1. In some ancient witching recipes, they ask you to stir the pot widdershins – what does that mean?
Anti-clockwise
2. In which state is Salem, where the famous witch trials took place?
Massachusetts
3. In which decade was the last person to be imprisoned in Britain for being a witch?
1940s (1944)
4. According to the book and stage musical Wicked, what is the name of the Wicked Witch of the East – the sister of the main character Elpheba?
Nessa/Nessarose
5. In the Steeleye Span song, who is the ugliest in the north country?
Alison (Gross)
6. Which book by Arthur Miller used the Salem witch trials to commentate on 1950’s American culture?
The Crucible
7. Which historical figure, accused of being a witch, was nicknamed the Maid of Orleans?
Joan of Arc
8. Introduced in the Harry Potter books, if a witch is a mudblood, what does that mean?
Her parents are muggles/non-witches
9. Who sang the song Witchy Woman originally?
The Eagles
10. Which Shakespeare play opens with three witches atop a heath asking “When shall we three meet again?”
Macbeth
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