Test Your Weird News IQ

1. Where did this mysterious creature wash ashore in July?

• Cape May, N.J.
• Montauk, N.Y.
• Pacific Beach, Calif.

2. A North Carolina grandfather caught a 21-pound channel catfish - a state record - using what?

• A Barbie fishing poll
• His bare hands
• A plastic spear

3. The Telegraph reported that this Indian girl bleeds through her pores without being cut or scratched. True or false: Doctors have cured her.

• True
• False

4. In January, this photo taken by NASA's Mars explorer Spirit created a stir, with some suggesting it showed a humanoid. What actually was it?

• An alien
• A rock
• A shadow created by Spirit

5. In August, two men revealed images of what they claimed was the corpse of the legendary Bigfoot, Where did they claim to have found it?

• Alaska
• Illinois
• Georgia

6. Manuel Uribe, once named the world's heaviest man, did what in Mexico in October?

• Fasted the entire month
• Got married
• Ran a 5k

7. This woman made headlines in September when she vowed to auction off her virginity. Why did she say she was doing it?

• To make a documentary about it
• To pay her tuition
• To pay her sister's medical expenses

8. Jaci Dalenberg gave birth to her own three granddaughters after acting as a surrogate for her daughter. Where did it happen?

• California
• Ohio
• Utah

9. An Indian man rescued an orphaned bear cub and raised the animal as part of his family. Which did NOT happen when authorities found out?

• They arrested him
• They put the bear to sleep
• They sent the bear to a zoo

10. A member of a wealthy Abu Dhabi family paid how much for a license plate with nothing but the number