Greek Mythology
High School Required Reading
City Nicknames
Female Jazz Singers
Retro Diner Lingo
100

Where did the council of Greek gods meet?

a) The Parthenon

b) Mount Olympus

c) Crete

b) Mount Olympus

100

Holden Caulfield’s teenage angst still holds up in this J.D. Salinger classic.

a) The Outsiders

b) On the Road

c) The Catcher in the Rye

c) The Catcher in the Rye

100

Which city is also called the Peace Capital?

a) Geneva

b) Washington D.C.

c) Paris

a) Geneva

100

This White Christmas (1954) star got her start singing duets with her sister on the radio.

a) Debbie Reynolds

b) Judy Garland

c) Rosemary Clooney

c) Rosemary Clooney

100

“Popeye” refers to which vegetable?

a) Lettuce

b) Spinach

c) Broccoli

b) Spinach

200

What is the child of a god and a mortal called?

a) Semigod

b) Halfgod

c) Demigod

c) Demigod

200

Elie Wiesel’s memories of his family’s capture and murder bring stark reality to these Holocaust lessons.

a) The Things They Carried

b) Night

c) All Quiet on the Western Front

b) Night

200

Which city is known as Sin City?

a) Miami

b) Chicago

c) Las Vegas

c) Las Vegas

200

This singer became a star when she took on the lead role in the film Stormy Weather (1943). Her rendition of the title song became her trademark.

a) Etta James

b) Lena Horne

c) Billie Holiday

b) Lena Horne

200

“Give it shoes” or “Go for a walk” means

a) Get a customer to pay their bill

b) Remove an item from the menu

c) Make it a takeout order

c) Make it a takeout order

300

Arachne was a proud and skilled weaver who though herself equal to Athena.  As a result, Athena turned her into a

a) Spider

b) Sheep

c) Porcupine

a) Spider

300

Written in 1937, this John Steinbeck tale of two friends during the Depression endures.

a) Of Mice and Men

b) The Grapes of Wrath

c) The Sound and the Fury

a) Of Mice and Men

300

Which city is called “Venice of the North”?

a) London

b) Amsterdam

c) Oslo

b) Amsterdam

300

Whose autobiography is titled Lady Sings the Blues?

a) Nina Simone

b) Billie Holiday

c) Rosemary Clooney

b) Billie Holiday

300

Eggs might be “chicks” or “Adam and Eve,” but what is the “raft” that they are on?

a) A plate

b) Toast

c) A waffle

b) Toast

400

Who ultimately killed Medusa, the gorgon created by a jealous Athena?

a) Hercules

b) Perseus

c) Polydectes

b) Perseus

400

This story of four 1949 Chinese immigrants by Amy Tan centers on Women.

a) The Joy Luck Club

b) The Good Earth

c) The House on Mango Street

a) The Joy Luck Club

400

Which city is called “The Emerald City”?

a) Glasgow

b) Stockholm

c) Seattle

c) Seattle

400

This “Queen of the Blues” won a Grammy for her rendition of the song “What a Diff’rence a Day Makes.”

a) Dinah Washington

b) Lena Horne

c) Aretha Franklin

a) Dinah Washington

400

“Life preservers” and “submarines” both are slang for

a) Doughnuts

b) Hot dogs

c) Pancakes

a) Doughnuts

500

Who are the two brothers of Hades, god of the underworld?

a) Ares and Apollo

b) Poseidon and Zeus

c) Hermes and Helios

b) Poseidon and Zeus

500

S. E. Hinton was only 15 when she started writing this story of Ponyboy Curtis and his friends.

a) Lord of the Flies

b) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime

c) The Outsiders

c) The Outsiders

500

Which city is called the End of the World?

a) Auckland

b) Sochi

c) Ushuaia

c) Ushuaia

500

“Sassy” came by her nickname when performing with Billy Eckstine’s band.

a) Pearl Bailey

b) Etta James

c) Sarah Vaughan

c) Sarah Vaughan

500

“Axle grease” is

a) Coffee

b) Butter

c) Maple syrup

b) Butter