HMH Why People Love Mysteries

Who was the British doctor that shocked the world with a photograph of the Loch Ness monster in 1934?

• Robert Kenneth Wilson

• Christian Spurling

• Nikola Tesla

• Benjamin Franklin

What did Robert Kenneth Wilson claim to have photographed while driving past Loch Ness?

• A monstrous creature

• A famous castle

• A rare bird

• A sunken ship

What is the name of the lake where the Loch Ness monster was supposedly seen?

• Loch Ness

• Lake Superior

• Lake Victoria

• Loch Lomond

Who confessed that the famous Loch Ness monster photo was faked?

• Christian Spurling

• Robert Kenneth Wilson

• Sherlock Holmes

• Benjamin Franklin

What did Christian Spurling and his stepfather use to create the fake Loch Ness monster photo?

• A toy submarine and a fake head and neck

• A cardboard cutout

• A painted rock

• A wooden sculpture

Which fictional detective is mentioned as being popular since the late 1800s for solving mysteries?

• Sherlock Holmes

• Nancy Drew

• Hercule Poirot

• Miss Marple

What do Holmes’s adventures let us follow along in a state of, according to the text?

• Mounting suspense

• Complete boredom

• Total confusion

• Endless laughter

What is one reason people enjoy mysteries, as mentioned in the text?

• They like solving puzzles and figuring out how things work

• They want to become famous

• They dislike reading books

• They want to avoid danger

What is a “safe kind of danger” that mysteries provide, according to the text?

• Entertainment through suspenseful stories

• Real-life danger

• Physical challenges

• Dangerous experiments

What have scientists studied for hundreds of years as a mystery, according to the text?

• The mystery of lightning

• The mystery of the pyramids

• The mystery of the ocean

• The mystery of volcanoes