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Halloween Quiz
1.
Legend has it that Abigail Adams is reported to be occasionally seen doing what in the East Room?
Vacuuming the floor
Writing in her diary
Doing laundry
Hanging Christmas decorations
Watching reruns of "Yo, MTV Raps"
2.
Who is alleged to haunt the Library of Congress the most?
Dewey Decimal
A policeman
A crazy college professor
A bookworm
Gutenberg and his printing press
3.
At the United States Capitol, rumor has it that it is not a good idea to ask about this creature with glowing eyes that haunts the building:
St. Bernard Dog
Crazy Goose
Demon Cat
Black Bat
Macaroni the Pony
4.
In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge did not have a chance to attend his own Inauguration at the famous Mayflower hotel in Washington, D.C. Some think every January 20 he returns and lets it be known by doing what?
Flickering the lights and stopping an elevator
Making the Grand Ballroom very cold
Locking the doors of the Presidential Suite
Checking in under the pseudonym, "CC"
Cooking a five-course meal
5.
In White House lore, an angry Dolley Madison appeared when First Lady Ellen Louise Wilson wanted to remove what?
The Oval Office
The Press Briefing Room
The Rose Garden
The Queen's Bedroom
The White House bowling alley
6.
President Lincoln's ghost was supposedly most active during which President's administration?
William Henry Harrison
Bill Clinton
His own administration
Harry S Truman
Franklin Roosevelt
7.
Which President and former General's spirit is said to have visited the Union Army's 20th Maine Regiment at Gettysburg to encourage them to head off a desperate Confederate assault?
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Ulysses S. Grant
Barney
Abraham Lincoln
8.
What house in Washington, D.C. is rumored to be the most haunted?
Mount Vernon
The White House
Montpelier
The Octagon
The Naval Observatory
9.
What else on the White House Grounds is also rumored to be haunted?
Barney's Dog House
The Southwest Gate
The East Wing
The South Lawn
The Eisenhower Executive Office Building
10.
Which president is rumored to be heard laughing loudly in the Red Room, which at one point was his bed chambers?
Andrew Johnson
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Teddy Roosevelt
Richard Nixon