Quarantine Quizzes: Animals round 7

QUARANTINE QUIZZES Animals round 7: Mythological creatures

1. Jackalopes are a North American mythical creature which combines an antelope with which other animal? ​A jack rabbit

2. In Norse mythology, Loki (Thor’s brother) has a number of strange children. Which of these is NOT one of them? a) ​Jörmungandr​, a giant serpent which has wrapped itself around the world. b) ​Sleipnir, an 8 legged horse - which Loki actually gave birth to or c) Ratatoskr, a squirrel-like creature which runs up and down the world tree.​ ​c) Ratatoskr isn’t one of Loki’s kids. The other two are.

3. In medieval zoology, ​ichneumons were otter-like creatures that covered themselves in mud and blocked their nostrils in order to fight another mythical creature to the death (and usually win)​. Which creature did they fight?​ D ​ ragons. They also apparently took down crocodiles and serpents.

4. Golems are protective creatures from Jewish folklore - but what are they made from?​ Clay

5. Griffins are a combination of Eagles and what other creature?​ Lions.

Not to be confused with Hippogriffs, which are part eagle, part horse.

6. In 1917, two little girls in Cottingley near Bradford, apparently took 5 photographs of what type of creatures in their garden?​ ​Fairies

7. Scotland’s national animal is a mythical creature… Which one? ​A unicorn

8. Manticores have the body of a lion, the tail of a scorpion, and the head of what other creature? ​A man

9. How far do the first stories about the Loch Ness Monster date back? a) 565AD b) the early 1200s c) 1806 ​a) 565AD

10. Basilisks are said to be a combination of a rooster and which other creature? A ​ snake