What magic stallion helped a giant build the walls of Asgard?
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Svaðilfari
16373 Hard Trivia Questions
16373 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
What hawk sits between the eyes of the eagle atop Yggdrasil?
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Vedrfölnir
What hound guards the gates of Hel?
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Garmr
What rooster will crow to announce Ragnarök?
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Gullinkambi
In the ballad of Thomas the Rhymer, what fairy queen takes him to Elfland?
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Queen of Elfland
In Irish folklore, what headless horseman is considered a fairy?
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Dullahan
What alternate name for Yggdrasil means 'Mimir's tree'?
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Mímameiðr
What name is given to Yggdrasil as the tree sheltering Líf and Lífþrasir after Ragnarok?
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Hoddmímis holt
What sea monster was sent to devour Andromeda?
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Cetus
What hundred-eyed giant was set to guard Io?
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Argus Panoptes
Which 4th-century bishop of Alexandria was exiled multiple times for opposing Arianism?
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Athanasius of Alexandria
Which French Carmelite nun is known as 'The Little Flower'?
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Thérèse of Lisieux
Which Irish saint founded the monastery at Bobbio, Italy, in the 7th century?
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Saint Columbanus
Which 2nd-century bishop wrote 'Against Heresies' to combat Gnosticism?
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Saint Irenaeus
Which patriarch of Alexandria defended the title 'Mother of God' at the Council of Ephesus in 431?
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Saint Cyril of Alexandria
Which early Christian saint is often depicted carrying his own severed head?
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Saint Denis
Which 4th-century Egyptian saint was a former slave and gang leader before becoming a monk?
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Moses the Black
Which 5th-century saint lived on a small platform atop a pillar for 37 years?
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Simeon Stylites
Which saint is famous for cutting his cloak in half to share with a beggar?
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Martin of Tours
Which saint is credited with bringing Christianity to Armenia?
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Gregory the Illuminator
Which saint is known as the 'Father of Western Monasticism'?
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Saint Benedict of Nursia
Which saint is known as the 'Doctor of Grace'?
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Saint Augustine of Hippo
What epithet meaning 'receiver of many' was used for Hades?
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Polydegmon
What was the name of the ancient Greek oracle of the dead near the Acheron river?
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Necromanteion
Which underworld river is the river of wailing?
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Cocytus
The Book of the Dead was in use from the 16th century BCE until which century?
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1st century BCE
Who published the first English translation of the Book of the Dead in 1895?
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E.A. Wallis Budge