Greek Mythology
In Greek mythology, who flew too close to the sun with wings made of wax?
A) Daedalus
B) Icarus
C) Perseus
D) Hermes
Answer: B) Icarus
Evaluate: 92−62
A) 27
B) 36
C) 45
D) 81
Answer: C) 45
What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg
In The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, who volunteers in place of Prim?
A) Rue
B) Katniss Everdeen
C) Johanna Mason
D) Annie Cresta
Answer: B) Katniss Everdeen
What is the capital of Austria?
A) Salzburg
B) Graz
C) Innsbruck
D) Vienna
Answer: D) Vienna
What is the name of the Greek hero who completed the Twelve Labors?
A) Achilles
B) Theseus
C) Heracles
D) Jason
Answer: C) Heracles
What is the slope of the line passing through the points (−2, 3) and (4, 15)?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
Answer: B) 2
What has a head and a tail but no body?
A coin
In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, what color is the light at the end of Daisy’s dock?
A) Blue
B) White
C) Green
D) Red
Answer: C) Green
What is the capital of Czech Republic?
A) Prague
B) Brno
C) Ostrava
D) Plzeň
Answer: A) Prague
Which Greek hero came up with the idea of the Trojan Horse?
A) Achilles
B) Odysseus
C) Agamemnon
D) Hector
Answer: B) Odysseus
A number is decreased by 25% and becomes 60. What was the original number?
A) 45
B) 75
C) 80
D) 85
Answer: C) 80
What invention lets you look right through a wall?
A window
In 1984 by George Orwell, what is the name of the language designed to limit free thought?
A) Oldspeak
B) Doublespeak
C) Newspeak
D) Ingsoc
Answer: C) Newspeak
What is the capital of Bolivia?
A) La Paz
B) Santa Cruz
C) Cochabamba
D) Sucre
Answer: D) Sucre
Who is punished in the Underworld by eternally pushing a boulder uphill?
A) Tantalus
B) Sisyphus
C) Ixion
D) Orpheus
Answer: B) Sisyphus
Solve for x: 23x−5+4x+1=7
A) 3
B) 4
C) 5
D) 6
Answer: C) 5
I am always coming but never arrive. What am I?
Tomorrow
In The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis, what is the White Witch’s real name?
A) Morgana
B) Jadis
C) Serafina
D) Aravis
Answer: B) Jadis
What is the capital of Tanzania?
A) Dar es Salaam
B) Arusha
C) Mwanza
D) Dodoma
Answer: D) Dodoma
Which Titan swallowed his children to prevent a prophecy that he would be overthrown?
A) Oceanus
B) Cronus
C) Coeus
D) Iapetus
Answer: B) Cronus
Two numbers have a ratio of 3:5 and a difference of 28. What are the numbers?
A) 21 and 35
B) 30 and 58
C) 42 and 70
D) 48 and 76
Answer: C) 42 and 70
I am always moving but never leave the same place. What am I?
Time
In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, who is the lawyer that defends Tom Robinson?
A) Heck Tate
B) Bob Ewell
C) Atticus Finch
D) Dill Harris
Answer: C) Atticus Finch
What is the capital of Micronesia?
A) Majuro
B) Koror
C) Palikir
D) Yap
Answer: C) Palikir