1. When did the French Revolution begin?
a. 1756
b. !1789
c. 1799
d. 1823
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
5. In which year did the Invasion of Kuwait by Iraq occur?
a. !1990
b. 1988
c. 1992
d. 1986
6. What year did the Boxing Day earthquake amp; tsunami occur in the Indian Ocean?
a. 2006
b. 2008
c. 2002
d. !2004
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
1. Who was the Roman god of fire?
a. Jupiter
b. Apollo
c. Mercury
d. !Vulcan
2. Hera is god of...
a. !Marriage
b. War
c. Sea
d. Agriculture
3. In Norse mythology, what is the name of the serpent which eats the roots of the
ash tree Yggdrasil?
a. Odin
b. Ymir
c. !Nidhogg
d. Bragi
4. Which of these Roman gods doesn039;t have a counterpart in Greek mythology?
a. Vulcan
b. !Janus
c. Mars
d. Juno
5. Which figure from Greek mythology traveled to the underworld to return his wife
Eurydice to the land of the living?
a. !Orpheus
b. Perseus
c. Hercules
d. Daedalus
6. What mythology did the god quot;Apolloquot; come from?
a. Greek, Roman and Norse
b. Greek and Chinese
c. !Greek and Roman
d. Roman and Spanish
7. Which Norse God has a horse named Sleipnir?
a. Thor
b. !Odin
c. Frigg
d. Balder
8. What is the name of the Greek god of peaceful deaths?
a. Hades
b. Moros
c. !Thanatos
d. Tartarus
9. Hel was the daughter of which Norse Mythological figure?
a. Thor
b. Odin
c. Balder
d. !Loki
10. Who is a minor god that is protector and creator of various arts, such as
cheese making and bee keeping.
a. Cephisso
b. Autonoe
c. Carme
d. !Aristaeus
1. What was the punishment for Sysiphus039;s craftiness?
a. !Cursed to roll a boulder up a
hill for eternity.
b. Tied to a boulder for eternity,
being pecked by birds.
c. To fell a tree that regenerated
after every axe swing.
d. Standing in a lake filled with
water he could not drink.
2. 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 Dragon
b. !A Horse
c. A Lion
d. A Tiger
3. Who was the King of Gods in Ancient Greek mythology?
a. Apollo
b. Hermes
c. !Zeus
d. Poseidon
4. According to Greek Mythology, Zeus can control lightning.
a. !True
b. False
5. The Japanese god Izanagi successfully returned his wife Izanami from the
Underworld.
a. !False
b. True
6. 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. !True
b. False
7. In Greek Mythology, who killed Achilles?
a. Hector
b. !Paris
c. Helen
d. Pericles
8. According to Greek Mythology, Atlas was an Olympian God.
a. !False
b. True
9. According to the Egyptian Myth of Osiris, who murdered Osiris?
a. Ra
b. Horus
c. !Set
d. Anhur
10. According to Japanese folklore, what is the favorite food of the Kappa.
a. Soba
b. !Cucumbers
c. Kabocha
d. Nasu
