History & Myths · Greek mythology
Greek Myths Trivia Quiz
Oh My Gods Greek gods, heroes and monsters, from the old myths to Nike, Percy Jackson and Hades. One very messy family.
175 questions · 2 to 12 players, or solo · Typed answers, close enough counts
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This Greek Myths Trivia Quiz has 175 questions: 62 easy, 70 medium and 43 hard. It is free. Play it with friends in a room for 2 to 12 players, on phones or in a browser, or play it solo. Type your answers: close enough counts, so a small typo still scores.
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20 of the 175 Greek mythology questions in this pack. Think of your answer, then open it.
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Cronus swallowed each of his children at birth. To save baby Zeus, Rhea handed him something wrapped in baby blankets instead. What?
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A stone
Zeus grew up in secret on Crete, then made Cronus cough up his brothers and sisters. The stone came up first.
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Baby Zeus was raised on a goat's milk. One of her horns broke off and was blessed to overflow with food forever. What do we call it today?
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Cornucopia
The goat was Amalthea. Zeus later set her among the stars, in the group of stars around the bright star Capella.
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One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was a giant seated statue of gold and ivory at Olympia, home of the first Olympics. Who did it show?
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Zeus
Phidias made it around 435 BC, about 12 m tall. Strabo said if Zeus stood up, he'd lift the roof off the temple.
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Hades had a famous helmet, which Perseus later borrowed for his monster hunt. What did it do to whoever wore it?
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Made them invisible
The Cyclopes made it for him. Athena wore it in Homer's Iliad too, so the war god Ares couldn't see her coming.
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Nashville, Tennessee, has a full-size copy of the Parthenon, with a gilded statue about 13 m tall inside. Which goddess is it?
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Athena
Sculptor Alan LeQuire unveiled her in 1990 as a plain white statue; she was covered in gold leaf in 2002.
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Athena and Poseidon fought to be the patron of Athens. Poseidon struck a rock and made a salty spring. Which gift from Athena won instead?
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An olive tree
The city took her name, and a sacred olive tree grew on the Acropolis for centuries to mark the win.
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After Zeus flooded the world, the two survivors made new people by throwing what over their shoulders?
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Stones
An oracle told them to throw 'their mother's bones'. They worked out it meant the stones of Mother Earth.
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Poseidon ruled the sea, but the Greeks also said he created which land animal, and became its god too?
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Horse
He was called Hippios, 'of horses', and was often shown riding a chariot drawn by two or four horses.
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Left off the guest list for a wedding, which goddess of strife rolled in a golden apple marked 'for the fairest'?
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Eris
Hera, Athena and Aphrodite all claimed it, and their quarrel ended up starting the Trojan War.
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Three old sisters decided how long you'd live: one spun your life's thread, one measured it and one cut it. Who were they?
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The Fates
Clotho spun the thread, Lachesis measured it, and Atropos, 'the one who can't be turned', cut it.
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The moon goddess loved a shepherd so much that Zeus let him stay young forever, but only if he did what, forever?
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Sleep
He lies dreaming in a cave on Mount Latmus, and the moon visits him every night.
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Jason's crew sailed past bird-women whose songs wrecked ships. Which musician on board saved them by playing even louder?
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Orpheus
Only one sailor, Butes, jumped overboard. The goddess Aphrodite carried him off before he drowned.
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Which sorceress princess gave Jason a potion that made him flame-proof, so he could yoke the flame-breathing bulls?
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Medea
She also lulled the dragon guarding the fleece to sleep, then sailed away with Jason.
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One hero tried to ride his winged horse up to the home of the gods. Zeus sent a gadfly to sting it. Where was he trying to fly?
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Mount Olympus
The horse bucked and threw him back to earth. It flew on alone and became Zeus's thunderbolt-carrier.
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Which sculptor fell in love with his own ivory statue, which the goddess of love then brought to life?
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Pygmalion
George Bernard Shaw borrowed his name for the play that became the musical My Fair Lady.
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Winners at the ancient Olympics, held in honour of Zeus, got no gold medal. Instead they were crowned with a wreath of which tree's leaves?
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Olive
The wreath was cut from a sacred wild olive tree growing near Zeus's temple at Olympia.
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A mortal princess married to the god of love had to sort a mountain of mixed grain before nightfall. Which tiny helpers did it for her?
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Ants
Aphrodite, her furious mother-in-law, set the task to break her. The princess passed every test in the end.
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Which vain queen boasted she was lovelier than the sea nymphs, and was put among the stars as a W-shaped constellation?
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Cassiopeia
Poseidon punished the boast with a sea monster, and her daughter nearly paid the price.
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Which son of the sun god borrowed his father's chariot for a day, lost control, and scorched the earth until Zeus struck him down?
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Phaethon
The Greeks said his crash explained the world's deserts. His grieving sisters turned into poplar trees.
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Athena invented a musical instrument, then threw it away because playing it made her cheeks puff out. Which instrument?
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Flute
One story says she made it to copy the eerie wailing of the Gorgon sisters, then tossed it because it spoiled her looks.
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