1. When did the French Revolution begin?

a. 1756
b. !1789
c. 1799
d. 1823

2. Which of these countries was sea charted in 1500 by the Portuguese maritime
explorations?
a. India
b. Mozambique
c. Madagascar
d. !Brazil

3. Which famous world leader is famed for the saying, quot;Let them eat cakequot;,
yet is rumored that heshe never said it at all?
a. Henry VIII
b. Czar Nicholas II
c. !Marie Antoinette
d. Elizabeth I

4. Which Apollo mission was the last one in NASA039;s Apollo program?
a. !Apollo 17
b. Apollo 11
c. Apollo 15
d. Apollo 13

5. In which year did the Invasion of Kuwait by Iraq occur?

a. !1990
b. 1988
c. 1992
d. 1986

6. What year did the Boxing Day earthquake amp; tsunami occur in the Indian Ocean?
a. 2006
b. 2008
c. 2002
d. !2004

7. What was the real name of the Albanian national leader Skanderbeg?
a. Iskander Bejko
b. Mirash Krasniki
c. Diturak Zhulati
d. !Gjergj Kastrioti

8. What was the name of the planned invasion of Japan towards the end of World War
II?
a. Operation Ironclad
b. !Operation Downfall
c. Operation Boarding Party
d. Operation Aflame
9. Who was the last Roman emperor in the Year of Four Emperors 69 AD?
a. !Vespasian
b. Galba
c. Otho
d. Vitellius

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

a. To fell a tree that regenerated
after every axe swing.
b. Tied to a boulder for eternity,
being pecked by birds.
c. !Cursed to roll a boulder up a
hill for eternity.
d. Standing in a lake filled with
water he could not drink.

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

3. The Japanese god Izanagi successfully returned his wife Izanami from the
Underworld.
a. !False
b. True

4. 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. Artemis
b. Aphrodite
c. Athena
d. !Apollo

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

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

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

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

7. The Roman god quot;Jupiterquot; was first known as quot;Zeusquot; to the Greeks.
a. False
b. !True
8. Which of these mythological creatures is said to be halfman and halfhorse?
a. Pegasus
b. !Centaur
c. Gorgon
d. Minotaur

9. A wyvern is the same as a dragon.

a. !False
b. True

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

1. In Norse mythology, Thor once dressed as a woman.

a. !True
b. False

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

3. In Greek Mythology, who was the daughter of King Minos?

a. Ariel
b. !Ariadne
c. Athena
d. Alana

4. 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. !Apollo
b. Aphrodite
c. Athena
d. Artemis

5. In Greek mythology, Hera is the goddess of harvest.

a. True
b. !False

6. A minotaur is half human half what?

a. Cow
 b. Eagle
c. Horse
d. !Bull

7. According to Greek Mythology, Atlas was an Olympian God.

a. True
b. !False

8. Which of these mythological creatures is said to be halfman and halfhorse?

a. !Centaur
b. Minotaur
c. Pegasus
d. Gorgon

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

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

10. According to Japanese folklore, what is the favorite food of the Kappa.
a. Soba
b. Kabocha
c. Nasu
d. !Cucumbers