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Quiz about Exact Revenge
Quiz about Exact Revenge

Exact Revenge Trivia Quiz


This quiz will cover ten ancient mythological tales of a dish best served cold: Revenge! (Note: they will not appear in chronological order.)

A multiple-choice quiz by Lorvanwa. Estimated time: 7 mins.
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Author
Lorvanwa
Time
7 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
343,100
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
6 / 10
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410
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Top 35% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. This ancient Greek tale tells of a son who exacts revenge after becoming enraged upon finding out that his mother, Hera, had rejected him at birth. So he crafts a magical golden chair of exquisite beauty and sends it to Olympus as a gift to her. She sees it and at once gleefully hops into the seat. Invisible chains then bind her to the chair and, unable to move, she cries out, but her fellow gods are unable to assist. Only her son can remove the chains. Who is he? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. This ancient Egyptian all-powerful god exacted revenge against man. Re was the first of their gods to emerge. After creating the lesser gods, earth and man, he took the form of man and became the first pharaoh, ruling for thousands of years. In time his mortal form grew old and men began to mock him, and disobey his laws. So he created a daughter, from the glance of his eye, to judge man. What was her name? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. This ancient Canaanite (or Ugaritic) goddess exacted revenge for the slaying of her brother and lover, the god Ba'al. Upon finding his body, she buried it with great mourning. Then after locating Mot - who had defeated Ba'al after Ba'al challenged him - she exacted her revenge. Who was she? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. In this Hindu myth, revenge is exacted through a game of dice. A prince named Duryodhana is jealous of the Pandavas, five princes who rule a nearby kingdom. And after being humiliated, he decides enough is enough and he rigs a game of dice and challenges them. Within the game the Pandavas lose all their wealth and empire, and finally their freedom, till they have only one thing left to bet: their shared wife, whose beauty surpasses all others. She is bet and lost, and the jealous prince forces his new properties to disrobe, including her, to shame them. What was her name? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. This Mayan myth tells of two sons who exact revenge via ballgame (tlatchtli). In the game they defeat the murderers of their father, the Lords of the Underworld. The Lords are shamed by their defeat and kill them, but they are reborn. They come back as beggars and perform magical feats before the Lords, by which they force a confession of their crimes and the Lords are punished. Who are they? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. This Greek myth tells of a son who exacted revenge by castrating his father, at the behest of his mother, with a giant stone sickle. Later, he got a taste of his own medicine when he was overthrown by his son. Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. The Old Testament tells of revenge being exacted against a Canaanite man, who saw a young, beautiful girl, Dinah, and proceeded to abduct and rape her. But afterwards he fell in love and kept her, and he and his father pleaded with her father to allow the marriage, no matter what the dowry cost. Dinah's brothers, Simeon and Levi, heard about the incident and came upon their city suddenly, killing every male and taking back their sister. Who was the Canaanite? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. This Arthurian myth tells of Arthur's half-sister, Morgan La-fey, who exacted revenge against Arthur through love. She was convinced that Arthur had caused her father's death (she and Arthur shared the same mother). A young knight fell in love with her and she tricked him into dueling Arthur. She stole Excalibur for her knight to use and produced a replica for Arthur. The two fought, but before the deathblow, they discovered each other's identities. Who was the love-sick knight? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. This Hopi Native American myth describes revenge exacted through shape-shifting. Two young maidens were good friends, but when they fell in love with the same man, they became rivals for his attentions. One maiden knew magic and turned the other into a coyote, and reveled in her victory. Driven from home, hunters found her, crying, and took pity. The hunters' grandmother healed her. Then the maiden, with the help of the kind grandmother, obtained her revenge by turning the other maiden into a snake, who was subsequently squashed by her own parents. What is the name of this myth? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. This Japanese Shinto myth tells of the revenge exacted between the two first deities. The two were married and the wife died during childbirth and descended to Yomi (Shinto underworld). Her husband followed her there, but she had already become one with the underworld. He pleaded with her to follow him home, but later while she slept he saw her rotting flesh through the shadows and fled in fear. She awoke and gave chase. He escaped back to the living and blocked the entrance to Yomi. For this she vowed to kill a thousand people a day. What was their names? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. This ancient Greek tale tells of a son who exacts revenge after becoming enraged upon finding out that his mother, Hera, had rejected him at birth. So he crafts a magical golden chair of exquisite beauty and sends it to Olympus as a gift to her. She sees it and at once gleefully hops into the seat. Invisible chains then bind her to the chair and, unable to move, she cries out, but her fellow gods are unable to assist. Only her son can remove the chains. Who is he?

