Can You Tell A Poltergeist From A Ghoul? 

This ghostly quiz was made for you if so.

Faye Remedios
Created by Faye Remedios
On Oct 16, 2022
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Whether you’re a skeptic who dismisses the existence of ghosts as pure imagination or harmless tales or a true eliever who knows that the truth is stranger than fiction, you cannot deny that the supernatural encounters, folklore and legends you read or hear about make for fascinating information, indeed. So whichever side of the fence you fall on, how much do you really know about these ghostly beings? Tell us, are you ready to take this quiz on things that go bump in the night? 

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The ____ Theory is the speculation that ghosts and hauntings are analogous to tape recordings.

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Parapsychologist Tom Lethbridge is known as the…

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Paranormal investigators call a swirling vaporous cloud that appears several feet off the ground an…

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The word poltergeist actually means ___ ghost.

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____ photography, which is also called ghost photography, is a kind of photography used to capture images of ghosts and other entities.

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Floating circles of light that are either visible to the human eye or, sometimes, can be seen only on film are called “ghost lights” or …

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Some ghost researchers believe the orbs are spirits of ____.

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Mostly spotted in homes or old historical buildings, the funnel ghost is often associated with a...

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This demonic being is believed to inhabit burial grounds and other deserted places while robbing graves and feeding on dead bodies.

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In German folklore, this mischievous household spirit helps with chores and becomes angry when he is not properly fed.

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In Shakespeare's ____, the ghost of the king haunts his son and spurs him to act against his murderer.

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According to sea lore, this famous ghost of non-human origins is a seventeenth-century merchant ship believed to haunt the high seas.

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Casper is best known as the…

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Name the novel where cold-hearted miser Ebenezer Scrooge has a change of heart after being visited by ghosts representing different eras of his life's Christmases.

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The Murdered Peddler is a fake ghost whose presence started a real religion called ____ by sisters Maggie and Katie Fox.

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Name the Shirley Jackson gothic horror novel that is about a house filled with supernatural events.

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Also known as ‘phantasms of the living’ these ghosts appear when a person is undergoing a personal crisis or trauma.

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Name the Oscar Wilde story that tells the humorous tale of a modern American family who moves into an English country house haunted by the titular character, Sir Simon.

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According to this legend, The Weeping Woman was a spirit, who drowned her children in order to be with her lover, but was rejected and committed suicide.

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EVP can be defined as unexplained faint sounds of human voices that can be heard on digital and tape recordings. What is the full form?

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Collective Apparition is a ghost or demon activity as seen by more than one person at the same time.

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Spirits usually of religious origin that can be heard singing are called…

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