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Mythology and History Quiz Questions

The document contains multiple choice questions about various topics including mythology, music, and history. Some key points covered include: - In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was cursed to roll a boulder up a hill for eternity. - According to Algonquian folklore, one transforms into a Wendigo by participating in cannibalism. - The last Aphex Twin album before his decade long hiatus was Drukqs. - Richard III was killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485.

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Mythology and History Quiz Questions

The document contains multiple choice questions about various topics including mythology, music, and history. Some key points covered include: - In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was cursed to roll a boulder up a hill for eternity. - According to Algonquian folklore, one transforms into a Wendigo by participating in cannibalism. - The last Aphex Twin album before his decade long hiatus was Drukqs. - Richard III was killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485.

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1. What was the punishment for Sysiphus039;s craftiness?

a. To fell a tree that regenerated after every axe swing.


b. !Cursed to roll a boulder up a hill for eternity.
c. Standing in a lake filled with water he could not drink.
d. Tied to a boulder for eternity, being pecked by birds.

2. According to Algonquian folklore, how does one transform into a Wendigo?


a. !Participating in cannibalism.
b. Excessive mutilation of animal corpses.
c. Performing a ritual involving murder.
d. Drinking the blood of many slain animals.

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

4. According to Greek Mythology, Zeus can control lightning.


a. False
b. !True

5. Which Greek amp; Roman god was known as the god of music, truth and prophecy,
healing, the sun and light, plague, poetry, and more?
a. Aphrodite
b. !Apollo
c. Artemis
d. Athena

6. The greek god Poseidon was the god of what?


a. Sun
b. !The Sea
c. Fire
d. War

7. Which figure from Greek mythology traveled to the underworld to return his wife
Eurydice to the land of the living?
a. Perseus
b. Hercules
c. !Orpheus
d. Daedalus

8. Which of the following is NOT a god in Norse Mythology.


a. Tyr
b. Loki
c. !Jens
d. Snotra

9. In most traditions, who was the wife of Zeus?


a. !Hera
b. Hestia
c. Athena
d. Aphrodite

10. What is the name of the Greek god of blacksmiths?


a. !Hephaestus
b. Dyntos
c. Vulcan
d. Artagatus

11. What mytological creatures have women039;s faces and vultures039; bodies?
a. Mermaids
b. Nymph
c. Lilith
d. !Harpies

12. Who is the god of war in Polynesian mythology?


a. Kohara
b. Hina
c. !039;Oro
d. Mui

13. Who is a minor god that is protector and creator of various arts, such as
cheese making and bee keeping.
a. !Aristaeus
b. Autonoe
c. Cephisso
d. Carme

1. What was the last Aphex Twin album released before his decadelong hiatus?
a. !Drukqs
b. Windowlicker
c. Collected Ambient Works 8592
d. Syro

2. Scottish producer Calvin Harris is from the town of Dumfries, Scotland.


a. False
b. !True

3. quot;The Division Bellquot; is the final album of the progressive rock band Pink
Floyd.
a. True
b. !False

4. What is the first track on Kanye West039;s 808s amp; Heartbreak?


a. Street Lights
b. Welcome to Heartbreak
c. Heartless
d. !Say You Will
5. Who is the lead singer of Bastille?
a. Chris Wood
b. Kyle Simmons
c. Will Farquarson
d. !Dan Smith

6. Who is the lead singer of Green Day?


a. Sean Hughes
b. Mike Dirnt
c. Treacute; Cool
d. !Billie Joe Armstrong

7. What was the name of the rock band that Nobuo Uematsu formed that played songs
from various Final Fantasy games?
a. The Final Fantasies
b. The Espers
c. The Rock Summoners
d. !The Black Mages

8. What song on ScHoolboy Q039;s album Black Face LP featured Kanye West?
a. Big Body
b. !THat Part
c. Neva CHange
d. Blank Face

9. Who sings the rap song quot;Secret Wars Part 1quot;?


a. MC Frontalot
b. Busdriver
c. Masta Killa
d. !The Last Emperor

10. Which of these artists did NOT feature in the fitfh studio album
quot;Humanzquot; by British virtual band Gorillaz?
a. Vince Staples
b. Danny Brown
c. Pusha T
d. !Snoop Dogg

1. Which king was killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485?


a. Henry VII
b. !Richard III
c. James I
d. Edward V

2. Spain was formed in 1469 with the marriage of Isabella I of Castile and
Ferdinand II of what other Iberian kingdom?
a. Galicia
b. Navarre
c. !Aragon
d. Leoacute;n

3. The M41 Walker Bulldog remains in service in some countries to this day.
a. !True
b. False

4. The collapse of the Soviet Union took place in which year?


a. !1991
b. 1990
c. 1891
d. 1992

5. What was the bloodiest singleday battle during the American Civil War?
a. The Siege of Vicksburg
b. !The Battle of Antietam
c. The Battle of Gettysburg
d. The Battles of Chancellorsville

6. How long did World War II last?


a. 7 years
b. !6 years
c. 4 years
d. 5 years

7. The minigun was designed in 1960 by which manufacturer.


a. !General Electric
b. Colt Firearms
c. Sig Sauer
d. Heckler amp; Koch

8. Which country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States of America?
a. !France
b. Spain
c. England
d. Germany

9. Which modern country is known as quot;The Graveyard of Empiresquot;?


a. !Afghanistan
b. China
c. Russia
d. Iraq

10. From 1940 to 1942, what was the capitalinexile of Free France ?
a. !Brazzaville
b. Tunis
c. Algiers
d. Paris

11. Who was the first man to travel into outer space twice?
a. Vladimir Komarov
b. Charles Conrad
c. Yuri Gagarin
d. !Gus Grissom

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