More Monsters Trivia Quiz

Answer: the beast

According to the Revelation of John the Divine, the "number of the beast" is 666. As far as I know none of the others has a specific number associated with it. The sphinx, the kraken and sirens are all monsters given to riddling, singing and crunching.

Answer: sirens

The sirens tried to lure mortal sailors to their doom. Cunning Ulysses was about the only hearer who survived... and that's because he got his mates to stop up their ears with wax plugs and tie him to the mast. Gorgons had other nasty habits - like turning you to stone with one glare.

The veggie lamb never did much, since its lifespan was determined by the length of its stalk. As for the harpies - they had vulture heads so I doubt they sang much.

Answer: True

The cockatrice hatched from a rooster's egg... if a toad or a snake sat on it first. It looked like a dragon with a rooster head. The cockatrice is also known as a basilisk.

Answer: a unicorn

The unicorn is one of the nicer-looking monsters. It keeps its white coat clean and its horn is always polished. A shy beast, it will lie down and put its head in the lap of a virgin, and will use its horn to decontaminate poisoned liquids. Dragons might also like virgins - to eat, but they're not so hot on medical matters.

Answer: sphinx

Oedipus was the young man who solved the riddle of the sphinx, so annoying her that she hopped off the cliffs and died. The riddle was about something that went by four legs in the morning, two legs at noon and three in the evening. The answer was: "a man". Oedipus killed his dad by accident, and married his mum - also by accident!

Answer: a mummy

A mummy is a dead body, and mummification was often practised in Egypt, which is part of Africa. Mummies are staple monsters in old horror films, and they always seem to walk very slowly and stiffly. Some of the mummies found in pyramids are (or were) kings.

The sphinx was a different matter, "voodoo" is a system of belief, or custom, or even religion, known in Haiti and misunderstood by much of the rest of the world, and a peri was a Persian fairy.

Answer: a ghoul

Ghouls inhabit graveyards and eat the dead. Mummies, zombies and vampires ARE the dead. Sort of.

Answer: A centaur

A centaur is part human and part horse, having four legs, two arms and a tail. Greek centaurs were said to be notorious drunkards...

Of the others, only the griffon (gryphon) might have six limbs, and he's not a drinker.

Answer: All three

Yeti, Bigfoot, Sasquatch and Abominable Snowman are all names used to refer to an ape-like monster that has been rumoured in the Himalayas and in other cold places. Most "yeti skulls" have turned out to be yak hair, I believe.

Answer: sea serpent

Sea serpents have been reported on and off for centuries. The description varies, but they are usually said to have long bodies like eels that hump through the water, and a head like a maneless (and probably earless) horse's.