Strange Creatures and Monsters Quiz

Answer: Another phoenix

As legend has it, no two phoenix birds could live at the same time. Hesiod, a Greek poet of the eighth century BC, said that a phoenix could live as long as nine life spans of a raven. Other legends say that a phoenix could live up to 97,200 years. At the end of its life, as death approached, it built itself a pyre of wild cinnamon and then perished in the flames.

However fine its ashes, a new phoenix always arose. The new phoenix encased its parent's ashes in an egg of myrrh and then flew the egg to the Egyptian city of Heliopolis and placed the egg on the Altar of the Sun.

Answer: True

According to legend, although mermaids possessed great beauty, long flowing tresses, and the tail of a fish, they lacked a soul. The only way that a mermaid could gain a soul was to renounce the sea.

Answer: Unicorn

Since England and Scotland were united under King James I in 1603, the lion and unicorn have been together on the royal arms of Great Britain. Before this time, the English shield was supported by a lion and a dragon.

Answer: All of these are correct

These giant man-eating beasts could take the form of a lizard, whale, shark or fish. They lived everywhere: in mountains, rivers, lakes, and even in caves. This legend seems to have come from actual man-eating crocodiles in the western Pacific.

Answer: Monstrous Snake

The Aborigines of Australia believed that the Mindi or Myndie was a snake of monstrous proportions that could extend its length up to ten miles long. It supposedly ate those who broke tribal laws or intruded into totem boundaries, which were tribal areas protected by their gods.

Answer: 40 ft. serpent

Anybody who ever discovers the legendary diamond mine in Richtersveld will have to defeat the Great Snake of the Orange River, or Grootslang, who defends the glittering cavern.

Answer: Ogopogo

The Skunk Ape supposedly resides in the Everglades of Florida. Momo is also known as Momo the Missouri Monster. Sasquatch is said to have set up residence in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. All three have been described as large, hairy, humanoid creatures. Ogopogo is a large, snake-like creature that supposedly lives in the waters of Okanagan Lake in British Columbia.

Answer: Leprechaun

The Irish Leprechauns are shoemakers for the fairies and possess a pot of gold. If you can capture a leprechaun, you could supposedly force it to give you a pot of gold for its freedom. No one has ever tricked the wily leprechaun out of its gold, yet. Brownies and kobolds finish household jobs while a family sleeps. Pixies lead travelers astray and are mischievous creatures.

Answer: Goblin foxes

Goblin foxes are thought to be culprits that cause people to suddenly start pigging-out, talking gibberish, and make them fret about whether their faces are getting longer. Stories of goblin foxes are very popular in Japan. Now you know what to blame if you start to pig-out and stop making sense, yes?

Answer: They attack in the nude.

Strangely, if anything can be stranger than rising from the dead and blood sucking, Moravian vampires tore off their shrouds before attacking their victims in the nude. I hope you had as much fun taking this quiz as I had making it.