Which royal library preserved the best-known tablets of the Epic of Gilgamesh?
Answer
Library of Ashurbanipal
90925 Intermediate Trivia Questions
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In Sumerian mythology, who rules the underworld during Inanna’s descent?
Answer
Ereshkigal
Which 12th-century French romance first presents Perceval as the hero of a Grail story?
Answer
Perceval, the Story of the Grail
Which medieval cycle is also known as the Vulgate Cycle and includes major Grail quest narratives?
Answer
Lancelot-Grail Cycle
What is the title of Alfred, Lord Tennyson's Arthurian poem sequence containing “The Holy Grail”?
Answer
Idylls of the King
Which 12th-century French poet wrote Joseph d'Arimathie, one of the earliest Grail romances?
Answer
Robert de Boron
Which English author included the Holy Grail quest in Le Morte d'Arthur?
Answer
Thomas Malory
Who directed the 1981 film Excalibur, which features a quest for the Holy Grail?
Answer
John Boorman
Which unfinished poem by Chrétien de Troyes contains the earliest known mention of the Holy Grail?
Answer
Perceval, the Story of the Grail
In Norse mythology, what material forms Valhalla’s roof?
Answer
Shields
In Shinto, what is the Japanese term for a shrine priest?
Answer
Kannushi
What are the Four Books of Neo-Confucianism?
Answer
Great Learning, Doctrine of the Mean, Analects, Mencius
Which ruler made Confucianism the official state orthodoxy of Han China in 136 BCE?
Answer
Emperor Wu of Han
What black color symbolism linked Anubis to rebirth and the Nile?
Answer
Fertile soil
Which Greco-Egyptian deity combined Anubis with the Greek god Hermes?
Answer
Hermanubis
Which Egyptian city was the main cult center of Anubis?
Answer
Cynopolis
Which Egyptian ritual was performed to restore a deceased person's senses for the afterlife?
Answer
The Opening of the Mouth