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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 |
| Times taken | 3,928 |
| Average score | 60.0% |
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1.
Who slew the Minotaur?
Minos
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Heracles
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Theseus
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Perseus
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2.
Whose mother bathed them in the River Styx as an infant, while holding them by the heel?
Achilles
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Diomedes
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Odysseus
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Ajax
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3.
Who was doomed to be chained to a rock for eternity and have an eagle eat their liver every day?
Atlas
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Prometheus
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Sisyphus
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Orpheus
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4.
Which Titan was the goddess of memory and mother of the Muses?
Themis
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Hera
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Mnemosyne
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Tethys
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5.
Which goddess was obliged to spend part of every year in the underworld because Hades tricked her into eating pomegranate seeds?
Calliope
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Demeter
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Aphrodite
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Persephone
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6.
Why was Arachne transformed into a spider?
She refused Apollo's amorous advances
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She pridefully challenged Athena to a weaving contest
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She stole the loom of one of the three Fates
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Hera got mad because Zeus seduced her
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7.
Who refused to marry anyone, unless they could beat her in a foot race?
Atalanta
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Nausicaa
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Penelope
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Eurydice
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8.
Who flew too close to the sun on wings made of feathers and wax?
Icarus
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Daedalus
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Pericles
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Aegeus
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9.
Who was the twin half-brother of Castor?
Pollux
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Nestor
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Laërtes
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Iolaus
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10.
Which of these is not true of the sorceress Medea?
Her grandfather was the sun god Helios
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She killed two of her own children after Jason spurned her
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She used her magic to help Jason obtain the Golden Fleece
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She gained her powers by killing her aunt Circe
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11.
Who was Polyphemus?
Father of the Titan Cronus
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A cyclops that was blinded by Odysseus
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The king of the centaurs
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A general for the Greeks in the Trojan War
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12.
Which of these was NOT a child of Zeus?
Heracles
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Asclepius
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Helen of Troy
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Perseus
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13.
Who was born by emerging fully grown from Zeus's head?
Hermes
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Athena
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Ares
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Hephaestus
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14.
Which goddess is a virgin who swore never to marry?
Athena
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Aphrodite
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Demeter
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Artemis
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15.
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
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He had his crew drown them out by playing louder music
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He prayed to Athena to block his ears
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He and his men swam underwater so they could not hear them
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4 Comments
jf15
+1
Level 63
Nov 11, 2021
Prometheus was only doomed to stay there until a son of Zeus came to rescue him.
HeyItsMeJJ
+1
Level 60
Nov 27, 2021
Athena was also a virgin goddess.
ItzIngenious
+2
Level 60
Jan 8, 2023
Only in Roman mythology would that clue apply, I think.
InterAlia
+1
Level 75
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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