How Much Do You Know About Political Conspiracy Theories?
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Think you're an expert on political conspiracy theories? Test your skills with this quiz!
Wild theories about politics and government have a long history, and even today, rumors of these conspiracies run rampant on the internet and in the media. How much do you know about the supposedly secret goings-on that the government isn't telling us about? Take this quiz to find out!
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Question 1
Which 2012 hurricane do some say was deliberately engineered by Barack Obama and his administration?
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ASandy
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BMatthew
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CFloyd
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DFlorence
Sandy
The High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP), which the U.S. military uses for experiments with the upper atmosphere, is the subject of many similar conspiracies. Conspiracy theorists say Hurricane Sandy was targeted as a ploy to boost Obama's reputation before the 2012 presidential election.
Question 2
Which commercial flight that crashed near Long Island do some believe was actually downed by a missile?
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AUnited Airlines Flight 553
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BTWA Flight 800
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CLufthansa flight 615
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DEgyptAir 990
TWA Flight 800
The official cause of the crash as released by the U.S. government is a short circuit that ignited the fuel tank. The apparent lack of gas tank damage at the crash site, as well as the unusual involvement of the U.S. Navy, the CIA, and the FBI, have led some to believe that a cover-up is at play.
Question 3
Which CIA project supposedly involved research in controversial areas such as time travel and psychological warfare?
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AThe Montauk Project
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BThe Chicago Project
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CThe Pittsburgh Experiment
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DThe Philadelphia Trials
The Montauk Project
This theory originated in the early 1980s in Preston Nichols' book series "The Montauk Project." Nichols cites his own repressed memories as evidence of being abducted by the government and forced to participate in experiments involving bizarre concepts such as alien communication, mind control, and teleportation.
Question 4
Which 1980s drug epidemic do some believe involved the CIA?
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AHeroin
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BCrystal meth
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CCocaine
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DMarijuana
Cocaine
This rumor broke out in a 1996 story by Gary Webb that was published in the San Jose Mercury News. Webb claimed that the CIA was responsible for selling cocaine to gangs in L.A .and funneling the profits to contras in Nicaragua. This rumor isn't necessarily substantiated, but the CIA did admit to knowing about the drug running.
Question 5
What 2004 weather event do some conspiracy theorists speculate was caused by nuclear testing?
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AWildfire
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BTsunami
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CTornado
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DHurricane
Tsunami
In some parts of the world, there are people who believe that this tsunami was actually caused by Indian nuclear experiments that the U.S. and Israel participated in. Many claims centered on the idea of India getting new nuclear technology from Israel and the U.S. in order to keep up with Pakistan.
Question 6
Which legitimate CIA project do some suspect was a cover-up for the CIA's mastery of mind control?
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AMKSuperior
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BWKUltra
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CSuperMK
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DMKUltra
MKUltra
MKUltra ran from 1953 to 1973. Experiments on U.S. citizens involving sensory deprivation, hypnosis, and torture led some to believe that the CIA was using mind control to get unwitting civilians to do the organization's dirty work.
Question 7
Many theories about the government affecting public health through the water supply center around which chemical?
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AMagnesium
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BFluoride
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CChromium
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DCalcium
Fluoride
Fluoride-related theories date back to the 1940s, when the chemical was first implemented. Motivations for fluoridation and concerns about it have varied over the years; in the 1950s, conspiracy theorists linked fluoridation to a communist plot.
Question 8
A well-known conspiracy theory centers around supposed government use of aircraft to spread toxic chemicals. What is the visible evidence of this usually called?
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ACloud chemicals
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BCloudtrails
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CChemtrails
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DChemclouds
Chemtrails
Some believe that secret organizations other than the government may be guilty of using chemtrails. Possible intentions include mind control, sterilization, and weather control.
Question 9
Which of these people is often discussed in relation to JFK's assassination?
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AUmbrella Man
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BBumbershoot Man
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CCane Man
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DRaincoat Man
Umbrella Man
Some theorize that the umbrella in question was meant to signal other gunmen or doubled as a dart-gun device. The man photographed holding it, Louie Steven Witt, contends that the umbrella was a reference to Neville Chamberlain and was meant to heckle the president.
Question 10
Some say the JFK assassination plot was closer to home than the world realizes. Who is rumored to have helped organize the assassination?
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ARichard Nixon
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BHubert Humphrey
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CLyndon B. Johnson
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DDwight D. Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
This theory often contends that Johnson collaborated with the CIA. Some feel that Johnson's supposed motivation stemmed from his desire to inherit the presidency.
