1. Talos, the mythical giant bronze man, was the protector of which island?

a. Sicily
b. Sardinia
c. !Crete
d. Cyprus

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

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

a. False
b. !True

4. Who was the Roman god of fire?

a. !Vulcan
b. Jupiter
c. Mercury
d. Apollo

5. This Greek goddess039;s name was chosen for the dwarf planet responsible for
discord on Pluto039;s classification amongst astronomers.
a. Charon
b. Dysnomia
c. Ceres
d. !Eris

6. In Greek Mythology, who was the daughter of King Minos?

a. !Ariadne
b. Alana
c. Ariel
d. Athena

7. A minotaur is half human half what?

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

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

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

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

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

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

1. Which famous spy novelist wrote the childrens039; story

quot;ChittyChittyBangBangquot;?
a. !Ian Fleming
b. Graham Greene
c. Joseph Conrad
d. John Buchan

2. What was the pen name of novelist, Mary Ann Evans?

a. George Bernard Shaw
b. George Orwell
c. George Saunders
d. !George Eliot

3. The novel quot;Jane Eyrequot; was written by what author?

a. !Charlotte Bronteuml;
b. Emily Bronteuml;
c. Louisa May Alcott
d. Jane Austen

4. According to The Hitchhiker039;s Guide to the Galaxy book, the answer to life,
the universe and everything else is...
a. Loving everyone around you
b. !42
c. Death
d. Chocolate

5. What was the last message of the Dolphins in quot;The Hitchhiker039;s Guide to
the Galaxyquot;?
a. !quot;So long, and thanks for all the fish.quot;
b. quot;Goodbye cruel world!quot;
c. quot;The answer is 42.quot;
d. quot;Land of the brave.quot;

6. In the novel 1984, written by George Orwell, what is the name of the
totalitarian regime that controls Oceania?
a. NeoBolshevism
b. !INGSOC
c. Earth Alliance
d. Obliteration of the Self
7. In Terry Pratchett039;s Discworld novel 039;Wyrd Sisters039;, which of these are
not one of the three main witches?
a. Magrat Garlick
b. !Winny Hathersham
c. Granny Weatherwax
d. Nanny Ogg

8. The Harry Potter series of books, combined, are over 1,000,000 words in length.
a. False
b. !True

9. Who wrote quot;A Tale of Two Citiesquot;?

a. Charles Darwin
b. !Charles Dickens
c. Mark Twain
d. Roald Dahl

10. What was Sir Handel039;s original name in quot;The Railway Seriesquot; and
it039;s animated counterpart quot;Thomas and Friends?quot;
a. Kyte
b. !Falcon
c. Swallow
d. Eagle

11. In The Lies of Locke Lamora, what title is Locke known by in the criminal
world?
a. The Thorn of the Marrows
b. !The Thorn of Camorr
c. The Thorn of Emberlain
d. The Rose of the Marrows

1. During WWII, in 1945, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the two Japanese
cities of Hiroshima and what other city?
a. Tokyo
b. !Nagasaki
c. Kagoshima
d. Kawasaki

2. Which country had an quot;Orange Revolutionquot; between 2004 and 2005?

a. !Ukraine
b. Latvia
c. Belarus
d. Lithuania

3. Sargon II, a king of the NeoAssyrian Empire, was a direct descendant of Sargon
of Akkad.
a. !False
b. True
4. The Battle of Trafalgar took place on October 23rd, 1805
a. True
b. !False

5. When did Norway get its constitution?

a. 1854
b. 1932
c. 1905
d. !1814

6. Adolf Hitler was tried at the Nuremberg trials.

a. True
b. !False

7. When did the British handover sovereignty of Hong Kong back to China?
a. 1999
b. 1900
c. !1997
d. 1841

8. Which of the following was not one of Joseph Stalin039;s ten blows during World
War II?
a. !VistulaOder Offensive
b. LeningradNovgorod Offensive
c. Operation Bagration
d. Crimean Offensive

9. Toussaint Louverture led a successful slave revolt in which country?

a. United States
b. !Haiti
c. Cuba
d. France