Answer: Hephaestus

The gods then pleaded with Dionysus, god of wine and revelry, to intoxicate Hephaestus with sweet wine. He agreed, and while the vengeful son was drunk he released the chains. The gods then thanked Hephaestus by giving him Aphrodite as his wife and erecting a large palace for him upon Olympus.
2. This ancient Egyptian all-powerful god exacted revenge against man. Re was the first of their gods to emerge. After creating the lesser gods, earth and man, he took the form of man and became the first pharaoh, ruling for thousands of years. In time his mortal form grew old and men began to mock him, and disobey his laws. So he created a daughter, from the glance of his eye, to judge man. What was her name?

Answer: Sekhmet

Sekhmet was a bloodthirsty, ravenous goddess who devoured and slaughtered the ancient Egyptians. She delighted in the massacre till finally Re was filled with pity for man. But his daughter could not be stopped so easily, not even by Re himself. So the all-powerful god ordered a massive amount of beer to be brewed, which was then mixed with red ochre, giving it the appearance of blood. Re then had the fake blood poured out over a field.

When Sekhment came across this field she drank her fill, becoming too drunk to slay that day.

Afterwards, Re renamed her Hathor, the goddess of love.
3. This ancient Canaanite (or Ugaritic) goddess exacted revenge for the slaying of her brother and lover, the god Ba'al. Upon finding his body, she buried it with great mourning. Then after locating Mot - who had defeated Ba'al after Ba'al challenged him - she exacted her revenge. Who was she?

Answer: Anat

Ba'al had defeated a god previous to this using two magic weapons, then was given a palace. He challenged Mot after this, who proceeded to fight and defeat Ba'al. But Ba'al's sister/lover was enraged by this and sought out Mot. She then stabbed him, chopped his body up, burned it, and spread the ashes far and wide. So much for a fair trial.
4. In this Hindu myth, revenge is exacted through a game of dice. A prince named Duryodhana is jealous of the Pandavas, five princes who rule a nearby kingdom. And after being humiliated, he decides enough is enough and he rigs a game of dice and challenges them. Within the game the Pandavas lose all their wealth and empire, and finally their freedom, till they have only one thing left to bet: their shared wife, whose beauty surpasses all others. She is bet and lost, and the jealous prince forces his new properties to disrobe, including her, to shame them. What was her name?

Answer: Druapadi

Druapadi prays to Krishna who helps her. Krishna makes her sari unending, so when Duryodhana attempts to unwrap the garment, he keeps winding and winding and winding. Finally he gives up. In the end the Pandava's wealth, land, and the wife the five of them share, is restored to them.
5. This Mayan myth tells of two sons who exact revenge via ballgame (tlatchtli). In the game they defeat the murderers of their father, the Lords of the Underworld. The Lords are shamed by their defeat and kill them, but they are reborn. They come back as beggars and perform magical feats before the Lords, by which they force a confession of their crimes and the Lords are punished. Who are they?

Answer: Maya Hero Twins

Their names were Hunahpu and Xbalanque. The twins, after going through a number of obstacles and not being duped by a number of seemingly obvious tricks, play and defeat the Lords. The Lords try their tricks again, but this time they allow themselves to be killed.

