Braingle: 'Boil and Bubble' Trivia Quiz

Boil and Bubble

From the three witches of Macbeth to the wizards and witches in the Harry Potter books, magical people have always been a subject of interest, fear, and curiosity. What do you know or believe about these broom jockeys?

Quiz ID:	#20530
Fun:	(2.91)
Difficulty:	(1.37)
Category:	Other
Created By:	mosca

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#1 The three witches in the Shakespeare play, "Macbeth", were casting spells to cause harm to the King of Scotland.

True
False

#2 In American history, an intense seventeenth-century persecution of alleged witches took place in:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cranston, Rhode Island
Salem, Massachusetts
Roanoke, Virginia

#3 A long-running American sitcom, "Bewitched", starred Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha Stevens, a witch married to a non-magical husband. Samantha cast her magic spells by:

Waving a wand
Twitching her nose
Reaching to the sky
Kissing a toad

#4 A witch, mentioned in the Old Testament, who supposedly raised the spirit of Samuel was named:

Cassandra
The Philistine Witch
Andragora
The Witch of Endor

#5 Hermione Granger, a friend and classmate of Harry Potter, was a witch who came from a witching family.

True
False

#6 Anne Boleyn, the second wife of the much-married King Henry VIII, was suspected of witchcraft. This was because she had a mole on her neck and because:

She had a cat
She was heard muttering spells
Some ravens flew over her one day
She had an extra finger on one hand

#7 In the film, "The Wizard of Oz", the first witch Dorothy spoke with was an evil woman who meant to do her harm.

True
False

#8 Baba Yaga was a legendary witch who moved through the forests by means of a:

Mortar and pestle
Huge broomstick
Overgrown teacup
Flying horse

#9 In the film, "The Wizard of Oz", Dorothy was able to destroy the Wicked Witch of the West by:

Using a wooden stake
Poisoning her
Casting a spell the wizard gave her
Throwing water on her

#10 Many of the nursery rhymes read to children were written by a woman known as Mother Goose. There are some speculations that this sweet lady was a witch.

True
False

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toucan_dan

posted 207 days ago

8/10 ... really enjoyed this one ... you must do another with facts about witchcraft and magic ...

bgs295

posted 207 days ago

7/10---Great quiz!!

eggface

posted 206 days ago

Great quiz, quite well written, too!

DewlannaSolo

posted 206 days ago

Interesting quiz. Nice explanations. A+

Witches and the way people think about witches (and accuse people of witchcraft) has been a subject of deep interest to me ever since I found out that 2 of those 19 people hanged in Salem were great (times 10 or so) grandmothers of mine.

Zag24

posted 206 days ago

Great quiz. For once, I managed to learn something by proofreading quizzes, since I got an A+, this time. (I think I got 2 wrong -- Endor and Baba Yaga -- when I proofed it, but I actually remembered the right answers, this time.)

deltabelle

posted 205 days ago

Great Quiz! Lots of fun. Would love to see another one like it!

MarcM1098

posted 204 days ago

Fun quiz - thanks!

Bebophitchhiker

posted 203 days ago

Great quiz, mosca. Got 8/10. I'd heard OF Baba Yaga, but nothing ABOUT her. And I did not know that about Anne Boleyn. VERY interesting quiz. Keep up the good work.

katamaster

posted 203 days ago

Guessed on a few and was able to get one of my guesses correct. Fun quiz!

bradon182001

posted 203 days ago

Not one of my better quizzes. Thanks for posting.

calla

posted 203 days ago

10/10 - one of my favorite subjects!

softball_fan

posted 203 days ago

Nice quiz! it was a great subject!!

shay88

posted 203 days ago

Got two wrong when i should not have gotten any wrong.Fun quiz

UptheHill

posted 202 days ago

NICE!!!

mepg

posted 202 days ago

Not into witches but it was fun anyway

BobbyL

posted 202 days ago

9 out of 10 isn't bad I don't know much about no ghosts but I guessed on several of them.

avonma

posted 202 days ago

I missed #5 & #8 because I didn't really know the stories; but I got all the rest! Yay me!

b-ama

posted 202 days ago

7?10...so-so...I wonder if witches still exist...

JLP1

posted 201 days ago

6/10, great quiz thanks, really something different for a change.

Pedro

posted 189 days ago

#10: The figure of Mother Goose has been traced back to a French man named Perrault (spell check).

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Boil and Bubble

#1 The three witches in the Shakespeare play, "Macbeth", were casting spells to cause harm to the King of Scotland.

#2 In American history, an intense seventeenth-century persecution of alleged witches took place in:

#3 A long-running American sitcom, "Bewitched", starred Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha Stevens, a witch married to a non-magical husband. Samantha cast her magic spells by:

#4 A witch, mentioned in the Old Testament, who supposedly raised the spirit of Samuel was named:

#5 Hermione Granger, a friend and classmate of Harry Potter, was a witch who came from a witching family.

#6 Anne Boleyn, the second wife of the much-married King Henry VIII, was suspected of witchcraft. This was because she had a mole on her neck and because:

#7 In the film, "The Wizard of Oz", the first witch Dorothy spoke with was an evil woman who meant to do her harm.

#8 Baba Yaga was a legendary witch who moved through the forests by means of a:

#9 In the film, "The Wizard of Oz", Dorothy was able to destroy the Wicked Witch of the West by:

#10 Many of the nursery rhymes read to children were written by a woman known as Mother Goose. There are some speculations that this sweet lady was a witch.

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