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Quiz about Ghosts Apparitions and Spooks
Quiz about Ghosts Apparitions and Spooks

Ghosts Apparitions and Spooks Trivia Quiz


Have you heard any good ghost stories lately? I hope you enjoy my spook tales.

A multiple-choice quiz by Charlie007. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
Charlie007
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
103,100
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
6852
Awards
Top 10% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 166 (7/10), Guest 152 (5/10), Guest 110 (1/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Why did the ghost of Anne Walker haunt John Graeme, a miller in Durham, England, in 1681? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What strange thing haunted the area near Ladbroke Grove underground station in North Kensington, London? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. In August of 1919, what was seen coming out of the walls of the Swanton Novers Rectory in Norfolk, England? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. What famous ghost ship inspired Wagner to write an opera? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. What apparition of a famous person on horseback appeared to the 20th Maine Division on their way to join the Union Army at Gettysburg in July, 1863? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. What famous headless pirate is said to haunt North Carolina's Ocracoke Island? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. What famous lady's ghost is said to haunt the Tower Of London? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. If you were driving along Archer Avenue in Chicago's South Side and gave a beautiful hitchhiker a ride, who might you have just picked up? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Which US President visited the house of John Bell near Adams, Tennessee, and came away convinced the Bell Witch actually existed? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. What fiendish thing has been seen haunting an area of Pond Square in London's Highgate area? Hint



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1. Why did the ghost of Anne Walker haunt John Graeme, a miller in Durham, England, in 1681?

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.
2. What strange thing haunted the area near Ladbroke Grove underground station in North Kensington, London?

Answer: A ghostly, red, double-decker bus

A ghostly double-decker red bus was reported on numerous occasions and supposedly caused several accidents and near accidents. After a fatal accident at this location, the local coroner found dozens of local residents who had seen the bus. After the road was straightened, the bus was not seen again--at least not at this notorious intersection.

This is from "Ghosts and Poltergeist" by Frank Smyth.
3. In August of 1919, what was seen coming out of the walls of the Swanton Novers Rectory in Norfolk, England?

Answer: All of these things

First of all, showers of refined gasoline came out of the walls. This was followed by water, then methylated spirits, and sandalwood oil showers. At one point, two quarts were actually measured coming out of the walls every ten minutes. It was first thought that the rectory stood on a natural oil well, and the walls were soaking up oil and then spouting it out, but this was discounted, and no apparent reason was ever found for this phenomena.

This is from "The Complete Book of Charles Fort", pp. 577-81.
4. What famous ghost ship inspired Wagner to write an opera?

Answer: Flying Dutchman

The 17th century sailing ship, "Flying Dutchman", has been seen by generations of sailors. Its appearance usually portends diaster, so the sight of the huge sailing ship is an unwelcome one. Wagner's opera "Der Fliegende Hollander" was inspired by the "Flying Dutchman" legend.
5. What apparition of a famous person on horseback appeared to the 20th Maine Division on their way to join the Union Army at Gettysburg in July, 1863?

Answer: George Washington

A Union general, several officers, and hundreds of soldiers insisted George Washington on horseback showed them the right way to go at a fork in the roads on the way to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The 20th Maine Division arrived at Gettysburg in time to help capture a very strategic area of the battlefield called Little Round Top.
6. What famous headless pirate is said to haunt North Carolina's Ocracoke Island?

Answer: Blackbeard

It has been said on moonlit nights that Blackbeard's headless shade can be seen swimming in the Ocracoke Island cove where Edward Teach (better known as Blackbeard) died. In November, 1718 after a tremendous sea battle with the British navy led by Lt. Robert Maynard, Blackbeard finally succumbed to five bullets and over 20 sword wounds.

His head was hung on the British ship, but it was rumored that his headless body swam around the boat three times before sinking. It is also said that sometimes a headless ghost holding a lantern can be seen wandering the local beaches looking for its head.
7. What famous lady's ghost is said to haunt the Tower Of London?

Answer: Anne Boleyn

Anne Boleyn was the second wife of England's King Henry VIII. She was beheaded in 1536. Her ghost has supposedly taken up residences in the Tower of London where she lived out the last months of her life.
8. If you were driving along Archer Avenue in Chicago's South Side and gave a beautiful hitchhiker a ride, who might you have just picked up?

Answer: Resurrection Mary

The beautiful hitchhiker you just picked up could just be Resurrection Mary. This beautiful shade has been reportedly picked up by numerous motorists. She resides at Resurrection Cemetery at 7200 South Archer Avenue in Chicago's South Side. She is thought to be the ghost of a young Polish girl who was killed in an auto accident coming home from the O Henry Ballroom, later named Willowbrook Ballroom, in 1931.

She was interred in her party dress and dancing shoes at the Resurrection Cemetery, of course. So if you happen to be driving along Archer Avenue, and you pick up a young lady in dancing shoes and an evening gown, and she disappears near Resurrection Cemetery--don't panic! You've just given a lift to Resurrection Mary!
9. Which US President visited the house of John Bell near Adams, Tennessee, and came away convinced the Bell Witch actually existed?

Answer: Andrew Jackson

It seems that the Bell Witch, as the spirit was called, was not impressed in the slightest by Old Hickory's visit and threw dishes and furniture at him. The honorable Mr. Jackson was said to have left in quite a rush! The Bell Witch started haunting the John Bell home in 1817 until 1821, when she announced that she was leaving but would return in seven years.

She returned for a couple of weeks in 1828 before disappearing again. Some still think that she remains to this day and haunts a nearby cave on the banks of the Red River.

This cave is, of course, called the Bell Witch Cave. The Tennessee Historical Commission has even erected a marker describing the Witch's tirade against the Bell household. Now, does anyone want to go check out that cave next to the Red River--maybe on a dark, rainy night about midnight, the Witching Hour?
10. What fiendish thing has been seen haunting an area of Pond Square in London's Highgate area?

Answer: A half-naked, half-frozen chicken

A scary half-naked, half-frozen chicken has been seen on numerous occasions haunting the area of Pond Square in London's Highgate. It seems the great Sir Francis Bacon decided to do an experiment with snow and decided to have his coachman buy, then kill and then pluck most of the feathers off the chicken.

He then proceeded to stuff the chicken with snow and into a sack. However Bacon took ill and collapsed in the snow himself, and he died a few days later. No one knows what happened to the chicken during all this, but its shade has been observed on several occasions. Plucked of its feathers, the poor bird appears to flop around in circles and is quite hideous to look at. Of course it always disappears when someone tries to catch it. Anyone for fried chicken? Thank you for taking my quiz. I hope you enjoyed taking it as much as I did making it.
Source: Author Charlie007

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