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At Last a Quiz About Atlas

Nearly everybody knows that an atlas is a book or electronic repository in which maps are collected. But what else does the word "atlas" mean?

A multiple-choice quiz by FatherSteve. Estimated time: 4 mins.

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FatherSteve

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4 mins

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338,812

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Jul 23 22

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Question 1 of 10

1. The name of a book of maps may derive from a Titan named Atlas. Who or what was a Titan? Hint

A fleet of ships that sailed the ancient world

An ancient book written in the Phoenician alphabet

A minor ancient Roman deity

An elder Greek god who ruled before the Olympians

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Question 2 of 10

2. In our solar system, there is a moon named Atlas. Around which planet does it orbit? Hint

Saturn

Jupiter

Neptune

Mars

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Question 3 of 10

3. In the human body, there is a bone named the atlas. Where is it located? Hint

At the top of the cervical spine

In the wrist

In the shoulder

In the skull

4. From the 1940s, advertisements in American comic books and boys magazines offered to turn a "97-pound weakling" into a muscle man through the programme of a man named Atlas. What was his full name? Hint

Tito Atlas

Charles Atlas

Tycho Atlas

Erik Atlas

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Question 5 of 10

5. There is a family of rockets known as Atlas. These were, at first, Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles but were quickly adapted to launch peaceful missions into space. Which country designed and produced the Atlas rocket family? Hint

The United States

Japan

The U.S.S.R./Russia

France

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Question 6 of 10

6. In a dystopian future United States, where the government controls more and more of the means of production, a group of innovative leaders goes "on strike" by disappearing and taking their genius with them. John Galt is behind this "strike" of the brightest and best in society. The 1957 novel describing this is entitled "Atlas Shrugged." Who wrote it? Hint

T. E. Lawrence

Gertrude Stein

Ernest Hemingway

Ayn Rand

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Question 7 of 10

7. The Atlas Mountain Range is about 1500 miles long and rises, at its highest point, to 13,671 feet. On which continent is the Atlas Mountain Range located? Hint

Europe

Antarctica

Asia

Africa

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Question 8 of 10

8. The movie "Atlas" was shot in Greece in 1961. It was an action-adventure film about an evil king named Praximedes who tricked superhero Atlas to fight for him. The director was a specialist in low-budget horror films, such as "The Beast with a Million Eyes" (1955), "She Gods of Shark Reef" (1958), "The Little Shop of Horrors" (the original in 1960), and "X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes" (1963). Who was this director? Hint

William Wyler

Roman Polanski

Francis Ford Coppola

Roger Corman

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Question 9 of 10

9. Atlas is a good name for a motor vehicle; it connotes strength, virility and agility. Which of the following makes of motor vehicles were called Atlas? Hint

The Atlas van, U.K., 1958-1963

The Atlas automobile, American, 1907-1913

All of these

The Nissan Atlas, a Japanese light truck

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Question 10 of 10

10. There is a large (87 km in diameter), prominent (2 km in depth) impact crater named Atlas. Where is it found? Hint

On Luna/the Moon

On Mars

In Outer Mongolia

On Io, a moon of Jupiter

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The name of a book of maps may derive from a Titan named Atlas. Who or what was a Titan?

Answer: An elder Greek god who ruled before the Olympians

When Gerardus Mercator referred to his collection of maps as an "Atlas," it was with reference to King Atlas, a legendary king of Mauretania. Since then, the reference has been to the Titan Atlas. Atlas was the son of Iapetus and Clymene; his brother was Prometheus.

The notion that Atlas was made to carry the Earth on his shoulders is a misreading of ancient myth. Zeus condemned him to bear the weight of the whole heavens, which are often depicted in art as the sphere of the Universe.

2. In our solar system, there is a moon named Atlas. Around which planet does it orbit?

Answer: Saturn

Atlas is a recently-discovered moon of Saturn, much smaller than many of the others. It was first seen in a photograph returned by Voyager in 1980. Its orbit is very near the A-ring of Saturn and it is sometimes referred to as a "shepherd" moon because it accompanies that ring.

3. In the human body, there is a bone named the atlas. Where is it located?

Answer: At the top of the cervical spine

The atlas sits atop the spinal column and connects the spine to the skull. It is denominated C-1 (meaning first, or superior, cervical vertebra). It was named after the Titan Atlas because it holds up the head which is something like a globe.

Answer: Charles Atlas

Charles Atlas (1892-1972) was born Angelo Siciliano but legally changed his name to make it sound more American. He claimed that a story about a bully kicking sand in his face and taking his girlfriend was true and was what prompted him to develop an exercise system which turned him into a well-known bodybuilder. References to his famous advertisements occur in such diverse places as Kurt Vonnegut's "Cat's Cradle," the movie "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and an episode of Syfy Network's "Warehouse 13."

Answer: The United States

Astronaut John Glenn was blasted into space aboard the Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7 by an Atlas rocket. About six hundred other U.S. space missions have been launched on members of the Atlas family.

Answer: Ayn Rand

"Atlas Shrugged" was Ayn Rand's fourth, last and longest novel, setting out, in a fictional context, her philosophy of Objectivism. The book was a bestseller but was very unpopular with many literary critics; it has enjoyed a sort of "cult following" ever since its release and has remained in print for half a century.

7. The Atlas Mountain Range is about 1500 miles long and rises, at its highest point, to 13,671 feet. On which continent is the Atlas Mountain Range located?

Answer: Africa

Located in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, the Atlas Mountains divide the coastlands along the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea from the Sahara Desert. In some Berber languages, the word for mountain is "adras" which may relate to the name of this mountain range.

Answer: Roger Corman

The script for "Atlas" called for vast armies dressed like Greek soldiers of the Classic Age. The producer hired 500 Greek Army troops to play these parts, but only about 50 showed up for the filming. All of the battle scenes were shot in relative close-ups, to cover this deficiency. Corman himself also played the part of a Greek soldier.

9. Atlas is a good name for a motor vehicle; it connotes strength, virility and agility. Which of the following makes of motor vehicles were called Atlas?

Answer: All of these

For the same reasons, there have been tugboats, helicopters, railroad locomotives, fighter aircraft, motorbikes, diesel engines and model railroads named Atlas.

10. There is a large (87 km in diameter), prominent (2 km in depth) impact crater named Atlas. Where is it found?

Answer: On Luna/the Moon

An impact crater is created when a high-velocity projectile collides with a surface, often leaving a circular dent. There are impact craters on Earth, for example Tabun-Khara-Obo in Mongolia. There are thousands of impact craters on Mars. There are no (apparent) impact craters on Io.

Source: Author FatherSteve

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