LAT: Answers

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

a. To fell a tree that regenerated after every axe swing.
b. Tied to a boulder for eternity, being pecked by birds.
c. Standing in a lake filled with water he could not drink.
d. !Cursed to roll a boulder up a hill for eternity.
2. Which of the following Mesopotamian mythological figures was NOT a deity?
a. Enkimdu
b. Enki
c. Enlil
d. !Enkidu
3. In Greek Mythology, who was the daughter of King Minos?
a. Ariel
b. !Ariadne
c. Athena
d. Alana
4. In Norse mythology, what is the name of the serpent which eats the roots of the ash tree
Yggdrasil?
a. Bragi
b. Ymir
c. !Nidhogg
d. Odin
5. In Greek Mythology, who killed Achilles?
a. Helen
b. Pericles
c. Hector
d. !Paris
6. Which of the following is NOT a god in Norse Mythology.
a. Snotra
b. Loki
c. !Jens
d. Tyr
7. According to the Egyptian Myth of Osiris, who murdered Osiris?
a. Horus
b. Anhur
c. Ra
d. !Set
8. Which of these mythological creatures is said to be halfman and halfhorse?
a. Gorgon
b. Pegasus
c. Minotaur
d. !Centaur
9. Which of the following is not one of the Greek Fates?
a. Lachesis
b. Clotho
c. !Narcissus
d. Atropos

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10. Who is a minor god that is protector and creator of various arts, such as cheese
making and bee keeping.
a. Carme
b. !Aristaeus
c. Autonoe
d. Cephisso
1. In which city, is the Big Nickel located in Canada?
a. Calgary, Alberta
b. Halifax, Nova Scotia
c. !Sudbury, Ontario
d. Victoria, British Columbia
2. Which of the following countries does NOT recognize Armenia as an independent
country?
a. !Pakistan
b. Iran
c. Azerbaijan
d. Turkey
3. What is the capital of Slovakia?
a. Sofia
b. Ljubljana
c. !Bratislava
d. Sarajevo
4. California is larger than Japan.
a. !True
b. False
5. What is Canada039;s smallest province?
a. Nova Scotia
b. Yukon
c. !Prince Edward Island
d. New Brunswick
6. What is the secondlargest city in Lithuania?
a. Panevys
b. !Kaunas
c. Klaipda
d. Vilnius
7. What is the largest country in the world?
a. United States
b. Canada
c. China
d. !Russia
8. How many independent countries are there within the continent of South America?
a. 10
b. !12
c. 9
d. 8
9. Into which basin does the Jordan River flow into?
a. Salton Sea
b. !Dead Sea
c. Caspian Sea

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d. Aral Sea
10. There is an island in Japan called kunoshima, A.K.A. quot;Rabbit Islandquot;, so
named because of it039;s huge population of rabbits.
a. !True
b. False
1. This Greek mythological figure is the godgoddess of battle strategy among other things.
a. Artemis
b. Ares
c. !Athena
d. Apollo
2. According to Norse mythology, Loki is a mother.
a. !True
b. False
3. In Greek Mythology, who killed Achilles?
a. Pericles
b. Hector
c. !Paris
d. Helen
4. Nidhogg is a mythical creature from what mythology?
a. Egyptian
b. !Norse
c. Hindu
d. Greek
5. Who is the Egyptian god of reproduction and lettuce?
a. !Min
b. Menu
c. Meret
d. Mut
6. According to Greek Mythology, Atlas was an Olympian God.
a. !False
b. True
7. Which of these mythological creatures is said to be halfman and halfhorse?
a. !Centaur
b. Pegasus
c. Minotaur
d. Gorgon
8. Which Norse God has a horse named Sleipnir?
a. !Odin
b. Balder
c. Frigg
d. Thor
9. The Norse god Odin has two pet crows named quot;Huginnquot; and quot;Muninnquot;.
What do their names mean?
a. War amp; Learning
b. Sleeping amp; Waking
c. !Thought amp; Memory
d. Power amp; Peace
10. Which greek godgoddess tossed a golden apple with the words quot;for the
fairestquot; into the middle of the feast of the gods?

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a. Artemis
b. !Eris
c. Ares
d. Hades

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