Q 01/05

Which two film-school friends wrote, edited and directed The Blair Witch Project?

A) Oren Peli and Jason Blum

B) Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett

C) Stefan Avalos and Lance Weiler

D) Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez

Answer · why

D) Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez

They met at the University of Central Florida and decided that paranormal documentaries were scarier than horror films, so they combined the two.

Q 02/05

The three students head into the woods near which real Maryland town?

A) Emmitsburg

B) Burkittsville

C) Thurmont

D) Frederick

Answer · why

B) Burkittsville

In the invented legend the town was once called Blair, and it was overrun by fans after the film's release.

Q 03/05

In what year is the students' ill-fated documentary shoot set?

A) 1994

B) 1996

C) 1998

D) 1999

Answer · why

A) 1994

The sequel Book of Shadows opens in November 1999, with tourists descending on the town after the movie's release.

Q 04/05

According to the townsfolk, hermit Rustin Parr abducted and murdered how many children in 1941?

A) 5

B) 7

C) 9

D) 12

Answer · why

B) 7

The name began as an anagram of Rasputin; the film's chilling final shot echoes his ritual.

Q 05/05

Parr killed his victims in pairs while making a third child do what?

A) Stand in a corner facing the wall

B) Count to one hundred aloud

C) Hold a lit candle

D) Dig in the basement floor

Answer · why

A) Stand in a corner facing the wall

That detail pays off in the film's final shot, which Sánchez says was invented only days before it was filmed.