Trivia questions and answers, drawn fresh from the well

• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Pandora's Box

In the 2009 film Avatar, what valuable mineral do humans seek on Pandora?

Answer

Unobtanium

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Pandora's Box

In James Cameron’s Avatar, what is the name of the fictional moon linked to Pandora’s box?

Answer

Pandora

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Pandora's Box

In Hesiod’s Works and Days, who receives Pandora as Zeus’s punishment for Prometheus’s theft?

Answer

Epimetheus

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Pandora's Box

In the Greek myth of Pandora, what is the name of the spirit associated with hope?

Answer

Elpis

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Pandora's Box

In the 2011 film Immortals, who plays the mortal hero Theseus?

Answer

Henry Cavill

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Pandora's Box

Who directed the 2011 film Immortals, a modern fantasy inspired by Pandora’s myth?

Answer

Tarsem Singh

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Pandora's Box

Which Latin word helped turn Pandora’s pithos into the familiar idea of a box?

Answer

Pyxis

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Pandora's Box

In Hesiod’s Greek myth, what did Pandora originally open instead of a box?

Answer

A jar

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• World's Richest Companies By Market Cap

Which company’s 2014 IPO became the largest technology-company IPO at that time?

Answer

Alibaba Group

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• New Year's Eve Celebrations

Which island country traditionally hosts one of the world's earliest New Year's celebrations because of its position near the International Date Line?

Answer

Kiribati

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• New Year's Eve Celebrations

Which city is famous for the Hogmanay street party and fireworks beside Edinburgh Castle?

Answer

Edinburgh

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• New Year's Eve Celebrations

What is the traditional Spanish New Year's Eve custom of eating at midnight in Madrid's Puerta del Sol?

Answer

Twelve grapes

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