Ghosts Trivia

1. There have been more than 100 reports of paranormal activity at Sloss Furnace in Birmingham, Alabama. This includes many sightings of a dead worker from 1906 named "Slag". What did the furnace make that contributed to the deaths and injuries?

From Quiz Ghosts of the American South

Answer: Pig iron

Birmingham, Alabama was known as the "Pittsburgh of the South" as it became a thriving iron and steel city until the 1960s. One of the largest blast furnaces, making pig iron, was called Sloss Furnace. In 1906, as the temperatures inside reached close to 120 degrees, a worker nicknamed "Slag" Wormwood got dizzy and lost his footing. He fell into the molted ore and melted instantly. His ghost, and others who suffered there, have been seen wandering the deserted facilities. Several television shows and documentaries have highlighted this mysterious factory.

From Quiz Ghostly Questions

Answer: Crow

Marie Laveau was an African American woman who reputedly practiced voodoo and died in early 1881. She supposedly haunted the cemetery as a black dog or crow, scaring visitors of the cemetery. Visitors to the cemetery marked the tombs where Laveau was said to be buried as a way of bringing them good luck.

From Quiz Ghosts of the British Isles Part 2

Answer: Knockers

Knockers are creatures that cause trouble to Cornish miners. They move or steal equipment. Miners often remark that they hear the knockers working deep in the mine, hence their name. While they can be mischievous, Knockers can also be very destructive. When agitated, it has been claimed that they will cause the mines to collapse, either killing or trapping the miners within. Sometimes in order to placate the Knockers, a Cornish miner will leave a piece of a Cornish pastie as a snack. It's a tradition that carries on to this day.

From Quiz Hold that Ghost!

Answer: Romania

Located in Bucharest, Romania, Hotel Cismigiu was built in 1914. It was used as a hotel until it closed in 1970. In the early 90s, it was re-opened as a student dormitory. During this time, a young girl died after falling down an elevator shaft. It's back to being used as a hotel now but visitors still say they've seen the girl's ghost wandering the corridors.

From Quiz Things That Go Bump

Answer: Mary Queen of Scots

Mary, Queen on Scots, was imprisoned in Fotheringhay at the end of a captivity in England that lasted nearly 20 years. Initially, she sought refuge with Elizabeth I in England after she had escaped from captivity in Scotland, but she was arrested, and for many years her jailer was the Earl of Shrewsbury. Mary was kept in the state and style that a queen might expect, all at the expense of the Earl, but an increasing number of Catholic plots intended to put her on the throne of England in place of Elizabeth I led to her closer confinement. In 1585 she was handed over to Sir Amyas Paulet, who disliked her and strictly curtailed her activities, and then in 1586 the Babington Plot was uncovered. Mary's letters showing her involvement in this plot to murder Elizabeth proved to be her downfall, and in 1587 Elizabeth signed the warrant for her execution. She was beheaded in the Great Hall of Fotheringhay Castle.

From Quiz Ghosts That We Knew

Answer: Raynham Hall in Norfolk, England

The Brown Lady of Raynham Hall is commonly believed to be of Dorothy Walpole. Dorothy was born in 1686 and died (most likely of smallpox) in Raynham Hall in 1726. She was married to Charles Townshend, who, after finding out she had had an affair, is said to have locked her in a room for nearly the rest of her life. She is called the Brown Lady because she appears to wear a brown brocade dress. In 1936, two photographers, Hubert C. Provand and Indre Shira, were taking pictures of Raynham Hall for "Country Life" magazine. While photographing the staircase, they noticed a vapory figure coming down the stairs and captured it on film. Many people believe the photo is genuine. But, like in any case like this, there are some critics.

From Quiz Worldly Spirits

Answer: She keens.

Banshees are as common in Irish folklore as leprechauns and fairies. Originally, it was thought that they keened whenever an important personage died. Later it was said that their keening presaged a death in a family. So, if you hear a keening noise outside your home and you belong to one of the families of Ireland, there is a possibility that someone will die.

