Trivia questions and answers, drawn fresh from the well

• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Pandora's Box

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

Answer

Hephaestus

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Pandora's Box

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

Answer

Theogony

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Pandora's Box

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

Answer

Jar

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Metallica's The Black Album 35th Anniversary

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

Answer

Number one

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Metallica's The Black Album 35th Anniversary

How many copies did Metallica's self-titled album sell in its first U.S. week?

Answer

598,000

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• Metallica's The Black Album 35th Anniversary

What was Metallica's 1991 album's official title, despite its nickname The Black Album?

Answer

Metallica

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• Metallica's The Black Album 35th Anniversary

Which Metallica song on The Black Album was written with lyrics about a child's nightmares?

Answer

Enter Sandman

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Leonardo Da Vinci's Inventions

What military vehicle did Leonardo da Vinci sketch as a cone-shaped armored fighting machine?

Answer

An armored tank

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Leonardo Da Vinci's Inventions

What did Leonardo da Vinci design to let a person descend slowly from the air?

Answer

A parachute

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Leonardo Da Vinci's Inventions

What type of mechanical device did Leonardo da Vinci sketch to measure wind speed?

Answer

Anemometer

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Leonardo Da Vinci's Inventions

What canal device did Leonardo da Vinci design with two angled gates that resist water pressure?

Answer

Miter lock

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Leonardo Da Vinci's Inventions

What instrument did Leonardo da Vinci design to measure humidity by comparing the weight of dry and wet materials?

Answer

A hygrometer

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