40 mythology trivia questions and answers
Mostly Greek and Norse myths, plus gods and heroes from Egypt, Japan, India, Ireland and beyond.
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Who is the Greek god of the sea?
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Which Norse god had hammer emblems worn during the Viking Age?
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What creature has the body of a lion and the head of a human being?
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Who flew too close to the Sun with wings of wax?
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Which Roman god is equivalent to the Greek Zeus?
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AnswerJupiter
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_(god)?oldid=1365304013#Jovian_theology
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Which three brothers created Zeus’s thunderbolt, Poseidon’s trident, and Hades’s Helm of Darkness?
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Which goddess sprang fully armed from Zeus’s head?
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What magical bird is reborn from its own ashes?
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What did Medusa have in place of hair?
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Who rules the Greek underworld?
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What creature is half human and half horse?
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AnswerThe centaur
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaur?oldid=1365026168#Creation_of_centaurs
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Which Egyptian god is often shown with a jackal’s head?
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AnswerAnubis
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anubis?oldid=1356816413#Portrayal_in_art
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What did Pandora open, releasing evils into the world?
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AnswerA jar
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora's_box?oldid=1365047547#In_mythology
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What is Excalibur?
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AnswerThe mythical sword of King Arthur
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excalibur?oldid=1365284110
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Which Norse trickster god is the father of the wolf Fenrir?
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What did Theseus do before using the string to escape the Labyrinth?
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AnswerEntered the Labyrinth
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theseus?oldid=1364606367#Theseus_and_the_Minotaur
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In Greek myth, what is the name of the many-headed dog that guards the gates of the underworld?
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Orpheus could lead Eurydice out of the underworld on one condition. What was it?
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AnswerNot look back until they both had reached the upper world
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orpheus?oldid=1362834337#Death_of_Eurydice
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Which hero completed twelve labors?
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AnswerHeracles
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labours_of_Hercules?oldid=1365952767#Aftermath
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How did Ariadne help Theseus escape the Labyrinth?
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AnswerA sword and ball of thread
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariadne?oldid=1365385670#Minos_and_Theseus
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What is Ragnarok in Norse mythology?
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AnswerA foretold series of impending events
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragnar%C3%B6k?oldid=1357243835
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Which goddess searched for her daughter Persephone?
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AnswerDemeter
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demeter?oldid=1364839837#Abduction_of_Persephone
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Even after Medusa was beheaded, how could her severed head affect onlookers?
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AnswerTurn onlookers to stone
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medusa?oldid=1361134920
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Which Japanese sun goddess hid in a cave?
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AnswerAmaterasu
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaterasu?oldid=1357168278#The_Heavenly_Rock_Cave
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What task was Sisyphus condemned to repeat forever?
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AnswerPush an immense boulder up a hill
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisyphus?oldid=1363155348
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Which feathered serpent deity was worshipped by the Aztecs?
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AnswerQuetzalcoatl
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetzalc%C5%8D%C4%81tl?oldid=1365008648#In_Aztec_culture
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Name the winged horse born from Medusa’s blood.
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What is the function of the Valkyries in Norse stories?
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AnswerChooser of the slain
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valkyrie?oldid=1359300358#Etymology
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Which Mesopotamian hero sought immortality after Enkidu died?
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In the Trojan War myths, where was Achilles wounded by the arrow that killed him?
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AnswerHis heel (some versions say his ankle or torso)
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achilles'_heel?oldid=1365147858#The_classical_myth
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Who also ferried the living mortals Heracles and Aeneas to the underworld and back?
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Which Hindu deity has an elephant head?
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What did Odin sacrifice for wisdom at Mimir’s well?
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AnswerOne of his eyes
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%ADmisbrunnr?oldid=1337804880#Poetic_Edda
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Which monster was part lion, part goat, and part serpent?
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AnswerThe Chimera
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_(mythology)?oldid=1365916688#Description
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Which divine twin was the mortal son of Tyndareus?
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In Irish myth, what is the hero Cú Chulainn famous for when he fights?
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AnswerA terrifying battle frenzy
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%BA_Chulainn?oldid=1361809919
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Why did Minerva transform Arachne into a spider in Ovid’s account?
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Swearing by the water of which river was the gods' most dreaded oath in Greek myth?
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AnswerThe Styx
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styx?oldid=1364602599#Oath_of_the_gods
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Which Egyptian god guides the weighing of a heart against a feather?
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AnswerAnubis
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weighing_of_souls?oldid=1356649228#Ancient_Egyptian_religion
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What immense and central sacred tree appears in Norse cosmology?
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