Creature Feature Trivia Quiz

Answer: Las Colinas,Texas

Located at Las Colinas, a small suburb just outside Dallas, this statue was installed in 1984 and designed by Robert Glen. Glen was born in Kenya in 1940 and had a very keen interest in natural history. He cast his first bronze sculpture in 1970 and now has works owned by Queen Elizabeth II and His Highness the Aga Khan.

The nine bronze mustangs, seen running through a small water feature made to resemble a prairie stream, are said to capture the wild spirit of the animals which freely roamed the area.

Answer: Rundle Mall, Adelaide

Rundle Mall is a retail centre in the city of Adelaide, and as part of an upgrade, a competition was commissioned by the City Council to find a statue. The winner was Marguerite Derricourt who designed the four bronze pigs as part of a sculpture known as "A Day Out".

They were unveiled in 1999. We have Oliver (looking in the rubbish bin), Horatio (sitting), Truffles (sniffing the ground), and Augusta (trotting).

Answer: Oxford

The unusual statue known as the Headington Shark is an 18m long headless fibreglass fish sticking out of the roof of an 1860 built semi-detached house. Its official title is "Untitled 1986". It was designed by sculptor John Buckley and commissioned by the home-owner, Bill Heine.

When asked why, he quoted "The shark was to express someone feeling totally impotent and ripping a hole in their roof out of a sense of impotence and anger and desperation. It is saying something about CND, nuclear power, Chernobyl and Nagasaki".

Answer: Wall Street

Sometimes called the Wall Street Bull, this 3.4m tall, 4.9m long bronze statue is located on the edge of Bowling Green Park within the financial district of New York. It was designed by Arturo Di Modica following the 1987 stock market crash who said it was to symbolise the "strength and power of the American people".

Answer: Shishi

Stone guardian lions are known as shishi, or Foo Dogs in the West. The image shows the female guarding her cub outside the Summer Palace in Beijing and is believed to have been made during the Qing Dynasty. Placed under shrines and temples, the lions supposedly ward off evil spirits.

They normally come in pairs of male and female. One has their mouth open, and the other closed, symbolising yin and yang, life and death, beginning and end.

Answer: Het Zinneke

The city of Brussels must have a fondness for statues that urinate as shown by this 1999 addition. "Zinneke" is a Flemish word which roughly translates as "mongrel", symbolising the multi-cultural population of the city. Het Zinneke can be found in Rue des Chartreux and was designed around an existing post.

It was created by Tom Frantzen who designs his work in the spirit of "zwanze", another Flemish word which means "joker".

Answer: Skye Terrier

The Skye Terrier is a small sized dog with a low body and long coat. It is believed to be one of the oldest breeds in Scotland. Greyfriars Bobby was the story about a dog guarding his owners grave at Greyfriars Kirkyard until his own death in 1872. To commemorate this, a small life-sized statue created by William Brodie in 1872 stands atop a granite fountain.

It can be found in Edinburgh at the junction of Candlemaker Row and George IV Bridge.

Answer: Quadriga

The word quadriga is taken from the Latin words meaning "quadri" (four) and "iugum" (yoke). It is used to describe a two-wheeled chariot drawn by four horses abreast that were used in Ancient Greek games. Brandenburg Gate in Berlin has one of the most famous examples of a quadriga statue.

The monument features 12 Doric columns, with the quadriga standing proudly on top. Designed by Johann Gottfried Schadow in 1793, the quadriga is driven by Victoria, the Roman goddess of victory.

Answer: Romulus and Remus

Many cities have a statue of the Capitoline Wolf suckling Romulus and Remus, the twin brothers who according to Roman myth founded Rome. Cities include Paris, Tokyo, Brasilia and of course, Rome. The image shown is a statue in the Capitoline Museums. The bronze wolf was made in the 11th or 12th century, with the twins added in the 15th century.

Answer: Bulls of Guisando

The Bulls of Guisando are Ancient statues otherwise known as "verracos". Over 400 can be found in the Iberian Peninsular with the most famous being the set of four just outside El Tiembo. They are even mentioned in "Don Quixote" written by Cervantes, including the text in Chapter XIV; "I stopped the motion of the Giralda, I lifted the bulls of Guisando, I flung myself into the cavern and brought to light the secrets of its abyss; and my hopes are as dead as dead can be, and her scorn and her commands as lively as ever".