Mythology
Vocabulary
Grammar
Movie quotes
Riddles
100

What effect did Medusa's gaze have on people?

It turned them into a stone.

100

If you are feeling slightly sick or unwell, you might say you are "under the..." what?

under the weather

100

Turn this active sentence into a standard passive one: The company is developing a new app.

A new app is being developed by the company.

100

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift. That's why it's called the present. 

Kungfu Panda

100

The 22nd and 24th presidents of the USA shared the same parents but they were not brothers. How is that possible?

They were the same person - Grover Clevelend

200

What do we call a mythical creature that is a human who also becomes a wolf-like beast under the full moon?

Warewolf

200

If a movie is described as notorious, is it famous for something good or something bad?

Something bad. (Notorious means famous for a negative reason)

200

Combine these two relative sentences into one:

This is the hotel. We stayed at this hotel last summer.

This is the hotel where we stayed last summer

200

I'll be back.

Terminator

200

I make two people out of one. What am I?

A mirror
300

Best known as the god of the sea, Poseidon was also god of what?

Earthquakes

300

To start doing a new hobby or activity regularly. (e.g., I think I'll ______ up yoga this winter.)

Take up

300

I apologize [for / to] arriving late [for / to] the meeting.

for - to

300

Houston, we have a problem.

Apollo 13

300

How far can you walk into the woods?

Halfway - the other half you walk out

400

In Norse mythology, what is the prophesized event, called the "Twilight of the Gods", which will flood the world and kill all but two humans?

Ragnarök

400

Mark the odd one out:

Ecstatic            Thrilled 

Devastated       Overjoyed

Devestated
400

What is the exact difference in meaning between these two sentences? 

You shouldn't have gone there.

You couldn't have gone there.

1 is a criticism of a past action (You went, but it was a bad idea). 2 is a past deduction of impossibility (It was physically impossible for you to go there).

400

Carpe diem. Sieze the day, boys.

Dead Poets Society

400

A bat and a ball costs €1.10. The bat costs €1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost? 

5 cents

500

What is the name of the island where King Arthur's sword was forged?

Avalon

500

What is the difference between being disinterested and uninterested?

Disinterested means neutral/unbiased (like a judge). Uninterested means bored/bothered.

500

Rewrite this sentence to emphasize the reason using a cleft structure: 

She went to Paris because she wanted to study art.

The reason why she went to Paris was that she wanted to study art

500

Toto, I have a feeling we are not in Kansas anymore.

The Wizard of Oz

500
Take my first letter, I remain the same. Take away my second letter, I remain the same. Take away my rest of the letters, I remain the same. What am I?
A mail box / A postman