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The Loch Ness Monster is a famous creature from which area?

1. Maine
2. Austria
3. Scotland

What's the monster's nickname?

1. Licker
2. Locky
3. Nessie

Nessie is nothing more than a myth.

1. True
2. False
3. No one knows

The Loch Ness Monster is supposedly found in which body of water?

1. An ocean
2. A lake
3. A deep river

What's the big lake's maximum depth?

1. about 240 feet = 73 mt
2. about 480 feet = 146 mt
3. about 750 feet = 228 mt

Many people think that Nessie is what?

1. A dinosaur
2. A dragon
3. A bear

Where did George Spice spot the creature in 1933?

1. peeking out from behind a dock
2. digging into his trash cans
3. crossing the road

Spicer and his wife were driving along when suddenly they spotted a long-necked, limbless creature with a large body crossing the road in front of them. Spicer estimated that the creature was perhaps 25 feet long.

What's a water-kelpie?

1. water-horse
2. water-cow
3. dolphin

 Water-kelpies are water-horses, a magical type of animal from Scottish folklore. Some researchers believe water-kelpies are the origin of the myth driving Nessie.

Loch Ness is a huge body of water. What's the bottom of the lake like?

1. a long slope with many caves
2. very flat
3. very rugged and even

t's a huge lake with all sorts of wildlife. But the bottom of the lake is very flat and doesn't provide much cover for large creatures.

When did a photograph of the creature first appear?

1. 1889
2. 1934
3. 1956

The famous photo was captured by Londoner Kenneth Wilson, who had which occupation?

1. fisherman
2. lawyer
3. doctor

Kenneth Wilson eventually admitted that his famous photo was a hoax.

1. true
2. false

In 1979, a California biologist said that the surgeon's photo was actually a picture of what?

1. A swimming elephant
2. A giant eel
3. A seal

The biologist, Dennis Power, said he was sure the picture showed a swimming elephant. There are no elephants in Scotland of course, but Power said that he believed the picture was taken outside of the U.K.

In 1987, Operation Deepscan set out to find Nessie. It used what tool to find the creature?

1. many boats
2. satellite images
3. hammers

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