GRSSA Trivia Night

GRSSA Trivia Night

Welcome to our Trivia Night

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Mythology

First Category

Multiple Choice

First up! She’s famous for her fidelity to her husband, spending ten year weaving while suitors invaded her home. Who is the wife of Odysseus?

• Penelope

• Medea

• Helen

• Gorgo

Multiple Choice

A common motif in classical mythology involves a hero slaying a terrible monster. Which hero killed the Minotaur?

• Theseus

• Jason

• Perseus

• Odysseus

Multiple Choice

In some myths, the location is just as crazy as the monster! Which monster was housed in the Labyrinth?

• Medusa

• The Sphinx

• The Minotaur

• The Stymphalian Birds

Multiple Choice

Which action caused the Trojan war?

• The kidnap of Queen Helen of Sparta

• The death of Patroclus

• The sacrifice of Iphigenia by Agamemnon

• The Trojan Horse

Multiple Choice

Another Trojan War question, hopefully you aren't tired of those yet. In the Iliad, there is a famous hero named Achilles who goes on a rampage culminating in a fight against a River God. What made him lose his cool?

• Agamemnon appropriated his already stolen female slave

• Hector killed his lover Patroclus

• The myrmidons were all turned back into ants!

• He just got super angry

Multiple Choice

After the Trojan War, this Trojan prince fled from Troy and would eventually settle down in the land that would become Rome. Who are they?

• Aeneas

• Paris

• Hector

• Sarpedon

Multiple Choice

The fate of many Greek heroes and maidens sees them transformed into a plant by a god. Who was not turned into a plant?

• Daphne

• Adonis

• Kyparissos

• Icarus

Multiple Choice

After the Titians lost the war with the gods, Zeus and the other gods punished them in various ways. Who now holds up the sky?

• Prometheus

• Artemis

• Atlas

• Hyperion

Multiple Choice

What is the Latin name for the mother of Artemis and Apollo?

• Diana

• Latona

• Cybele

• Juno

Geography

New Subcategory

Multiple Choice

Where wasn't the Roman capital city?

• Modern Italy

• Modern Spain

• Modern Turkey

• Modern Greece

Multiple Choice

Syracuse was a Greek colonial city based on which island?

• Malta

• Japan

• Sicily

• Corsica

Multiple Choice

Which of these locations is not named after a mythological woman woman?

• Libya

• Europe

• Thrace

• Asia

Greek Mythology

New Category

Multiple Choice

Who was the tutor of Alexander the Great?

• Mentor

• Aristotle

• Archimedes

• Sophocles

Multiple Choice

What is a Bacchanal

• A night of drunken revelry

• Annual migration of the hoopoes

• The celebration of the ripening of grapes

• The path to the underworld

Multiple Choice

Which of these historical Greeks was not a contemporary of the rest?

• Xenophon

• Socrates

• Alcibiades

• Alexander the Great

Multiple Choice

Where were the Minoans centred around?

• Sparta

• Crete

• Gibraltar

• Byzantium

Multiple Choice

Which were the two main Greek city states at war during the Peloponnesian War?

• Corinth and Athens

• Sparta and Syracuse

• Corinth and Syracuse

• Athens and Sparta

Multiple Choice

What was the Athenian festival that was based on the myth of the Rape of Persephone?

• Thesmophoria

• Egg day

• Bacchanalia

• Lupercalia

Multiple Choice

Oh no! Pythagoras is fleeing for his life and comes across a field of beans, what does he do?

• Run through the beans, killing them

• run around the beans, so as not to anger the farmers

• Rally the farmers against the assailers

• Stand around and die because beans have souls

Multiple Choice

Where would one go to receive a good workout in a nondescript Greek city?

• Gymnasium

• Agora

• Amphitheatre

• The palace

Multiple Choice

Who was Sappho's reported husband?

• Alcaeus of Mytilene

• Socrates

• Hermes

• Penis from Man Island

Multiple Choice

Which island did Sappho come from?

• Ithaca

• Lesbos

• Leucadia

• Lemnos

Roman History

New Category

Multiple Choice

How was Seneca the Younger sentenced to die by Nero?

• Suicide

• Crucifixion

• To fight and die in the colosseum

• the monkey sack

Multiple Choice

Who was the Roman general to conquer Gaul?

• Pompey the Great

• Julius Caesar

• Gaius Marius

• Mark Antony

Multiple Choice

Rome had its fair share of notorious enemies. Which opposing general is famous for leading their elephants across the Alps?

• Mithridates

• Arminius

• Hamilcar

• Hannibal

Multiple Choice

Who was the first woman to lead a civil war in recorded Roman history?

• Boudicca

• Cleopatra

• Fulvia

• Arsinoe

Multiple Choice

Roman expansion began in Italy, and they first city they conquered was?

• Carthage

• Veii

• Mediolanum

• Faesulae

Multiple Choice

Who was not a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty

• Julius Caesar

• Antonia Minor

• Agrippina Minor

• Marcus Crassus

Multiple Choice

After all this time, which major Roman construction project has remained in use since its inception?

• River dams

• roads

• cathedrals

• the chunnel

Multiple Choice

The original Roman calendar began on which day?

• The Ides of March

• christmas

• Lupercalia

• August 13

Multiple Choice

Rome was held together by a bureaucracy of political offices (and slavery), which was not a Roman political office?

