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Greek Mythology Trivia Quiz

This quiz is based on some famous characters in Greek mythology.

A multiple-choice quiz by Athul2. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
Athul2

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
373,320

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
422

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Who is the Greek goddess of the rainbow? Hint

Mnemosyne

Hera

Andromeda

Iris

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which god had a child named Cleopatra? Hint

Aeolus

Ares

Hermes

Boreas

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Question 3 of 10

3. After which Greek god's children are the two satellites of Mars named? Hint

Apollo

Zeus

Ares

Pan

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who was the son of Gaea, born to be the nemesis of Ares? Hint

Mimas

Damasen

Porphyrion

Orion

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who was the first mother? Hint

Rhea

Hera

Gaea

Chaos

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who created humans? Hint

Gaea

Zeus

Prometheus

Kronos

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which daughter of Demeter was married to Hades? Hint

Artemis

Hestia

Persephone

Hades is unmarried

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which goddess was originally created from the blood of Ouranos? Hint

Gaea

Hera

Aphrodite

Artemis

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Question 9 of 10

9. Orethra, the first queen of the Amazons, was killed by which son of Poseidon? Hint

Theseus

Briares

Adonis

Bellerophon

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who was the wife of Perseus? Hint

Andromeda

Persephone

Hesperides

Hygeia

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who is the Greek goddess of the rainbow?

Answer: Iris

The Greek goddess Iris governed the rainbow. Her name is now bestowed upon a brightly and variously colored flower.

2. Which god had a child named Cleopatra?

Answer: Boreas

Boreas was the Greek god of the north wind and of winter. He fathered two sons, Calais and Zethes, and two daughters, Khione and Cleopatra.

3. After which Greek god's children are the two satellites of Mars named?

Answer: Ares

Phobos is the personification of fear in Greek mythology. Deimos is the Greek god of panic. They were the children of Ares and Aphrodite.

4. Who was the son of Gaea, born to be the nemesis of Ares?

Answer: Damasen

Gaea had children with Tartarus called the giants. As their name suggests, they were quite giant in size. Each of them was born to fight a god, and Damasen was born to fight Ares.

5. Who was the first mother?

Answer: Gaea

Gaea was the Greek personification of the Earth. She sired the twelve Titans, the Elder Cyclopes and the Hundred Handed Ones with Ouranos. Ouranos threw the Cyclopes and the Hundred Handed Ones into Tartarus. Gaea asked her sons to kill Ouranos and they obeyed her. She then went to sleep for millennia.

6. Who created humans?

Answer: Prometheus

Prometheus was the son of the Titan Iapetus. He made clay figures on which the blood of Ouranos was spewed. Thus, humans were created.

7. Which daughter of Demeter was married to Hades?

Answer: Persephone

Persephone was the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, and was the goddess of springtime. Artemis is also Zeus's maiden daughter and the sister of Apollo, while Hestia is the goddess of the hearth and sister of Zeus.

8. Which goddess was originally created from the blood of Ouranos?

Answer: Aphrodite

According to Hesiod, Aphrodite was created from the blood of the sky god Ouranos. His blood fell into the sea creating a foam from which Aphrodite was created. Homer stated that she was the daughter of Zeus. (These two stories may in fact refer to two totally independent deities of the same name, as suggested by Plato.) She was the wife of Hephaestus but she loved the war god Ares.

There is famous painting by Botticelli called "The Birth of Venus" which shows the Roman equivalent of Aphrodite, Venus, standing on a clamshell.

9. Orethra, the first queen of the Amazons, was killed by which son of Poseidon?

Answer: Bellerophon

Bellerophon was the son of Poseidon and the mortal Euryale from Corinth. He is best known for killing Chimera.

10. Who was the wife of Perseus?

Answer: Andromeda

Andromeda is the daughter of the Aethiopian king Cepheus and Cassiopheia. She married Perseus who saved her from the sea monster Cetus.

Source: Author Athul2

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