British Creatures and Places in Legend

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1. At Bettiscombe Manor in Dorset, a skull has been kept in various parts of the house since the late 17th century for various reasons, including good luck, protection, and even architectural strength. Which of these reasons was NOT a possibility of its origin? It supposedly came from a West Indies slave It could be a prehistoric curio It might have come from a servant killed by the master It is actually a skull of a monkey that was kept as a pet

2. In Durham there are four supposedly bottomless pools on a farm near Oxenhall. Reputed to be at times poisoned, stained, impenetrable to metal, and lethal to dogs, what is the name of this aquatic phenomenon? Canae Vitae The local YMCA The Pools of Death Hell's Kettles

3. You could hear the sound of a shrieking boy in a woods near Hockley in Essex, whose voice seemed to retreat into the distance as you followed it. Various reasons were put forth, including murder, suicide, and even death by rickets. However, what natural cause was finally identified as being behind the shrieking boy? coyotes a great horned owl a ventriloquist an actual shrieking boy

4. Who supposedly created the well near the palace at Otford in Kent by striking his staff against the ground? David Beckham Oliver Cromwell Thomas a Becket Henry II

5. The copper statues of the Liver Birds, perched atop Liverpool's Liver Building, are said to rise up and fly at midnight only when the moon is red. When they're resting on the buildings, though, these 18-foot tall statues resemble which birds? cormorants emus eagles mourning doves

6. Let's travel to Leicester now, where there stands a glacial boulder near Humberstone that supposedly brings bad luck anyone who attempts to move or damage it. The boulder is level with the ground but originally stood about ten feet above ground. What caused it to lose its height? it was smashed in a German bombing raid constant erosion splintered the stone a farmer broke it off so he could plough without obstacle angry villagers attempted to destroy it

7. Jaunting a bit south to Northamptonshire you'll find the small town of Walgrave which witnessed a rain of what in the early 18th century? frogs blood refugees hail

8. The Valley of the Rocks in Lynton in Devon is an eerie, windswept series of hills and rocky outcroppings, many of which stand twisted and stark on top the tree-less hills. Local legend says these strange rocks are beggars turned to stone by the devil because they were doing what on Sunday? playing on-line poker gambling dancing to keep warm begging from pilgrims

9. The last one of which of these was alleged to have been killed at Humphrey Head, a limestone cliff and cave complex near Allithwaite in Cumberland, in the 15th century? dragon Viking dwarf wolf

10. Near the famed Uffington White Horse, in Oxfordshire, lies a natural hill with an artificially flattened top. Called Dragon's Hill, who reputedly slayed the dragon here? King Arthur St. George A tactical air strike King Richard the Lionhearted