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Created: 5:32pm on 09-03-2006
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<< Legendary Legends >>

Have you ever heard of the kid that died from eating Pop-Rocks and soda? Or the alligators living in the sewers of New York? Or maybe the college student that accidentally solved an "unsolvable math problem"? There are so many legends present in our everyday lives, but what's true and what's not may surprise you.

This test will determine your knowledge about urban legends by using the true-or-false test format. The legends will span various categories, from food myths to car stories. Some might be famous, while others might be obscure.

Try your best, and have fun!

If you're curious and want to learn more about some of the legends, feel free to send me an e-mail and I'll send you some info as soon as I can! Suggestions for quiz questions would also be appreciated, as will reviews!

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1. That Weird Stuff...:

Is chop suey an American dish?

	Yes
	No

2. Turkey Sedative:

Will eating turkey make you sleepy?

	Yes
	No

3. Opportunity of a Lifetime:

Did the M&M company turn down an opportunity to feature their candy in the film E.T.?

	Yes
	No

4. Falling Cow:

Did a cow fall from an aircraft and strike a Japanese trawler, effectively sinking it?

	Yes
	No

5. Poetic Justice:

Does a Japanese program replace Microsoft error messages with haiku poetry?

	Yes
	No

6. Garden Death:

Did a bride die from a snake bite in a popular Canadian botanical garden?

	Yes
	No

7. Call the Exterminator!:

Did a janitor blow up a closet while unsuccesfully trying to get rid of a gopher?

	Yes
	No

8. Spin Kill:

Can a ceiling fan rotating at full speed decapitate someone?

	Yes
	No

9. Label Says All:

Can a person find out which day of the week a loaf of bread was baked by looking at the color of its plastic twist tag?

	Yes
	No

10. A Name of Two Cities:

Was the word "nylon" formed by conflating the names "New York" and "London"?

	Yes
	No

11. Lock-on the Law:

Did a police officer's radar gun cause a fighter jet's missiles to lock on to him?

	Yes
	No

12. Bye Bye Balloon:

Did a man sail three miles above Los Angeles in a lawn chair with several weather balloons tied to it?

	Yes
	No

13. Auto-911:

Do some older cordless phones call 911 on their own when their batteries are dying out?

	Yes
	No

14. 18 Shots:

Do golf courses have 18 holes because a bottle of scotch has 18 shots?

	Yes
	No

15. World Series Origins:

Is the World Series named so because it was originally sponsored by the New York World newspaper?

	Yes
	No

16. Thank Tank:

Did a pair of Japanese robbers send a "Thank You" note to a bank they robbed?

	Yes
	No

17. Bringing Down the House:

Did the collapse of a church result in no casualties because every single member of the choir due to sing there that night was late?

	Yes
	No

18. Twinkies Forever!:

Do Twinkies have an indefinite shelf life?

	Yes
	No

19. Tight Knotts:

Did Don Knotts once serve as a drill sergeant in the U.S. Marines?

	Yes
	No

20. Mouse Hunting:

Does California law require people to get a license before setting mousetraps?

	Yes
	No

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