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A quiz for Halloween about Witches. We have many more halloween related rounds, check out our categories page.

 

Questions:

1) The Witches in Lancashire were situated around which prominent landmark?

 

2) The Pendle witch trials were amongst the most famous in English history. Where were all but two of the twelve accused tried?

 

3) Which English king became so obsessed with witches that he wrote a book about it that ultimately led to the persecution and prosecution of many women?

 

4) Which Shakespeare play has witchcraft at the heart of the story?

 

5) What two lines, some of the most quoted from British literature, do the witches in Macbeth chant when around the fire?

 

6) During the three hundred years from 1450 to 1750 witch hunts became common throughout Europe, leading to roughly how many trials? a) 10,000 b) 100,000 c) 1,000,000

 

 

Answers:

1) The Witches in Lancashire were situated around which prominent landmark?

Pendle Hill

 

2) The Pendle witch trials were amongst the most famous in English history. Where were all but two of the twelve accused tried?

Lancaster Assizes

 

3) Which English king became so obsessed with witches that he wrote a book about it that ultimately led to the persecution and prosecution of many women?

James I (VI Scotland)

 

4) Which Shakespeare play has witchcraft at the heart of the story?

Macbeth

 

5) What two lines, some of the most quoted from British literature, do the witches in Macbeth chant when around the fire?

‘Double, double, toil and trouble;

‘Fire burn and cauldron bubble’

 

6) During the three hundred years from 1450 to 1750 witch hunts became common throughout Europe, leading to roughly how many trials? a) 10,000 b) 100,000 c) 1,000,000

b) 100,000