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30 Mythology trivia questions

1. Who is the king of the gods in Greek mythology?

Answer: Zeus

2. Which Greek hero slew the Minotaur?

Answer: Theseus

3. In Norse mythology, what tree connects the nine worlds?

Answer: Yggdrasil

4. Who is the Egyptian god of the afterlife?

Answer: Osiris

5. Which part of his body was the Greek hero Achilles vulnerable in?

Answer: Heel

6. Which Titan was condemned to hold up the sky?

Answer: Atlas

7. Who is the Roman goddess of love and beauty?

Answer: Venus

8. In Greek myth, who flew too close to the sun?

Answer: Icarus

9. What creature had snakes for hair and could turn people to stone?

Answer: Medusa

10. Which Norse god wields the hammer Mjolnir?

Answer: Thor

11. Who is the Greek messenger of the gods?

Answer: Hermes

12. What is the name of the underworld in Greek mythology?

Answer: Hades

13. Which Egyptian god has the head of a jackal?

Answer: Anubis

14. Who is the Greek goddess of wisdom?

Answer: Athena

15. What is the name of the one-eyed giants in Greek myth?

Answer: Cyclops

16. Which hero stole the Golden Fleece?

Answer: Jason

17. Who is the Norse god of mischief?

Answer: Loki

18. In Roman mythology, who is the god of war?

Answer: Mars

19. What river did souls cross to enter the Greek underworld?

Answer: Styx

20. Who killed the Nemean Lion as the first of his labors?

Answer: Hercules

21. Which Greek goddess was born from sea foam?

Answer: Aphrodite

22. What is the name of Odysseus' home island?

Answer: Ithaca

23. Who is the Egyptian sun god?

Answer: Ra

24. What creature is half-man, half-bull in Greek myth?

Answer: Minotaur

25. Which Norse goddess rules over the dead in Fólkvangr?

Answer: Freyja

26. Who is the Greek god of the sea?

Answer: Poseidon

27. What bird is reborn from its own ashes?

Answer: Phoenix

28. Who gave Pandora her box in Greek myth?

Answer: Zeus

29. Which Roman god is equivalent to the Greek Zeus?

Answer: Jupiter

30. What is the name of Thor's hammer?

Answer: Mjolnir

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