1. When did the French Revolution begin?

a. 1756
b. !1789
c. 1799
d. 1823

2. Which of these countries was sea charted in 1500 by the Portuguese maritime
explorations?
a. India
b. Mozambique
c. Madagascar
d. !Brazil

3. Which famous world leader is famed for the saying, quot;Let them eat cakequot;,
yet is rumored that heshe never said it at all?
a. Henry VIII
b. Czar Nicholas II
c. !Marie Antoinette
d. Elizabeth I

4. Which Apollo mission was the last one in NASA039;s Apollo program?
a. !Apollo 17
b. Apollo 11
c. Apollo 15
d. Apollo 13

5. In which year did the Invasion of Kuwait by Iraq occur?

a. !1990
b. 1988
c. 1992
d. 1986

6. What year did the Boxing Day earthquake amp; tsunami occur in the Indian Ocean?
a. 2006
b. 2008
c. 2002
d. !2004

7. What was the real name of the Albanian national leader Skanderbeg?
a. Iskander Bejko
b. Mirash Krasniki
c. Diturak Zhulati
d. !Gjergj Kastrioti

8. What was the name of the planned invasion of Japan towards the end of World War
II?
a. Operation Ironclad
b. !Operation Downfall
c. Operation Boarding Party
d. Operation Aflame
9. Who was the last Roman emperor in the Year of Four Emperors 69 AD?
a. !Vespasian
b. Galba
c. Otho
d. Vitellius

1. Which of these Roman gods doesn039;t have a counterpart in Greek mythology?

a. Vulcan
b. Juno
c. Mars
d. !Janus

2. Rannamaari was a sea demon that haunted the people of the Maldives and had to be
appeased monthly with the sacrifice of a virgin girl.
a. !True
b. False

3. In Greek mythology, Hera is the goddess of harvest.

a. !False
b. True

4. Who is the Egyptian god of reproduction and lettuce?

a. Mut
b. !Min
c. Meret
d. Menu

5. Which of these mythological creatures is said to be halfman and halfhorse?

a. Gorgon
b. Pegasus
c. !Centaur
d. Minotaur

6. What mythology did the god quot;Apolloquot; come from?

a. Greek, Roman and Norse
b. !Greek and Roman
c. Greek and Chinese
d. Roman and Spanish

7. The Norse god Odin has two pet crows named quot;Huginnquot; and
quot;Muninnquot;. What do their names mean?
a. Power amp; Peace
b. Sleeping amp; Waking
c. !Thought amp; Memory
d. War amp; Learning

8. What is the name of the first human being in Norse mythology?

a. !Ask
b. Asger
 c. Asmund
d. Ake

9. Which greek godgoddess tossed a golden apple with the words quot;for the
fairestquot; into the middle of the feast of the gods?
a. Hades
b. !Eris
c. Ares
d. Artemis

10. What is the name of the Greek god of peaceful deaths?

a. Tartarus
b. Hades
c. Moros
d. !Thanatos

1. Talos, the mythical giant bronze man, was the protector of which island?
a. Sardinia
b. Sicily
c. !Crete
d. Cyprus

2. What was the punishment for Sysiphus039;s craftiness?

a. To fell a tree that regenerated
after every axe swing.
b. !Cursed to roll a boulder up a
hill for eternity.
c. Standing in a lake filled with
water he could not drink.
d. Tied to a boulder for eternity,
being pecked by birds.

3. The ancient Roman god of war was commonly known as which of the following?
a. Ares
b. Jupiter
c. Juno
d. !Mars

4. In Norse mythology, Thor once dressed as a woman.

a. !True
b. False

5. Who in Greek mythology, who led the Argonauts in search of the Golden Fleece?
a. Daedalus
b. Castor
c. Odysseus
d. !Jason

6. Who was the Roman god of fire?

 a. Apollo
b. Mercury
c. Jupiter
d. !Vulcan

7. Nidhogg is a mythical creature from what mythology?

a. Egyptian
b. !Norse
c. Greek
d. Hindu

8. What is the name of the Greek god of blacksmiths?

a. Vulcan
b. !Hephaestus
c. Dyntos
d. Artagatus

9. Janus was the Roman god of doorways and passageways.

a. False
b. !True

10. What immense structure is referred to in Norse Mythology as the Yggdrasil.

a. Mountain
b. !Tree
c. Castle
d. Temple