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. The Hippogriff, not to be confused with the Griffon, is a magical creature with
the front half of an eagle, and the back half of what?
a. A Lion
b. A Tiger
c. !A Horse
d. A Dragon

2. Hera is god of...

a. War
b. Sea
c. Agriculture
d. !Marriage

3. In Norse mythology, what is the name of the serpent which eats the roots of the
ash tree Yggdrasil?
a. !Nidhogg
b. Odin
c. Ymir
d. Bragi

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

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

5. A minotaur is half human half what?

a. Eagle
b. Horse
c. Cow
d. !Bull

6. According to Greek Mythology, Atlas was an Olympian God.

a. !False
b. True

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

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

8. In African mythology, Anansi is a trickster and storyteller who takes the shape
of which animal?
a. Crocodile
b. Wild dog
c. !Spider
d. Monkey

9. According to Japanese folklore, what is the favorite food of the Kappa.

a. Kabocha
b. Soba
c. Nasu
d. !Cucumbers

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

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

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

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

2. Neptune039;s greek name was...

a. Ares
b. Zeus
c. !Poseidon
d. Apollo

3. Which of the following Mesopotamian mythological figures was NOT a deity?

a. Enlil
b. Enkimdu
c. !Enkidu
d. Enki

4. In Greek Mythology, who was the daughter of King Minos?

a. Ariel
b. Alana
c. Athena
d. !Ariadne

5. In Norse mythology, what is the name of the serpent which eats the roots of the
ash tree Yggdrasil?
a. Ymir
b. Odin
 c. !Nidhogg
d. Bragi

6. 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. Aphrodite
b. !Apollo
c. Athena
d. Artemis

7. In Greek Mythology, who killed Achilles?

a. Helen
b. Pericles
c. !Paris
d. Hector

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

a. !False
b. True

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

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

10. Who is the god of war in Polynesian mythology?

a. Mui
b. Kohara
c. !039;Oro
d. Hina