Greek/Roman Mythology
Egyptian Mythology
Famous People - Who Am I?
Plant Fun Facts
Animal Fun Facts
100
What is the Minotaur? Bonus 200 points if you tell who its parents are, who, how and where it was imprisoned, and who killed it.
A monster, half human, half bull. Mother: King Minos's wife Pasiphae. Father: Cretan Bull. King Minos imprisoned the Minotaur in the Labyrinth made by the architect Daedalus. Athenian hero Theseus killed it.
100
Name one Egyptian god, and what it represents.
Check at http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/gods/explore/main.html
100
When I was born, I had a such a large head that my family thought I was deformed. I couldn't speak fluently until I was 9 years old, and my parents thought I was mentally retarded. Instead, I grew up to be an absolute genius and was the smartest person the world had ever known. I married my own cousin.
Albert Einstein.
100
Cucumber is 96% what?
Water.
100
What can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated? Hint: there are 1 million of it to every human.
Ant.
200
Who are the eldest gods' parents, and who are their parents?
The Titans Kronos and Rhea, and Gaea and Ouranus.
200
What is House of Life, and what is its Egyptian name? Bonus 100 points if able to draw/describe what its heiroglyph is.
House of Life is an organisation of Egyptian magicians, and its Egyptian name is Per Ankh. The heiroglyph is a circle in a square, with a cross coming out of the circle.
200
I cut off my own ear. No one would buy my work when I was alive, but all sold for billions of dollars after I died. I became world famous. I even have a museum about me. I come from Holland.
Vincent Van Gogh, the famous painter of "Sunflower".
200
What is the only fruit that has seeds on the outside?
Strawberries.
200
What animal cannot stick its tongue out? Bonus 100 points if able to state why.
Crocodile. Its tongue is attached to the bottom of the mouth by a membrane.
300
Name the twelve Olympians. Bonus 200 points if you state the Roman names as well.
Zeus, Poseidon, Ares, Dinosysus, Hermes, Hephaestus, Apollo, Demeter, Aphrodite, Hera, Athena and Artemis. Roman names: Jupiter, Neptune, Mars, Bacchus, Mercury, Vulcan, Apollo, Ceres, Venus, Juno, Minerva and Diana.
300
What are the Demon Days, and what is its story?
The five extra days were added to the original 360 day calendar for the birth of the children of Nut, god of the sky, and Geb, god of the earth. Ra, the god of the sun, forbade Nut to have her children on any of the 360 days of the year, because he saw a prophecy that said one day a child of Nut would overcome Ra and take the throne. So Nut gambled with the moon god Khonsu for moonlight. After she gained enough moonlight for 5 days she added them onto the year creating a 365 day year. These 5 days are called the demon days and on each of them a child of Nut was born.
300
I grew marijuana in my farm. I am the only person whose birthday is a legal holiday all across USA. I have a city named after me, but am the only person in my country, ever, with my occupation who didn't live there.
George Washington. He is the only president of USA who never lived in the White House in Washington D.C.
300
Bananas are actually both fruits and? a. berries, b. herbs, c. beans, d. vegetables
b. herbs. A banana is undoubtedly a fruit (containing the seeds of the plant). However, the banana plant, though it is called a 'banana-tree' in popular usage, is technically regarded as a herbaceous plant (or 'herb'), not a tree, because the stem does not contain true woody tissue.
300
Which animal/s has striped skin? a. tiger, b. zebra, c. skunk, d. okapi
Tiger and zebra.
400
What is/are the symbol/s of Apollo?
Lyre and laurel tree.
400
What is Hathor's story?Bonus 100 points if able to state what she/he is the god/dess of.
Sekhmet, in the form of a lioness, hurled herself upon the men who had rebelled against Ra. She attacked them with such fury that the sun god feared she might exterminate the entire human race and begged her to stop the carnage. She had no ears to hear it. So Ra spilled 7,000 jugs containing a magic potion composed of beer and pomegranate juice in her path. Sekhmet mistook the red liquid for human blood, lapped it up and become too drunk to continue the slaughter. Ra then turned Sekhmet into a more friendly and peaceful goddess, Hathor. Hathor is the goddess of joy, feminine love, music, dance and motherhood.
400
My full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. I am not real, but if I was, I would be 1.75m tall, weigh 50kg, have bust that threatens to topple me over, pencil thin legs and super unnaturally thin waist. I would have to walk on all fours because of my proportion, and would be firmly in the category of anorexia (underweight).
Barbie.
400
No species of plants have flowers or blossoms of what colour?
Black.
400
What animal has eyes bigger than its brain?
Ostrich.
500
Who is the eldest god?
Hestia, the godess of hearth, home and family.
500
Where did Isis, the goddess of magic finally find the body of Osiris, after years of searching, hidden by his jealous brother Set, god of evil?
In a sicamore tree in Byblos, a town in Phoenicia.
500
I was born with teeth (a rare condition one in 2000 babies have.). I designed the Italian flag, although I was French. I became the emperor after the French Revolution.
Napoleon Bonaparte.
500
Morphine (the first active principle ever to be purified from plants) is named after what?
Morpheus, the Greek god of dreams.
500
What is a baby spider called?
Spiderling.
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