MYSTERIOUS PLACES

(e.g., The catacombs under this city hold the remains of over 6 million people. Answer: Paris.)

Freshman level

1. This region of the Atlantic Ocean is also known as the Devil’s Triangle.

2. This serpent-like creature is said to have been sighted in a lake in Scotland.

3. This Pacific Island is known for its giant stone statues known as moai.

4. Debris from a crash at this site in New Mexico spawned stories of extraterrestrials.

5. The only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World that is still largely intact.

Graduate level

6. Giant’s Causeway is a strange rock formation on the coast of this island.

7. The common name of a USAF facility in Nevada known for UFO tales.

8. This columnar rock formation in Wyoming was featured in the film “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.”

9. Scientists are baffled by these giant designs in the desert plain of Peru.

Answers: 1. The Bermuda Triangle. 2. Loch Ness Monster (Nessie). 3. Easter Island. 4. Roswell, New Mexico. 5. The Great Pyramids of Giza (Egypt). 6. Northern Ireland. 7. Area 51. 8. Devils Tower. 9. The Nazca Lines.

— North America Syndicate