Q 01/05

In The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, what is found smashed beside Ichabod Crane's hat the morning after he vanishes?

A) A lantern

B) A pumpkin

C) A skull

D) A clay jug

Answer · why

B) A pumpkin

A pumpkin lies in pieces by the brook, Irving's sly hint that no real ghost was involved. The water was searched, but the schoolmaster's body was neve...

Q 02/05

Washington Irving wrote The Legend of Sleepy Hollow in which country, where he had gone to rescue the family firm?

A) England

B) France

C) Germany

D) Holland

Answer · why

A) England

England was Irving's home when he wrote this very American tale. He had sailed over in 1815 for the family business, which went bankrupt, and he turne...

Q 03/05

In The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, what does the Headless Horseman do just as Ichabod Crane thinks he has reached safety?

A) Vanishes in a flash

B) Drags him from his horse

C) Hurls his head at him

D) Slashes with a sabre

Answer · why

C) Hurls his head at him

The rider rises in his stirrups and hurls his head at him, a missile Ichabod tries too late to dodge. It strikes his skull with a tremendous crash and...

Q 04/05

Which actor plays an eccentric, science-minded Ichabod Crane in Tim Burton's 1999 horror film Sleepy Hollow?

A) Jude Law

B) Ewan McGregor

C) Brad Pitt

D) Johnny Depp

Answer · why

D) Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp described his Crane as a very delicate, fragile person. Burton sends him to investigate a string of beheadings, a far bloodier plot than I...

Q 05/05

In Sleepy Hollow lore, the Headless Horseman is said to be the ghost of what kind of Revolutionary War soldier?

A) A British dragoon

B) A Hessian trooper

C) A French hussar

D) A Continental scout

Answer · why

B) A Hessian trooper

A Hessian trooper is the ghost named at every fireside in the valley. His body lies in the churchyard, and he gallops out each night in search of his ...