Witches in England

How many "Witches" were executed in England?

• 0

• 500 - 1000

• 40,000 - 100,000

• Fourteen million, six hundred and five

Prior to the 1,500s the attitude towards witchcraft was...

• More relaxed

• More aggressive

• Exactly the same

• All of the above

In 1560 eight men confessed to witchcraft. They were...

• Hung for crimes against God

• Told to join the Government and use their powers for good

• Set free as there was no evidence

• Forced to start two barbershop quartets

What was the name of the act that made witchcraft a capital offence?

• The Victorian Witchcraft Act

• The Celtarian Witchcraft Act

• The Tudorian Witchcraft Act

• The Elizabethan Witchcraft Act

People sentenced to a year in prison often died, why?

• They would die of boredom listening to the guards stories

• Prison conditions were terrible

• Satan came to collect their souls now they were no longer useful to him

• All prisons were demolished with the prisoners inside

The conflict between which two religious sects could potentially explain the rise in witch trials?

• Lutheran and Jehovas Witness

• Catholic and Protestant

• Islam and Judaism

• Mormonism and Satanism

Daemonologie was a book about witchcraft. Which king wrote it?

• James IV

• James II

• James VI and James I (they're same person)

• Jon Bon Jovi

How did King James change the way "witches" were persecuted?

• He left them all practise without persecution

• He introduced a death penalty for all witchcraft

• He would personally wrap anyone accused of witchcraft in iron chains and throw them into the ocean

• He would invite them to his castle for a cup of tea and a jammy dodger

What was the main issue with witch trials?

• Confessions were often given under extreme torture

• Accusations without proof were seen as permissible

• The accused choices were either confess and die, or deny and still die through methods such as "water trials"

• All of the above

Iron Maidens were used to torture those accused

• True

• Probably False

• I've got two tickets to Iron Maiden, baby

• Come with me Friday, don't say maybe