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Haunted Houses - Up an Old Staircase Quiz


Beware literature's spooky houses. Enter if you dare, and think twice before you climb the stairs.

A multiple-choice quiz by amcoffice. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
amcoffice
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
384,045
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
283
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Question 1 of 10
1. Walking up the staircase of Maxim's majestic estate really spooked his new wife. The house was haunted by the memory of Maxim's first wife, faithfully kept alive by a creepy housekeeper intent on making the new missus feel most unwelcome. Oh no, the house is on fire, but the second Mrs. survives to "dream" again of what misty manor? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Four people decide to spend the night to investigate the strange goings-on in a "haunting" house. Even though things go horribly wrong for poor Eleanor, she will not leave. Even the Dudley caretakers refused to stay in what spooky house created by Shirley Jackson? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. The home of siblings Roderick and Madeline has real problems. It shrieks and glows, and then there's that giant crack. Madeline's too-soon burial and a tale of a dragon-killing knight leads to the splitting and sinking of what fateful manor? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Don't go up the staircase in Edward's gloomy mansion. His crazy wife is locked away in the attic, and she is about to burn the place to the ground. What ghostly estate housed Edward's wife? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Beware a ghostly woman wearing black. She has returned from the dead, and she is haunting the house from which she witnessed her young son die. Worse yet, every time she appears, a child will soon die. What desolate house does the Woman in Black haunt? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Be careful going up the grand staircase in this castle! In addition to the talking portraits, haunting creatures, moaning myrtles, and magic spells, the staircases actually move in what bewitching manor? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Catherine is thrilled to visit the Tilney ancestral home. She is delighted (even hopeful) that the mansion may be haunted. After all, there is the late Mrs. Tilney's mysterious suite of rooms that no one now dares enter. What is this fictional grand estate created by Jane Austen? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Jack and his family are spending the winter caretaking a spooky mountain hotel, which eventually possesses Jack. Many strange events later, a boiler explosion kills Jack and destroys the property. His wife and son, however, manage to escape the remains of what a-maze-ing resort? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. With phones ringing for no reason, mysterious writings appearing on walls, and that child mauled by a dog, Caroline's decision to head up the stairs to investigate some spooky sounds was a bad one. Once on the second floor, she simply says "You!" and falls to her death. What rambling estate is more than just a "little strange"? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Southern belles used to grace the staircase of this Georgian plantation. The beauty of the estate, however, becomes spooked by unsettling events: an army invasion, an owner gone mad, and a Yankee-set fire. What grand house may have been lost to haunting events if not for a Charleston beau who restored to its former glory? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Walking up the staircase of Maxim's majestic estate really spooked his new wife. The house was haunted by the memory of Maxim's first wife, faithfully kept alive by a creepy housekeeper intent on making the new missus feel most unwelcome. Oh no, the house is on fire, but the second Mrs. survives to "dream" again of what misty manor?

Answer: Manderley

Manderley is the fictional estate in Daphne du Maurier's novel "Rebecca" (1938). Maxim de Winter marries the second Mrs. de Winter (we never learn her real name) after the death of his first wife, Rebecca. Housekeeper Mrs. Danvers, longing for Rebecca and refusing to accept the new Mrs. de Winter, takes her revenge by burning down Manderley. Alfred Hitchcock's 1940 film "Rebecca" based on the book won the Best Picture Academy Award.

The "dream" reference relates to the famous line "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again."
2. Four people decide to spend the night to investigate the strange goings-on in a "haunting" house. Even though things go horribly wrong for poor Eleanor, she will not leave. Even the Dudley caretakers refused to stay in what spooky house created by Shirley Jackson?

Answer: Hill House

"The Haunting of Hill House" (1959) is a novel by Shirley Jackson. Hill House's history of supernatural violence prompts curious folks to stay there to investigate. One, Eleanor Vance, becomes obsessed by the house and refuses to leave, ultimately claiming the house as her own. Even the caretakers, Mr. and Mrs. Dudley, refuse to stay at the house.

This Jackson book has twice been made into films, both titled "The Haunting" (1963 and 1999).
3. The home of siblings Roderick and Madeline has real problems. It shrieks and glows, and then there's that giant crack. Madeline's too-soon burial and a tale of a dragon-killing knight leads to the splitting and sinking of what fateful manor?

