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Do You Know Your Dragons? Trivia Quiz

This is a short quiz about various dragon-like creatures, hope you like it.

A multiple-choice quiz by Dragonstorm7. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
Dragonstorm7

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
102,440

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
2269

Last 3 plays: Guest 207 (9/10), Guest 45 (5/10), Guest 50 (7/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. A Western dragon is generally thought to: Hint

be big, mean and hungry

be small and harmless

be friendly and cause rain to fall

be legless

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was another name for a kind of dragon? Hint

wyrm

snake

gryphon

mean

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Question 3 of 10

3. How were cockatrice eggs hatched? Hint

laid by a hen and incubated by a toad

laid by a rooster and incubated by a toad

laid by a snake incubated by a bird

laid by a snake incubated by a toad

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Question 4 of 10

4. A wyvern normally had: Hint

the head and body of a lion, bird wings and a scaly body

two heads, one normally on it's back, and a snake for a tail

no legs and no wings but was bigger than any snake

the body, tail and head of a snake, and the wings and legs of a bird

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Question 5 of 10

5. A cockatrice is almost the same as which of these? Hint

hydra

lindworm

basilisk

wyvern

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Question 6 of 10

6. Chinese dragons have an affinity with which of these 'elements': Hint

earth

fire

water

air

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Question 7 of 10

7. The basilisk normally has a tail with what physical difference? Hint

a head

nothing special

a spike

a split (to make 2 tails)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which of the following is not a type of dragon? Hint

amphiptere

lindworm

wyvern

all of these are types of dragon

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Question 9 of 10

9. True or False: the number of toes (on Chinese dragons) affects what jobs they perform.

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. What type of dragon did Hercules have to kill? Hint

Smaug

Guivere

Hydra

Wyrm

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. A Western dragon is generally thought to:

Answer: be big, mean and hungry

Western dragons tended to be giant treasure hoarding monsters, whose favorite snack was a virgin. This is the type of dragon that saints (especially St. George) liked to kill.

2. What was another name for a kind of dragon?

Answer: wyrm

There were many different subclasses of dragons including: serpents, wyrms, wyverns, cockatrice, lindworms, hydras, amphipteres and occasionally salamanders (the fiery kind of course).

3. How were cockatrice eggs hatched?

Answer: laid by a rooster and incubated by a toad

No wonder cockatrices were rare.

4. A wyvern normally had:

Answer: the body, tail and head of a snake, and the wings and legs of a bird

The two-headed monster called a chimera was defeated by Bellerophon. The legless, wingless dragon is a wyrm. They tend to like wells and rivers. The lion-like dragon was called Tiamat and was part of a creation story with another dragon called Apsu.

5. A cockatrice is almost the same as which of these?

Answer: basilisk

A basilisk is a variation on the cockatrice, the only difference being that the basilisk has a head (usually a dragon's or snake's) on the end of its tail.

6. Chinese dragons have an affinity with which of these 'elements':

Answer: water

Dragons normally live in or very close to water, their name is from the Greek word "drakon" meaning "to see, to look at" and the very earliest dragons lived in the sea.

7. The basilisk normally has a tail with what physical difference?

Answer: a head

The basilisk is generally thought of as a cockatrice with a snake for a tail.

8. Which of the following is not a type of dragon?

Answer: all of these are types of dragon

An amphiptere has no legs but does have wings.
A lindworm has one pair of legs but no wings.
A wyvern has a pair of legs and wings.

9. True or False: the number of toes (on Chinese dragons) affects what jobs they perform.

Answer: True

If the dragon had 5 toes on one foot it was a celestial dragon and guarded the houses of the gods.
If it had 4 it controlled wind and rain (divine), if 3 guarded rivers, ponds and treasures.

10. What type of dragon did Hercules have to kill?

Answer: Hydra

One of Hercules' Labours was to slay a Hydra so he could win the hand of the king's daughter. The Hydra was supposed to be impossible to kill because every time a head was cut off two more grew back, and cutting off the heads was the best way to kill them.

Source: Author Dragonstorm7

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