• Consul

• Strategos

• Aedile

• Tribune of the Plebs

Multiple Choice

The Roman familia was a little different from the modern idea of family. Slaves were seen as a part of the family. What was the name of the slave who was to watch and teach the children?

• Demagogue

• Pedagogue

• Majordomo

• Coquus

Etymology

New Category

Multiple Choice

Which common English first name derives from an Ancient Greek name meaning "fond of horses"?

• Philip

• Alexander

• Helen

• Irene

Multiple Choice

What does the Greek name "Plato" mean?

• Clever

• Broad

• strong

• fierce

Multiple Choice

Roman appellation is a very interesting topic. Romans can have three names, the praenomen, the nomen, and the cognomen. Sometimes they gave themselves new names as a semi-fashion statement. These additional names were called agnomen. Cognomen and agnomen were based on certain traits and nicknames that were noteworthy, such as the name Rufus denoted an individual with red hair. Which Roman emperor's nickname meant little boot?

• Caligula

• Caesar

• Tiberius

• Claudius

Multiple Choice

Of the 20,000 most common English words, how many ultimately derive from Latin?

• 5,000

• 10,000

• 2,000

• 3

Multiple Choice

What is a bibliophile?

• A lover of the bible

• A fear of the ocean

• A lover of books

• a list of books

Multiple Choice

kleptomania comes from a Greek verb that means?

• to murder

• to govern

• to steal

• to witness something

Multiple Choice

An entomophobe is someone who fears what?

• insects

• Death

• Flight

• Deep water

Multiple Choice

Transmit literally means what in Latin?

• To bring across

• To send across

• To lift up

• To drag down

Multiple Choice

Heliomania is the phenomenon when someone has an inordinate love for which thing?

• The stars

• the sun

• the moon

• small dogs

Multiple Choice

The English word for the shape "oval" comes from which Latin root?

• Os, oris: mouth

• Ovis, ovis: sheep

• Ovum, ovi: egg

• Olor, oloris: swan

The Classical World in Popular Culture

New Category

Multiple Choice

Which mythological creature is depicted on Versace's logo?

• a gorgon

• a harpy

• a siren

• a dryad

Multiple Choice

To which god does the Caduceus belong? (the snake entwined medical staff in hospitals)

• Hermes

• Asclepius

• Zeus

• Hecate

Multiple Choice

The sports apparal company Nike is named after the god of what?

• Strength

• Victory

• marriage

• the Olympics

Multiple Choice

The United States of America is famous for stealing many things, which classical city has no counterpart in the modern USA?

• Constantinople

• Rome

• Ravenna

• Corinth

Multiple Choice

In the popular sitcom Brooklyn 99, Captain Holt compares his longtime rival Madeline Wuntch to which mythological figure from the underworld?

• Persephone

• Hades

• Cerberus

• Charon

Multiple Choice

Which Athenian playwright has a character in a Pokémon game share their name?

• Sophocles

• Aristophanes

• Euripedes

• Menander

Multiple Choice

This Greek myth was not only featured in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream but was also one of the inspirations for his other famous work, Romeo and Juliet. What is it?

• Philemon and Baucis

• Pyramus and Thisbe

• Troilus and Cressida

• Antony and Cleopatra

Multiple Choice

Who is the god upon the Grand Central Station?

• Iris

• Hermes

• Athena

• Janus

Multiple Choice

Dante Alighieri really loved the Roman Empire, equating the betrayals of both Jesus Christ and Julius Caesar to be worth the same punishment. Which of these Roman generals does not appear nor is mentioned in Dante's Divine Comedy?

• Brutus

• Mark Antony

• Trajan

• Crassus

Percy Jackson

New Category

Multiple Choice

Who was the father of Percy's brother in law?

• Poseidon

• Tyson

• Zeus

• Cronus

Multiple Choice

What were the Laistrygonian giants nicknamed in the series?

• Big boys

• Yankees

• Frankies

• Canadians

Multiple Choice

What happened to Percy's stepfather?

• Stomped by pegasus

• Heart attack

• Fell into Tartarus

• turned to stone by Medusa's severed head

Multiple Choice

Which deity was the progenitor of the minor character Michael Yew?

• Iris

• Zeus

• Aphrodite

• Apollo

Multiple Choice

Which monster went after Percy and the gang in The Lightning Thief but also showed up in the Last Olympian for the big battle?

• Lernean Hydra

• Colchis Bulls

• Minotaur

• Medusa

Multiple Choice

How was the titan Hyperion defeated in The Last Olympian?

• Trapped inside a tree

• Forced to hold up the sky

• Chained to a rock

• Crushed by a big rock

Multiple Choice

Who defeats the Kampe in the battle of the Labyrinth

• Percy

• Grover

• Dionysus

• Briares

Multiple Choice

Who are the virgin goddesses with no children in the series?

• Athena, Hera, Aphrodite

• Hera, Artemis, Athena, Hestia

• Hestia, Hera, Artemis

• Artemis, Hera, Athena

Multiple Choice

In the movie adaptation of the Lightning Thief, which mythological monster appeared who did not show up in the book?

• Minotaur

• Fury

• Lotus Eaters

• Hydra

Multiple Choice

What was the name of the main human antagonist of the series?

• Luke Castillo

• Luke Castellan

• Luke Castiglione

• Luke Montgomery

Thank you very much for playing!

Valete!