Which Literary Witch Trivia Quiz

Answer: Glinda

In the novel 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' Glinda is the Good Witch of the South and only appears towards the end of the novel. In the film the character of Glinda is merged with that of the Witch of the North hence why she appears earlier in the film. Glinda is the ruler of the Quadling Country in the south of the land of Oz.

The character of Glinda appears in various other novels in Baum's 'Oz' series.

Answer: Granny Weatherwax

Granny Weatherwax first appeared in the novel 'Equal Rites', the third novel in the 'Discworld' series. The character also appears in a number of subsequent novels in the series. She is portrayed in the books as the leader of the witches that live in the Ramptops area but, as witches don't have leaders, Granny is described as "the most highly-regarded of the leaders they didn't have"!

Answer: The Weird Sisters

The Weird Sisters is how the three witches in the play Macbeth are styled in the character list. The Weird Sisters are crucial to the plot of the play as it is they who tell Macbeth the prophesy that he will be king which leads to him murdering Duncan.

The characters speak some of the most well known lines in Shakespeare's plays including the "when shall we three meet again" speech and the incantation that begins "double double toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble."

Answer: The Grand High Witch

'The Witches' is a novel for children written by Roald Dahl. The Grand High Witch is the worldwide leader of all the witches and she encourages them and educates them in ways to rid the world of children. The character is described as being "without mercy" and dispatches one witch into a puff of smoke for suggesting that eliminating all the children in England in one year is impossible.

Answer: Hermione Granger

Hermione Granger is one of the main characters in the 'Harry Potter' series. She first appears in the first book of the series 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' (or 'Harry Potter and the Scorer's Stone in the US) when she joins Hogwarts School in the same year as Ron and Harry and is sorted into the same house as them.

The three of them become friends and are the main characters in the rest of the books in the series.

Answer: Jadis of Charn, the White Witch

Jadis of Charn who is more often referred to as the White Witch is a character who features heavily in the novels 'The Magician's Nephew' and 'The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe' which are part of CS Lewis' 'Chronicles of Narnia'. In 'The Magician's Nephew' Jadis is Queen of Charn who lets the land of Charn be destroyed rather than admit defeat; later in the novel she flees to a remote corner of the land of Narnia to work on her magic and become the White Witch who traps Narnia in eternal winter.

The story of Jadis' defeat and the return of spring to Narnia is told in 'The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe'.

Answer: Rhea of the Coos

'The Dark Tower' series consists of eight books which tell of the character Roland Deschain and his search for the Dark Tower. The series contains themes from a number of literary genres including horror, western, sci-fi and fantasy. Rhea of the Coos is an old witch and enemy of Roland, she mainly appears in the fourth novel of the series 'Wizard and Glass'.

Answer: Alexandra Spofford

'The Witches of Eastwick' was first published in 1984 and is set in the 1960s in the Rhode Island town of Eastwick. The central characters are three women who develop magical powers after either leaving their husbands or being widowed, as is the case for Alexandra Spofford.

Answer: Joanna Beauchamp

'The Witches of East End' is the first novel in the series of the same name by Melissa de la Cruz and was published in 2011. The series tells the story of the Beauchamp family from Long Island. Joanna Beauchamp is the mother and her and her two daughters are all witches although their powers have been limited by a curse.

The series tells of the family's fight against the dark forces which start to conspire against them.

Answer: Dr. Rowan Mayfair

'The Lives of the Mayfair Witches' series starts with the novel 'The Witching Hour' which was published in 1990. The series tells the story of Dr. Rowan Mayfair a neurosurgeon who starts to discover her magical powers when she discovers more about her family after the death of her estranged mother.