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Quiz about Famous Haunted Places
Quiz about Famous Haunted Places

Famous Haunted Places Trivia Quiz


Unexplainable things such as temperature drops, apparations and strange sounds are reported everyday to police. What are these things caused from? Ghosts? Spirits? Or are they all just a coincidence?

A multiple-choice quiz by guypineapple. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
guypineapple
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
268,317
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Very Difficult
Avg Score
4 / 10
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Top 20% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. The famous "Brown lady of Raynham Hall" has apparently been sighted in Raynham hall several times over the past two centuries.
Who was the person who took the now famous picture of the "Brown Lady of Raynham Hall" in 1936?
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Question 2 of 10
2. What room is the ghost of the "Radiant Boy" believed to haunt in Corby castle? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. At "Hickory Hill", what was the man known as that is believed to have fathered up to three hundred children? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. The "Whaley house" is reported to have sightings of whose ghost? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. What was the purpose of the "Winchester Mansion" originally? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. The "Bell Witch" is believed to be whose spirit? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. What was the "Alamo" used as in March 1836? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. When was the "Borley Rectory" burnt down? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Which ghost(s) have not been said to haunt the "Willard library" in Evansville, Indiana? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. What was carved on one of the windows of Fyvie castle? Hint



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1. The famous "Brown lady of Raynham Hall" has apparently been sighted in Raynham hall several times over the past two centuries. Who was the person who took the now famous picture of the "Brown Lady of Raynham Hall" in 1936?

Answer: Indra Shira

This famous photo was published in a British magazine called "Country Life" on the 26th December 1936, 7 days later than when the picture was actually taken.
The "Brown Lady" is so called due to the brown brocade dress that she has often been seen wearing while wandering around Raynham Hall, which is located in Norfolk, England.
George IV also had an encounter with the "Brown Lady" which lead him to flee this house, "I will not spend another hour in this accursed house, for tonight I have seen that which I hope to God I never see again".
The "Brown Lady" is thought to be the ghost of Lady Dorothy Walpole who was the sister of the prime minister of England in 1722.
Eventually when she married, her husband Lord Townshed is believed to have locked her in her room as he had received some knowledge about her having an affair with Lord Wharton.
2. What room is the ghost of the "Radiant Boy" believed to haunt in Corby castle?

Answer: The pink room

This famous ghost in Corby castle is believed to cry and moan in fear or in pain at midnight. The noises are believed to come from a passage that had been cut into a ten foot wall. Once the cries went away, a halo of light is believed to appear around an old four poster bed that is in this room.

Many people that have slept in this bed claim to have seen a figure of a small boy dressed in blue. When the wall of the pink room in Corby castle had been removed, parts of blue clothing and the bones of a young boy were discovered.
3. At "Hickory Hill", what was the man known as that is believed to have fathered up to three hundred children?

Answer: "Uncle Bob"

"Hickory Hill" or better known as "The old slave house", is situated near Equality in Illinois. This house was built in 1842 by a man called John Hart Crenshaw who owned slaves that worked on the salt mines in the "Saline County". In around the early 1840's he had created a scheme to help him make more money.

This scheme was that he would kidnap free "Black Americans" and forced them to work on the salt mines, he would then sell them back to others that were purchasing slaves. John Hart Crenshaw is said to have imprisoned the slaves at nightime in the Attic where they were are said to have been tortured. Eventually he decided that kidnapping "blacks" was too slow so he decided to create his owns slaves by forcing a man know as "Uncle Bob" (who was selected because of his strength) to have sex with the other female slaves. Eventually the slaves started to rebel and one of them had attacked him with an axe and managed to cut off his leg. Eventually when the house was open as a tourist attraction, some tourists reported to have heard cries and whimpers as well as rattling chains.
4. The "Whaley house" is reported to have sightings of whose ghost?

Answer: Jim "Yankee" Robinson

Jim "Yankee" Robinson, was a man that was hung on the scaffolding of this building in 1853 because he had tried to steal a pilot boat called "Plutus".
Jim "Yankee" Robinson is said to haunt the stairs that lead to the seconds floor, especially the ninth step which is said to be where he was hung.
He is said to have haunted Mr Whaley before Mr Whaley died.
This house was built by Thoma Whaley in the 1850s in San Diego. Many visitors of this house have reported strange things happening in it such as a frock coat and a top hat all of a sudden appear, a very strong smell of cigar smoke is often smelt (sometimes it is so strong that people have to evacuate the house), laughter is often heard, especially on the top floor. The ghost of
Mrs Whaley is also said to appear, along with the smell of perfume and the sound of someone singing.
In this house the ghost of the Whaley's red head daughter who died at the age of eleven from eating poisonous powder is said to tickle and pull the hair of girls around her age as well as play with a meat cleaver in the kitchen.
5. What was the purpose of the "Winchester Mansion" originally?