From Quiz Haunted Arkansas

Answer: Michael

Michael was a stonemason who fell to his death during the construction of the Crescent Hotel in 1886. The place where he died became a part of room 218, which is considered to be the most haunted room at the hotel.

From Quiz Ghosts of The Tower of London

Answer: Anne Boleyn

Anne Boleyn was Henry VIII's second wife. Unfortunately however she failed in her prime duty, which was to give him a son and heir, and this led to her losing her life. Accused and found guilty of adultery she was beheaded on Tower Green in May 1536. Her headless body was placed in an arrow case and buried under the floor in the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula. As well as the Chapel her ghost has also been seen on Tower Green, and in The White Tower and the King's House. Jane Seymour died shortly after giving birth. Anne of Cleeves was divorced from Henry. Katherine Parr outlived him.

From Quiz The Legend Of Resurrection Mary

Answer: Chicago

Resurrection Mary is Chicago's version of a ghost archtype known as the "vanishing" or "phantom" hitchhiker. Accounts of mysterious hitchhiking entities date as far back as biblical times and can be found in nearly every culture in which there are moving conveyances.

From Quiz Ghosts of the British Isles

Answer: He is a headless horseman.

Ewen was the heir to the Maclaine chiefhood. But the father and son began feuding. They both went to battle in 1538 against each other, and the son was beheaded by one of his father's men. From then on, many have witnessed the headless Ewen harvesting the souls of Lochburie.

From Quiz Ghosts of England

Answer: Exeter College

John Crocker is a headless ghost who haunts the site of his tomb at Exeter College. He was an Elizabethan scholar, and has been seen dressed in yellow breeches, dress and jacket.

From Quiz Haunted Ohio

Answer: Sprucevale

Check it out! I bet you'll love it. It's part of a state park and it's not only haunted, but beautiful too! Some of the ghost stories are the story of Esther Hale (the ghostly bride left at the altar to go insane and die that way), Jakes Lock (the lock where a lockkeeper got struck by lightning and fell into the lock), and of course, Gretchen (the little girl who died of her illness, was entombed into the lock, and when she was removed to be taken back to her native Holland, the ship was lost at sea so she never made it home.)

From Quiz Ghosts and Apparitions from Around the World

Answer: The Haunted

Whilst the Smurls were still living there the house went through 3 exorcisms and an investigation by Ed and Lorraine Warren, demonologists from Connecticut. However, it wasn't until a fourth exorcism was completed after they had left that the house finally felt at peace.

From Quiz The Mysterious Winchester House

Answer: 1884

Mrs. Winchester moved to San Jose, California from her home in New Haven, Connecticut in 1884. It was done under the advice of a Boston psychic who told her moving out west would allow her to escape the torment of the evil spirits of the people killed by the Winchester rifles her husband helped manufacture. Supposedly, her husband's and only daughter's untimely deaths were blamed on the spirits.

From Quiz Haunted California

Answer: Winchester House

Sarah Winchester, heiress of the Winchester rifle fortune, thought the constant construction would confuse the spirits of the Winchester rifle's victims. Evidently it didn't work, as there are numerous reports of ghosts who still inhabit this truly bizarre residence.

From Quiz Ghosts Apparitions and Spooks

Answer: She wanted her murderers exposed.

Anne Walker's hideous, blood-drenched ghost appeared to James Graeme three times. She made it plain that she would not go away until Graeme went to the local magistrate and told him that she had been murdered by Mark Sharp, who had been hired by one of her relatives (by whom she was pregnant) to kill her. She also told the miller where her body could be found. Realizing that the haunting would not stop until she got her revenge, he went to the authorities with his strange story. They found her body thrown into a pit exactly where she said it would be. The killers were arrested, found guilty of her murder, and hung. After Graeme went to the authorities, Anne Walker's ghost was at rest and never bothered him again.

