Allusions

Question 1

Prometheus

Answer 1

brought fire to man; punished by vulture eating his liver

Question 2

Atlas

Answer 2

holds the world on his shoulders

Question 3

The Nine Muses

Answer 3

goddesses of inspriation

Question 4

Fates

Answer 4

three woman who decide destiny

Question 5

Pan

Answer 5

half-goat man who played pipes

Question 6

Charon

Answer 6

ferryman of the dead across the river Styx

Question 7

Cyclopes

Answer 7

one-eyed monsters

Question 8

Sirens

Answer 8

half-bird women who sing sailors to their deaths

Question 9

Furies

Answer 9

women of vengeance

Question 10

Cerberus

Answer 10

three-headed dog who guards the Underworld

Question 11

Perseus

Answer 11

hero who killed Medusa

Question 12

Heracles

Answer 12

hero who performed 12 labors

Question 13

Jason

Answer 13

leader of the Argonauts; found the golden fleece

Question 14

Orpheus

Answer 14

Argonaut and musician; tried to save his wife from death

Question 15

Theseus

Answer 15

hero who killed a Minotaur

Question 16

King Midas

Answer 16

turned everything to gold

Question 17

Narcissus

Answer 17

an arrogant youth; turned into a flower

Question 18

Icarus

Answer 18

had wings of wax and flew too closely to the sun

Question 19

Pygmalion

Answer 19

sculptor who felt in love with his creation

Question 20

Sisyphus

Answer 20

man who was punished by rolling a stone up a hilll

Question 21

Tantalus

Answer 21

thief who was not allowed to eat or drink

Question 22

Oedipus

Answer 22

king who killed his father and married his mother; blinded

Question 23

Tiresias

Answer 23

blind prophet

Question 24

Adam and Eve

Answer 24

first man and woman; ate from the tree

Question 25

Cain and Abel

Answer 25

brothers; one killed the other

Question 26

Noah

Answer 26

saved animals from a flood

Question 27

Moses

Answer 27

led his people out of Egypt; parted the seas

Question 28

Joseph

Answer 28

had prophetic dreams and a multi-colored coat/ father of Jesus; brought him to Egypt to save him

Question 29

Abraham

Answer 29

told to sacrifice his son as a test of loyalty

Question 30

David

Answer 30

king who killed the giant, Goliath

Question 31

Daniel

Answer 31

put into a lions' den for praying and was saved

Question 32

Soloman

Answer 32

a wise king who judged two "mothers"

Question 33

Mary

Answer 33

virgin mother of Jesus

Question 34

Gabriel

Answer 34

messenger of God

Question 35

Jesus Christ

Answer 35

performed miracles, was resurrected

Question 36

St. John

Answer 36

baptized Jesus

Question 37

Judas

Answer 37

betrayed Jesus for 30 silver coins

Question 38

The Apocalypse

Answer 38

the end of the world; man gets judged

Question 39

Arthur

Answer 39

King of Camelot; created a round table

Question 40

Guinevere

Answer 40

queen of Camelot; cheated on husband

Question 41

Lancelot

Answer 41

knight who had an affair with Arthur's wife

Question 42

Merlin

Answer 42

wizard who helped the right king gain the throne

Question 43

Gawain

Answer 43

knight who killed a "Green Knight"

Question 44

Galahad

Answer 44

ideal knight who found the Holy Grail