Question 11
What do conspiracy theories call the group rumored to be linked to government-involved healthcare plots?
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ABig Tobacco
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BBig Pharma
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CNew World Order
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DDeep State
Big Pharma
Skepticism about health-related issues are numerous and cover a wide range of topics. Conspiracies frequently center around the government suppressing natural remedies to make money with pharmaceuticals, as well as implementing vaccines that supposedly do more harm than good.
Question 12
Which Middle Eastern country has been repeatedly accused of using animals for espionage?
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AIsrael
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BEgypt
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CIraq
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DIran
Israel
Use of birds is the most common ploy according to these conspiracy theories, but some shark attacks in Egypt in 2010 have also been attributed to this form of animal implementation. Others believe that a spying eagle was captured in Saudi Arabia in 2011.
Question 13
About half a million plastic coffins sit in Atlanta, Georgia, easily viewed from a major road. What organization is rumored to be responsible for them?
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AEPA
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BFBI
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CHomeland Security
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DFEMA
FEMA
Some believe that these hundreds of thousands of coffins are property of FEMA. Conspiracy theorists say that the U.S. will impose a police state due to financial crisis, and millions of U.S. citizens will be killed or put in concentration camps, also set up by FEMA.
Question 14
The attack on Pearl Harbor is a dark day in U.S. history, but some suspect the truth behind it is even darker. What do conspiracy theorists believe about this event?
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AThe attack was carried out by a country other than Japan.
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BFDR allowed the attack to happen.
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CThe attack was faked.
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DThe damage was exaggerated.
FDR allowed the attack to happen.
The attack on Pearl Harbor is one of many tragic events deemed "false flags" by conspiracy theorists. The fact that this event kickstarted the United States' involvement in WWII have made some people suspicious that FDR let the attack happen as an excuse to go to war.
Question 15
Which military experiment supposedly tested and mastered cloaking devices?
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AThe Philadelphia Experiment
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BThe Chicago Experiment
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CThe Pittsburgh Experiment
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DThe Buffalo Experiment
The Philadelphia Experiment
The alleged experiments took place in October 1943, and the conspiracy theories surfaced as early as 1955. Supposedly, tests carried out by the U.S. Navy in the Philadelphia naval shipyard were able to turn the USS Eldridge invisible.
Question 16
Which supposed hoax is said to have involved Stanley Kubrick?
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AArea 51 cover-up
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BThe moon landing
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CJFK's assassination
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DMKUltra
The moon landing
Kubrick directed the 1968 film "2001: A Space Odyssey," which featured scenes on the moon and implemented special effects, which helps to explain how this rumor began. The theory often contends that the shuttle launch was real, but everything afterward was filmed footage passed off as a live broadcast.
Question 17
In 2016, which United States senator did then-candidate Donald Trump imply had a family member involved in the JFK assassination?
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AJeb Bush
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BJeff Flake
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CTed Cruz
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DMarco Rubio
Ted Cruz
Trump cited a photograph of Cruz’s father, Rafael Cruz, with JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald as evidence that the Cruz family had connections to the assassination. Trump admittedly learned of this story from “The National Enquirer,” a known tabloid magazine.
Question 18
What phenomenon do some believe is a hoax perpetuated by the government?
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AEarthquakes
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BClimate change
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CAurora Borealis
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DTornados
Climate change
Climate change deniers take issue with the claims about the extent of the change, as well as the degree to which humanity is at fault for causing the change. Some media personalities and politicians present the scientific evidence as debatable to undermine public trust in government.
Question 19
Which organization do conspiracy theorists believe engineered AIDS?
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ACIA
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BEPA
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CFBI
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DCDC
CIA
Theorists believe that the CIA was targeting the gay and African-American populations with its supposed engineering of AIDS. According to some evidence, the KGB deliberately spread this rumor in the 1980s.
Question 20
What event inspired a conspiracy theory centered around the "grassy knoll?"
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AHurricane Katrina
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BJFK's assassination
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CMoon landing
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D9/11 terrorist attacks
JFK's assassination
Theories that posit that there were multiple gunmen involved in President John F. Kennedy's assassination place one of the shooters on the "grassy knoll" in Dealey Plaza. Even the Warren Commission, which was in charge of investigating the assassination, speculated that there might be a second gunman on the grassy knoll.
Question 21
Which 1988 flight do some say was blown up by the CIA?
