Humanities trivia questions
924 multiple-choice Humanities trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- During the reign of King Henry II, what is thought to be the grave of King Arthur, was discovered where in England?
- What does Gigantoleteira mean?
- What does the name Ergane mean?
- What kind of musical instrument did Athena invent?
- What does Korih, one of Athenas names, mean?
- Ancient Greeks believed that this Titan created man.
- This Titan overthrew his father, Ouranos and ruled over the Earth before the gods.
- These mythological figures were gigantic beings with one hundred hands.
- Which Greek god is known as the Earth-shaker?
- Name the mythological giant three-headed dog that guarded the gate to the underworld.
- What was the home of the gods in Greek mythology?
- According to Greek mythology, Pegasus and his brother, Chrysaor were born when Perseus decapitated this monster.
- Polyphemus, the one-eyed son of Poseidon, asked his father not to allow this mythological hero to return home.
- Diego Velazquez, a Spanish Baroque Era painter, became most famous with what kind of paintings?
- Boy Blowing a Horn, a sculpture created by Italian Baroque Era sculptor Pietro Tacca, is displayed where?
- Works of Pietro Bernini, a Baroque Era sculptor, are displayed in which American museum?
- Ottavio Leoni, an Italian Baroque Era printmaker and painter, painted which of the following drawings?
- Where did Diego Velazquez, a Spanish Baroque Era painter, spend his middle period?
- In India dacoit is a synonym for what word?
- Dear Elle:hes a lucky guy-- Im, like, gonna cry-- I got tears coming out of my nose! Mad props!.... are the first lines of lyrics in this song sung by Margot in the musical Legally Blonde.
- What division is based on the different treatment of the three original velar rows?
- Venetic is an extinct language from the Indo-European family that was spoken in what country?
- The official language of the Hittite Empire, the Hittite language, is part of what group of extinct Indo-European languages?
- What language of the Baltic group is extinct?
- English belongs to what group of languages in the Indo-European family?
- The Grimms law describes what Proto-Indo-European language?
- To what group belongs the Spanish language?
- What language from the South-Slavic branch usees Cyrillic script?
- The Scythians, who dominated the Pontic steppe throughout Classical Antiquity. spoke a language that belongs to what Indo-European group?
- What is the largest subdivision of Indo-European as regards the largest number of native speakers and of individual languages?