Question 1. What Is Myth?
Answer :
A story, presented as historical, dealing with the cosmological and supernatural traditions of a people, their gods,culture, heroes, religious beliefs etc.
Question 2. What Is Mythology?
Answer :
The scientific collection and study of myths; study of the beliefs of mankind.
Question 3. Who Was Achilles?
Answer :
Hero of Trojan war, who died when Paris wounded his vulnerable heel.
Question 4. Who Was Chained To Rock As Prey For Monster, Rescued By Perseus?
Answer :
Andromeda.
Question 5. Who Was The Personal Physician Of Buddha?
Answer :
Jivika.
Question 6. What Was The Former Name Of Bhishma?
Answer :
Devarat.
Question 7. What Were Called The Female Warriers Of Asia?
Answer :
Amazons.
Question 8. In Roman Mythology Who Is An Oread?
Answer :
A mountain Nymph.
Question 9. Which Is The First Avatar Of Lord Vishnu?
Answer :
Matsya Avatar (Fish).
Question 10. What Was The Ancient Name Of Music?
Answer :
Ghandharvam.
Question 11. What Is The Name Of Goddess Of Youth In Roman Mythology?
Answer :
Juventus.
Question 12. Who Was Bodidharma?
Answer :
Founder of Buddhist’s tradition, Zen Religion in Japan.
Question 13. In Egyptian Myth, Who Is The Sun God?
Answer :
Ra of Re.
Question 14. Who Is The Hypnos Of Greek Mythology?
Answer :
The god of sleep
Question 15. In Greek Mythology Who Is The First Women On Earth; Who Opened Box Containing All Human Ills?
Answer :
Pandora.
Question 16. In Norse Mythology Who Is The Goddess Of Night And Love?
Answer :
Freya.
Question 17. Who Is Osiris?
Answer :
In Eygyptian mythology, the Supreme god, ruler of afer life.
Question 18. In Hindu Mythology Which God’s Head Is Of An Elephant?
Answer :
Lord Ganapathy.
Question 19. In Hindu Mythology Who Is King Of Gods?
Answer :
Indra.
Question 20. In Hindu Mythology Who Is Known As The Son Of Vayu?
Answer :
Hanuman (Vayuputhran).
Question 21. In Hindu Mythology Who Is The Creater Of Life?
Answer :
Brahma deva.
Question 22. Name The Four Persons Who Heard The Gita Directly From Lord Krishna?
Answer :
Arjuna, Hanuman, Sanjaya and Vyasa.
Question 23. Who Was Bodayana?
Answer :
Founder of Dharma Shastra.
Question 24. Who Was Appollo?
Answer :
Son of Zeus and Leo, god of poetry, music and prophecy; sometimes known as ‘Phoebus’.
Question 25. Name Of The Egyptian Goddess Of Love And Joy?
Answer :
Hathor.
Question 26. In Greek Mythology Who Devised The ‘trojan Horse’ Strategy Which Ended The Trojan War?
Answer :
Odysseus.
Question 27. Rigvedicaryas Were Wohsippers Of What?
Answer :
Nature.
Question 28. Who Is The God Of Fire In Hindu Mythology?
Answer :
Agni.
Question 29. In Indian Mythology Who Was Famous For His Truthfulness?
Answer :
Harichandra.
Question 30. In Greek Mythology Who Was Tomus?
Answer :
God of blame and mockery.
Question 31. Who Is Known As Saravanabhava?
Answer :
Shanmukha (Muruka)
Question 32. Who Is The God Of Agriculture In Roman Mythology?
Answer :
Saturn.
Question 33. In Greek Mythology What Was The ‘shield Of Jupiter’ Known As?
Answer :
Aegis, the storm of clouds.
Question 34. In Greek Mythology Who Is The Demeter?
Answer :
Goddess of Earth.
Question 35. Who Was Ruler Of Winds In Greek Mythology?
Answer :
Aeolus.
Question 36. Which Saint Unfolded To His Wife The Mysteries Philosophy?
Answer :
Yaglavalka.
Question 37. What Is The Original Name Of Bharatha, The Sun Of Sakunthala?
Answer :
Saravadamana.
Question 38. Who Is The Mythological Hindu Lord Of Bears Whose Daughter Was Married To Krishna?
Answer :
Jambavan.
Question 39. In Christianity What Does Amen Mean?
Answer :
So be it.
Question 40. From Where Did Jesus Christ Ascend To Heaven?
Answer :
Mount Olives.
Question 41. In Greek Myth, Name The Thracian King Who Fed His Horses On Human Flesh, And Was Killed By Herculis?