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AKorean Air Flight 858
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BAir India Flight 182
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CTWA Flight 841
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DPan Am 103
Pan Am 103
Some claim that this flight was part of a protected drug route that the CIA set up. According to this theory, a suitcase containing a bomb was swapped with a suitcase containing heroin, likely by terrorists.
Question 22
What do conspiracy theorists cite as evidence that the moon landing was a hoax?
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AAll of these
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BFootprints
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CShadows
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DFlag waving
All of these
All of these elements of the moon landing footage have been listed as things that could not possibly exist in the vacuum of space, or at least not under the conditions the moon landing was claimed to have happened in. Many explanations have been offered to counter these claims, but conspiracy theorists remain unconvinced.
Question 23
What 1994 book alleges that NASA planned to use technology to fake the appearance of God?
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AProject Zero
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BThe Purple Experiment
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CThe Philadelphia Experiment
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DProject Blue Beam
Project Blue Beam
Serge Monast, who wrote "Project Blue Beam," was a known conspiracy theorist. Detractors have noted that the scenario Monast proposes bears a suspicious resemblance to the plot of an unreleased "Star Trek" film.
Question 24
Which conspiracy theory involving Democrats and a restaurant allegedly used as a front for a child sex ring drew attention in 2016?
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APastagate
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BBagelgate
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CPizzagate
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DSandwichgate
Pizzagate
Proponents of this theory believe that leaked emails from John Podesta, Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager, discuss human trafficking using coded messages. Although widely debunked, this theory remained popular with members of the alt-right, which has led to threats of violence against the owners of Comet Pizza.
Question 25
What secret organization do some conspiracy theorists believe controls the world?
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ACarbonari
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BIvy Club
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CHermetic Brotherhood of Light
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DIlluminati
Illuminati
The Illuminati has origins as a genuine society in 1776 Bavaria, but some believe that the group persists to this day and boasts Barack Obama, Beyoncé, Jay-Z, and George W. Bush among its members. Conspiracy theorists often cite images containing supposed secret Illuminati symbols as evidence that certain politicians and celebrities are part of the organization.
Question 26
Who do some conspiracy theorists say are tasked with keeping UFO witnesses from sharing their stories?
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AMen in white
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BGray Patrol
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CMen in black
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DBlue Squad
Men in black
There have been several alleged "men in black" encounters over the years, especially from those who have reportedly seen UFOs or alien activity. The true nature of the supposed men in black is unclear, but they are generally considered to be part of a government coverup. Some even speculate that they could be aliens themselves.
Question 27
Which southwestern city is the rumored site of a 1947 UFO crash landing?
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ATucson
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BRoswell
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CSanta Fe
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DPhoenix
Roswell
The supposed UFO crash in Roswell, New Mexico, is one of the most famous and enduring subjects of alien conspiracy theories. In the 1970s, rumors about this incident gained steam, and some claimed that the military was covering up their possession of the wrecked spacecraft, as well as the alien life forms that had piloted it.
Question 28
What is the name of the long-rumored site of government-conducted alien experiments and research?
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AArea 51
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BArea 54
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CZone 54
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DZone 51
Area 51
The secretive nature of Area 51, which is part of the Edwards Air Force Base, has long contributed to theories about what goes on there. Some speculated activities performed by the government at Area 51 include alien interrogation, alien autopsies, and rebuilding crashed spacecraft, such as the UFO that supposedly crashed in Roswell, New Mexico.
Question 29
What event is the subject of conspiracy theories that claim “jet fuel can’t melt steel beams?”
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AJFK assassination
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BMoon landing
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CRoswell UFO incident
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D9/11 terrorist attacks
9/11 terrorist attacks
The events of 9/11 have sparked numerous conspiracy theories, most of them centering around the belief that the attacks were an inside job intentionally carried out by the government, or are otherwise not as they appear. The claim that jet fuel burns at a temperature too low to melt steel is true, but experts assert that this doesn't necessarily mean that other means of explosion were planted.
Question 30
What do the names Edward H. White, Roger B. Chaffee, and Virgil I. Grissom allegedly have to do with the supposed moon landing hoax?
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AThey were actors in the moon landing footage.
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BThey shot and edited the moon landing footage.
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CThey were killed to be silenced.
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DThey planned the hoax.
They were killed to be silenced.
Officially, these astronauts perished in an accidental fire during equipment testing prior to the space launch. However, the timing of these deaths has led some to believe that these men knew something about the planned moon landing hoax, and were instead killed by the U.S. government to protect that secret.
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