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Quiz about Do You Know Your Dragons
Quiz about Do You Know Your Dragons

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.
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Author
Dragonstorm7
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
102,440
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
2268
Last 3 plays: Guest 45 (5/10), Guest 50 (7/10), Guest 86 (6/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. A Western dragon is generally thought to: Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What was another name for a kind of dragon? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. How were cockatrice eggs hatched? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. A wyvern normally had: Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. A cockatrice is almost the same as which of these? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Chinese dragons have an affinity with which of these 'elements': Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. The basilisk normally has a tail with what physical difference? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Which of the following is not a type of dragon? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. True or False: the number of toes (on Chinese dragons) affects what jobs they perform.


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



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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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