MATH: Sheet

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

a. !Cursed to roll a boulder up a hill for eternity.
b. Tied to a boulder for eternity, being pecked by birds.
c. Standing in a lake filled with water he could not drink.
d. To fell a tree that regenerated after every axe swing.
2. Who was the Roman god of fire?
a. !Vulcan
b. Apollo
c. Jupiter
d. Mercury
3. The greek god Poseidon was the god of what?
a. !The Sea
b. Fire
c. War
d. Sun
4. Which figure from Greek mythology traveled to the underworld to return his wife
Eurydice to the land of the living?
a. Hercules
b. Daedalus
c. !Orpheus
d. Perseus
5. Nidhogg is a mythical creature from what mythology?
a. Egyptian
b. Greek
c. Hindu
d. !Norse
6. What mythology did the god quot;Apolloquot; come from?
a. Greek, Roman and Norse
b. Roman and Spanish
c. !Greek and Roman
d. Greek and Chinese
7. Janus was the Roman god of doorways and passageways.
a. !True
b. False
8. Who is the god of war in Polynesian mythology?
a. Kohara
b. Mui
c. Hina
d. !039;Oro
9. What is the name of the first human being in Norse mythology?
a. !Ask
b. Asmund
c. Asger
d. Ake
10. What is the name of the Greek god of peaceful deaths?
a. Moros

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b. !Thanatos
c. Tartarus
d. Hades
1. Talos, the mythical giant bronze man, was the protector of which island?
a. Sicily
b. Cyprus
c. Sardinia
d. !Crete
2. In Norse mythology, Thor once dressed as a woman.
a. !True
b. False
3. This Greek goddess039;s name was chosen for the dwarf planet responsible for discord
on Pluto039;s classification amongst astronomers.
a. Charon
b. !Eris
c. Ceres
d. Dysnomia
4. According to Greek Mythology, Zeus can control lightning.
a. !True
b. False
5. Which of these Roman gods doesn039;t have a counterpart in Greek mythology?
a. !Janus
b. Vulcan
c. Juno
d. Mars
6. 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. False
b. !True
7. Which of the following is NOT a god in Norse Mythology.
a. Snotra
b. Tyr
c. !Jens
d. Loki
8. In Greek mythology, who is the god of wine?
a. Apollo
b. Hephaestus
c. Demeter
d. !Dionysus
9. According to Greek Mythology, Atlas was an Olympian God.
a. True
b. !False
10. What mytological creatures have women039;s faces and vultures039; bodies?
a. !Harpies
b. Lilith
c. Mermaids
d. Nymph
1. Hera is god of...

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a. Sea
b. Agriculture
c. !Marriage
d. War
2. Who was the King of Gods in Ancient Greek mythology?
a. Hermes
b. Poseidon
c. !Zeus
d. Apollo
3. In Greek Mythology, who was the daughter of King Minos?
a. Ariel
b. Athena
c. Alana
d. !Ariadne
4. In Greek Mythology, who killed Achilles?
a. !Paris
b. Hector
c. Pericles
d. Helen
5. Which of the following is NOT a god in Norse Mythology.
a. Loki
b. Snotra
c. Tyr
d. !Jens
6. Which of these mythological creatures is said to be halfman and halfhorse?
a. !Centaur
b. Pegasus
c. Minotaur
d. Gorgon
7. Janus was the Roman god of doorways and passageways.
a. !True
b. False
8. According to Japanese folklore, what is the favorite food of the Kappa.
a. Nasu
b. !Cucumbers
c. Kabocha
d. Soba
9. The Norse god Odin has two pet crows named quot;Huginnquot; and quot;Muninnquot;.
What do their names mean?
a. !Thought amp; Memory
b. War amp; Learning
c. Power amp; Peace
d. Sleeping amp; Waking
10. Hel was the daughter of which Norse Mythological figure?
a. Odin
b. !Loki
c. Thor
d. Balder

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