Imaginary Creatures Trivia Quiz

Answer: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

The Book: "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" was the fifth book written by J K Rowling. The Order of the Phoenix, based at 12 Grimmauld Place, was set up by Albus Dumbledore as a secret organisation against the dastardly Lord Voldemort.

The Imaginary Creature: The phoenix is a colourful bird which has a long life-cycle. When it dies, it burns, and then resurrects from the ashes into a new phoenix.

Answer: Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The Book: "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" was written by Swedish author Stieg Larsson. The main character in the book is Mikael Blomkvist, a publisher who stumbles across the trail of a serial killer.

The Imaginary Creature: The dragon is a fire breathing reptilian-looking monster from both Europe and China. It is the national emblem for Wales and can be seen in various street parades throughout Asia.

Answer: The Martian Chronicles

The Book: Ray Bradbury wrote a number of short series, collectively called "The Martian Chronicles". Written in 1950, it told of humans leaving a desolate Earth, and their trials and tribulations living with native Martians on the planet Mars.

The Imaginary Creature: Martians are normally depicted as bug eyed little green men living on the planet Mars with super human capabilities of strength and telekinetic capabilities.

Answer: The Changeling

The Book: "The Changeling" was a 1970 book written by Zilpha Keatley Snyder. It told of two girls, fearless Martha and clumsy Ivy, who were as different as chalk and cheese but became best of friends. To escape the real life of family and school, they would often disappear into the woods and enter an imaginary world called the "Land of the Green Sky".

The Imaginary Creature: A changeling is an imaginary fairy from European folk tales who would enter the body of a human child with disease or mental illness. The real child would die while the changeling would take over the life of a human.

Answer: The Little Mermaid

The Book: "The Little Mermaid" was a famous fairytale written by Hans Christian Andersen. The half woman, half fish creature fell in love with a human prince. She died broken-hearted after the prince married another woman but soon she returned as a spirit to regain her soul.

The Imaginary Creature: Mermaids and mermen are believed to have lured pirates and seamen to a watery grave when they were entranced by their beauty.

Answer: The Mothman Prophecies

The Book: John Keel wrote the 1975 book "The Mothman Prophecies". In it he investigates paranormal activities including UFOs and a sighting of a moth-like creature.

The Imaginary Creature: The Mothman has been described as a "flying man with ten foot wings" and it is believed that the creature brings doom and bad luck wherever it goes.

Answer: Angels and Demons

The Book: "Angels and Demons" was a 2000 book written by Dan Brown, who also wrote "The Da Vinci Code". Both books featured Robert Langdon, a symbologist who deciphered codes to stop a secret society called the Illuminati.

The Imaginary Creature: Angels are the messengers from God, whereas Demons are the messengers from the Devil. Good versus bad.

Answer: Phantom of the Opera

The Book: "The Phantom of the Opera" was a book written by Gaston Leroux and published between 1909 to 1910. The French call it "Le Fantôme de l'Opéra". Made famous as a film and musical production, it told of the deformed Phantom and his jealous love for Christine Daeé, a chorus girl at the Paris opera house.

The Imaginary Creature: A phantom is a ghost-like image that manifests itself into an apparition.

Answer: The Last Unicorn

The Book: Peter S. Beagle wrote "The Last Unicorn" in 1968. The story tells of a unicorn who travels with a magician called Schmendrick to seek answers as to whether she is in fact the last of her kind.

The Imaginary Creature: The unicorn is depicted as a white horse with a spiral horn protruding from its forehead. The creature is a symbol of grace and purity.

Answer: Flower Fairies of the Spring

The Book: "Flower Fairies of the Spring" was the first book published in 1923 by British artist and poet, Cicely Mary Barker. Each page had a picture of a flower or tree fairy, along with a poem to match.

"Best and dearest flower that grows,
Perfect both to see and smell;
Words can never, never tell
Half the beauty of a Rose-
Buds that open to disclose
Fold on fold of purest white,
Lovely pink, or red that glows
Deep, sweet-scented. What delight
To be a Fairy of the Rose!"

The Imaginary Creature: Fairies are small pixie-type creatures with wings and beautiful, but impish, temperaments. Before Victorian times, they did not have wings, but flew by magic on leaves, twigs or even on the back of birds.