EE: Answers

1. How many sovereign states are members of the United Nations?

a. 153
b. 201
c. 178
d. !195
2. What is the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet?
a. Sigma Sigma;
b. !Omicron Omicron;
c. Pi Pi;
d. Nu Nu;
3. There exists an island named quot;Javaquot;.
a. !True
b. False
4. What is the area of Vatican City?
a. 0.10km2
b. !0.44km2
c. 12.00km2
d. 0.86km2
5. What is the most populous Muslimmajority nation in 2010?
a. !Indonesia
b. Sudan
c. Iran
d. Saudi Arabia
6. What is the name of the peninsula containing Spain and Portugal?
a. Peloponnesian Peninsula
b. Scandinavian Peninsula
c. European Peninsula
d. !Iberian Peninsula
7. Which country has the abbreviation quot;CHquot;?
a. Canada
b. !Switzerland
c. China
d. No Country
8. What is the name of rocky region that spans most of eastern Canada?
a. Appalachian Mountains
b. Rocky Mountains
c. Himalayas
d. !Canadian Shield
9. What is the Polish city known to Germans as Danzig?
a. Zakopane
b. !Gdask
c. Warsaw
d. Pozna
10. The Maluku islands informally known as the Spice Islands belong to which country?
a. New Zealand
b. !Indonesia
c. Fiji

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1. Who was the King of Gods in Ancient Greek mythology?
a. Poseidon
b. !Zeus
c. Hermes
d. Apollo
2. 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
3. The greek god Poseidon was the god of what?
a. !The Sea
b. War
c. Sun
d. Fire
4. Who is the Egyptian god of reproduction and lettuce?
a. Mut
b. !Min
c. Meret
d. Menu
5. A minotaur is half human half what?
a. Horse
b. Cow
c. Eagle
d. !Bull
6. Janus was the Roman god of doorways and passageways.
a. False
b. !True
7. Who is the god of war in Polynesian mythology?
a. Mui
b. !039;Oro
c. Hina
d. Kohara
8. According to Japanese folklore, what is the favorite food of the Kappa.
a. !Cucumbers
b. Soba
c. Kabocha
d. Nasu
9. What is the name of the first human being in Norse mythology?
a. !Ask
b. Asger
c. Ake
d. Asmund
10. Hel was the daughter of which Norse Mythological figure?
a. !Loki
b. Thor

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c. Odin
d. Balder
1. Which Greek amp; Roman god was known as the god of music, truth and prophecy,
healing, the sun and light, plague, poetry, and more?
a. Artemis
b. Athena
c. !Apollo
d. Aphrodite
2. Which figure from Greek mythology traveled to the underworld to return his wife
Eurydice to the land of the living?
a. !Orpheus
b. Hercules
c. Perseus
d. Daedalus
3. In Greek mythology, who is the god of wine?
a. Hephaestus
b. !Dionysus
c. Demeter
d. Apollo
4. In most traditions, who was the wife of Zeus?
a. Aphrodite
b. !Hera
c. Hestia
d. Athena
5. What is the name of the Greek god of blacksmiths?
a. Vulcan
b. Dyntos
c. Artagatus
d. !Hephaestus
6. According to the Egyptian Myth of Osiris, who murdered Osiris?
a. Horus
b. Anhur
c. Ra
d. !Set
7. Which of these mythological creatures is said to be halfman and halfhorse?
a. !Centaur
b. Pegasus
c. Minotaur
d. Gorgon
8. The Nike apparel and footwear brand takes it039;s name from the Greek goddess of
what?
a. Courage
b. Honor
c. Strength
d. !Victory
9. According to Japanese folklore, what is the favorite food of the Kappa.
a. Soba
b. Kabocha
c. !Cucumbers

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d. Nasu
10. What animal did Queen Pasipahe sleep with before she gave birth to the Minotaur in
Greek Mythology?
a. Horse
b. !Bull
c. Pig
d. Ox

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