URBN: Quiz

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

a. To fell a tree that regenerated after every axe swing.
b. Standing in a lake filled with water he could not drink.
c. Tied to a boulder for eternity, being pecked by birds.
d. !Cursed to roll a boulder up a hill for eternity.
2. This Greek goddess039;s name was chosen for the dwarf planet responsible for discord
on Pluto039;s classification amongst astronomers.
a. Charon
b. Ceres
c. Dysnomia
d. !Eris
3. The Japanese god Izanagi successfully returned his wife Izanami from the Underworld.
a. True
b. !False
4. In Norse mythology, what is the name of the serpent which eats the roots of the ash tree
Yggdrasil?
a. Odin
b. !Nidhogg
c. Bragi
d. Ymir
5. Which of these Roman gods doesn039;t have a counterpart in Greek mythology?
a. !Janus
b. Mars
c. Vulcan
d. Juno
6. A minotaur is half human half what?
a. Cow
b. !Bull
c. Horse
d. Eagle
7. What is the name of the Greek god of blacksmiths?
a. Vulcan
b. Artagatus
c. Dyntos
d. !Hephaestus
8. According to the Egyptian Myth of Osiris, who murdered Osiris?
a. Horus
b. Anhur
c. Ra
d. !Set
9. According to Japanese folklore, what is the favorite food of the Kappa.
a. Kabocha
b. Nasu
c. !Cucumbers
d. Soba
10. Who is a minor god that is protector and creator of various arts, such as cheese
making and bee keeping.

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a. !Aristaeus
b. Autonoe
c. Cephisso
d. Carme
1. According to Greek Mythology, Zeus can control lightning.
a. False
b. !True
2. Which of these Roman gods doesn039;t have a counterpart in Greek mythology?
a. Vulcan
b. !Janus
c. Juno
d. Mars
3. In Greek Mythology, who killed Achilles?
a. Helen
b. Hector
c. !Paris
d. Pericles
4. Which of the following is NOT a god in Norse Mythology.
a. Tyr
b. Snotra
c. Loki
d. !Jens
5. Nidhogg is a mythical creature from what mythology?
a. Hindu
b. Egyptian
c. !Norse
d. Greek
6. In Greek mythology, who is the god of wine?
a. !Dionysus
b. Demeter
c. Hephaestus
d. Apollo
7. What mytological creatures have women039;s faces and vultures039; bodies?
a. Lilith
b. !Harpies
c. Mermaids
d. Nymph
8. According to Japanese folklore, what is the favorite food of the Kappa.
a. !Cucumbers
b. Kabocha
c. Soba
d. Nasu
9. Hel was the daughter of which Norse Mythological figure?
a. Balder
b. Thor
c. Odin
d. !Loki
10. Who is a minor god that is protector and creator of various arts, such as cheese

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making and bee keeping.
a. Autonoe
b. Carme
c. !Aristaeus
d. Cephisso
1. How many counties in the Republic of Ireland.
a. !26
b. 32
c. 30
d. 28
2. Which of the following Inuit languages was the FIRST to use a unique writing system
not based on the Latin alphabet?
a. Greenlandic
b. !Inuktitut
c. Inupiat
d. Inuinnaqtun
3. Fucking is a village in which country?
a. Czech Republic
b. Germany
c. Switzerland
d. !Austria
4. Which country was NOT formerly part of Yugoslavia?
a. Serbia
b. !Albania
c. Macedonia
d. Croatia
5. What is the Finnish word for quot;Finlandquot;?
a. Magyarorszaacute;g
b. Eesti
c. !Suomi
d. Sverige
6. Which Canadian province has Charlottetown as its capital?
a. !Prince Edward Island
b. Saskachewan
c. Ontario
d. Northwest Terrirories
7. What is the capital of Mauritius?
a. Port Moresby
b. !Port Louis
c. PortauPrince
d. Port Vila
8. What is the capital of South Korea?
a. Pyongyang
b. !Seoul
c. Kitakyushu
d. Taegu
9. What is the northernmost human settlement with year round inhabitants?
a. Honningsvaring;g, Norway
b. McMurdo Station, Antarctica

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c. Nagurskoye, Russia
d. !Alert, Canada
10. What mountain range lines the border between Spain and France?
a. Alps
b. !Pyrenees
c. Urals
d. Carpathians

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