// BEGIN editorial data var i = 0; var UFO_wb30 = new Array(); UFO_wb30.ID = "UFO_wb30"; UFO_wb30.ID_WB = 4854203; UFO_wb30.navsectionID = "3032117" UFO_wb30.sPubDate = "12/17/2004 6:33:09 PM GMT"; UFO_wb30.quiztype = 1; UFO_wb30.appFmt = 9; UFO_wb30.bDispQNums = 1; UFO_wb30.appWidth = 460; UFO_wb30.appHeader = "QUIZ : Test your UFO I.Q.|"; UFO_wb30.appDeck = new Array("Unidentified flying objects may seem like a high-tech phenomenon, but such sightings have caused controversy for millennia. This quiz touches on some of the high points of UFO history.","Thanks for taking our quiz. You scored ."); UFO_wb30.BoxStyle = 3053755; UFO_wb30.HeaderIcon = ""; UFO_wb30.headHeight = 40; UFO_wb30.copyHeight = 220; UFO_wb30.copyMargin = 9; UFO_wb30.copyBorder = 0; UFO_wb30[1] = new Array(); UFO_wb30[1][0] = new Array("Kenneth Arnold kicked off the modern UFO era in 1947 when he reported seeing nine discs flying in formation. Where did he report seeing the discs?"); UFO_wb30[1].answer = "Mount Rainier ... Arnold, a Boise businessman, said he saw discs skimming through the sky \"like a saucer skipping over water\" as he flew his private plane over Washington state's Cascade Mountains. Reports about the sighting came to refer to the discs as \"flying saucers.\" It was several days later that mysterious debris was found near Roswell, N.M. Mount Shasta is a supposed base for space visitors, and Devil's Tower was the site of the fictional UFO landing in \"Close Encounters of the Third Kind.\""; UFO_wb30[1][1] = new Array("Roswell",'',0); UFO_wb30[1][2] = new Array("Mount Shasta",'',0); UFO_wb30[1][3] = new Array("Mount Rainier",'',1); UFO_wb30[1][4] = new Array("Devil's Tower",'',0); UFO_wb30[2] = new Array(); UFO_wb30[2][0] = new Array("Marshall Applewhite, leader of the 39 UFO believers who died in the 1997 Heaven’s Gate suicide, was the subject of a TV movie starring John Forsythe. What was the name of the movie?"); UFO_wb30[2].answer = "\"The Mysterious Two\" ... NBC aired \"The Mysterious Two\" in 1982, after Applewhite's initial heyday in the mid-1970s. \"Waiting for the Ships\" is the title of a paper on the cult's early years, written by University of Montana sociologist Robert Balch, while \"Beyond Human: Return of the Next Level\" was a movie script being written by members of Heaven's Gate. As for \"Heaven's Angels,\" the closest Forsythe got was the role of Charlie in \"Charlie’s Angels.\""; UFO_wb30[2][1] = new Array("\"Beyond Human\"",'',0); UFO_wb30[2][2] = new Array("\"The Mysterious Two\"",'',1); UFO_wb30[2][3] = new Array("\"Waiting for the Ships\"",'',0); UFO_wb30[2][4] = new Array("\"Heaven's Angels\"",'',0); UFO_wb30[3] = new Array(); UFO_wb30[3][0] = new Array("Some believe the Old Testament recorded a UFO sighting by the Prophet Ezekiel. According to the Bible, what did Ezekiel see in the sky?"); UFO_wb30[3].answer = "A fiery cloud with four beings within ... Ezekiel 1:4-5 describes the descent of four beings who possess \"wheels within wheels\" and inspire prophecies about the fate of Jerusalem. The foul-smelling circles of fire were mentioned in the 15th century B.C. by the Pharaoh Thutmose III, who apparently made the world's first recorded UFO report. The Prophet Elijah was transported to heaven on a \"chariot of fire and horses of fire\" (2 Kings 2:9-12). And it was Jacob who saw the angelic ladder (Genesis 28:12)."; UFO_wb30[3][1] = new Array("Foul-smelling circles of fire",'',0); UFO_wb30[3][2] = new Array("A fiery cloud with four beings within",'',1); UFO_wb30[3][3] = new Array("A fiery chariot and horses",'',0); UFO_wb30[3][4] = new Array("Angels descending and ascending a ladder",'',0); UFO_wb30[4] = new Array(); UFO_wb30[4][0] = new Array("Which of these acronyms does not stand for the name of a UFO organization?"); UFO_wb30[4].answer = "UFONICS ... There is no UFONICS, but there is the British UFO Research Association, the National UFO Research Center and the Mutual UFO Network, which is considered the world's largest UFO organization."; UFO_wb30[4][1] = new Array("BUFORA",'',0); UFO_wb30[4][2] = new