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Quiz about A Little Quiz on Hera
Quiz about A Little Quiz on Hera

A Little Quiz on Hera


Hera was one of the powerful goddesses of Olympus. Here are some facts about her.

A multiple-choice quiz by Lanire. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
Lanire
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
120,390
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
4644
Last 3 plays: Guest 140 (9/10), Guest 223 (6/10), Guest 101 (4/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. It is well known that Hera was the wife of Zeus. However, she also had blood ties with Zeus. What was her relationship to him? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Zeus was known as a womanizer and had many children by many women. However, he also had three offspring by Hera. Everybody agrees that which of the following was NOT one of Zeus' and Hera's children? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Many times Zeus had to change his appearance to seduce women. Hera was not willing to marry Zeus at first either. What did Zeus transform into in order to seduce Hera? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Most of the gods have a specific area of interest they looked after. For example, Athena was known for good advice and Ares for being a great warrior. What was Hera's specialty? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Hera conspired with other gods to overthrow Zeus.


Question 6 of 10
6. Hera was the creator of the Little Dipper constellation.


Question 7 of 10
7. Hera was known for her jealousy. She tried to bring as much trouble to Zeus' lovers as she could. Which of these women did Hera kill by advising her to ask Zeus to appear in all his glory? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Hera also played her part in the famous Trojan War. The reason Hera helped to oppose the Trojans was that she bore a personal grudge to Paris, since he chose Aphrodite as the fairest over her. What was the object which was to be given to the fairest goddess? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. What was the Greek name for the hero whom Hera opposed most of his life because he was Zeus' son to Alcmene?

Answer: (One Word -- Not the Roman name!)
Question 10 of 10
10. Tiresias lived seven lives and in some he was a man and in others a woman. Once Hera and Zeus were arguing who enjoyed the pleasures of love better: men or women. Since only Tiresias tried both, they asked him for his opinion. True or false: Tiresias said that women enjoyed it better.



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. It is well known that Hera was the wife of Zeus. However, she also had blood ties with Zeus. What was her relationship to him?

Answer: a sister

Their father was Cronos, who ate his first five children. Only Zeus avoided the misfortune and later slew his father, thus freeing the first five siblings.
2. Zeus was known as a womanizer and had many children by many women. However, he also had three offspring by Hera. Everybody agrees that which of the following was NOT one of Zeus' and Hera's children?

Answer: Athena

Ares became the god of war, Hephaestus was the god of smiths, and Eris was the goddess of discord. Athena was Zeus' child by Metis, his first wife. Some sources say that Hephaestus was born from Hera alone (by parthogenesis), but the general feeling is that he was the son of both of them.
3. Many times Zeus had to change his appearance to seduce women. Hera was not willing to marry Zeus at first either. What did Zeus transform into in order to seduce Hera?

Answer: a bird

It is said that Zeus tranformed himself into a little bird on a weathery night and flew through Hera's window. Hera took pity on a little wet bird and hugged it. Then Zeus turned back into himself and begged Hera with such passion that she agreed to become his wife.
4. Most of the gods have a specific area of interest they looked after. For example, Athena was known for good advice and Ares for being a great warrior. What was Hera's specialty?

Answer: family and marriage

It is sort of ironic that Hera's own marriage was none too happy. She always spied on Zeus to find out his latest love and brought a lot of trouble to Zeus' lovers and children.
5. Hera conspired with other gods to overthrow Zeus.

Answer: True

Hera and others caught Zeus sleeping and tied him with many knots, but then stopped to argue what to do next. Briareus, the gardener, heard them and saw through the window his master tied. So with his quick fingers he untied the ropes. Zeus then seized his thunderbolts and hung Hera in the sky.

However, Hera's crying made a lot of noise and kept Zeus from sleeping, so the next day he released her, taking a promise that she would never trying to revolt again.
6. Hera was the creator of the Little Dipper constellation.

Answer: False

No, Hera is said to create the Milky Way. When Heracles was born, Zeus gave him to Hera to be suckled, so that he would receive the milk of a goddess. However, when Hera realized who she was feeding, she flung Heracles away and the milk spilled, thus creating the Milky Way.
7. Hera was known for her jealousy. She tried to bring as much trouble to Zeus' lovers as she could. Which of these women did Hera kill by advising her to ask Zeus to appear in all his glory?

Answer: Semele

Semele did so and the sight was so magnificent that she burned -- as Hera knew she would. No mortal could handle the sight of a god in all his glory.
8. Hera also played her part in the famous Trojan War. The reason Hera helped to oppose the Trojans was that she bore a personal grudge to Paris, since he chose Aphrodite as the fairest over her. What was the object which was to be given to the fairest goddess?

Answer: An apple

Eris, the goddess of discord, was not invited to Peleus' wedding, which made her bitter. In order to make trouble she took the apple on which was inscribed "to the fairest" and threw it on the table where the goddesses sat. Indeed that created quite a bit of trouble.
9. What was the Greek name for the hero whom Hera opposed most of his life because he was Zeus' son to Alcmene?

Answer: Heracles

Heracles was also known as Hercules in Roman myth. When he was a baby, Hera sent two snakes to kill him, but Heracles in his crib caught a snake in each hand and strangled them both.
10. Tiresias lived seven lives and in some he was a man and in others a woman. Once Hera and Zeus were arguing who enjoyed the pleasures of love better: men or women. Since only Tiresias tried both, they asked him for his opinion. True or false: Tiresias said that women enjoyed it better.

Answer: True

Indeed, Tiresias said that if judged out of ten, a woman receives nine parts of the pleasure and the man only one. This truly infuriated Hera who struck him blind immediately. (In another myth, Tiresias's blindness resulted from his seeing Athena in an indelicate moment.)
Source: Author Lanire

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