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Quiz about Patricide or Regicide
Quiz about Patricide or Regicide

Patricide or Regicide? Trivia Quiz


The quiz is based on real/mythical characters who killed their own fathers, who also happened to be kings. In some cases, there are contradictory rumours; I have stuck to the 'official' versions.

A multiple-choice quiz by ace_sodium. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
ace_sodium
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
98,792
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
5
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
3 / 5
Plays
825
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Question 1 of 5
1. His father didn't have any children for a long time; he consulted a diviner who told him that a hermit living in the mountains would be his next son but the father was impatient and killed the hermit; the son was born soon afterwards to mother Vaidehi. The diviner now foretold that the son would kill the father, so the father had the child thrown from the top of a tower; the son escaped with nothing more than a broken finger. In due course, he became his father's biggest enemy, and soon held his father captive and starved him to death. Who was the son? Hint


Question 2 of 5
2. He is a character immortalised in history; his father was foretold by an oracle that his son would kill him, so he pinioned the boy's feet and asked a slave to leave him on Mt.Cithaeron so that the wild beasts there might have a "small feast". The slave, however, took pity on the boy and handed him over to a shepherd; the child survived. After a strange twist of "fate", he was on his way to Thebes, when he had an altercation with a a rude old man; in the fight that ensued , he killed the man... whom he ultimately learned was in fact his father. Sigmund Freud immortalised his name forever in the annals of psychology. Who was he? Hint


Question 3 of 5
3. My father did no wrong to me but he made a big mistake - he decided to make my elder brother the King; to get back at him, I killed him and my mother. I am said to be Greek origin. I soon left home and was the first to invade Ireland after the Deluge. I had to fight the Fomors - a "demonic race". Who am I? Hint


Question 4 of 5
4. I am of Asian origin - they say I was drunk when I killed my father, mother, sister, brother and four other family members. I then tried to kill myself; I died in a hospital some days later. It all happened on June 1, 2001. My uncle became the next king. (I was loved by my people). Who am I? Hint


Question 5 of 5
5. They killed their father Sennacherib, king of Assyria, when he was worshipping in the temple of his God Nisroch. Who were they?
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. His father didn't have any children for a long time; he consulted a diviner who told him that a hermit living in the mountains would be his next son but the father was impatient and killed the hermit; the son was born soon afterwards to mother Vaidehi. The diviner now foretold that the son would kill the father, so the father had the child thrown from the top of a tower; the son escaped with nothing more than a broken finger. In due course, he became his father's biggest enemy, and soon held his father captive and starved him to death. Who was the son?

Answer: Ajatashatru

Ajatashatru was born to Bimbisara and Vaidehi of Magadha (India); he was influenced by Devadatta who didn't like Shakyamuni Buddha - a religious leader with great influence on the King. After he committed regicide/patricide, he was filled with remorse (no surprises) and followed the teachings of Shakyamuni (Seikyo Times 11/89).
2. He is a character immortalised in history; his father was foretold by an oracle that his son would kill him, so he pinioned the boy's feet and asked a slave to leave him on Mt.Cithaeron so that the wild beasts there might have a "small feast". The slave, however, took pity on the boy and handed him over to a shepherd; the child survived. After a strange twist of "fate", he was on his way to Thebes, when he had an altercation with a a rude old man; in the fight that ensued , he killed the man... whom he ultimately learned was in fact his father. Sigmund Freud immortalised his name forever in the annals of psychology. Who was he?

Answer: Oedipus

Oedipus was born to Laius and Jocasta; the shephard to whom he was given handed him over to the King of Corinth who named Oedipus (swollen foot). Oedipus solved the riddle of Sphinx. Freud called a particular phenomenon in boys the "Oedipus complex". By the way, the oracle of Apollo told Oedipus that he would kill his father and "sleep with his mother", both of which predictions came true.
3. My father did no wrong to me but he made a big mistake - he decided to make my elder brother the King; to get back at him, I killed him and my mother. I am said to be Greek origin. I soon left home and was the first to invade Ireland after the Deluge. I had to fight the Fomors - a "demonic race". Who am I?

Answer: Partholón

Partholón was the son of Japhet, a descendant of Magog. www.jimfitzpatrick.ie/mythology/partholon.html)
4. I am of Asian origin - they say I was drunk when I killed my father, mother, sister, brother and four other family members. I then tried to kill myself; I died in a hospital some days later. It all happened on June 1, 2001. My uncle became the next king. (I was loved by my people). Who am I?

Answer: Dipendra

Dipendra was the son of King Birendra and Queen Aishwariya of Nepal. Though this is the official version of the incident, there are many loopholes in the story and "rumours" citing other possibilities are also floating around. I decided to stick to the official version of the story (though I will be the last person to believe it!).
5. They killed their father Sennacherib, king of Assyria, when he was worshipping in the temple of his God Nisroch. Who were they?

Answer: Adram-Melech and Sharezer

They slew him with a sword and fled into the land of Ararat (2 Kings 18-19). Sennacherib attacked the fortified cities of Judah and Hezekiah, king of Judah, was forced to pay a huge tribute. Then came the divine intervention....
Source: Author ace_sodium

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