Array("NUFORC",'',0); UFO_wb30[4][3] = new Array("MUFON",'',0); UFO_wb30[4][4] = new Array("UFONICS",'',1); UFO_wb30[5] = new Array(); UFO_wb30[5][0] = new Array("For years, scientists have debated whether a particular meteorite contains fossilized evidence that life existed on Mars. Where was that meteorite found?"); UFO_wb30[5].answer = "Antarctica ... Scientists say that the meteorite, found in Antarctica's Allan Hills ice field, matches the characteristic chemical fingerprint of Martian rocks. The rock, which contains traces of fossilized bacteria, was probably ejected from Mars during a collision with an asteroid or comet and floated in space for millions of years, finally falling to Earth."; UFO_wb30[5][1] = new Array("Antarctica",'',1); UFO_wb30[5][2] = new Array("China",'',0); UFO_wb30[5][3] = new Array("Outer space",'',0); UFO_wb30[5][4] = new Array("The Atlantic Ocean floor",'',0); UFO_wb30[6] = new Array(); UFO_wb30[6][0] = new Array("What was the name of the U.S. Air Force’s two-decade-long study into UFO phenomena?"); UFO_wb30[6].answer = "Project Blue Book ... Project Blue Book, phases of which also went by different names, began in 1948 and was shut down in 1969. Aurora refers to supposedly secret aircraft tests. Majestic-12 is the name of a supposed UFO cover-up operations of the type popularized by TV’s \"X-Files.\""; UFO_wb30[6][1] = new Array("Project Aurora",'',0); UFO_wb30[6][2] = new Array("Project Blue Book",'',1); UFO_wb30[6][3] = new Array("Project X",'',0); UFO_wb30[6][4] = new Array("Project Majestic-12",'',0); UFO_wb30[7] = new Array(); UFO_wb30[7][0] = new Array("Debris found near Roswell, N.M., in 1947 was initially considered to be wreckage from a UFO. What does the federal government say it really was?"); UFO_wb30[7].answer = "A top-secret project to monitor Soviet nuclear blasts ... Although the government initially contended the Roswell debris came from a mere weather balloon, it changed its official story as the result of a 1994 review of classified reports. The Pentagon now says the material came from a radar detection device, hoisted by a balloon and used to monitor atmospheric pressure changes brought about by Soviet nuclear tests. The top-secret operation was known as Project Mogul."; UFO_wb30[7][1] = new Array("An ordinary weather balloon",'',0); UFO_wb30[7][2] = new Array("A top-secret project to test exotic airplane materials",'',0); UFO_wb30[7][3] = new Array("A top-secret project for U.S. nuclear weapons testing",'',0); UFO_wb30[7][4] = new Array("A top-secret project to monitor Soviet nuclear blasts",'',1); UFO_wb30[8] = new Array(); UFO_wb30[8][0] = new Array("Which U.S. president formally filed a report of a UFO sighting?"); UFO_wb30[8].answer = "Jimmy Carter ... In a report filed with the Center for UFO Studies in 1973, Jimmy Carter claimed that he saw a mysterious celestial object over the Georgia countryside in 1969. But as related by \"The Straight Dope,\" a skeptical researcher determined that what Carter actually saw was most likely the planet Venus, which observers often report as a UFO. Ronald Reagan reportedly hinted that he once saw an unidentified flying object but did not publicize his sighting."; UFO_wb30[8][1] = new Array("Gerald Ford",'',0); UFO_wb30[8][2] = new Array("Jimmy Carter",'',1); UFO_wb30[8][3] = new Array("Ronald Reagan",'',0); UFO_wb30[8][4] = new Array("George Bush",'',0); UFO_wb30.profiles = new Array();var i=0; UFO_wb30.profiles[i++]= new Array(0,25,"Klaatu says: \"I'm impatient with stupidity. My people have learned to live without it.\""); UFO_wb30.profiles[i++]= new Array(26,49,"Agent Smith says: \"Never send a human to do a machine's job.\""); UFO_wb30.profiles[i++]= new Array(50,74,"The Borg says: \"We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own.\""); UFO_wb30.profiles[i++]= new Array(75,90,"Agent Smith says: \"The great and powerful Oracle. We meet at last.\""); UFO_wb30.profiles[i++]= new Array(91,100,"Data says: \"Believing oneself to be perfect is often the sign of a delusional mind.\""); // END editorial data