Monday 26th June 2023
Difficulty: Very hard
Conspiracy theories I (Quiz #220)
Buzz Aldrin walking on the Moon. Photo: Neil Armstrong (Public domain)
A conspiracy theory is an explanation for an event or situation that proposes the existence of a conspiracy by powerful, secret groups, when other explanations are more probable.
1. What percentage (approximately) of the UK's population believe that Covid was "a hoax", according to an April 2023 survey by King’s College London and the BBC?
2. How many of the following are actual theories that have been put forward to explain the disappearance of Lord Lucan, suspected of murdering his children's nanny in 1974?
- Lucan was helped out of the country by underground financiers before being judged too great a risk, killed, and buried in Switzerland
- Lucan moved to Africa, and later had his children sent to Gabon so he could secretly watch over them
- Lucan committed suicide and his body was fed to tigers at Howletts Zoo
- Lucan committed suicide by scuttling his motorboat and jumping into the English Channel with a stone tied to his body
3. Between 6% and 20% of Americans are said to believe that the Apollo moon landings (1969-1972) were faked. But how many people would have had to keep the secret if they actually were faked, according to JPL scientist James Longuski?
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