Quiz Question: Who tried to escape the Headless Horseman by crossing a covered bridge in ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’?
The given options are:
- Ichabod Crane
- Baltus Van Tassel
- Washington Irving
Correct Answer: Ichabod Crane
Info: At the climax of this classic terror tale written by Washington Irving, nervous schoolteacher Crane is on horseback, pursued by a Hessian soldier whose head is not on his shoulders, but on his saddle. Superstitious by nature, a terrified Crane sends his horse galloping toward a nearby bridge, which, according to legend, cannot be crossed by a headless horseman. Crane and his horse make it across the bridge, but the ghoul hurls his severed head across, hitting Crane in his own head and knocking him from his horse.