Proven Conspiracy Theories quiz

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1. 1 Easy

   What carried fake war plans into the sea in Operation Mincemeat?

   Answer: A corpse

   Why: The staged documents convinced German high command to defend Greece instead of the real invasion target, Sicily.

2. 2 Medium

   What neutral country did the US bomb in 1969’s Operation Menu?

   Answer: Cambodia

   Why: Airstrike records were falsified for over a year to make the missions appear as routine strikes in South Vietnam.

3. 3 Hard

   Which US agency ran Project SHAMROCK, the telegram interception program?

   Answer: National Security Agency

   Why: At its peak NSA analysts read about 150,000 telegrams a month, until director Lew Allen shut SHAMROCK down in May 1975.

4. 4 Easy

   Which toxic metal was secretly defended in motor gasoline?

   Answer: Lead

   Why: Tetraethyllead was added to stop engine knocking, even though its severe health risks were known to researchers.

5. 5 Medium

   What did the US put in industrial alcohol to stop Prohibition drinkers?

   Answer: Lethal poison

   Why: Officials mandated adding deadly toxins like methanol, which killed an estimated 10,000 people before Prohibition ended.

6. 6 Hard

   Which country did Israel's 1954 Lavon Affair sabotage plot target?

   Answer: Egypt

   Why: A bomb ignited in an operative's pocket outside an Alexandria cinema, exposing the cell; Pinhas Lavon resigned as defence minister in 1955.