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Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Ouija Boards and Ouija Board Horror Movies?

6 questions to test your knowledge of Ouija boards and Ouija board movies

With the link to real life spiritualism and seances, a Ouija board can be a fantastic element to add to a horror story.

Unfortunately, not that many horror movies do them justice. Many of the so-called ‘true’ Ouija board stories are way scarier than these fictional ones.

See how you go with these 6 Ouija board quiz questions.

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Table of Contents

1. General Ouija board question

Why is a Ouija board called a Ouija board?

It’s a combination of the ‘oui’, the French word for yes, and ‘ja’, the German word.

Nope. Try again.

The Ouija board decided itself what it should be named.

Yes. According to Robert Murch, a Ouija board historian, the investors were sitting around the table with Helen Peters, a ‘strong medium’. They asked the board what they should call it and the name “Ouija” was spelled out. When they asked what that meant, the board replied, “Good luck.” Miss Peters was also wearing a locket on a chain with a figure of a woman and the word ‘Ouija’ at the top. She claimed she had not directed the board to spell out this word.

It was originally known as a ‘witchy board’. This eventually became ‘weeji board’ but the spelling was changed to ‘Ouija board’ because it sounds classier.

Nope. Try again.

2. Movie: Witchboard (1986)

How did David, the 10-year-old boy, die?

Car accident

Nope. Try again.

House fire

Nope. Try again.

Boating accident

Yes. David died in a boating accident on a lake.

What this movie’s about

In Witchboard, Linda uses a Ouija board that was left behind at a party and contacts the spirit of David, whom she believes is a young boy.

She becomes obsessed with talking to David and then suspicious deaths and strange happenings start to occur to people close to her. Her boyfriend and ex-boyfriend have to work together to exorcise the evil spirit.

3. General Ouija board question

What is one thing you never ask a Ouija board to answer?

When am I going to die?

Yes. Do not ask it this question.

Where did I leave the car keys?

Nope. Try again.

Where will I meet my soulmate?

Nope. Try again.

4. Movie: Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)

What does Doris find in the wall of the house?

Cash

Yes. Cash that they conveniently find just after Alice receives a foreclosure on the house.

Rats

Nope. Try again.

A journal

Nope. Try again.

What this movie’s about

Ouija: Origin of Evil is set in 1967. Recently-widowed Alice and her daughters run a séance scam out of their home in Los Angeles.

Alice adds a Ouija board into her readings and believes that she has actually contacted her dead husband.

Alice’s youngest daughter, Doris, starts to use the board on her own and slowly becomes possessed by Marcus, the evil spirit they’ve been talking to all along.

5. Movie: Bunshinsaba (2004)

How do the bullies die?

Stabbed

Nope. Try again.

Burned

Yes. The bullies all burn to death by lighting their heads on fire.

Dismembered

Nope. Try again.

What this movie’s about

Bunshinsaba is a South Korean movie in which three teenage girls decide to place a curse on the classmates that constantly bully them by creating a custom Ouija board.

One of the friends warns the others not to open their eyes until the curse is finished, but Yoo-Jin does and sees a pale girl beside her.

In the following days, the bullies all die and Yoo-Jin realises the spirit is possessing her.

6. General Ouija board question

What is the proper way to dispose of a Ouija board?

Break it into 7 pieces, sprinkle with holy water, then bury it

Yes. According to some beliefs, to properly dispose of a Ouija board, break it into 7 pieces, sprinkle them with holy water, and bury it.

Sprinkle with holy water, burn it, then bury the ashes

Nope. Try again. (The lore says a Ouija Board will scream if you try to burn it.)

Bury it in the woods under a new moon

Nope. Try again.

Published: 3 September 2022