403 | Legendary Beasts I – North America, Asia, & Oceania

Call them cryptids. Call them monsters. Call them Beasts of Legend. Whatever you call them, I’ve got three rounds of them for Halloween trivia. Well, technically, I have six rounds. Three this week and three more next week.

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Episode Intro

Today’s episode covers North America, Asia, and Oceania. Next week, we’ll cover Europe, Africa, and South America.

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A couple of disclaimers: These answers are based on what’s commonly accepted folklore. There are no “right answers”. This is the same rule we had for mythology trivia.

Secondly, some of the descriptions get a little gross. You might want to listen to this away from smaller ears. Just a warning.

I’m your guide, Brian Rollins and this is episode 403 of the Dorky Geeky Nerdy Trivia podcast. Let’s go into the unknown.

The Dorky Round

North America

Seen in Harry and the Hendersons, what is the common name for Sasquatch?
a. Bigfoot
Always tearful, what creature with ill-fitting skin inhabits the woods of Pennsylvania?
a. The Squonk
Taxidermists in the 1930s popularized what mythical creature that’s a hybrid between a rabbit and a deer?
a. The Jackalope
What cryptid gets its name from the Spanish for Goat Sucker?
a. Chupacapbra
What cryptid is derived from the French word for werewolf and mixes European legends with Creole and Cajun?
a. Rougarou
Originating from Algonquian folklore, what malevolent spirit fills its victims with an insatiable hunger?
a. The Wendigo
In Navajo culture, what was the term used for a harmful witch that turn into any animal?
a. Skinwalkers
Brought over from Cornwall and Devon, what creatures led American miners to rich veins of gold and silver?
a. Tommyknockers
The namesake of an East Coast NHL team, what creature is also known as Mother Leed’s 13th child?
a. Jersey Devil
What bird-reptile chimera from Maryland can be kept at by seven-pointed stars?
a. The Snallygaster. Seven-pointed stars can still be seen on barns in the region.

The Geeky Round

Asia

According to the Qur’an and other Islamic texts, God created three sapient races: Humans, Angels, and what?
a. The Jinn
Japanese for ‘River Princess’, what looks like a beautiful woman and lures men into water where they are drained of their life force?
a. Kawahime
Rumors and sightings abound in Mongolia for what meter-long, dark red creature that’s equipped with venom that corrodes and kills anything it touches?
a. The Mongolian Death Worm
What ghost or demon appears as a woman’s head with intestines dangling below it as it floats?
a. Krasue
What large, ape-like creature is said to inhabit the Himalayan mountains?
a. Yeti
What Japanese creature was described as a “scaly monkey” in the third Harry Potter novel?
a. Kappas
Appearing in 1,001 Arabian Nights, what eagle is the size of a cargo plane?
a. Roc
In Filipino folklore, what vampire tears its own torso free and flies through the night on bat wings?
a. Manananggal
In Japanese folklore, what 400-year-old creature has the head and torso of a beautiful woman and the legs and body of a spider?
a. Jorogumo. I suspect driders in D&D and based on these creatures.
What deer/dragon hybrid is said to herald the birth of a sage or great rule?
a. Kirin

The Nerdy Round

Oceania

Though now extinct, what monster shark is said to still be alive due to teeth being found?
a. Megalodon. All the teeth found are over 3 million years old.
Though central part of Aboriginal Australian folklore, what water creature’s description varies from resembling a giant starfish to a dog-headed amphibian?
a. Bunyip
Sightings have been claimed for what carnivorous marsupial despite it being declared extinct in 1936.
a. Thylacine or Tasmanian Tiger
Australia’s answer to Bigfoot, what bipedal creature is reportedly between 1.5 to 3 meters tall?
a. Yowie
What 12-foot, flightless bird has, supposedly, been spotted in New Zealand, despite being extinct for 600 years?
a. Moa
From Maori mythology, what sacred water guardians shape rivers and protect tribes?
a. Taniwha. They can look like giant reptiles, sharks, whales, or logs.
Native to Papua New Guinea, what flying creature resembles a bat with a bioluminescent glow?
a. Ropen
Known as Old Three Toes, what living dinosaur supposedly roams remote parts of Australia?
a. Burrunjor
What tiny red creature for Aboriginal folklore is said to swallow its victims whole, then regurgitate them, leaving the victim shorter and redder?
a. Yara-ma-yha-who
What mermaid-like creature has been sighted for years in the New Ireland Province of Papua New Guinea?
a. The Ri

Episode Conclusion

And we’re done with Part One of Legendary Beasts. How did you do? Is there some cryptid or creature from your neck of the woods you’d like to share? Let me know in comments or on Discord. If you’re joining me on YouTube, please Like and Subscribe. I’d love to see you again.

Next week, I’ll be back with another 30 creepy creatures from folklore. See you on Wednesday.

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