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Haunted Carolina

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Introduction:
"This quiz is on some of the ghosts, 'haints', and folk tales of North and South Carolina."


1. Which of these Ghost Light tales does NOT involve a restless spirit, a severed head, railroad tracks, and lantern light?
    Brown Mountain
    Summerfield
    Old Maco Station
    Vander


2. During the Revolutionary War, in Edgecombe County, near the present town of Tarboro, NC, an English miller, David Warner, was drowned by British soldiers for grinding corn and wheat for the Rebels. What rose from the black mist of the Tar River to avenge him?
    The Edgecombe Banshee
    Ghost of his young wife that died in childbirth
    Tar River Mer-Wraith
    The Wendol


3. First seen near Waynesville, NC, in the early 1900s, what was in the woods near Eagle Nest Mountain?
    Gabriel Hound
    Haywood Werewolf
    Will-O'-Wisps
    Boojum


4. All but one of these 'signs' are considered omens of impending doom in the Western North Carolina Mountains. Which of the following actually means good luck?
    Belled Buzzard
    Mournful howling of a dog
    Loud ringing in the ears
    Red clouds at night


5. This South Carolina tale is about a man who comes home and finds his wife's body hanging from a tree limb. On the limb above the body is something that he can not get to leave. What is it?
    White screech owl
    Belled buzzard
    Black cat
    Raven


6. Violent death often leads to a 'haunting'. What restless spirit haunts The Old Light House on Hilton Head Island, SC?
    Gray Lady
    Pink Lady
    Blue Lady
    Gray Man


7. John West was down on his luck when he moved his family into the old abandoned house in the Western NC Mountains. Why did the West family also flee the house?
    Rocks pounding the roof
    Blood stain that could not be removed
    Spirit faces in the fireplace
    Unexplained opening door


8. During the Spring of 1914, what did citizens of Columbia, SC, see in the sky that convinced them that the End of the World was at hand?
    Blood red moon
    Black rainbow spanning the horizon
    Total eclipse of the sun
    Phantom horseman


9. In North Carolina, 'Bloody Bones' was once said to rise up from the swamps and catch the unwary.
    True
    False


10. An fun question for you, I hope. In North Carolina, it is illegal to use the word 'devil' on a place name or landform.
    True
    False


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