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 may have grown out of old divination games in which girls peered into a mirror to glimpse a future husband; some versions call her Mary Wo...

Q 02/05

Which creepypasta character is usually shown as a tall, faceless figure in a dark suit?

A) Ben Drowned

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 legend grew out of real 1930s newspaper reports, such as a 1935 story of New York boys who lassoed a live alligator with a clothesline...

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 Choking Doberman

Answer · why

B) The Hookman

The Hookman's hook, in most tellings, is found dangling from the car door handle once the couple have sped home, proof of how close he came.

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