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Question 1Who was the wife of Odysseus who faithfully waited 20 years for his return from

Troy?

a. Helenb. Penelopec. Nausicaad. Calypso

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Question 2Who was the daughter of King Minos who helped Theseus to escape from theLabyrinth?

a. Arachneb. Andromedac. Ariadned. Arethusa

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Question 3What was the name of the Cyclops who imprisoned Odysseus and some of hiscompanions in his cave?

a. Polyphemusb. Procrustesc. Proteusd. Prometheus

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Question 4Who was the wife of Orpheus, whom he tried to rescue from the underworld?

a. Euterpeb. Cassandrac. Persephoned. Eurydice

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Question 5Which Greek heroine refused to marry any man who could not beat her in a foot-race, those who lost being killed?

a. Alcestisb. Andomachec. Ariadned. Atalanta

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Question 6Who was the King of Thebes accidentally slain by his son Oedipus?

a. Laius

b. Atreusc. Nestord. Pentheus

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Question 7Who was the nymph changed by Hera into a she-bear and by Zeus into theconstellation Ursa Major?

a. Alcyoneb. Electrac. Callistod. Iphigeneia

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Question 8Who were the band of warriors from Thessaly who went to the Trojan War withAchilles?

a. Argonautsb. Myrmidonsc. Arcadiansd. Lapiths

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Question 9Who was the Greek shepherd on Mt. Latmos who was loved by the moon-goddessSelene?

a. Paris

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b. Hyperionc. Actaeond. Endymion

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Question 10Midas, the king with 'the golden touch', was king of which country?

a. Spartab. Cretec. Argosd. Phrygia

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Question 1Entomology is the branch of zoology dealing with ...

a. Lizardsb. Insectsc. Birdsd. Fish

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Question 2Cryogenics is the study of ...

a. Materials at very low temperaturesb. Cell decayc. Blood circulationd. Codes and cyphers

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Question 3

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Nosology is ...

a. Plastic surgeryb. The study of the respiratory system

c. The study of poisonsd. The systematic classification of diseases

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Question 4Osteology is the study of ...

a. The earb. Bonesc. The heartd. Defects of vision

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Question 5Mycology is the study of ...

a. Fungib. Antsc. Grassesd. Penguins

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Question 6Myology is the study of ...

a. Sleep

b. Memory defectsc. Muscles

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d. Resistance to disease

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Question 7Rheology is the scientific study of ...

a. Electrical conductivityb. Animal migrationc. Climatic abnormalitiesd. Elasticity, viscosity and plasticity

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Question 8Semiology is the branch of medical science concernedwith ...

a. The symptoms of diseaseb. The placebo effectc. Cell replicationd. Injuries to the brain

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Question 9Pedology is the scientic study of ...

a. Feetb. Childhood ailmentsc. Soild. Wave motion

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Question 10Balneology is the scientific study of ...

a. Growing cropsb. Coastal erosionc. Baths and bathingd. The effects of weightlessness

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Lord Acton: (1834-1902; British historian, politician and

educator. Considered the most learned individual of his era,

unmatched in the breadth and depth of his knowledge.)

Power Corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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Question 1Who first said or wrote: 'Ask not what your country can do

for you, but what you can for your country'?

a. Dwight D. Eisenhowerb. John F. Kennedyc. Richard M. Nixond. George W. Bush

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Question 2Who first said or wrote: 'There are three kinds of lies: lies,damned lies, and statistics'?

a. Charles Dickensb. Edgar Allen Poec. James McNeill Whistlerd. Mark Twain

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Question 3Who first said or wrote: 'Give me liberty or give me death'?

a. Robespierreb. Aristotlec. Patrick Henryd. Lord Byron

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Question 4Who first said or wrote: 'No man is an island'?

a. Daniel Defoeb. Samuel Johnson

c. John Donned. William Blake

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Question 5Who first said or wrote: 'In this world nothing can be saidto be certain, except death and taxes'?

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a. Washington Irvingb. Benjamin Franklinc. Al Capone

d. Will Rogers

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Question 6Who first said or wrote: 'Rose is a rose is a rose'?

a. Ernest Hemingwayb. James Joycec. Gertrude Steind. Noel Coward

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Question 7Who first said or wrote: 'They also serve who only standand wait'?

a. John Miltonb. Robert Browningc. Henry Wadsworth Longfellowd. Robert Service

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Question 8Who first said or wrote: 'The female of the species is moredeadly than the male'?

a. Ogden Nashb. Dorothy Parker

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c. Rudyard Kiplingd. Ezra Pound

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Question 9Who first said or wrote: 'The mass of men lead lives ofquiet desperation'?

a. W. C. Fieldsb. Henry David Thoreauc. Abraham Lincolnd. Cornelius Vanderbilt

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