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

a. Standing in a lake filled with


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

2. This Greek mythological figure is the godgoddess of battle strategy among other
things.
a. !Athena
b. Ares
c. Artemis
d. Apollo

3. According to Norse mythology, Loki is a mother.


a. !True
b. False

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

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


a. True
b. !False

6. The Maori hold that which island nation was founded by Kupe, who discovered it
under a long white cloud?
a. !New Zealand
b. Hawaii
c. Fiji
d. Vanuatu

7. What immense structure is referred to in Norse Mythology as the Yggdrasil.


a. Mountain
b. Temple
c. Castle
d. !Tree

8. The Nike apparel and footwear brand takes it039;s name from the Greek goddess of
what?
a. Honor
b. Courage
c. !Victory
d. Strength
9. Which Norse God has a horse named Sleipnir?
a. Frigg
b. Thor
c. Balder
d. !Odin

10. Hel was the daughter of which Norse Mythological figure?


a. Balder
b. Odin
c. !Loki
d. Thor

1. What is the largest noncontinental island in the world?


a. Madagascar
b. New Guinea
c. !Greenland
d. Borneo

2. In which English county is Stonehenge?


a. Somerset
b. Herefordshire
c. Cumbria
d. !Wiltshire

3. How many federal states does Germany have?


a. 25
b. 13
c. !16
d. 32

4. Which of these countries is NOT located in Africa?


a. Burkina Faso
b. Mozambique
c. Algeria
d. !Suriname

5. How many countries border Kyrgyzstan?


a. 3
b. 1
c. 6
d. !4

6. What is the smallest country in South America by area?


a. Uruguay
b. Chile
c. !Suriname
d. Brazil
7. Japan has lefthand side traffic.
a. !True
b. False

8. What is the tallest mountain in Canada?


a. !Mount Logan
b. Whistler Mountain
c. Mont Tremblant
d. Blue Mountain

9. What is the Polish city known to Germans as Danzig?


a. Zakopane
b. Pozna
c. Warsaw
d. !Gdask

10. What is the largest country in the world?


a. United States
b. China
c. !Russia
d. Canada

11. How many stations does the Central Line have on the London Underground?
a. 43
b. 51
c. 47
d. !49

12. Which of these American cities has fewer than 1,000,000 people?
a. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
b. Phoenix, Arizona
c. San Antonio, Texas
d. !San Francisco, California

13. Is Tartu the capital of Estonia?


a. True
b. !False

1. In Norse mythology, Thor once dressed as a woman.


a. False
b. !True

2. 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
3. Which figure from Greek mythology traveled to the underworld to return his wife
Eurydice to the land of the living?
a. Perseus
b. Hercules
c. !Orpheus
d. Daedalus

4. A minotaur is half human half what?


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

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


a. !False
b. True

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


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

7. Which of the following is not one of the Greek Fates?


a. Clotho
b. Atropos
c. !Narcissus
d. Lachesis

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

9. A wyvern is the same as a dragon.


a. True
b. !False

10. What mytological creatures have women039;s faces and vultures039; bodies?
a. Lilith
b. Mermaids
c. !Harpies
d. Nymph

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