1. Who painted the Mona Lisa?

a. Pablo Picasso
b. Claude Monet
c. Vincent van Gogh
d. !Leonardo da Vinci

2. What French sculptor designed the Statue of Liberty?

a. Auguste Rodin
b. Henri Matisse
c. JeanLeacute;on Geacute;rocirc;me
d. !Freacute;deacute;ric Auguste Bartholdi

3. Leonardo da Vinci039;s Mona Lisa does not have eyebrows.

a. False
b. !True

4. Vincent van Gogh cut off one of his ears.

a. !True
b. False

5. What year did Albrecht Duuml;rer create the painting quot;The Young Harequot;?
a. 1702
b. !1502
c. 1602
d. 1402

6. Leonardo da Vinci was not the creator of the Mona Lisa.

a. !False
b. True

7. Venus of Willendorf is one of the earliest works of art, depicting the planets
Mars and Venus embrace in the heavens at night.
a. True
b. !False

8. The Statue of Liberty039;s official name is ldquo;Liberty Enlightening the

Worldrdquo;.
a. !True
b. False

9. Who painted the biblical fresco The Creation of Adam?

a. Caravaggio
b. !Michelangelo
c. Leonardo da Vinci
d. Rembrandt

1. Which king was killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485?

a. Henry VII
 b. !Richard III
c. James I
d. Edward V

2. Spain was formed in 1469 with the marriage of Isabella I of Castile and
Ferdinand II of what other Iberian kingdom?
a. Galicia
b. Navarre
c. !Aragon
d. Leoacute;n

3. The M41 Walker Bulldog remains in service in some countries to this day.
a. !True
b. False

4. The collapse of the Soviet Union took place in which year?

a. !1991
b. 1990
c. 1891
d. 1992

5. What was the bloodiest singleday battle during the American Civil War?
a. The Siege of Vicksburg
b. !The Battle of Antietam
c. The Battle of Gettysburg
d. The Battles of Chancellorsville

6. How long did World War II last?

a. 7 years
b. !6 years
c. 4 years
d. 5 years

7. The minigun was designed in 1960 by which manufacturer.

a. !General Electric
b. Colt Firearms
c. Sig Sauer
d. Heckler amp; Koch

8. Which country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States of America?
a. !France
b. Spain
c. England
d. Germany

9. Which modern country is known as quot;The Graveyard of Empiresquot;?

a. !Afghanistan
b. China
c. Russia
d. Iraq
10. From 1940 to 1942, what was the capitalinexile of Free France ?
a. !Brazzaville
b. Tunis
c. Algiers
d. Paris

11. Who was the first man to travel into outer space twice?
a. Vladimir Komarov
b. Charles Conrad
c. Yuri Gagarin
d. !Gus Grissom

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

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

2. The ancient Roman god of war was commonly known as which of the following?
a. Ares
b. !Mars
c. Juno
d. Jupiter

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 Tiger
b. !A Horse
c. A Lion
d. A Dragon

4. Hera is god of...

a. War
b. !Marriage
c. Sea
d. Agriculture

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

6. Who is the Egyptian god of reproduction and lettuce?

a. !Min
b. Menu
c. Mut
d. Meret
7. A minotaur is half human half what?
a. Cow
b. Horse
c. !Bull
d. Eagle

8. What mythology did the god quot;Apolloquot; come from?

a. Greek and Chinese
b. !Greek and Roman
c. Roman and Spanish
d. Greek, Roman and Norse

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

a. !True
b. False

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

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

11. What is the name of the first human being in Norse mythology?
a. Ake
b. Asger
c. Asmund
d. !Ask

12. Which greek godgoddess tossed a golden apple with the words quot;for the
fairestquot; into the middle of the feast of the gods?
a. Hades
b. Ares
c. !Eris
d. Artemis