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100

Who were Hermes’ parents?

Zeus and Maia

100

What is the name of Hermes’ staff

the Caduceus

100

Hermes was tasked with escorting this mortal woman—the first created by the gods—to earth, bearing a jar containing all human woes.

Pandora

100

Named directly after Hermes' secretive mystical persona, which seven-letter word means tightly sealed so that no air can escape?

Hermetic

100

What was the name of the most well-known child of Hermes in Percy Jackson?

Luke Castellan

200

Who was Hermes’ most notable child?

Pan (God of the wild)

200

Which animal is sacred to Hermes?

The Tortoise

200
Mere hours after being born, Hermes stole what from his brother Apollo?

Cattle/Cows

200

 Which specific linguistic term, meaning the study and interpretation of ancient or literary texts, is derived directly from Hermes' name?

hermeneutics

200

What Broadway musical cast Andre De Shields as Hermes who was the narrator?

Hadestown

300

How many half-siblings did Hermes Have?

10 (Apollo, Artemis, Athena, Ares, Persephone, Dionysus, Heracles, the Muses)

300

What was Hermes’ most notable job for Olympus?

A messenger/herald

300

what did Hermes force Apollo’s cattle to do to keep him from tracking them?

He made them walk backwards

300

What is a squared stone pillar topped with a sculpted head or bust?

Herm/Herma
300

This planet closest to the sun shares a name with Hermes’ Roman counterpart

Mercury

400

Which of Hermes‘ siblings did Hermes invent the Lyre for?

Apollo

400

What is Hermes’ Lesser known job?

guide of the dead to the underworld

400

Hermes frequently has to clean up the romantic messes of which supreme god, happens to be his father?

Zeus

400

which ultra-luxury French fashion house famous for leather goods and silk scarves is named after the messenger Greek God?

Hermès

400

This psychological term describes someone who is excessively introverted or lives in total seclusion, ironically borrowing a root from the god of communication.

Hermit

500

Which son of Hermes was a master thief? 

Autolycus

500

Hermes famously made what items out of knuckle bones, making him the patron of gamblers?

Dice

500

protect a baby version of this wine god from Hera's wrath, Hermes temporarily transformed who into a goat?

Dionysus

500

Hermes lent his flying sandals to which famous hero so he could fly into the air and chop off Medusa's head?

Perseus

500

In Disney’s animated movie Hercules, a purple-skinned Hermes drops down from the clouds to deliver what to baby Hercules' parents?

a bouquet of flowers

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