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Witch Trivia Quiz
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Witch facts: 1. Not all witches are evil. 2. Hardly any 'witch' was ever burnt at a stake. 3. Witchcraft is practiced by both women and men.

Witch Trivia Quiz
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1. What did the witch Yubaba do to the parents of the small girl, Chihiro Ogino, in the Japanese animated fantasy film 'Spirited Away'?
2. Which of the following is a series of children books about witches written by Jill Murphy?
3. Which kind of chair was used during the Middle Ages to identify witches?
4. For approximately how many years did witch hunts take place in Europe?
5. In the animated fantasy film 'Howl’s Moving Castle', what is the name of the witch who transforms Sophie into an old woman?
6. In which country do fairy tales depict Baba Yaga, an old witch who lives in a house that can walk around on chicken legs?
7. What is the name of the School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the fantasy series 'Harry Potter'?
8. Which of the following is a fictional character appearing in the Marvel Universe?
9. In India, the word for witch is dakini. What does this word literally mean?
10. Witchcraft began as an oral practice. When witches were hunted and killed, this tradition shifted into a written and secret one and each witch had to keep magical incantations in what?
11. What is the name of the witch featured in the 1939 film 'The Wizard of Oz'?
12. In the fantasy series 'The Chronicles of Narnia', what did the White Witch do to Narnia?
13. A witch typically flies on what?
14. In the fairy tale 'Hansel and Gretel' by the Brothers Grimm, the house of the witch is made of which food?
15. Which of the following is the name of a religion based on the practice of witchcraft?
16. Which long-standing stereotype about witches was established in 1486 when Jacob Sprenger and Heinrich Kramer published the Malleus Maleficarum?
17. Which film helped popularise the modern visual image of the witch, with a pointed hat, flowing robes, old hag, mole, and hooked nose?
18. During the Middle Ages, the practice of witchcraft was widely regarded as what?
19. In which notable work by William Shakespeare do the three witches speak the famous line: 'Double, double toil and trouble'?
20. What is the name of the famous witch trials taking place in the USA between 1692 and 1693 in which more than 200 people were accused of witchcraft?
21. Witches in the modern time typically refer to their craft as what?
22. In the fairy tale 'The Little Mermaid' by Hans Christian Andersen, what does the Sea Witch want in exchange for giving the Little Mermaid her legs?
23. When do witches celebrate the New Year, which marks the time when the veil between the dead and the living is thin?
24. Before using their magic, witches need to cast a protective … to give them a sacred place.
25. What does the word 'coven' usually refer to?