Strike me down
This is the Greek god of thunder and is most famous for his affair with the nymph IO
Who is Zeus
This planet is known as the red planet
What is Mars
This bird can rotate its head almost all the way around, has exceptional night vision, and is a silent hunter.
What is the owl?
This Mesopotamian empire is famous for creating the first known code of laws
What is the Babylonian empire
This continent is the largest by land area
What is Asia
She sprang fully grown and armored from the head of Zeus
Who is Athena
This planet spins almost completely on its side
What is Uranus 😂😂😂😂😇
This bird can fly backwards
What is a hummingbrid
This famous Egyptian queen expanded trade and commissioned impressive temples in the 15th century BCE
Who is Hatshepsut
This river flows through Paris
What is the Seine
This hero completed 12 impossible labors, including slaying the Nemean Lion
Who is Hercules
The largest volcano on mars and in the solar system is called this
What is Olympic Mons
This desert lizard can survive months without drinking water
What is a thorny devil
This ancient Mesopotamian writing system was carved into clay tablets.
What is cuneiform
This desert in northern China was a major Silk Road hub
What is the Gobi desert
This titan stole fire from the gods to give to humans and was punished by being chained to a rock with an eagle eating his liver.
Who is Prometheus
These ripples in space-time, predicted by Einstein, were first directly detected in 2015.
What are gravitational waves
This aquatic creature has three hearts and blue blood due to copper in its blood cells.
What is the octopus ?
This Egyptian structure, built as a tomb for Pharaoh Khufu, is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
What are the pyramid's of Giza
This African country has the world’s lowest point on land: the Qattara Depression.
What is Egypt
This blind prophet of Thebes gave Oedipus the tragic prophecy about his family
Who is Tiresias
A star collapses under its own gravity, creating this incredibly dense object with gravity so strong not even light can escape
What is a black hole
This jellyfish species is biologically immortal, reverting its cells to a younger state.
What is Turritopsis dohrnii
This Chinese emperor unified China in 221 BCE and began construction of the Terracotta Arm
Who is Qin Shi Huang
This strait connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and has been strategically important for centuries
What is the Bab el-Mandeb