Humanities trivia questions
924 multiple-choice Humanities trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- The Greek word kome means hair of the head. Which one of these words derives from it?
- The name of the flower dandelion comes from this language.
- A good sense of humor is highly valued everywhere. The original meaning of the word humor in Latin (more accurately umor) is this.
- The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. It consists of 45 letters and stands for this.
- One of the following words is a synonym of the word cognoscente.
- The word razzmatazz means this.
- A nap in the early afternoon is called by this word taken from Spanish.
- Crwth is a fascinating word. It has no vowels. This is what it means.
- The she-goat Amalthea, which nursed baby Zeus, is represented by what constellation?
- This constellation was named after a Greek goddess. She was beautiful, but conceited. In order to punish her for that, Poseidon sent her figure to the skies upside down.
- There are many myths about this constellation. The earliest one, however, comes from a Sumerian legend about a female dragon, who ruled over the primordial ocean before the creation. But new gods rebelled against her and sent her to the skies.
- This constellation was named after a creature from the Greek mythology which is a combination between a human and a horse. Such creatures were of violent nature but there was one exception - Chiron, who was the tutor of Hercules.
- This is a star group in Taurus. It was called after the seven daughters of the Titan Atlas and the Nymph Plieone - Alcyone, Maia, Electra, Merope, Taygeta, Celaeno, and Sterope.
- This constellation was named after a Greek hero who bragged to be the greatest hunter. Goddess Hera heard that and sent a scorpion after him to test his skills. The hero was stung to death by the scorpion. Zeus felt sorry and sent him to the sky.
- This constellation is often associated with Ganymede, who was a beautiful Phrygian youngster. Jupiter once saw him, fell in love with the lad and came to the earth as a bird, which took him to the skies. Since then he has served as the cup bearer of the gods.
- This was the instrument that Orpheus played so well that his music enchanted even the wild beasts, the rocks, and the trees. After he lost his beloved one - Eurydice, Zeus placed Orpheuss musical instrument on the sky.
- What does the verb to dub mean?
- If you command a horse to gee, what do you expect him to do?
- If you put a hex on someone, what have you done?
- Which of the following terms means to search for fun?
- What does to vex mean?
- What does to sup refer to?
- What does the verb hew mean?
- Which of the following terms means to recede?
- What does to hie mean?
- What is the meaning of the verb to jam?
- Which of the following fictional or legendary hybrids is not half-human?
- Which of the following is a legendary creature with a lion body and eagle head and wings?
- What is the name of the monstrous creature from Greek Mythology, that is the offspring of Typhon and Echidna?
- What kind of creature was the African mythological hybrid Jengu?