Allusions Quiz 2

Question 1

Philistines

Answer 1

Old testament, David and goliath. No appreciation of culture.

Question 2

Faust

Answer 2

Christopher, Mesiphotels, despair. Sacrifice for what one desires.

Question 3

Coals to Newcastle

Answer 3

England. A Superfluous gift.

Question 4

Freudian Slip

Answer 4

Australian physician. Reveal subconscious desires.

Question 5

Sisyphus

Answer 5

Offended Zeus, push up a boulder endlessly.

Question 6

Methuselah

Answer 6

Old Patriarch in the bible. Really old person.

Question 7

Scylla and Charybdis

Answer 7

between Sea monster and a Whirlpool. Between 2 equal dangers.

Question 8

Holy Grail

Answer 8

Medieval legend, cup which Jesus drank. Extremely desirable or valuable.

Question 9

Luddites

Answer 9

British laborers, smashed machinery. opposes change

Question 10

Pass the Buck

Answer 10

Poker marker, Harry Trueman. Shift the blame to someone else.

Question 11

Babylon

Answer 11

Jews exiled. Prophet Daniel. corruption

Question 12

Phoenix

Answer 12

Mythical, burn itself then rise. Rebirth, surmounting great obstacles.

Question 13

Xanadu

Answer 13

Mongolia, Kubla Khan. Beautiful, almost magical place.

Question 14

Muckrakers

Answer 14

Theodore Roosevelt, badge of honor. Journalists who expose corruption.

Question 15

Sine Qua Non

Answer 15

Without which, nothing. Without an essential ingredient the situation would be impossible.