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Average Humanities Trivia: The Trojan War | 15 Questions

This is a quiz on what happened during the Trojan War and what happened to the Trojans after the war was lost.

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

Author
envioushera

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
162,307

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
9 / 15

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2227

Last 3 plays: Guest 1 (8/15), Guest 185 (5/15), hellobion (15/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. Who was the leading hero on the Trojan side? Hint

Achilles

Hector

Ajax

Aeneas

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Question 2 of 15

2. Ares was on the Greek side, True or False?

True

False

3. The Trojans prayed to many gods. There was one that they vigorously prayed to, because she was on the Greek side, yet Troy should have been a city that she defended. Cassandra even clutched onto her statue as she was dragged out of the temple. Who was this goddess? Hint

Hera

Athena

Artemis

Aphrodite

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Question 4 of 15

4. Who wounded Aphrodite in the war? Hint

Diomedes

Ajax the Greater

Achilles

Ajax the Lesser

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Question 5 of 15

5. When Eris was not invited to a certain wedding, she took an apple and threw it amongst the midst of gods and goddesses. Who was the bride at this wedding? Hint

Hebe

Thetis

Hera

Harmonia

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Question 6 of 15

6. Which hero on the Greek side thought of the Trojan Horse? Hint

Menelaus

Ajax the Greater

Agamemnon

Odysseus

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Question 7 of 15

7. When the Trojans dragged the wooden horse into the city, which person was not able to see through the trick? Hint

Helen

Laocoon

Cassandra

Priam

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Question 8 of 15

8. At the end of the war, who killed King Priam? Hint

Menelaus

Neoptolemus

Agamemnon

Nobody, they took Priam as a slave for King Agamemnon

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Question 9 of 15

9. Apollo was on the Trojan side, true or false?

True

False

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Question 10 of 15

10. As the Greeks divided the spoils between them, who got Queen Hecuba? Hint

Agamemnon

Neoptolemus

Menelaus

Odysseus

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Question 11 of 15

11. After the raid of Troy, what happened to Astyanax, the son of Hector? Hint

He had escaped to Italy

He was made a prisoner to Agamemnon

He was thrown off of a tower

He killed himself

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Question 12 of 15

12. What happened to Andromache, Hector's wife? Hint

She was made a slave to Neoptolemus

She escaped to Italy

She was killed by Menelaus

She killed herself

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Question 13 of 15

13. True or false, Hera was on the side of the Trojans

True

False

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Question 14 of 15

14. What was interesting about Ajax the Greater? Hint

His helmet was very bright

He had a long sword

He had a big shield

He had very strong armour

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Question 15 of 15

15. During the beginning of the 9th year of the war, Achilles refused to fight when Agamemnon took away his slave mistress. What was her name? Hint

Chryseis

Briseis

Ilione

Laodice

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was the leading hero on the Trojan side?

Answer: Hector

The answer is Hector, who was killed, in the 9th year of the Trojan War, by Achilles.

2. Ares was on the Greek side, True or False?

Answer: False

Ares was actually on the Trojan side, because Aphrodite had persuaded him to support them.

Answer: Athena

Athena is the proper answer. In Homer's "Iliad", the Trojans constantly gave her offerings and sacrifices, wanting her to aid them in the war. However, she sided with the Greeks when Paris chose Aphrodite over her as the most beautiful of the gods.

4. Who wounded Aphrodite in the war?

Answer: Diomedes

Aphrodite was wounded by Diomedes, urged on by Athena.

5. When Eris was not invited to a certain wedding, she took an apple and threw it amongst the midst of gods and goddesses. Who was the bride at this wedding?

Answer: Thetis

It was the wedding of Thetis and Peleus that was ruined. They are also the parents of Achilles.

6. Which hero on the Greek side thought of the Trojan Horse?

Answer: Odysseus

The answer was Odysseus. Menelaus and Agamemnon did not think of it, and Ajax the Greater was dead by then.

7. When the Trojans dragged the wooden horse into the city, which person was not able to see through the trick?

Answer: Priam

Priam was one of the people who were celebrating at the thought of winning the war. Nobody believed Cassandra, and Laocoon had been killed earlier by two snakes. Helen suspected the trick and spent the night before the raid imitating the voices of the wives of the warriors hidden in the horse, but Odysseus kept the men in the horse from answering.

8. At the end of the war, who killed King Priam?

Answer: Neoptolemus

During the raid, Priam, Hecuba, and all the rest of their daughters hid in the temple of Zeus. Neoptolemus came into the temple and killed Polites, one of Priam's and Hecuba's sons who was guarding his family. Neoptolemus then dragged Priam out of the temple and killed him.

9. Apollo was on the Trojan side, true or false?

Answer: True

Apollo was on the Trojan's side, he even aided Paris' arrow that killed Achilles.

10. As the Greeks divided the spoils between them, who got Queen Hecuba?

Answer: Odysseus

Odysseus got Hecuba, but she never reached Ithaca with him, because she was turned into a dog after she avenged her youngest son's death by killing Polymestor.

11. After the raid of Troy, what happened to Astyanax, the son of Hector?

Answer: He was thrown off of a tower

Astyanax was just a little baby when the war ended, and he was taken to the top of a tower and flung to the rocks below.

12. What happened to Andromache, Hector's wife?

Answer: She was made a slave to Neoptolemus

She became a mistress and slave to Neoptolemus and went with him to Phthia.

13. True or false, Hera was on the side of the Trojans

Answer: False

False. When Paris picked Aphrodite over Hera as the most beautiful woman, Hera took the side of the Greeks in battle.

14. What was interesting about Ajax the Greater?

Answer: He had a big shield

Because of Ajax's great shield, he was able to avoid attacks often.

15. During the beginning of the 9th year of the war, Achilles refused to fight when Agamemnon took away his slave mistress. What was her name?

Answer: Briseis

Briseis was Achilles' mistress he had gotten as a prize after a raid one night.

Source: Author envioushera

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