| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| Whose mother bathed them in the River Styx as an infant, while holding them by the heel? | Achilles | 94%
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| Who flew too close to the sun on wings made of feathers and wax? | Icarus | 92%
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| Which goddess was obliged to spend part of every year in the underworld because Hades tricked her into eating pomegranate seeds? | Persephone | 91%
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| Who was born by emerging fully grown from Zeus's head? | Athena | 80%
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| How did Odysseus avoid being drowned by the Sirens? | He had his men tie him to the ship's mast and plug their ears with beeswax | 80%
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| Who was doomed to be chained to a rock for eternity and have an eagle eat their liver every day? | Prometheus | 77%
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| Why was Arachne transformed into a spider? | She pridefully challenged Athena to a weaving contest | 77%
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| Who was Polyphemus? | A cyclops that was blinded by Odysseus | 76%
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| Who slew the Minotaur? | Theseus | 73%
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| Who was the twin half-brother of Castor? | Pollux | 69%
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| Which goddess is a virgin who swore never to marry? | Artemis | 67%
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| Which Titan was the goddess of memory and mother of the Muses? | Mnemosyne | 59%
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| Which of these is not true of the sorceress Medea? | She gained her powers by killing her aunt Circe | 56%
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| Who refused to marry anyone, unless they could beat her in a foot race? | Atalanta | 55%
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| Which of these was NOT a child of Zeus? | Asclepius | 37%
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