Answer: House of Usher

Edgar Allan Poe's 1839 short story "The Fall of the House of Usher" is a terrifying tale of the Usher siblings, who are as dreary and haunted as their house. When sister Madeline appears to have died, Roderick and his friend inter her in a vault within the building walls. Madeline arises (turns out she wasn't as dead as believed), which leads to the destruction of all involved and the house itself.
4. Don't go up the staircase in Edward's gloomy mansion. His crazy wife is locked away in the attic, and she is about to burn the place to the ground. What ghostly estate housed Edward's wife?

Answer: Thornfield Hall

Thornfield Hall is the house at the center of the 1847 novel "Jane Eyre" by English writer Charlotte Bronte. The Gothic manor witnesses the romance between Jane and Edward Rochester. As it turns out, Edward's "mad" wife Bertha Mason is locked away upstairs in the attic. Refusing to become his mistress, Jane leaves Edward. Only the eventual destruction by fire of the house and Edward's complete atonement allow for the couple's happy reunion.
5. Beware a ghostly woman wearing black. She has returned from the dead, and she is haunting the house from which she witnessed her young son die. Worse yet, every time she appears, a child will soon die. What desolate house does the Woman in Black haunt?

Answer: Eel Marsh House

"The Woman in Black" is a 1983 horror novella by Susan Hill. The Woman in Black is the late Jennet Humfrye who, as she watched from a window in Eel Marsh House, saw her son Nathaniel die in a carriage accident. From beyond the grave, Jennet periodically returns to Eel Marsh House dressed all in black to haunt the place, presaging the death of a child.
6. Be careful going up the grand staircase in this castle! In addition to the talking portraits, haunting creatures, moaning myrtles, and magic spells, the staircases actually move in what bewitching manor?

Answer: Hogwarts

Hogwarts (officially, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry) is a primary setting for J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" series of books. As immense and imposing as Hogwarts is, spells and charms prevent "Muggles" (those without magical blood) from finding it.
7. Catherine is thrilled to visit the Tilney ancestral home. She is delighted (even hopeful) that the mansion may be haunted. After all, there is the late Mrs. Tilney's mysterious suite of rooms that no one now dares enter. What is this fictional grand estate created by Jane Austen?

Answer: Northanger Abbey

"Northanger Abbey" is believed to be Jane Austen's first novel, although it was published in 1817, after her death. Catherine Morland is intrigued with the house as a reflection of the Gothic novels she loves. She comes, however, to realize that the house may not be haunted after all. Contrary to her initial suspicion, Catherine eventually realizes that General Tilney did not murder his wife.
8. Jack and his family are spending the winter caretaking a spooky mountain hotel, which eventually possesses Jack. Many strange events later, a boiler explosion kills Jack and destroys the property. His wife and son, however, manage to escape the remains of what a-maze-ing resort?

Answer: Overlook Hotel

The Overlook Hotel is the setting for Stephen King's 1977 horror novel "The Shining". Overlook's caretaker, Jack Torrance, devolves into madness as the hotel takes control over him. The novel is based on King's 1974 visit to The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, and his battle with alcoholism.
9. With phones ringing for no reason, mysterious writings appearing on walls, and that child mauled by a dog, Caroline's decision to head up the stairs to investigate some spooky sounds was a bad one. Once on the second floor, she simply says "You!" and falls to her death. What rambling estate is more than just a "little strange"?

Answer: Hundreds Hall

Hundreds Hall is the setting for "The Little Stranger" (2009) novel by Sarah Waters. The estate is home for the Ayres family, who are deteriorating right along with the property itself. Waters has written that the novel grew from scary dreams she had while staying at Dartington Hall for a literary festival in south Devon, England.
10. Southern belles used to grace the staircase of this Georgian plantation. The beauty of the estate, however, becomes spooked by unsettling events: an army invasion, an owner gone mad, and a Yankee-set fire. What grand house may have been lost to haunting events if not for a Charleston beau who restored to its former glory?

Answer: Tara

Tara was the fictional plantation featured in Margaret Mitchell's famous 1936 novel "Gone With the Wind." Tara was based on the antebellum homes typical of Mitchell's grandmother. The Union army looted and took over Tara during the Civil War, driving its owner Gerald O'Hara into madness.

His daughter Scarlett and her third husband Rhett Butler of Charleston, South Carolina, later rebuilt and restored Tara.
Source: Author amcoffice

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