April+11+-+Water+Creatures

1. Name the Scottish water demon commonly in the shape of a horse. (Kelpie)

2. Name one famous lake monster and which lake it’s in. (Nessie – Loch Ness, Champ – Lake Champlain, Ogopogo – Lake Okanagan, Issie – Lake Ikeda)

BONUS POINT if they say a lake monster other than the Scottish one.

3. Which Shakespearian work was inspired by his hearing about numerous shipwrecks and tales of monsters? (The Tempest)

4. According to Chinese belief, dragons were the cause of natural disasters. To calm rough waters, people would throw objects containing what mineral to wound the dragon beneath the surface? (Iron Objects)

5. Originating from Greece, this creature is half horse and half fish. What is it called? (Hippocampus)

6. Name one way to avoid being harmed by the Japanese water demon, the Kappa. (1. Throw in a cucumber with your name carved in it/2. Trick the Kappa into bowing)

7. Lord Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote a famous poem about this sea creature. Which is it? (The Kraken)

8. Rick Riordan has published two stories so far about a half-mortal half-god boy whose father was Poseidon. What was the boy’s name? (Percy Jackson)

9. What is the age difference between the little mermaid’s sisters? (1 year)

10. What creature lured sailors to their deaths at sea? (Mermaids)

11.What form is the Kraken normally thought of as being in literature? (Giant squid or 4 armed leviathan)

12.What was the Kraken normally mistaken for? (an island)

13.How is the kelpie reported to have helped millers? (keeping the mill wheel going at night)

14.In legend what did the devil send to help Sir Francis drake to defeat the Spanish armada? (Sea Witches)

15. Normally How many legs does a Kraken supposedly have? (0. Octopi don’t HAVE LEGS!) a.none b.10-12 c.4 d.onion