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1) What did Homer write, apart from The Odyssey?

Jason and the Argonauts

The Iliad

The Odyssey II: This Time It?s Personal

2) What bird is associated with the goddess Athena?

The owl, symbol of wisdom

The eagle, symbol of freedom

The fried chicken, symbol of Kentucky

3) The Titan Prometheus was punished because . . .

He gave fire to humanity

He created the race of humans

He was flicking pencils in assembly

4) Cronus, the father of the gods, ate his own children because . . .

He wanted their power to be his

He knew one of them would be stronger than him

He had run out of Super Noodles

5) What trick ended the Trojan War?

A wooden duck

A wooden horse

A wooden actor

6) Who were the Erinyes?

A cool Athenian girl band

A hot Spartan boy band

Monstrous spirits of vengeance who didn?t actually sing many pop songs

7) What words were inscribed at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi?

Know peace

Know thyself

No ball games

8) Arachne . . .

Turned into a spider

Turned into a tree

Turned into a cul-de-sac

9) Icarus fell from the skies because . . .

He was struck by lightning

He flew too close to the sun

He went shopping at Big Baz?s Bargain Wings Hut

10) Gryllus was . . .

The bull-headed minotaur

The snake-haired gorgon

The chicken-hearted pig

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