Answer :
Diomedes.
Question 42. Which Zodiac Sign Does The Fish Depict?
Answer :
Pisces.
Question 43. Name The Polynesian Goddess Of Volcanoes?
Answer :
Pele.
Question 44. According To Hindu Myth, Who Was First Mortal To Die?
Answer :
Yama, god of die.
Question 45. Name The Scandinavian God Of Thunder And War?
Answer :
Thor.
Question 46. Which Dancer Of Vaisali Became Buddhist Nun?
Answer :
Ambapali.
Question 47. Which Indian Festival Is Celebrated Once In Twelve Years?
Answer :
Kumbhamela.
Question 48. From Which Ice Cave Does The River Ganga Originate?
Answer :
Gomukh.
Question 49. Which Is The God Of Agriculture In Roman Mythology?
Answer :
Saturn.
Question 50. Who Is Known As God Of Healing In Greece?
Answer :
Aesclepies.
Question 51. In Greek Mythology What Was The Sword Of Damocles Hung By?
Answer :
A strand of hair.
Question 52. The French Call Which Day Mardi (mars), The Roman God Of War?
Answer :
Tuesday.
Question 53. Chinese Buddhism Is Otherwise Known As What?
Answer :
Foism.
Question 54. Who Is Pope?
Answer :
Head of the Roman Catholic Church.
Question 55. In Hindu Mythology Which Animal Is The Steed Of Indra?
Answer :
Elephant.
Question 56. Which Animal Carried Mary To Jerusalem?
Answer :
Donkey.
Question 57. Which Creature Represents The Zodiac Sign Of Scorpio?
Answer :
Scorpion.
Question 58. What Is The Granth Sahib?
Answer :
Holy book of Sikhs.
Question 59. How Many Scriptures Are There In Christianity?
Answer :
One (holy bible).
Question 60. In The Bible, Which Creature Swallowed Jonah?
Answer :
The whale.
Question 61. Which Is Considered As The Hindu Mythological Lord Of Birds?
Answer :
Garuda.
Question 62. How Many Stars Are There In The Constellation Known As The Great Bear?
Answer :
Seven.
Question 63. Which Secrete Site In Jerusalem Is Held Sacred By Jews, Muslims And Christians?
Answer :
The Dome of the Rock.
Question 64. Which Day Is Named After Frigga, The Queen Of Odin Of Norse Mythology?
Answer :
Friday.
Question 65. In Greek Myth, Name The Winged Creature With A Woman’s Head And A Lion’s Body?
Answer :
Sphinx.
Question 66. Name The Saint Who Introduced Christianity In Japan?
Answer :
St. Francis Xavier.
Question 67. Which Jewish Feast Commemorates The Release Of The Isralites From Slavery To Freedom In Egypt?
Answer :
The Passover.
Question 68. After Which Two-faced Roman God Is The Month Of January Named?
Answer :
Janus.
Question 69. Which Animal Is Sacrificed By The Muslims On The Day Of Id?
Answer :
Goat.
Question 70. Which Animal Represents The Zodiac Sign Of Aries?
Answer :
Ram.
Question 71. Which Mythical Bird Is Considered As The Symbol Of Eternal Life For Its Ability To Resurruect Itself From Its Own Ashes?
Answer :
The Phoenix.
Question 72. Where Did Noah’s Ark Come To Rest Afer The Flood?
Answer :
Ararat.
Question 73. In Which Language Did Jesus Actually Preach?
Answer :
Aramic (not exactly Hebrew).
Question 74. Which Successor Of Prophet Mohammed Took The Title Caliph?
Answer :
Abu-Bekr.
Question 75. Who In Russian Lore Is ‘the Old Bachelor’?
Answer :
The devil.
Question 76. Which Proverbial Beauty In Greek Mythology Is Associated With Death And The World Of The Dead?
Answer :
Adonis.
Question 77. Name The Son Of Zeus And King Of Aegina In Greek Mythology?
Answer :
Aeacus.
Question 78. According To The Greek Philosopher Aristotle, Which Are The Elements Out Of Which Everything On Earth Is Made?
Answer :
Earth, water, air and fire.
Question 79. To Whom Did Valypso Offer Immortality In Return For Staying On Her Island, In Greek Mythology?
Answer :
Ulysses or Odysseus.
Question 80. Which Are The Two Bibilical Animals That Could Speak?
Answer :
Balams’s ass and the serpent.
Question 81. In Greek Mythology, Which Prince Led The Argoniuts To Win The Golden Fleece With The Aid Of Medea?
Answer :
Jason.
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