do you know random stuff?
What is the longest river in Asia?
Yangtze River.
Which wise bird flew high as the symbol of Athena?
Owl.
Which famous wall was built in the north of England by the Romans?
Hadrian's Wall.
Which of the following was NOT a famous Greek playwright: Sophocles, Euripides, or Plato?
Plato.
Who was Odysseus' wife? Circe, Medea, Clytemnestra, or Penelope?
Penelope.
Which trees produce acorns?
Oak trees.
What was Hippocrates' super cool profession?
Physician/doctor
The Greek poet Sappho was considered the equal of the mythological Muses, goddesses of poetry and the arts. She was considered the last of how many Muses, numerically?
9 Muses, Sappho was considered the Tenth Muse.
In Plato's "Republic", the city is a metaphor for what?
The soul.
According to Greek mythology, who was the first mortal woman?
Pandora.
What is the study of knowledge?
Epistemology.
Put the three famous Athenian philosophers who form a three-generation sequence of teachers and students in chronological order of who taught whom, earliest first.
(Socrates, Plato, Aristotle.)
Which of the following is considered a Titan? Dionysus, Helios, Ares, Hephaestus
Helios.
Paper was invented in ancient China with wood pulp. Name one of the paper-like materials Greeks and Romans used for writing.
Papyrus, parchment/vellum/leather/animal hides
Ganymede was abducted by the gods to serve as Zeus’s what?
Cupbearer.
What is the second largest country by land area?
Canada.
The third emperor of Rome was actually named Gaius; 'Caligula' was just a nickname he received as a little boy, which he grew to dislike as an adult. The name 'Caligula' references which element of his childhood soldier uniform, and means 'Little____'
Little Boots/Booties/Bootikins
How many labours did Hercules complete?
12.
Who invented toilet paper? Bonus point if you can guess: in which century, and what did people use instead?
The Chinese were using toilet paper as early as the 6th century AD. This was a luxury item reserved for emperors and high-ranking officials. Meanwhile, Europeans were still using leaves, hay, and even their own hands.
Which of the following is NOT a greek mythology retelling? Neon Gods, Lore, The Palace of Illusions, or A Touch of Darkness?
The Palace of Illusions.
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, and in what field?
Marie Curie, Physics (1903)
The Roman writer Pliny the Elder died leading a rescue operation to save survivors of what ancient natural disaster in current-Italy?
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius
Who was the mother of Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon? Rhea, Phoebe, Tethys, or Theai?
Rhea
Who was Eros' love interest? Psyche, Ariadne, Minthe, Helen
Psyche
Who shot the arrow that struck Achilles in his heel?
Paris.