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Quiz about Mediaeval Werewolves And Vampires

Mediaeval Werewolves And Vampires Quiz

Eastern Europe had the Vampire, the fiendish Un-Dead drinker of blood. Northern and Western Europe had the Werewolf - the stalker of human prey.

A multiple-choice quiz by LindaC007. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
LindaC007

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
66,408

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
7 / 15

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4154

Last 3 plays: Guest 24 (8/15), DeepHistory (9/15), Guest 75 (9/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. According to Italian folklore, a person who slept outside under the full moon on a Friday will become a vampire.

True

False

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Question 2 of 15

2. Which one of these physical characteristics was NOT shared by both werewoves and vampires? Hint

Claw-like fingers

Eyebrows that meet

Third finger on both hands longer than the middle finger

Hairy palms

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Question 3 of 15

3. In Italy in the 1540s what was considered the best way to tell if a suspect was really a werewolf? Hint

Make them drink blessed water

Dunk them in a pond

Place ropes of jet beads around them

Examine their insides

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Question 4 of 15

4. The body of England's King John (reigned 1199-1216), was exhumed by monks to see if he was actually a werewolf.

True

False

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Question 5 of 15

5. Which one of these, according to European legend, will NOT turn a human into a werewolf? Hint

Being bitten by a rabid wolf

Drinking from a stream where a wolf has drunk

Dying of a broken neck

Eating wolfbane

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Question 6 of 15

6. Which characteristic was NOT shared by all Carpathian vampires of the 16th Century according to folklore? Hint

Unusual gauntness

Superhuman stength

Long, sharp fingernails

Sweet scented breath

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Question 7 of 15

7. Where was the plague in cattle thought to be caused by vampires? Hint

Bulgaria

Bavaria

France

Romania

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Question 8 of 15

8. Romanians believed that the best day of the week to tackle a vampire was what? Hint

Saturday

Friday

Wednesday

Sunday

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Question 9 of 15

9. Mediaeval churchman Gervase of Tilbury said that rolling around unclothed in the sand under a full moon would turn a man into a werewolf.

True

False

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Question 10 of 15

10. Which of these is NOT a way to become a vampire according to Romanian folklore? Hint

Eating garlic and chalk

Having an unusual death

Being the victim of a vampire

Cat jumping over a corpse

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Question 11 of 15

11. In eastern Europe, to hunt for a vampire's grave, a virgin boy, riding on a virgin black stallion, was led through the cemetery.

True

False

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Question 12 of 15

12. Which is a characteristic found only in Bulgarian vampires? Hint

Glowing, hypnotic eyes

One nostril

Beautiful voice

Great beauty

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Question 13 of 15

13. The legend of the werewolf is thought to have been started in part by people who suffered from which disorder? Hint

Hyper-sensitivity to sunlight

Zoanthropic paranoia

Lupine Syndrome

Acute Anemeia

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Question 14 of 15

14. How could, according to Romanian legend, a child be born a vampire? Hint

If a vampire stared at a pregnant woman

The father was a vampire

If the father beat a pregnant woman

If the mother was unbaptized

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Question 15 of 15

15. Almost every nation in the world has its werewolf lore.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. According to Italian folklore, a person who slept outside under the full moon on a Friday will become a vampire.

Answer: True

This was thought to be an excellent way to end up a vampire! So watch those Friday camping trips, if the moon is full "for your mother's sake" (as the peasant woman said to Renfield when she urged him to take the cruxifix in the 1931 Universal classic movie "Dracula")!

2. Which one of these physical characteristics was NOT shared by both werewoves and vampires?

Answer: Third finger on both hands longer than the middle finger

Not an attractive lot, were they? Both werewolves and vampires were thought to have claw-like fingers, hairy palms, and eyesbrows that grew together.

3. In Italy in the 1540s what was considered the best way to tell if a suspect was really a werewolf?

Answer: Examine their insides

Well, it was thought that werewoves grew internal hair, so more than a few poor suspects were opened up to check to see if they were werewolves. Of course, they were all proven innocent but if any survived the test, I do not know.

4. The body of England's King John (reigned 1199-1216), was exhumed by monks to see if he was actually a werewolf.

Answer: True

Yes, the unpopular King John (brother of King Richard the "Lion Hearted") was rumored to have been a werewolf. in fact, after monks thought they heard noises coming from his grave, they dug him up from consecrated ground. A Norman chronicle says of this incident 'even after death he could not keep peaceful possession of his tomb'.

5. Which one of these, according to European legend, will NOT turn a human into a werewolf?

Answer: Dying of a broken neck

Dying of a broken neck, or in any unusual fashion, meant the deceased was a potential vampire.

6. Which characteristic was NOT shared by all Carpathian vampires of the 16th Century according to folklore?

Answer: Sweet scented breath

Their breath was supposedly quite unpleasant and dank, as befitted their diet!

7. Where was the plague in cattle thought to be caused by vampires?

Answer: Bavaria

Bavarian vampires were said to sleep with the left eye open, with their thumbs linked, and to be responsible for plague in cattle.

8. Romanians believed that the best day of the week to tackle a vampire was what?

Answer: Saturday

Saturday was supposed to be the one day that a vampire lay powerless in its grave.

9. Mediaeval churchman Gervase of Tilbury said that rolling around unclothed in the sand under a full moon would turn a man into a werewolf.

Answer: True

Yes, that is what he said. He really did had a vivid imagination, didn't he?

10. Which of these is NOT a way to become a vampire according to Romanian folklore?

Answer: Eating garlic and chalk

The best way to have ended up Undead was to be the victim of a vampire. Anyone who suffered an unusual death, likewise if a cat jumped across a dead body, it could revive as a vampire. Actually, garlic and chalk were thought to be repulsive to vampires.

11. In eastern Europe, to hunt for a vampire's grave, a virgin boy, riding on a virgin black stallion, was led through the cemetery.

Answer: True

The first grave the horse stopped at was thought to that of a vampire. A young, pure girl, riding on a white horse, was also led through a graveyard as another method for hunting a vampire's grave.

12. Which is a characteristic found only in Bulgarian vampires?

Answer: One nostril

Actually all European vampires seemed to have a hypnotic gaze that drew their victims, as well as gaunt, skull-like facial features. In general, they were very hideous creatures.

13. The legend of the werewolf is thought to have been started in part by people who suffered from which disorder?

Answer: Zoanthropic paranoia

It is a very, very rare disorder (thank goodness) in which the sufferer had the urge to hunt down and eat raw prey.

14. How could, according to Romanian legend, a child be born a vampire?

Answer: If a vampire stared at a pregnant woman

If a pregnant woman was stared at by a vampire, she could have a vampire child. It was once commonly believed that children could be "marked" in their mother's womb by something the mother saw or experienced while she was pregnant.

15. Almost every nation in the world has its werewolf lore.

Answer: True

Yes, from Africa to Scandanavia, legends of shapeshifers of various types abound. Thank you for taking my quiz. I hope you enjoyed taking it as much as I did making it.

Source: Author LindaC007

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