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Creatures of Greek Mythology Trivia Quiz

There's a lot of quizzes about gods, goddesses and heroes. But how about the other creatures?

A multiple-choice quiz by compinho. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
compinho

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
277,291

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
5079

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. Name the hellhound guarding the gates of Hades making sure only the spirits of the dead could enter and none of them could exit. Hint

Charon

Orthus

Cerberus

Chimera

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Question 2 of 10

2. A monstrous creature of immortal make, put together of parts of multiple animals, including a lion and a goat? Hint

Empusa

Chimera

Hydra

Sphinx

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Question 3 of 10

3. Medusa is by far the best known of these vicious female monsters with hair of living venomous snakes. What was she? Hint

Empusa

Harpy

Griffin

Gorgon

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Question 4 of 10

4. Name the fearsome giant who had three heads, three bodies and six arms and lived on the island Erytheia. Hint

Echidna

Geryon

Stheno

Charon

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Question 5 of 10

5. A creature with a horse in its forepart and a scaly fishlike hindquarter. Hint

Hippocampus

Scylla

Pegasus

Centaur

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Question 6 of 10

6. Born from ashes, a mythical firebird with gold and red plumage. Hint

Hydra

Griffin

Phoenix

Harpy

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Question 7 of 10

7. Name the serpent that guarded Mother Earth's navel, the center of the earth. Hint

Stheno

Python

Echidna

Nymph

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Question 8 of 10

8. Name the daughter of Poseidon and Gaia, who was turned into a sea monster by Zeus. Hint

Scylla

Euryale

Clytias

Charybdis

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Question 9 of 10

9. Name the serpent-like dragon guarding the golden apples in the Garden of the Hesperides. Hint

Lamia

Ladon

Orthrus

Polyphemus

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who is the Mother of All Monsters? Hint

Ethon

Agathyrsus

Echidna

Gelonus

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Name the hellhound guarding the gates of Hades making sure only the spirits of the dead could enter and none of them could exit.

Answer: Cerberus

Cerberus was a three headed dog with a snake for a tail. Heracles wrestled him into submission in his 12th and last Labor which was to capture Cerberus.

2. A monstrous creature of immortal make, put together of parts of multiple animals, including a lion and a goat?

Answer: Chimera

Earliest literary reference to Chimera can be found in the Iliad by Homer: "lion-fronted and snake behind, a goat in the middle, and snorting out the breath of the terrible flame of bright fire".

3. Medusa is by far the best known of these vicious female monsters with hair of living venomous snakes. What was she?

Answer: Gorgon

Although in modern day this type of monsters are often called medusas, in Greek mythology she was a gorgon named Medusa. Other gorgons you might be familiar with are Stheno the mighty and Euryale the far-springer.

4. Name the fearsome giant who had three heads, three bodies and six arms and lived on the island Erytheia.

Answer: Geryon

Geryon owned a herd of red cattle and had the two headed hound Orthus, the brother of Cerberus, guarding it. They were both slain by Heracles during his tenth Labor which was to herd the Cattle of Geryon.

5. A creature with a horse in its forepart and a scaly fishlike hindquarter.

Answer: Hippocampus

Poseidon has a sea-chariot drawn by hippocampi.

6. Born from ashes, a mythical firebird with gold and red plumage.

Answer: Phoenix

When a phoenix is about to die it builds a nest of cinnamon twigs and ignites it, burning both the nest and itself. A new phoenix is born from the ashes.

7. Name the serpent that guarded Mother Earth's navel, the center of the earth.

Answer: Python

Python was slain by Apollo.

8. Name the daughter of Poseidon and Gaia, who was turned into a sea monster by Zeus.

Answer: Charybdis

She was a sea-nymph until Zeus turned her into a monster. After that she took form as a gigantic mouth swallowing huge amounts of water creating whirlpools.

9. Name the serpent-like dragon guarding the golden apples in the Garden of the Hesperides.

Answer: Ladon

Ladon was slain by Heracles during his eleventh Labor which was to fetch the Apples of Hesperides.

10. Who is the Mother of All Monsters?

Answer: Echidna

This female monster is the mother of every major monster in the Greek mythology!

Source: Author compinho

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