Bio326 Quiz 6

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

a. Tied to a boulder for eternity, being pecked by birds.


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

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

3. In Norse mythology, what is the name of the serpent which eats the roots of the
ash tree Yggdrasil?
a. !Nidhogg
b. Bragi
c. Ymir
d. Odin

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

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


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

6. What mythology did the god quot;Apolloquot; come from?


a. Greek and Chinese
b. Roman and Spanish
c. Greek, Roman and Norse
d. !Greek and Roman

7. Which Norse God has a horse named Sleipnir?


a. Frigg
b. !Odin
c. Thor
d. Balder

8. The Norse god Odin has two pet crows named quot;Huginnquot; and
quot;Muninnquot;. What do their names mean?
a. Power amp; Peace
b. War amp; Learning
c. !Thought amp; Memory
d. Sleeping amp; Waking

9. What is the name of the first human being in Norse mythology?


a. Asmund
b. Asger
c. Ake
d. !Ask

1. With which team did Michael Schumacher make his Formula One debut at the 1991
Belgian Grand Prix?
a. Benetton
b. Ferrari
c. Mercedes
d. !Jordan

2. A stimpmeter measures the speed of a ball over what surface?


a. Pinball Table
b. Football Pitch
c. Cricket Outfield
d. !Golf Putting Green

3. Peyton Manning retired after winning Super Bowl XLIX.


a. True
b. !False

4. The Rio 2016 Summer Olympics held it039;s closing ceremony on what date?
a. August 23
b. August 17
c. August 19
d. !August 21

5. In Baseball, how many times does the ball have to be pitched outside of the
strike zone before the batter is walked?
a. 2
b. !4
c. 1
d. 3

6. Why was The Green Monster at Fenway Park was originally built?
a. To make getting home runs harder.
b. !To prevent viewing games from outside the park.
c. To provide extra seating.
d. To display advertisements.

7. In 2008, Usain Bolt set the world record for the 100 meters with one shoelace
untied.
a. !True
b. False

8. Who won the UEFA Champions League in 2017?


a. Atletico Madrid
b. AS Monaco FC
c. !Real Madrid C.F.
d. Juventus F.C.

9. Who won the 2018 Monaco Grand Prix?


a. Sebastian Vettel
b. !Daniel Ricciardo
c. Kimi Raikkonen
d. Lewis Hamilton

1. Which of the following Pacific Islander countries is ruled by a constitutional


monarchy?
a. !Tonga
b. Fiji
c. Kiribati
d. Palau

2. The largest consumer market in 2015 was...


a. Germany
b. !The United States of America
c. United Kingdom
d. Japan

3. Denmark has a monarch.


a. !True
b. False

4. According to the United States Constitution, how old must a person be to be


elected President of the United States?
a. 40
b. 45
c. !35
d. 30

5. One of Barack Obama039;s United States presidential campaign slogan039;s was


quot;Yes We Canquot;.
a. False
b. !True

6. Nazi Germany surrendered on Harry Truman039;s birthday while he was president.


a. !True
b. False

7. What is the name of Niccolograve; Machiavelli039;s work that argued effective


leaders needed to crush their opponents at all costs?
a. The Rape of Lucrece
b. !The Prince
c. Will to Power
d. Love039;s Labours Lost
8. Helen Clark was the 37th Prime Minister of Australia.
a. !False
b. True

9. Former United States President Bill Clinton famously played which instrument?
a. Baritone horn
b. Piano
c. !Saxophone
d. Violin

10. Which of these was an official candidate in the 2017 British General Election?
a. !Lord Buckethead
b. Sir Crumpetsby
c. James Francis
d. Robert Wimbledon

11. Former president Theodore Roosevelt 19001908 ran for another term under the
Progressive Party in 1912.
a. False
b. !True

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