Myths First Day

Which of these days of the week is NOT named for a god/goddess?

• Monday

• Tuesday

• Wednesday

• Thursday

• Friday

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If a story character lures a man to his death using her charm and good looks, she might fit this archetype from Greek Mythology.

• Siren

• Sphinx

• Centaur

• Cyclops

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Maui, a shapeshifting trickster god with a magic fish hook was is a part of the storytelling tradition of ALL of these places EXCEPT

• Hawaii

• New Zealand

• Samoa

• Tahiti

• Jamaica

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This popular saying alludes to Greek Mythology. If you are asked to complete an IMPOSSIBLE, POINTLESS task, it is called what?

• A Sisyphean Task

• A Herculean Task

• A Perseun Task

• A Theseun Task

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Which of these celestial bodies of our solar system is NOT named for a deity (god/goddess)?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

• Jupiter

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Which of these companies is NOT named for a mythological concept?

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Myths have helped shape all of these except...

• Geometry

• Religion

• Politics

• Society

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All of these common words come from the name of a deity except...

• Cereal

• Atlas

• Theatre

• Cloth

• Panic

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These words are just me randomly typing letters on the keyboard except one of them... which one is a Norse mythology word that means "The nothingness that came before..."

• Portogousia

• Hibliminderom

• Ginnungigap

• Wimpedelerack

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A REALLY good looking man is often described as a/an _______ which comes from the story of a mortal man who was the lover of both the Greek goddess of beauty AND the Greek goddess of the underworld.

• Hunk

• Narcissus

• Achilles

• Adonis

• Aphroditus

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