac
Kurt Cobain
87
Yuliya Stepanova, the whistleblower for the Russian Doping Scandal, was what type of athlete?
Female weightlifter
Female runner
Female swimmer
Female jumper
88
Many believe that Oxitec (biotechnology company) is responsible for the spread of Zika because
They have added larvicides to treat water
They have released genetically modified foods
They encourage childhood vaccinations
They have released genetically modified mosquitoes
89
Tupac was famously involved in a feud with:
Eazy-E
Ice-T
The Notorius B.I.G
Dr. Dre
90
The global pandemic of AIDS originated from Léopoldville (now Kinhasa) in:
Mali
Djibouti
Madagascar
Democratic Republic of Congo
91
The word "marijuana" we use to refer to hemp now originated from:
Prisoners who were convicted for possessing it
Italian Mafia slang
Mexican slang
Gangster circles across America
92
What were the names of the 2 families that headed the Magnate conspiracy?
Leopold and Habsburg
Frankopan and Habsburg
Zrinski and Habsburg
Zrinski and Frankopan
93
The phrase he shouted is a motto of which American state?
Virginia
Nebraska
Colorado
Texas

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