As magic beggars they kill animals and revive them, kill each other and revive each other. Two of the Lords, the most powerful (though apparently not the brightest), demand the trick performed on themselves. So the twins kill them, but obviously do not revive them.

This forces the rest to confess and finally the tyranny of the Lords of the Underworld is ended.
6. This Greek myth tells of a son who exacted revenge by castrating his father, at the behest of his mother, with a giant stone sickle. Later, he got a taste of his own medicine when he was overthrown by his son.

Answer: Cronos

The Titan Cronos' mother was Gaia, who convinced her son to castrate Uranus, the ruler of the universe. She was angry with him for imprisoning their youngest children in Tartarus. Cronos then ushered in a golden age in which immorality was completely absent.

But Cronos learned from his mother and father of the prophecy that his own sons would overthrow him and began to eat his sons as they were born. But his wife, with the aide of Gaia, who had planned Uranus' castration, even designing the sickle Cronos wielded, hid Zeus so that Cronos could face the retribution of his crimes against his father Uranus.
7. The Old Testament tells of revenge being exacted against a Canaanite man, who saw a young, beautiful girl, Dinah, and proceeded to abduct and rape her. But afterwards he fell in love and kept her, and he and his father pleaded with her father to allow the marriage, no matter what the dowry cost. Dinah's brothers, Simeon and Levi, heard about the incident and came upon their city suddenly, killing every male and taking back their sister. Who was the Canaanite?

Answer: Shechem

Dinah was Jacob's daughter, a beautiful young woman. His sons, Simeon and Levi, tricked Shechem and his father Hamor, along with all the men of the city Hamor ruled, into being circumcised, saying that if they did, Jacob would allow the marriage. Three days later, while all the men were still sore, the brothers fell upon the town without warning and killed every male there.

Then they took back Dinah to their father, who was a bit peeved at the boys for going a little more than overboard.
8. This Arthurian myth tells of Arthur's half-sister, Morgan La-fey, who exacted revenge against Arthur through love. She was convinced that Arthur had caused her father's death (she and Arthur shared the same mother). A young knight fell in love with her and she tricked him into dueling Arthur. She stole Excalibur for her knight to use and produced a replica for Arthur. The two fought, but before the deathblow, they discovered each other's identities. Who was the love-sick knight?

Answer: Accolon

Morgan was the queen of Avalon, the isle of fairies. She had many suitors and Accolon was just another one she decided to weave into her webs of conspiracy. Accolon died later of his wounds, but Arthur's healed. This was not the first or last time Morgan proved a nuisance to her half-brother.
9. This Hopi Native American myth describes revenge exacted through shape-shifting. Two young maidens were good friends, but when they fell in love with the same man, they became rivals for his attentions. One maiden knew magic and turned the other into a coyote, and reveled in her victory. Driven from home, hunters found her, crying, and took pity. The hunters' grandmother healed her. Then the maiden, with the help of the kind grandmother, obtained her revenge by turning the other maiden into a snake, who was subsequently squashed by her own parents. What is the name of this myth?

Answer: Revenge of Blue Corn Ear Maiden

The maidens are Blue Corn Ear and Yellow Corn Ear. Spider Woman is the grandmother of the hunters. Blue was transformed from a magic wheel that was used in the game of catch. Yellow was turned to a snake by drinking from a cup Spider Woman had given to Blue.
10. This Japanese Shinto myth tells of the revenge exacted between the two first deities. The two were married and the wife died during childbirth and descended to Yomi (Shinto underworld). Her husband followed her there, but she had already become one with the underworld. He pleaded with her to follow him home, but later while she slept he saw her rotting flesh through the shadows and fled in fear. She awoke and gave chase. He escaped back to the living and blocked the entrance to Yomi. For this she vowed to kill a thousand people a day. What was their names?

Answer: Izanami and Izanagi

He countered by vowing to give life to 1500 people everyday, explaining the cycle of life and death.
Source: Author Lorvanwa

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