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The Loch Ness Monster

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  • What tabloid printed eyewitness accounts?
    London tabloids
  • What was used in the falsified photo?
    a toy submarine
  • When was Kenneth Wilson’s photo of the monster was published?
    Kenneth Wilson’s photo of the monster was published in 1934.
  • What is the meaning of the word earnest?
    If you say something in earnest, you are very serious and believe it to be true.
  • What is an example of a correlative conjunction?
    either/or. neither/nor. such/that. whether/or. not only/but also. both/and. as many/as. no sooner/than.
  • When was the first reported sighting of the Loch Ness Monster?
    The 6th Century.
  • What does "FANBOYS" stand for?
    For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
  • When did hunting for the Loch Ness Monster start?
    1930s
  • What is Loch Ness?
    A lake in the Scottish Highlands.
  • What is Loch Ness?
    a lake
  • What is an example of a preposition?
    above, across, against, along, among, around, at, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, by, down, from, in, near, of, off, on, to, toward, under
  • What is an adverb?
    An adverb is a word that modifies (describes) a verb.
  • Why is the “surgeon’s photo" significant?
    The photo was significant because it proved Nessie’s existence.
  • What real-life people and events do actors portray?
    Actors portray Duke Wetherell creating a fake model of Nessie from a toy submarine and young Christian Spurling putting the model into the lake.
  • What places does the live footage in the video show?
    The live footage shows the lake known as Loch Ness and the Scottish highlands.
  • Where is Loch Ness located?
    Scottish Highlands
  • How do reenactments and live footage help viewers understand how the “surgeon’s photo” was made in 1934?
    Reenactments help viewers imagine how Wetherell and his stepson created the phony photo, and live footage helps the viewer picture where these events took place
  • Why has the Loch Ness monster held people’s attention for so long?
    The Loch Ness monster has held people’s attention for so long because it is an unexplained mystery they want to solve.
  • what continent is Scotland part of?
    Europe
  • What impact did Christian Spurling have on the “surgeon’s photo?"
    Christian Spurling later revealed the photo was a fake.
  • What did Duke Wetherell do to get back at the Daily Mail for firing him?
    Duke Wetherell, had falsified the photo because he wanted to get back at the Daily Mail for firing him.
  • What is the “surgeon’s photo?"
    It is a photograph of the Loch Ness monster that London surgeon R. Kenneth Wilson claimed to have taken in 1934.
  • Is Scotland a country or a continent?
    country
  • What does the word convinced mean?
    If you are convinced of something, you are certain that it happened.
  • Who was Duke Wetherell?
    Duke Wetherell created the famous photo by making the head and neck of a monster and attaching them to the top of a toy submarine.
  • What is the Loch Ness monster?
    The Loch Ness monster is a legendary creature that people believe lives in the lake.