Answer: To keep bad spirits away from the owner

This mansion took 38 years to completely build and was built to keep bad spirits away from the owner, Sara Winchester. She built this house because a psychic told her that the death of her husband and her child were caused by evil spirits. The psychic told her that the only way for her to keep safe was by building a massive house that had traps to confuse bad spirits so that they couldn't find her.
This house is believed to have around 160 rooms (no one knows the real number because people often get lost in this house), three elevators, forty-seven fireplaces and bathrooms and around eleven thousand windows.
This mansion also has stairways that lead to nowhere and some into the ceiling.
Among all this there is several chimneys that are hidden away and trap doors, some lead to massive four story drops.
Although the reason is not known, many things in the house consist of thirteen things such as all the stair cases apart from one have thirteen steps, many sinks have thirteen drain holes, many rooms have thirteen windows in which all the stained glass is made out of thirteen panes.
Her obsession with the number thirteen wasn't just a thing that was used in her house, things such as her will consisted of thirteen parts and was signed thirteen times.
Ghosts and other strange things occur in this house very often these include: strange voices being heard, apparitions, objects floating in the air, temperatures often dropping very quickly and the screams of someone or something are heard on a regular basis.
6. The "Bell Witch" is believed to be whose spirit?

Answer: Kate Batts

In 1817 a family from Tennessee claimed to have heard scratching and tapping sounds their home. After a year or so, the hauntings became more violent, and Betsy Bell (the daughter of John Bell) was particularly targeted by these hauntings often was pinched and kicked by a spirit who was a witch known as Kate Batts, who had once been a neighbour of the "Bell's".
Kate Batts was often seen hovering around the bed of poor John as he was dying.
On the morning that John Bell had died a bottle of poison was found near his bed-side.
This spirit is also claimed to have been present at the funeral of John Bell, laughing and cursing.
Since the passing of John Bell and the remaining "Bell" family left this house, the families that have lived in their house had reported strange things such as dark apparitions and something screaming.
7. What was the "Alamo" used as in March 1836?

Answer: Fort

The "Alamo" is situated in San Antonio, Texas and was built in 1718 to be a mission but is most famously known for being used as a fort in 1836 in the battle between Mexico and the Americans who were living there, over the rights of the state Texas.
In this battle the Mexican army of four thousand strong, was lead by Antoino Lopez de Santa Ana while the American army had only 188 defending the fort.
Antoino Lopez de Santa Ana ordered his troops to bury all the dead Americans in a huge grave.
People that visit this site have reported seeing wounded men walking in and out of the walls of the "Alamo", people riding on horseback (presumed to be the dead from the fight) and some have reported screaming coming from inside the "Alamo".
8. When was the "Borley Rectory" burnt down?

Answer: 1939

This site was originally a monastry for Benedictine monks but was then bought by the "Waldergrave" family who lived on it for almost 300 years.
In the late 1800's the "Waldergrave's" had a new monastry built on the site.
Shortly after the new monastry was built paranomal things started occuring.
According to some people a nun and a monk had attempted to flee this sight via horse and carriage, after they were caught eloping. They both were sentenced to death.
Some people that have visited this site claim to have seen a monk roaming around near a tree where the monk was supposedly hung from.
The nun has also apparently been seen wandering around this area as she was apparently sealed inside a wall while she was still alive.
In the 1920's and 1930's while the premises were occupied by Reverand Lionel Foyster, mysterious writings had all of a sudden appeared on the walls of the house.
After this place was burnt down, human remains were found.
9. Which ghost(s) have not been said to haunt the "Willard library" in Evansville, Indiana?

Answer: Robert Scottworthy

The ghost of Louise Carpenter often referred to as "The Lady in Grey" has been spotted many times in 2000 and 2007 by "web cams" (that the staff at the library had put up to see if the library was really haunted) as well as the ghosts of small children.
This library is the oldest one in the state of Indiana having beeen established in 1885.
10. What was carved on one of the windows of Fyvie castle?

Answer: "Lillias Drummond"

Fyvie castle is situated in Aberdeenshire, Scotland and has been home to many powerful families from Scotland. The Earl and his wife, Lillias Drummond had only lived there for a few months when the earl had started to fancy another lady from nearby. Not long after this Lillias was locked up in one of the top rooms of the castle and starved to death. Rather shortly after the passing of his wife he married Grizel Leslie.
One night when Grizel and the Earl were together in one of the upstairs rooms they heard a scratching noise. When they woke up they found the words "Lillias Drummond" engraved on the outside of the window (which was 50 foot from the ground) so that it would have been nearly impossible for anyone to write that on the window.
The ghost of Lillias, often referred to as the "Green Lady" has been spotted on many occasions wandering the castle.
Another ghost that is often seen and heard in he castle grounds is the ghost of Andrew Lammie, who was a man that had fancied Lillias but was not allowed to see her as Lillias' father had not liked him and ended up selling him as a slave in the West Indies.
When he eventually returned he found out that Lillias had died and ended up committing suicide.
The ghost of Andrew Lammie is said to play a trumpet at night, outside the castle.
Source: Author guypineapple

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