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

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

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

2. Who was the only god from Greece who did not get a name change in Rome?
a. !Apollo
b. Demeter
c. Athena
d. Zeus

3. This Greek mythological figure is the godgoddess of battle strategy among other
things.
a. Apollo
b. Artemis
c. !Athena
d. Ares

4. Who in Greek mythology, who led the Argonauts in search of the Golden Fleece?
a. Castor
b. !Jason
c. Odysseus
d. Daedalus

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

6. In Greek Mythology, who killed Achilles?

a. Hector
b. !Paris
c. Helen
d. Pericles

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

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

8. A wyvern is the same as a dragon.

a. !False
b. True

9. Janus was the Roman god of doorways and passageways.

a. !True
b. False
10. Who is the god of war in Polynesian mythology?
a. Mui
b. Hina
c. Kohara
d. !039;Oro

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

1. Who was the 40th President of the USA?

a. !Ronald Reagan
b. Richard Nixon
c. Jimmy Carter
d. Bill Clinton

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

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

3. The 2014 movie quot;The Raid 2: Berandalquot; was mainly filmed in which Asian
country?
a. Brunei
b. !Indonesia
c. Malaysia
d. Thailand

4. Due to the Nagoya Resolution, China agreed to allow Taiwan to compete separately
in international sporting events under what name?
a. !Chinese Taipei
b. Chinese Taiwan
c. Republic of Taipei
d. Republic of Taiwan

5. George W. Bush lost the popular vote in the 2004 United States presidential
election.
a. True
b. !False

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

a. !True
b. False
7. Before 2016, in which other year did Donald Trump run for President?
a. !2000
b. 2008
c. 2012
d. 1988

8. Who succeeded Joseph Stalin as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the
Soviet Union?
a. Leonid Brezhnev
b. Mikhail Gorbachev
c. Boris Yeltsin
d. !Nikita Khrushchev

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

10. What year did the effort to deploy the Common Core State Standards CCSS in the
US begin?
a. 2006
b. !2009
c. 1997
d. 2012

11. Between 1973 to 1990, what country was ruled by dictator Augusto Pinochet?
a. Indonesia
b. !Chile
c. Ethiopia
d. Nicaragua

1. In the Lord of the Rings, who is the father of the dwarf Gimli?
a. Bombur
b. Dwalin
c. !Gloin
d. Thorin Oakenshield

2. What was the name of the Mysterious Island, in Jules Verne039;s quot;The
Mysterious Islandquot;?
a. Neptune Island
b. !Lincoln Island
c. Vulcania Island
d. Prometheus Island

3. What039;s Harry Potter039;s dad039;s name?

a. Hairy Potter Sr.
b. Joey Potter
c. Frank Potter
d. !James Potter
4. quot;Elementary, my dear Watsonquot; is a phrase that is never truly said within
the Conan Doyle books of Sherlock Holmes.
a. !True
b. False

5. The title of Adolf Hitler039;s autobiography quot;Mein Kampfquot; is what when

translated to English?
a. My Hatred
b. My Sadness
c. My Desire
d. !My Struggle

6. What is the name of the protagonist of J.D. Salinger039;s novel Catcher in the
Rye?
a. !Holden Caulfield
b. Jay Gatsby
c. Fletcher Christian
d. Randall Flagg

7. In Michael Crichton039;s novel quot;Jurassic Parkquot;, John Hammond meets his

demise at the claws of which dinosaur?
a. Tyrannosaurus Rex
b. Velociraptor
c. Dilophosaurus
d. !Procompsognathus

8. Which of the following is NOT a work done by Shakespeare?

a. Measure For Measure
b. Titus Andronicus
c. Cymbeline
d. !Trial of Temperance

9. What is the name of Sherlock Holmes039;s brother?

a. !Mycroft Holmes
b. Martin Holmes
c. Mederi Holmes
d. Herbie Hancock Holmes

10. In the Magic: The Gathering universe, the Fallen Empires expansion takes place
on which continent?
a. Shiv
b. Otaria
c. !Sarpadia
d. Terisiare

11. In the novel 1984, written by George Orwell, what is the name of the
totalitarian regime that controls Oceania?
a. Earth Alliance
b. Obliteration of the Self
c. NeoBolshevism
d. !INGSOC
12. What was Sir Handel039;s original name in quot;The Railway Seriesquot; and
it039;s animated counterpart quot;Thomas and Friends?quot;
a. !Falcon
b. Swallow
c. Kyte
d. Eagle