32309 Easy Trivia Questions
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What base system did the Maya use for counting?
Answer
Vigesimal
What tree is considered the Mayan world tree?
Answer
Ceiba
Who was the Mayan sun god?
Answer
Kinich Ahau
Which Maya city features the Temple of Kukulkan?
Answer
Chichen Itza
What is the Mayan underworld called?
Answer
Xibalba
Who were the Hero Twins in Mayan mythology?
Answer
Hunahpu and Xbalanque
What writing system did the ancient Maya use?
Answer
Maya hieroglyphs
What is the name of the Mayan creation epic?
Answer
Popol Vuh
Which feathered serpent god was worshipped by the Maya?
Answer
Kukulkan
Which Greek hero rescued Andromeda from a sea monster?
Answer
Perseus
Which Greek hero cleaned the Augean stables in a single day?
Answer
Heracles
Which Greek hero captured the Erymanthian Boar?
Answer
Heracles
Which Greek hero was the father of Achilles?
Answer
Peleus
Which Greek hero blinded the Cyclops Polyphemus?
Answer
Odysseus
What three-headed dog did Heracles capture as his final labor?
Answer
Cerberus
Who was the only female member of the Argonauts?
Answer
Atalanta
Which Greek hero is credited with founding Thebes?
Answer
Cadmus
Which Greek hero killed the fire-breathing Chimera?
Answer
Bellerophon
Who was the faithful wife of Odysseus?
Answer
Penelope
Which Greek hero was the son of Zeus and Danaë?
Answer
Perseus
Who was the mother of the hero Heracles?
Answer
Alcmene
Which Greek hero solved the riddle of the Sphinx?
Answer
Oedipus
Which Greek hero was the son of Thetis and Peleus?
Answer
Achilles
What creature did Perseus slay?
Answer
Medusa
Who was the king of Ithaca and hero of the Odyssey?
Answer
Odysseus
Which Greek hero killed the Minotaur?
Answer
Theseus
What was the only vulnerable spot on Achilles' body?
Answer
his heel
How many labors did Heracles complete?
Answer
12
Who was the Sumerian moon god?
Answer
Nanna
In the Epic of Gilgamesh, what immortal man survived the great flood?
Answer
Utnapishtim
Who was the chief god of the Babylonian pantheon?
Answer
Marduk