Paranormal Quiz
Try out this Paranormal quiz to test your knowledge. Paranormal trivia spans ghost stories, UFO sightings, cryptids, psychic claims, and other unexplained phenomena that have fascinated popular culture for generations.
15 questions
~3 min to finish
Easy to hard difficulty
420 pts max score
Question 1 · Hard · 40 pts
Who wrote the 1681 work "Saducismus Triumphatus," defending belief in witches and apparitions?
Question 2 · Hard · 40 pts
Who coined the term "telepathy" in 1882?
Question 3 · Hard · 40 pts
Which scientist introduced the term "ectoplasm" in 1894?
Question 4 · Hard · 40 pts
What experiment is used in parapsychology research on telepathy?
Question 5 · Hard · 40 pts
At which university is the Koestler Parapsychology Unit based?
Question 6 · Hard · 40 pts
The 1917 Cottingley Fairies photographs were made in which English county?
Question 7 · Hard · 40 pts
What séance series took place in Norfolk, England, during the 1990s?
Question 8 · Hard · 40 pts
The word "poltergeist" comes from which language?
Question 9 · Hard · 40 pts
Daniel Dunglas Home was born in what country?
Question 10 · Easy · 10 pts
What does ESP stand for?
Question 11 · Easy · 10 pts
Who published "Frankenstein" in 1818?
Question 12 · Easy · 10 pts
Who wrote "The Exorcist"?
Question 13 · Easy · 10 pts
Which famous detective author publicly supported spiritualism?
Question 14 · Easy · 10 pts
Who became well known for exposing fraudulent mediums?
Question 15 · Easy · 10 pts
Name the creator of "The Twilight Zone."?