Greek Mythology: From The Iliad To The Fall Of The Last Tyrant

Fun Fact Quiz 6

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1) Someone tells you that they want you to meet a friend of theirs named Phineus ... judging by the name, what sort person would you expect to meet?

  1. A miser
  2.  
  3. A psychic
  4.  
  5. A cartoon character

2) When Xenophon and his eight thousand mercenaries arrived at Byzantium, the Spartans refused them access to the city. How many Spartans marched out to confront Xenophon and his army?

  1. A few
  2.  
  3. A few hundred
  4.  
  5. A few thousand

3) If you could pick only one of the following goddesses to speak at an International Peace Conference, which one would be more likely to get a standing ovation?

  1. Erida
  2.  
  3. Dike
  4.  
  5. Lyssa

4) You’ve been invited to a tee party in Atlantis, what sort of amusing but tasteful design would be appropriate for your tee shirt?

  1. Neptune riding a seahorse
  2.  
  3. Davy Jones sitting on a treasure chest
  4.  
  5. Poseidon with his trident

5) Alexander the Great postponed his invasion of Persia and India to visit Egypt ... why?

  1. He wanted to meet Kleopatra
  2.  
  3. He wanted to talk to his dad
  4.  
  5. He wanted to do some ibis hunting

6) Okay ... pretend you’re a guy ... that will difficult for some of you, but just give it your best shot ... okay, you’re a guy and the Nymph Kalypso invites you to her island ... what do you think she wants?

  1. A husband
  2.  
  3. A dance partner
  4.  
  5. A sponge diver

7) Herakles did many remarkable things ... he went with Jason and the Argonauts on the Quest for the Golden Fleece circa 1270 BCE ... he unchained Prometheus from the Caucasus Mountains at the dawn of human existence ... those two events happened thousands of years apart ... how did Herakles do those things?

  1. He was very, very, very old when he went with Jason and the Argonauts
  2.  
  3. This is a trick question because the dates are wrong
  4.  
  5. There are two different guys named Herakles

8) You’re very clever and you’ve just been given the keys to the Labyrinth on the island of Crete ... getting in is easy but how will you find the door when you’re ready to leave?

  1. Buy a map
  2.  
  3. Ask the Minotaur
  4.  
  5. Leave a trail of thread

9) You’re a Greek citizen and you live on the coast of Asia Minor ... you want to send a letter of complaint to the Persian king ... how would you get your letter to him?

  1. Pony Express
  2.  
  3. Federal Express
  4.  
  5. Planet Express

10) If you were one of the participants in the procession from Athens to Eleusis during the sacred Eleusinia and there were strange looking masked men on the side of the road ... why were they there?

  1. To bless you
  2.  
  3. To insult you
  4.  
  5. To rob you

11) You’re walking down the street in ancient Athens and you have an obol in your pocket ... what in the world do you have in your pocket?

  1. A coin
  2.  
  3. A sash
  4.  
  5. A hole

12) Who was the most famous Japanese pop singer in ancient Greece?

  1. Yoko Ono
  2.  
  3. AmiYumi
  4.  
  5. Yuki

13) The beautiful island of Kalliste was created from a magical clod of dirt thrown in the Aegean Sea, why does it now look like a dried up donut with a couple of bites taken out of it?

  1. A defective dirt clod
  2.  
  3. A tidal wave
  4.  
  5. A volcano

14) The Troglodytes of northern Africa were a peculiar race of people ... what made them so weird?

  1. They used sea shells for money
  2.  
  3. They lived in holes in the ground
  4.  
  5. They were uncouth musicians

15) Of all the interesting and deadly warriors who fought in the Trojan War, who had the coolest armor on the battlefield?

  1. Achilles
  2.  
  3. Diomedes
  4.  
  5. Hector

16) How can you tell the difference between A hydra and The hydra?

  1. There is no difference
  2.  
  3. Don’t know ... don’t care
  4.  
  5. Count the necks

17) The poet Homer, author of The Iliad and The Odyssey, was a remarkable man but he was killed by some young boys ... how?

  1. They gave him chicken pox
  2.  
  3. They told him a deadly riddle
  4.  
  5. They ran over him with an ox-cart

18) When Herakles went to Erytheia to get the cattle of Geryon he couldn’t get a regular boat ... how did the make the sea voyage?

  1. A raft
  2.  
  3. A cauldron
  4.  
  5. A canoe

19) You’re on your way to visit the Hyperboreans ... what kind of shoes should you wear?

  1. Sandals
  2.  
  3. Combat boots
  4.  
  5. Snow shoes

20) There are lots of gods and goddesses hanging around on Mount Olympos but only twelve of them are called The Olympians ... why?

  1. They only have twelve chairs
  2.  
  3. It has something to do with the Zodiac
  4.  
  5. Zeus has 12 children

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