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FASH282 Handout 9
FASH282 Handout 9
a. !Crete
b. Sicily
c. Sardinia
d. Cyprus
2. Who in Greek mythology, who led the Argonauts in search of the Golden Fleece?
a. !Jason
b. Castor
c. Odysseus
d. Daedalus
5. 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
6. Which figure from Greek mythology traveled to the underworld to return his wife
Eurydice to the land of the living?
a. Daedalus
b. Perseus
c. !Orpheus
d. Hercules
8. The Roman god quot;Jupiterquot; was first known as quot;Zeusquot; to the Greeks.
a. !True
b. False
1. Who was the only god from Greece who did not get a name change in Rome?
a. Athena
b. !Apollo
c. Zeus
d. Demeter
8. In African mythology, Anansi is a trickster and storyteller who takes the shape
of which animal?
a. Monkey
b. !Spider
c. Crocodile
d. Wild dog
9. The Nike apparel and footwear brand takes it039;s name from the Greek goddess of
what?
a. Honor
b. Courage
c. Strength
d. !Victory
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
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