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a. Jupiter
b. Juno
c. Ares
d. !Mars
2. This Greek mythological figure is the godgoddess of battle strategy among other
things.
a. Ares
b. !Athena
c. Artemis
d. Apollo
5. The Japanese god Izanagi successfully returned his wife Izanami from the
Underworld.
a. !False
b. True
8. In African mythology, Anansi is a trickster and storyteller who takes the shape
of which animal?
a. !Spider
b. Crocodile
c. Wild dog
d. Monkey
9. The Maori hold that which island nation was founded by Kupe, who discovered it
under a long white cloud?
a. Fiji
b. Vanuatu
c. !New Zealand
d. Hawaii
11. 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. !Eris
c. Ares
d. Artemis
1. In the year 1900, what were the most popular first names given to boy and girl
babies born in the United States?
a. George and Anne
b. !John and Mary
c. William and Elizabeth
d. Joseph and Catherine
3. In relation to the British Occupation in Ireland, what does the IRA stand for.
a. IrishRoyal Alliance
b. !Irish Republican Army
c. Irish Reformation Army
d. Irish Rebel Alliance
7. What is the mnemonic device for remembering the fates of the wives of Henry
VIII?
a. !Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived
b. Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived
c. Died, Beheaded, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived, Divorced
d. Survived, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Divorced, Beheaded
9. When Christopher Columbus sailed to America, what was the first region he
arrived in?
a. Florida
b. Nicaragua
c. !The Bahamas Archipelago
d. Isthmus of Panama
12. The fraudelent doctor John R. Brinkley acummulated great fame and wealth in the
early 1900s offering what service?
a. !Goat testicles transplant
b. Cow liver transplant
c. Pig blood transfusion
d. Turkey breast implants
1. What year did the television company BBC officially launch the channel BBC One?
a. 1932
b. !1936
c. 1948
d. 1955
8. What was the name of the the first episode of Doctor Who to air in 1963?
a. The Daleks
b. !An Unearthly Child
c. The Aztecs
d. The Edge of Destruction
10. In the show quot;Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagannquot; what is the name of the
character who force everyone to live underground?
a. Kingloname
b. !Lordgenome
c. Lord Genome
d. King Loname
12. In the cartoon 039;SpongeBob SquarePants039;, what did the acronym E.V.I.L
stand for?
a. !Every Villain Is Lemons
b. Every Villain Is Limes
c. Each Villain Is Lemonade
d. Every Villain Is Lemonade