WGS: Exercise

1. Who in Greek mythology, who led the Argonauts in search of the Golden Fleece?
a. Castor
b. Odysseus
c. Daedalus
d. !Jason
2. Who was the Roman god of fire?
a. Mercury
b. Apollo
c. !Vulcan
d. Jupiter
3. Neptune039;s greek name was...
a. Apollo
b. !Poseidon
c. Zeus
d. Ares
4. Who was the King of Gods in Ancient Greek mythology?
a. Poseidon
b. Apollo
c. !Zeus
d. Hermes
5. In Greek Mythology, who was the daughter of King Minos?
a. Alana
b. Athena
c. Ariel
d. !Ariadne
6. Who is the Egyptian god of reproduction and lettuce?
a. Mut
b. Meret
c. !Min
d. Menu
7. A minotaur is half human half what?
a. Cow
b. Eagle
c. Horse
d. !Bull
8. The Roman god quot;Jupiterquot; was first known as quot;Zeusquot; to the Greeks.
a. !True
b. False
9. Janus was the Roman god of doorways and passageways.
a. !True
b. False
10. Who is the god of war in Polynesian mythology?
a. Kohara
b. Mui
c. !039;Oro
d. Hina

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1. What is the capital of Peru?
a. !Lima
b. Santiago
c. Buenos Aires
d. Montevideo
2. The flag of South Africa features 7 colours.
a. !False
b. True
3. Which city is the capital of Switzerland?
a. Frankfurt
b. Wien
c. !Bern
d. Zuuml;rich
4. The mountainous Khyber Pass connects which of the two following countries?
a. !Afghanistan and Pakistan
b. Pakistan and India
c. India and Nepal
d. Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan
5. What country has a horizontal bicolor red and white flag?
a. Bahrain
b. !Monaco
c. Malta
d. Liechenstein
6. The land mass of modern day Turkey is called what?
a. !Anatolia
b. Ottoma
c. Ismuth of Ottoma
d. Ismuth of Anatolia
7. What039;s the first National Park designated in the United States?
a. Sequoia
b. Rocky Mountain
c. !Yellowstone
d. Yosemite
8. New Haven is the capital city of the state of Connecticut in the United States.
a. True
b. !False
9. How many states are in Australia?
a. 7
b. 5
c. 8
d. !6
10. The formerly EastPrussian city of Kouml;nigsberg is known as which Russian City
today?
a. Kazan
b. Kursk
c. !Kaliningrad
d. Krasnodar
1. Talos, the mythical giant bronze man, was the protector of which island?
a. !Crete

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b. Sicily
c. Sardinia
d. Cyprus
2. In Norse mythology, Thor once dressed as a woman.
a. False
b. !True
3. 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 Dragon
b. A Tiger
c. !A Horse
d. A Lion
4. Neptune039;s greek name was...
a. Apollo
b. Ares
c. !Poseidon
d. Zeus
5. 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. !Apollo
b. Aphrodite
c. Artemis
d. Athena
6. Nidhogg is a mythical creature from what mythology?
a. Greek
b. Egyptian
c. !Norse
d. Hindu
7. In most traditions, who was the wife of Zeus?
a. Aphrodite
b. Hestia
c. Athena
d. !Hera
8. What mythology did the god quot;Apolloquot; come from?
a. Roman and Spanish
b. Greek and Chinese
c. !Greek and Roman
d. Greek, Roman and Norse
9. A wyvern is the same as a dragon.
a. !False
b. True
10. Who is the god of war in Polynesian mythology?
a. Hina
b. Mui
c. Kohara
d. !039;Oro

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