🦄 Fantasy creatures quiz

The answers, and why

1. How many horns does a unicorn have? One. Uni means one: a unicorn has a single horn.
2. In many stories, dragons breathe... Fire. Dragons in many European stories breathe fire.
3. A mermaid is half person and half... Fish. A mermaid has a fish's tail.
4. A centaur is half person and half... Horse. Centaurs, from Greek myths, have a horse's body.
5. Which bird rises again from its own ashes? The phoenix. In myths, the phoenix bursts into flame and is reborn.
6. A griffin is part eagle and part... Lion. A griffin has an eagle's head and wings and a lion's body.
7. How many eyes does a cyclops have? One. The cyclopes of Greek myths have one eye in the middle of the forehead.
8. What is Pegasus? A winged horse. Pegasus is the winged horse of Greek myths.
9. The kraken is a giant monster of the... Sea. The kraken, from Norse sailors' tales, is a giant sea monster like a squid.
10. In old Norwegian tales, what happens to some trolls in sunlight? They turn to stone. That's why trolls in those tales come out only at night.