Here Be Dragons by Hupfen

Champion(s):

HKGigs


Runner(s)-Up:

PruettC


Quiz Description

Exercise caution. Not because these dragon-themed questions are especially hard. Just, you know, be careful out there.

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Questions:

One of the earliest known uses of the phrase, HC SVNT DRACONES appears on the Hunt-Lenox Globe as a label on the coast of what continent?

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Asia

Name both full-length studio albums—one a 2x platinum seller, one gold—released by Imagine Dragons. (Two answers total.)

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Night Visions, Smoke + Mirrors

The Chinese airline brand Cathay Dragon also operates under what name? (For video game geeks, #148 should be a hint.)

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Dragonair

The Dragon is a prominent wizard in what Naomi Novik work, winner of the 2016 Nebula Award for Best Novel?

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Uprooted

Daryl Dragon gained celebrity with a far more mild-mannered persona than his name might imply, forming the low-key half of what 70s pop duo?

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Captain & Tennille

Name the animal that comes either directly before or directly after the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac.

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Rabbit / Snake

Dragon, a cargo vessel, made its maiden voyage in 2010. It is currently the only vessel that offers bulk cargo return services to what location?

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International Space Station

As of September 2016, what is the conservation status for the Komodo dragon?

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Vulnerable

The Islands of Adventure roller coaster Dueling Dragons was renamed in 2010 when it became part of the Harry Potter-themed area. Prior to that, it existed in Merlinwood, a part of which island (possibly named for an 1899 novel about Atlantis)?

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The Lost Continent

Several high schools and colleges use Dragons as their sports mascot. One of these colleges was, in 2002, ranked first for gender equality in their sports teams. Identify this Pennsylvania school.

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Drexel

A Red Dragon in Dungeons & Dragons has a Chaotic Evil alignment and breathes fire. Its antithesis is the Silver Dragon, which breathes cold and has what alignment?

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Lawful Good

A series of "memoirs" by the fictional Lady Trent, with entries including The Tropic of Serpents and In the Labyrinth of Drakes, are occasionally referred to collectively by the title of the first book. Name that book.

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A Natural History of Dragons