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Which 1951 American science-fiction film is also known by the title The Day the Earth Stood Still?

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The Day the Earth Stood Still

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Which Greek term for a storage jar is often mistranslated as “box” in the Pandora myth?

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Pithos

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Who directed the 2009 science-fiction film Avatar, whose fictional moon is called Pandora?

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James Cameron

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In Hesiod’s Theogony, which Titan is blamed for deceiving Zeus before Pandora’s creation?

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Prometheus

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What is Pandora’s Greek name written in Greek letters?

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Πανδώρα

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In Greek mythology, which god gave Pandora the gift of curiosity that led her to open the jar?

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No god

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Which Greek god taught Pandora the skill of weaving in Hesiod’s creation story?

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Athena

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In Hesiod’s Works and Days, what stayed inside Pandora’s jar after all the troubles escaped?

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Hope

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In Hesiod’s story of Pandora, which god is said to have fashioned her from clay?

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Hephaestus

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Which Greek poem, besides Works and Days, describes the creation of Pandora?

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Theogony

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In Hesiod’s account of Pandora’s box, what kind of container held the troubles released into the world?

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Jar

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How did Metallica’s 1991 album debut on the US Billboard 200 chart?

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Number one

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