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1.
  'The Mysterious Cities of Gold'- Part 2    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is my second quiz on 'The Mysterious Cities of Gold' covering episodes 11-20.
Average, 10 Qns, Zargo, Jan 24 03
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Zargo
368 plays
2.
  'The Mysterious Cities of Gold'- Part 1    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is on 'The Mysterious Cities of Gold,' which I, and many others, believe to be one of the greatest animated series ever made. It consisted of 39 episodes, this quiz covering episodes 1-10. A pretty decent knowledge of the series is recommended.
Average, 10 Qns, Zargo, Aug 26 03
Average
Zargo
458 plays
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  'Mysterious Cities of Gold' - Part 3    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz covers episodes 21-30 of that classic animated series 'The Mysterious Cities of Gold' which you may remember from your childhood.
Average, 10 Qns, Zargo, Jan 24 03
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Zargo
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trivia question Quick Question
Up until episode 14, Esteban's medallion is incomplete. Up till now, who possessed the other half?

From Quiz "'The Mysterious Cities of Gold'- Part 2"





Mysterious Cities of Gold Trivia Questions
1. Zia's pet is revealed to be what type of animal?

From Quiz 'The Mysterious Cities of Gold'- Part 2

Answer: Condor

Named Pachu, it elected to stay in the village after the rest of the inhabitants fled to avoid Spanish soldiers.

2. Where is the first episode set?

From Quiz 'The Mysterious Cities of Gold'- Part 1

Answer: Barcelona

Where Esteban is being raised by Father Rodriguez, and his ability to call upon the sun has him in demand for a local festival.

3. To get the condor working again, they need to borrow a mirror off the Amazon Queen, called 'the Mirror of the ____'?

From Quiz 'Mysterious Cities of Gold' - Part 3

Answer: Moon

The mirror is used to reflect the power of the sun's rays onto the condor, as it had previously been unable to take off, due to the thick jungle foliage blocking out the sunlight.

4. The medallions both Esteban and Zia have around their necks, are revealed to have what purpose?

From Quiz 'The Mysterious Cities of Gold'- Part 2

Answer: Keys to the city of gold

The children are informed of this by Kraka, Chief of the 'City of The High Peak.'

5. What is the name of the ship that Esteban and the others board to take them across the seas?

From Quiz 'The Mysterious Cities of Gold'- Part 1

Answer: Esperanza

The journey would take five months. Esteban and Zia are hidden in the hold until they are discovered by Gaspard, Captain of the Guard, who is in the process of throwing them overboard when he is thwarted by Mendoza.

6. Episode 23 concerns a mask made of what precious substance?

From Quiz 'Mysterious Cities of Gold' - Part 3

Answer: Jade

They discover it on the wall of a ruined city, and when Pedro and Sancho try to pull it off, it releases a hidden catch which results in large stone beams criss-crossing aggresively in and out of the walls.

7. Where do the children go to see Mayuka, to ask him about Esteban's father?

From Quiz 'The Mysterious Cities of Gold'- Part 2

Answer: Machu Picchu

He tells Esteban of how a Western man sacrilegiously had a son with an Inca priestess. Inca priests put the man and his son on a raft at sea, and sacrificed the woman. Esteban could have been that boy.

8. Who is responsible for navigating the ship successfully through the Straits of Magellan?

From Quiz 'The Mysterious Cities of Gold'- Part 1

Answer: Mendoza

He is at the helm for four days and nights. Once the Straits are behind them, Gaspard and Commander Gomez believe they have no further use for him until a typhoon appears.

9. What is the title of Fernando la Guerra, who imprisons Esteban and his friends?

From Quiz 'Mysterious Cities of Gold' - Part 3

Answer: Doctor

He is accompanied by the beautiful Marinche, an evil native woman, and his very large bodyguard Teteola.

10. Up until episode 14, Esteban's medallion is incomplete. Up till now, who possessed the other half?

From Quiz 'The Mysterious Cities of Gold'- Part 2

Answer: Mendoza

Mendoza took that half when he rescued Esteban as a baby. In this episode, he is forced to hand back the sun part of the medallion in exchange for the lives of Sancho, Pedro and himself.

11. When they are on the raft, the only provisons they have left consists of what?

From Quiz 'The Mysterious Cities of Gold'- Part 1

Answer: Anchovies

Sancho and Pedro are complaning about the fact when the remaining barrel of anchovies is suddenly lost thanks to a shark attack.

12. In episode 25, the children observe a man ceremonially entering the lake, covered in what?

From Quiz 'Mysterious Cities of Gold' - Part 3

Answer: Gold

It was a mixture of gold dust, and oil.

13. When Gomez and his men attack the fort, how many cannon balls does Mendoza have to defend the fort with?

From Quiz 'The Mysterious Cities of Gold'- Part 2

Answer: 4

He had previously stolen the cannon and the four cannon balls from Gomez, along with some gunpowder. After the cannon balls fail to hit their target (just), Tao cleverly utilises the gun powder to construct some makeshift bombs, with the help of some earthenware jars.

