Greek Mythology

Question 1

The dog "Fluffy" in Harry Potter is an allusion to:

Accepted Answer

Cerberus

Question 2

True or False: Odysseus stopped up his ears with cotton wool in order to hear the sirens' song.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 3

Helen of Troy was married to:

Accepted Answer

Agamennon

Question 4

Hephastus's wife was:

Accepted Answer

Aphrodite

Question 5

Hermes was the:

Accepted Answer

All of the above.

Question 6

What type of mythological creature is shown below?

Accepted Answer

Siren

Question 7

The ancient Greeks did not like Ares, the god of war, and preferred Athena.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

Achilles only weakness was:

Accepted Answer

His heel

Question 9

What Greek city is named after the goddess of wisdom?

Accepted Answer

Athens

Question 10

Odysseys was away from his home of Ithaca for:

Accepted Answer

20 years

Question 11

Odysseus is from the Greek city state of:

Accepted Answer

Ithaca

Question 12

How does Zeus help win the battle against Kronos and the Titans?

Accepted Answer

He throws lightning bolts.

Question 13

Posiden is not only the god of the sea, but also the god of:

Accepted Answer

Horses

Question 14

Gaia and Uranus's children were called the:

Accepted Answer

Titans

Question 15

This type of mythological bird is reborn from its own ashes after bursting into flames.

Accepted Answer

Phoenix

Question 16

The name of Mother Earth in Greek Mythology is:

Accepted Answer

Gaia

Question 17

Zeus and Hera's son is:

Accepted Answer

Hephastus

Question 18

Who is the god of the sea?

Accepted Answer

Posiden

Question 19

This is an image of:

Accepted Answer

Medusa

Question 20

Zeus is married to:

Accepted Answer

Hera

Question 21

Athena transformed Arachne into a:

Accepted Answer

Spider

Question 22

This is a picture of:

Accepted Answer

Cerberus

Question 23

Demeter's daughter is:

Accepted Answer

Persephone

Question 24

Demeter is the goddes of:

Accepted Answer

The seasons

Question 25

The King of the Gods is:

Accepted Answer

Zeus

Question 26

Hercules had:

Accepted Answer

12 Labors

Question 27

The Trojans were eventually defeated by Greeks who were hiding in:

Accepted Answer

A giant wooden horse.

Question 28

Pegasus was a:

Accepted Answer

Flying Horse

Question 29

What type of mythological creature is shown below?

Accepted Answer

Cyclops

Question 30

Apollo is responsible for inventing music.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 31

Hercules is the son of:

Accepted Answer

Zeus

Question 32

True or false: Posiden has blue hair.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 33

Odysseus left home to go fight in:

Accepted Answer

The Trojan War

Question 34

Kronos, fearing that his children would overthrow him...

Accepted Answer

Swallowed each of his children as they were born.

Question 35

Odysseus regains his kingdom from his wife's suitors by:

Accepted Answer

Stringing his own bow, and shooting the suitors.

Question 36

True or False: Zeus was Kronos' youngest child.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 37

Apollo and Artemis are the children of:

Accepted Answer

Leto and Zeus

Question 38

How does Cronos get rid of his children?

Accepted Answer

He swallows them whole.

Question 39

Why does Perseus need a magical shield?

Accepted Answer

He can use it to look at Medusa's reflection.

Question 40

Aphrodite's son is named:

Accepted Answer

Eros

Question 41

In ancient Greece, a prophet who can see into the future is called

Accepted Answer

The Oracle.

Question 42

An allusion is:

Accepted Answer

A reference in literature to mythology or history.

Question 43

Which goddess was born fully grown, in a suit of armor, from Zeus's head?

Accepted Answer

Athena

Question 44

Gaia was married to Heaven, whose name was:

Accepted Answer

Uranus

Question 45

What is this type of mythological beast?

Accepted Answer

Centaur

Question 46

Hephaestus is the god of:

Accepted Answer

Metalworking

Question 47

True or False: Perseus' father was Poseiden.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 48

How does Perseus trick the Granae?

Accepted Answer

He steals their single eyeball.

Question 49

A saytr is:

Accepted Answer

A half-man, half goat.

Question 50

Persephone has to spend every 6 months in the Underworld with Hades because she:

Accepted Answer

Ate 6 pomegranate seeds.

Question 51

You will turn to stone if you

Accepted Answer

Look directly at Medusa.

Question 52

The image below depicts:

Accepted Answer

Hercules fighting the Hydra.

Question 53

This Titan defeated his father, Uranus, with the help of his mother, Gaia:

Accepted Answer

Kronos

Greek Mythology

Questions 53

Greek Mythology

Questions 53