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Divine Retribution Trivia Quiz

Throughout history there have been stories of mortals angering the gods, and gods angering the gods. How well do you know these stories? This covers mythologies from around the world.

A multiple-choice quiz by xylian. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
xylian

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
183,594

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Difficult

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5 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Greece: A satyr challenges Apollo to a musical duel. Needless to say, Apollo won. How did he punish the satyr? Hint

banished him to Tartarus

turned him to stone

tied him to a tree and skinned him alive

fed him to wild dogs

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Question 2 of 10

2. Greece: This goddess made it her business to punish those who did wrong. She was the daughter of Erebus the darkness and Nyx the night. Hint

Adrasteia

Eris

Artemis

Hecate

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Question 3 of 10

3. What does the name of the goddess Adrasteia mean? Hint

she who destroys

heavenly fury

scourge of man

she whom none can escape

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Question 4 of 10

4. Egypt: The goddess Sekhmet was sent by Ra to destroy humans for angering him. The other gods saved humanity by making her drink beer dyed to look like blood. How did she attack humans? Hint

a plague of insects

a raging lion

a sandstorm

a giant serpent

5. Egypt: While Horus was looking for Set to kill him to avenge Osiris, Set was injured and went to Isis. She felt sorry for him and healed him. What did Horus do when he discovered what his mother had done? Hint

decapitated her

banished her from Egypt for a year

nothing

buried her alive

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Question 6 of 10

6. Sumer: Inanna was tricked by her husband Dumuzi and sister Eriskegal into spending eternity in the underworld. How did Inanna's father Enki rescue her? Hint

forced Dumuzi to take her place in the underworld

ripped out Dumuzi's heart

offered Eriskegal Dumuzi's severed head

shot Eriskegal with a golden arrow

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Question 7 of 10

7. Inuit: A young girl named Sedna was constantly tormented by her tribesmen. While traveling across water, some children pushed her overboard. She held on by her fingertips, so the children severed them and let her drop into the water. She then became a goddess of the ocean. How does she affect the tribes? Hint

she drowns the hunters

she creates a searing cold wind

she covers the hunting area with dangerous ice

she can hold back the sea animals, thus starving the tribe

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Question 8 of 10

8. Inuit: A woman was sitting in her home with her infant son. An ember from the fire jumped out and burned the little boy. Enraged, the woman put the fire out and stomped on it. Realizing, too late, that she had no heat, she ran to her neighbors in search of kindling. Unfortunately, the fire goddess she insulted removed all fire from the world. What did the fire goddess demand the woman do in order to return fire and prevent humans from freezing to death? Hint

sacrifice her son to the goddess

the tribe lynched her

sacrifice herself to the goddess

she was exiled to the icy wasteland

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Question 9 of 10

9. Celtic: How was Blodeuwedd punished for cheating on her husband Lleu and plotting his death? Hint

she was banished to live among the sidhe

she was aged into a hag

she was changed into an owl

she was flung into the ocean

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Question 10 of 10

10. Norse: Loki was punished by being bound to a rock. A serpent sits above him dripping venom into his eyes until Ragnarok. Though Loki is known for being a dangerous jokester, why was he punished so harshly this time? Hint

he conspired to dethrone Odin

he attempted to release the frost giants upon Asgard

he stole the apples that kept the gods immortal

he caused the death of Baldur, thus bringing darkness to the world

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Greece: A satyr challenges Apollo to a musical duel. Needless to say, Apollo won. How did he punish the satyr?

Answer: tied him to a tree and skinned him alive

Greek gods did not take challenges of their skills lightly. They always won, and had a knack for making the challenger pay dearly for his hubris.

2. Greece: This goddess made it her business to punish those who did wrong. She was the daughter of Erebus the darkness and Nyx the night.

Answer: Adrasteia

She is also known as Nemesis, the goddess of fate and retribution. She never misses.

3. What does the name of the goddess Adrasteia mean?

Answer: she whom none can escape

It pretty much speaks for itself. As the saying goes, you reap what you sow.

4. Egypt: The goddess Sekhmet was sent by Ra to destroy humans for angering him. The other gods saved humanity by making her drink beer dyed to look like blood. How did she attack humans?

Answer: a raging lion

Sekhmet is portrayed as having the head of a lion. Her name means "powerful."

Answer: decapitated her

Of course, Isis did not die. Her head was replaced with a cow's head, which became her symbol. The domestication of the cow is considered one of the most important aspects in creating stable civilizations.

6. Sumer: Inanna was tricked by her husband Dumuzi and sister Eriskegal into spending eternity in the underworld. How did Inanna's father Enki rescue her?

Answer: forced Dumuzi to take her place in the underworld

This is one of many myths that chronicles a god's descent into the underworld. Such stories are used to describe death and the changes of the seasons. The most well known of these stories is probably that of Persephone.

Answer: she can hold back the sea animals, thus starving the tribe

Even to this day, the Inuit rely heavily on hunting and fishing for survival. If there was bad fishing or hunting for seals, it is believed that Sedna is holding the animals back, and the tribe is in danger of starvation.

Answer: sacrifice her son to the goddess

The woman tearfully relented, and her son was instantly consumed by flames and carried away. Then all the fires in the village sparked up again. It helps to think before acting.

9. Celtic: How was Blodeuwedd punished for cheating on her husband Lleu and plotting his death?

Answer: she was changed into an owl

Ironically, Blodewedd had been made especially for Lleu out of a bouquet of flowers.

Answer: he caused the death of Baldur, thus bringing darkness to the world

Loki is doomed to stay there until Ragnarok. The death of Baldur is basically the beginning of the end.

Source: Author xylian

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