Q 01/05

The Salem witch trials took place in which years?

A) 1620 to 1621

B) 1666 to 1667

C) 1692 to 1693

D) 1688 to 1689

Answer · why

C) 1692 to 1693

Thirty people were convicted and nineteen hanged; a modern town, Danvers, occupies the old Salem Village where the accusations began.

Q 02/05

How many people were executed by hanging at Salem?

A) Thirty

B) Nineteen

C) Forty-two

D) Nine

Answer · why

B) Nineteen

Fourteen women and five men; Giles Corey was separately pressed to death and at least five people died in jail.

Q 03/05

How did Giles Corey die during the Salem trials?

A) Pressed to death under stones

B) Drowned during the swimming test

C) Burned at the stake in the town square

D) Hanged on Gallows Hill in Salem

Answer · why

A) Pressed to death under stones

The torture, peine forte et dure, was meant to force a plea; legend has him answering only "more weight."

Q 04/05

Who was the first person tried and executed at Salem, in June 1692?

A) Sarah Osborne

B) Rebecca Nurse

C) Tituba Indian

D) Bridget Bishop

Answer · why

D) Bridget Bishop

She was indicted and tried on June 2 and hanged eight days later; the first three arrested were Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and the enslaved Tituba.

Q 05/05

In what year was the last convicted Salem witch, Elizabeth Johnson Jr., formally exonerated?

A) 1711

B) 1957

C) 2022

D) 2001

Answer · why

C) 2022

That was 329 years after her conviction; earlier acts had cleared others in 1711, 1957 and 2001.