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Bambie Thug performs Doomsday Blue during the dress rehearsal for the first semifinal at the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden. Alamy Stock Photo
Bambie Thug
Quiz: How well do you know your witches?
Test your knowledge.
IN HONOUR OF Bambie Thug and all the Irish Eurovision fans hoping voters will “crown the witch” in Sweden tonight, we thought we’d test your knowledge of these other famous witches.
From ancient folklore to modern day depictions on the big screen, the character of the witch has endured as a cultural mainstay for centuries.
So today we want to know, how well do you know these famous witches?
In Roald Dahl's classic kids book 'The Witches', what was odd about the witches' feet?
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Webbed toes
Birdlike claws
Square with no toes
They smelled great
Who made her film debut in Robert Eggers' 2015 film 'the Witch'?
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Saoirse Ronan
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Sydney Sweeney
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Jenna Ortega
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Anya Taylor-Joy
Who played the villainous witch Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty in the 2014 live-action version?
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Meryl Streep
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Angelina Jolie
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Helena Bonham Carter
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Michelle Pfeiffer
What year did the film 'Hocus Pocus' come out?
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1990
1993
1995
1999
Which Irish actor played the oddball Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter films?
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Evanna Lynch
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Kerry Condon
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Ruth Negga
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Saoirse Ronan
In Sabrina the Teenage Witch, what's the name of her cat?
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Merlin
Salem
Grumpy
Harvey
What's the name of the title character in the Studio Ghibli film from 1989, ____'s Delivery Service?
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Jiji
Fifi
Bambi
Kiki
The song of the witches in Shakespeare's Macbeth begins: "Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and caldron bubble."
Which of these is not an ingredient in the witches' potion?
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Eye of newt
Toe of frog
Otter's eyeball
Howlet's wing
Arthur Miller's 1953 play 'The Crucible' is set in which US town?
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Nantucket
Salem
Gettysburg
New Orleans
What is the name of this US TV show about three sister witches who fight the forces of evil?
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Charmed
Cursed
Enchanted
Spellstruck
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You scored out of !
Muggle
You don't know much about the world of witchcraft and you're happy to keep it that way.
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You scored out of !
Witch in Traning
You're familiar with the world of witchcraft but still have a few things to learn.
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You scored out of !
The Witch King
Your depth of knowledge of witchcraft is honestly a little scary.
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