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The Winchester House

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : The Unexplained : The Winchester House

Introduction:
"If you haven't been, I'd encourage you to visit The Winchester House in California. I haven't yet either, but want to because I find it fascinating. Enjoy the quiz!"


1. When the heir to the Winchester fortune died, the inheritance passed to his wife--who happens to be the sole character behind the legend. What was her first name?
    Elizabeth
    Daisy
    Irene
    Sarah


2. Mrs. Winchester's husband, William Wirt, was involved in making guns...for what type of gun was Mrs. Winchester haunted for the rest of her life?
    pistol
    rifle
    shotgun
    muzzle loader


3. Mrs. Winchester--hereby known as Wifey for this quiz--sold her New England home and moved west...who told her to do this?
    her father in law
    the president
    her father
    a psychic


4. The now famous Winchester Mystery House is located where?
    San Francisco, CA
    Santa Clarita, CA
    Los Angeles, CA
    San Jose, CA


5. What year did Wifey buy and begin building upon the once 12 room farmhouse?
    1900
    1884
    1875
    1889


6. The structure is listed to have an 'undetermined number of rooms.' What is the number that is most correct?
    153-157 rooms
    147-150 rooms
    150-153 rooms
    157-160 rooms


7. Wifey was obsessed with a particular number, what is that number?
    Answer: (One Word)


8. In the Winchester house, there are two ballrooms, one completed one not. The one that is not completed is the most spectacular of the two. What is special about this room?
    It was built with no nails.
    It has no entrance ways.
    It was built completely of stone.
    It was painted all white.


9. How many stories did the structure rise prior to the 1906 earthquake?
    5
    3
    4
    7


10. Nearly all of the staircases contain how many steps?
    Answer: (Hmm, can you guess?)


11. Of all the staircases, one is different having 42 steps and rising only 9 feet (all the steps are about 2 inches high). What is this staircase commonly called?
    The Up-and-Down
    The Advocate
    The Mystery
    The Switchback


12. What flower was Wifey obsessed with (if her list of obsessions isn't long enough already)?
    daisy
    lilly
    roses
    pansy


13. What was different about Wifey's will, which left most of the furniture to a niece, but not much else?
    It was signed 13 times.
    It was signed left-handed.
    It was not signed at all.
    It was written backwards.


14. The house's official name is Llanada Villa, this means what?
    Death House
    Highland Villa
    Haunted Villa
    Lowland Villa


15. The house was built in what architectural style?
    Spanish
    French
    Modern
    Victorian


16. Some, but not all, of the staircases have something unusual about them (besides the fact that there are 13 steps), what is it?
    The railings are upside down.
    They are all rifle stocks.
    There is no railing.
    The railings have glass inserts.


17. Even though Wifey was a bit on the weird side, she did encourage modern conveniences. The bathrooms are no exception, but what is different about them (besides being 13 of them)?
    Most have glass doors.
    They are all mirrored.
    They have no windows.
    They are carpeted.


18. After the earthquake of 1906, Wifey was released from where she was trapped for quite some time. She stated that the earthquake was due to what reasoning?
    She was not building enough.
    The 'cure' to the curse was not working.
    She was building too slow.
    She was spending too much money.


19. In the entire house, how many mirrors were there?
    160
    38
    13
    2


20. Besides her favorite flower, Wifey also incorporated a bug (we shall generically call it) into much of her glasswork. Which bug?
    beetle
    earthworm
    ladybug
    spider


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