93 The Minotaur And The Labyrinth Trivia Questions with Answers
93 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
In Greek mythology, what animal did Pasiphae mate with to conceive the Minotaur?
Answer
A white bull
According to Plutarch, how often did Athens send its tribute to King Minos for the Minotaur?
Answer
Every nine years
What philosophical thought experiment takes its name from the legendary vessel used by Theseus?
Answer
The Ship of Theseus
In Greek mythology, what did Minos demand from Athens for the Minotaur?
Answer
A tribute of youths
In Greek mythology, what did Daedalus build to hide the Minotaur?
Answer
The Labyrinth
In Greek mythology, what did Minos ask Poseidon to send from the sea?
Answer
A white bull
In Greek mythology, what was Daedalus’s son called?
Answer
Icarus
Who wrote the 2001 novel The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break?
Answer
Steven Sherrill
In Greek mythology, what test did Theseus complete before sailing to Crete to face the Minotaur?
Answer
Lifted the rock hiding his tokens
In Greek mythology, what creature did Theseus defeat inside the Labyrinth?
Answer
The Minotaur
In the Greek myth of the Minotaur, what kind of creature was the Minotaur?
Answer
A bull-headed man
In Greek mythology, what object did Ariadne give Theseus to help him escape the Labyrinth?
Answer
A ball of thread
Which Mary Renault novel retells Theseus’s story, including his encounter with the Minotaur?
Answer
The King Must Die
In Homer’s Iliad, what did Daedalus make for Ariadne on Crete?
Answer
A dancing floor
Which Argentine writer made the Minotaur the narrator of “The House of Asterion”?
Answer
Jorge Luis Borges
Which Roman poem by Catullus tells the story of Theseus and Ariadne?
Answer
Catullus 64
In Greek mythology, what food did the Minotaur traditionally eat?
Answer
Human flesh