From Quiz Ghosts

Answer: Ectoplasm

Ectoplasm is most commonly seen in outdoor haunted places, such as graveyards. It can also give a cold feeling to people near it.

From Quiz Ghosts of Washington DC

Answer: Capitol Building

The Capitol is said to house about fifteen different ghosts.

From Quiz Ghosts of Famous People

Answer: Horatio Nelson

Lord Horatio Nelson was a naval commander best known for his victory at the Battle of Trafalgar. His ghost has been seen late at night, strolling through the pub or its corridors. It is said that Lord Nelson often secretly met with Lady Emma Hamilton, his mistress, at this spot.

From Quiz My Haunted North Carolina

Answer: Devil's Tramping Ground

The Devil's Tramping Ground is a circle 40 feet across. Around the perimeter is a path about a foot wide. The story goes that the devil walks this path every night plotting ways to cause trouble. The soil within the circle is sterile, and anything placed within it is said to disappear by morning. It is located about 10 miles from Siler City in western Chatham County.

From Quiz The Winchester House

Answer: Sarah

And she was crazy, let me tell you...but fascinating...

From Quiz Ghosts

Answer: Montgomery Clift

Room 928 of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel is home to this famous actor. He lived here for three months while filming From here to Eternity and I guess he decided to stay on. Many hotel employees and guests have reportedly sensed the actor's ghostly presence

From Quiz Ghosts of the American South

Answer: Joel Chandler Harris

Joel Chandler Harris moved into the Victorian home in Atlanta known as the "Wren's Nest" in the 1880s with his wife and nine children, only six whom survived to adulthood. Here he wrote many of his works, including those around Uncle Remus and his stories. By the early 1900s there were sightings of two young ghostly boys (assumed to be sons of Harris), the author himself, and a former kitchen worker. In 2019, the Southeastern Institute of Paranormal Research conducted a month-long investigation with positive results.

From Quiz Come Visit Alabama - If You Dare!

Answer: Huntsville

Huntsville has the Carter Mansion (with the ghost of Sally Carter who topples her own headstone), ghostly children in the playground near Maple Hill Cemetery, and a haunted bible college. Even the Space Camp itself is said to suffer from the sounds of a worker, killed on the job, screaming for help at certain times of the year.

From Quiz Ghostly Questions

Answer: Abraham Lincoln

People have claimed to have seen the ghost of Abraham Lincoln looking through the windows of the Oval Office and getting ready for bed in his bedroom. In one instance, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands was staying in the White House while visiting President Roosevelt. She answered the knock on her door to find Abraham Lincoln standing in the doorway with a hat on his head.

From Quiz Ghosts of the British Isles Part 2

Answer: She carries her own head from the chopping block to the village church

It is said that St Osyth was killed by Danish invaders who beheaded her. To the shock of the Danes, she picked up her own head, held it out at arms length, and carried it from the spot of her execution to the door of the church. The legend tells that every year on October 7, her ghost repeats this startling ritual that must have terrified her executioners if it indeed happened.

From Quiz Hold that Ghost!

Answer: Buma Inn

It's unknown exactly when the Buma Inn was built, but it's believed to be haunted by the angry ghost of a patron who roams the corridors at night in search of the chef who poisoned his food.

From Quiz Ghosts That We Knew

Answer: Emily

The Gold Brook Bridge is a covered bridge in Stowe, Vermont. It is commonly called Emily's Bridge because a ghost with that name is known to haunt it. The Emily ghost was first heard of in 1968 from a high school student who used a Ouija board on the bridge. There are many stories about who Emily was and how she died, but there is no historical evidence to prove them true. Many people have claimed to experience paranormal activity on the bridge, such as scratches on themselves and their cars and strange noises. Some have also claimed to have seen Emily. Most of the activity is reported to have happened between midnight and three in the morning.

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