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Greek mythology multiple choice
Answer these questions about Greek mythology.
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Last updated: March 21, 2019
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| First submitted | March 19, 2019 |
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1. Who slew the Minotaur?
Perseus
Theseus
Heracles
Minos
2. Whose mother bathed them in the River Styx as an infant, while holding them by the heel?
Diomedes
Ajax
Odysseus
Achilles
3. Who was doomed to be chained to a rock for eternity and have an eagle eat their liver every day?
Atlas
Orpheus
Prometheus
Sisyphus
4. Which Titan was the goddess of memory and mother of the Muses?
Mnemosyne
Tethys
Themis
Hera
5. Which goddess was obliged to spend part of every year in the underworld because Hades tricked her into eating pomegranate seeds?
Demeter
Persephone
Calliope
Aphrodite
6. Why was Arachne transformed into a spider?
She stole the loom of one of the three Fates
She refused Apollo's amorous advances
She pridefully challenged Athena to a weaving contest
Hera got mad because Zeus seduced her
7. Who refused to marry anyone, unless they could beat her in a foot race?
Penelope
Eurydice
Nausicaa
Atalanta
8. Who flew too close to the sun on wings made of feathers and wax?
Pericles
Icarus
Daedalus
Aegeus
9. Who was the twin half-brother of Castor?
Pollux
Laërtes
Iolaus
Nestor
10. Which of these is not true of the sorceress Medea?
She gained her powers by killing her aunt Circe
She killed two of her own children after Jason spurned her
She used her magic to help Jason obtain the Golden Fleece
Her grandfather was the sun god Helios
11. Who was Polyphemus?
A cyclops that was blinded by Odysseus
A general for the Greeks in the Trojan War
The king of the centaurs
Father of the Titan Cronus
12. Which of these was NOT a child of Zeus?
Perseus
Heracles
Asclepius
Helen of Troy
13. Who was born by emerging fully grown from Zeus's head?
Athena
Hephaestus
Hermes
Ares
14. Which goddess is a virgin who swore never to marry?
Aphrodite
Demeter
Artemis
Athena
15. How did Odysseus avoid being drowned by the Sirens?
He had his crew drown them out by playing louder music
He and his men swam underwater so they could not hear them
He prayed to Athena to block his ears
He had his men tie him to the ship's mast and plug their ears with beeswax
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5 Comments
jf15
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Level 63
Nov 11, 2021
Prometheus was only doomed to stay there until a son of Zeus came to rescue him.
HeyItsMeJJ
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Level 65
Nov 27, 2021
Athena was also a virgin goddess.
ItzIngenious
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Level 66
Jan 8, 2023
Only in Roman mythology would that clue apply, I think.
notlucinda
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Level 65
May 22, 2024
no
InterAlia
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Level 83
Jan 22, 2023
Apparently no one knows the answer to Q12. The results with almost 2000 takes are worse than random chance (23%).
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