Q 01/05

What spectral figure is supposedly summoned by chanting her name into a mirror?

A) Baba Yaga

B) The Bell Witch

C) Kuchisake-onna

D) Bloody Mary

Answer · why

D) Bloody Mary

Bloody Mary descends from an older divination game in which young women climbed stairs backward with a candle and hand mirror, hoping to glimpse a fut...

Q 02/05

Which creepypasta character is often depicted as a tall, thin, faceless entity in a dark suit?

A) Smile Dog

B) Jeff the Killer

C) The Rake

D) Slender Man

Answer · why

D) Slender Man

Slender Man was invented in 2009 by Eric Knudsen, posting as Victor Surge, who pasted the faceless figure into two doctored black-and-white photograph...

Q 03/05

Which creature, said to attack livestock and drain their blood, is often sighted in parts of the Americas?

A) Chupacabra

B) Mothman

C) Bigfoot

D) Jersey Devil

Answer · why

A) Chupacabra

Chupacabra means 'goat-sucker' in Spanish, from chupa ('sucks') and cabras ('goats'), after its reported habit of draining livestock.

Q 04/05

What large reptile is rumored to live in the sewers of major cities, having been flushed down as pets?

A) Crocodiles

B) Alligators

C) Komodo Dragons

D) Caimans

Answer · why

B) Alligators

Alligators: the sewer legend grew from a 1935 New York Times report of teenagers hauling a seven-foot alligator from an East Harlem storm drain, later...

Q 05/05

Which urban legend tells of a killer with a prosthetic hand stalking couples in parked cars?

A) The Backseat Killer

B) The Hookman

C) The Vanishing Hitchhiker

D) The Lady in White

Answer · why

B) The Hookman

The Hookman's hook is always found dangling from the car door handle after the couple speeds away, the detail that makes the legend.

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