Q 01/05

Which Estes Park, Colorado, hotel inspired the Overlook in Stephen King's The Shining?

A) The Crescent

B) The Cecil

C) The Stanley

D) The Queen Mary

Answer · why

C) The Stanley

The Stanley hosted King and his wife Tabitha for a single night in 1974 while they were living in Boulder; it later hosted filming of the 1997 TV mini...

Q 02/05

Which 1910 Louisville tuberculosis hospital is billed as one of the world's most haunted?

A) Waverly Hills

B) Pennhurst Asylum

C) Trans-Allegheny Asylum

D) Preston Castle

Answer · why

A) Waverly Hills

Waverly Hills Sanatorium opened in 1910 as a two-storey wooden building for 40 to 50 tuberculosis patients and closed in 1961 after streptomycin made ...

Q 03/05

What wartime nickname did the liner at Long Beach since 1967 earn for evading U-boats?

A) The Grey Ghost

B) The Silent Lady

C) The Iron Shadow

D) The Pale Rider

Answer · why

A) The Grey Ghost

Her speed and zigzag courses made her almost impossible for U-boats to catch; on one 1943 crossing she carried more than 16,600 people.

Q 04/05

Which San Jose mansion did a wealthy widow keep enlarging for decades, reportedly on a medium's advice to appease spirits?

A) Winchester Mystery House

B) The Whaley House

C) The Myrtles Plantation

D) Rose Hall Great House

Answer · why

A) Winchester Mystery House

Winchester Mystery House legend says a Boston medium told Sarah Winchester to build for the ghosts of rifle victims; she often paused work for months,...

Q 05/05

Which former liner and WWII troopship, docked in Long Beach, is called one of the world's most haunted ships?

A) RMS Queen Elizabeth

B) RMS Queen Mary

C) SS United States

D) SS Normandie

Answer · why

B) RMS Queen Mary

RMS Queen Mary was retired by Cunard in 1967 and bought by Long Beach as a hotel and museum; Time magazine put her on its 'Top 10 Haunted Places' list...