14. Who abducts Zia in episode 5?

From Quiz 'The Mysterious Cities of Gold'- Part 1

Answer: Tao

Because it had been prophesised she would arrive at the island that very day, and he had important things to show her that he didn't want the others to see.

15. In episode 26, Esteban and the others aim to cross a prairie. Instead, they find themselves in what?

From Quiz 'Mysterious Cities of Gold' - Part 3

Answer: Swamp

Surrounded by alligators, they mange to escape by crossing the water won large lily leaves, with no roots.

16. What tribe do Esteban and the others encounter in episode 16?

From Quiz 'The Mysterious Cities of Gold'- Part 2

Answer: Urubu

A girl leads the travellers to her village after they rescued her from being sacrificed by the Urubu, but this results in the latter attacking the village, which is only thrawted due to a make-shift submarine that Tao has devised.

17. What kingdom is responsible for the mysterious new ship 'The Solaris,' revealed from within the mountain?

From Quiz 'The Mysterious Cities of Gold'- Part 1

Answer: Heva

An advanced civilisation that had lived on a vast continent in the middle of the Pacific ocean before it self-distructed and disapeared into the ocean depths. They were also responsible for the building of the the Mysterious Cities of Gold. Tao is descended from the long gone kings of Heva.

18. In episode 27, they encounter a staue in the form of what jungle animal?

From Quiz 'Mysterious Cities of Gold' - Part 3

Answer: Jaguar

It's there to guard the doors of a temple, and when the suns rays are reflected onto the statue.

19. Where on the body of the large statue leading to the hidden city, do Esteban's and Zia's medallions click into place?

From Quiz 'The Mysterious Cities of Gold'- Part 2

Answer: Breasts

Inside the abandoned city, they discover a temple with a golden sun emblem on the wall. After Esteban removes the centre piece, what looks like a giant golden condor appears amidst a blinding light.

20. What is the secret of 'The Solaris'?

From Quiz 'The Mysterious Cities of Gold'- Part 1

Answer: It's solar-powered

When a certain lever is pulled, the sail winds down and is replaced by a large metal one, which, by harnessing the suns rays, can power hunreds of oars, replacing the need for a large crew.

21. Tao has a manuscript which informs him to travel to the west of the land of the Mayas, to look for the 'Burning ____?'

From Quiz 'Mysterious Cities of Gold' - Part 3

Answer: Shield

The 'Burning Shield' turns out to be a mountain.

22. What is found in the mouth of the giant golden condor they discover?

From Quiz 'The Mysterious Cities of Gold'- Part 2

Answer: A quipu (Inca record keeper)

It told them 'a great danger will threaten the city,' and that the Condor will be able to help them during this dangerous period. Quipus were mad up of strings, one long one with shorter ones hanging from it of different colours and lengths. In this day and age, no one can read quipus, including the ancestors of the Incas.

23. In episode 29, we are introduced to a new tribe, with extraordinary abilities, they are the ____?

From Quiz 'Mysterious Cities of Gold' - Part 3

Answer: Olmecs

The Olmecs plan to transplant cells from the children's bodies to their own, in an aim to slow down the ageing process.

24. The lever inside the condor is made in the likeness of what animal?

From Quiz 'The Mysterious Cities of Gold'- Part 2

Answer: Snake

This lever is revealed to be the method of controlling the giant condor (joystick style). In the title sequence of every episode, Esteban can be seen steering the condor with two levers, when in fact, we only ever see one in the actual episodes.

25. What happens in episode 9?

From Quiz 'The Mysterious Cities of Gold'- Part 1

Answer: The Solaris is destroyed

Tao reluctantly activates the self-destruct sequence to save the lives of Esteban, Mendoza, and an Inca settlement.

26. This tribe's source of power is a giant ____?

From Quiz 'Mysterious Cities of Gold' - Part 3

Answer: Crystal

It was able to create usable energy from the geothermal and light energy that was in abundance in their city deep in the mountain. Part 4 coming soon!

27. In episode 20, Esteban realises he is no longer afraid of what?

From Quiz 'The Mysterious Cities of Gold'- Part 2

Answer: Heights

He wouldn't have had much hope of continuing to be the giant condor's pilot if he didn't lose that little phobia fast! Thanks for playing, part 3 coming soon!

28. At the end of episode 10, which new destination are our heroes heading for?

From Quiz 'The Mysterious Cities of Gold'- Part 1

Answer: Zia's village

Zia earlier refuses to tell Mendoza and Sancho and Pedro what she learned from the Quipu, but the three sailors elect to continue travelling with the children to Zia's village, in the hope she will let the information slip. 'The Mysterious Cities of Gold' part 2 coming soon!

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