You know you want to know more about this.

This quiz will test how much you know about exploding animals in history and the natural environment. It is amazing how much this vital subject is neglected on non-Fortean websites.

Short answers.

1. During World War II, as we know, the Japanese employed fire balloons against the US. What strange incendiary bioweapon did a US dentist invent to use against the Japanese?
2. You know about the 1993 and 2001 bombings in New York, using a truck bomb and airliners, respectively. What did Italian terrorists use in their attack on Wall Street in 1920?
3. Kamikaze pilots were not the only suicide bombers in World War II. What animals did the Soviets use against German tanks?
4. What infamous US behavioural scientist worked on a pigeon-guided missile during World War II?
5. What creature explodes altruistically, to save its fellows?
6. What strange thing happened to a farmer in Queensland, Australia, when he was milking his cow in 1932?
7. What causes worldwide incidents of spontaneous exploding pigs?
8. Why was the small body of water in the Altona district of Hamburg labelled the Tümpel des Todes (Pond of Death) in 2005?
9. What was the Sheriff of Essex accused of plotting to do in 1267?
10. In 1970, the Oregon (US) Highway Division did something unusual and explosive, but it was intended to protect public health. What was it?

Check your answers by clicking the picture below. Animal bomb-handling licences will be distributed to those with a satisfactory score of 80% or more.

Dmitri Gheorgheni

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