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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. According to Algonquian folklore, how does one transform into a Wendigo?


a. Excessive mutilation of animal
corpses.
b. Performing a ritual involving
murder.
c. !Participating in cannibalism.
d. Drinking the blood of many slain
animals.

2. In Greek mythology, who is the god of wine?


a. Demeter
b. Apollo
c. Hephaestus
d. !Dionysus

3. In most traditions, who was the wife of Zeus?


a. !Hera
b. Hestia
c. Aphrodite
d. Athena

4. According to the Egyptian Myth of Osiris, who murdered Osiris?


a. !Set
b. Horus
c. Ra
d. Anhur

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


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

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

7. Janus was the Roman god of doorways and passageways.


a. !True
b. False
8. What immense structure is referred to in Norse Mythology as the Yggdrasil.
a. Mountain
b. Castle
c. !Tree
d. Temple

9. The Nike apparel and footwear brand takes it039;s name from the Greek goddess of
what?
a. Strength
b. !Victory
c. Honor
d. Courage

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


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

1. Who was the only god from Greece who did not get a name change in Rome?
a. Zeus
b. !Apollo
c. Athena
d. Demeter

2. 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

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


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

4. Nidhogg is a mythical creature from what mythology?


a. Hindu
b. Egyptian
c. Greek
d. !Norse

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


a. !False
b. True
6. What mythology did the god quot;Apolloquot; come from?
a. Roman and Spanish
b. Greek, Roman and Norse
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. According to Japanese folklore, what is the favorite food of the Kappa.


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

10. 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. Power amp; Peace
d. !Thought amp; Memory

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