Today's #quizzytime: These two photos point to a very mysterious discovery made in 2004 in France. What?
Quiz ends at 2 PM. Google if you like.
Ans: They found a secret theater in the catacombs of Paris. Officers came across a tarpaulin marked: Building site, No access. Behind that, a tunnel held a desk and a closed-circuit TV camera set to automatically record images of anyone passing.
The mechanism also triggered a tape of dogs barking, "clearly designed to frighten people off," the spokesman said. Further along, the tunnel opened into a vast 400 sq metre cave some 18m underground, "like an underground amphitheatre, with terraces cut into the rock and chairs".
There the police found a full-sized cinema screen, projection equipment, and tapes of a wide variety of films, including 1950s film noir classics and more recent thrillers.
A smaller cave next door had been turned into an informal restaurant and bar.
3 days later, when the police returned the phone and electricity lines had been cut and a note was lying in the middle of the floor: "Do not," it said, "try to find us." theguardian.com/world/2004/sep…
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