Will these all be Greek to you?
1. In Greek mythology, the Pleiades were the seven daughters of what Titan?
A) Atlas B) Helios C) Prometheus D) Selene
2. The 1999 single “Genie in a Bottle” was the first No. 1 hit for what artist?
A) Christina Aguilera B) Bruno Mars C) Rihanna D) Britney Spears
3. Which railroad from the board game Monopoly was not a real-life railroad?
A) B&O B) Pennsylvania C) Reading D) Short Line
4. Digitalis, made from the purple foxglove plant, is a medication mainly used to treat conditions related to what?
A)Eyes B) Heart C) Liver D) Skin
5. From 1880 to 1884, the world’s tallest building was the cathedral in what city?
A) Chartres, France
B) Cologne, Germany
C) Salzburg, Austria D) Siena, Italy
6. Napoleon’s continental blockade made it nearly impossible to buy coffee in France, so people drank a beverage made from what root instead?
A) Cassava
B) Celery
C) Chicory
D) Jicama
Answers
1) The Pleiades were the seven daughters of Atlas.
2) The 1999 single “Genie in a Bottle” was the first No. 1 hit for Christina Aguilera.
3) The Short Line railroad from the board game Monopoly wasn’t a real railroad. 4) Digitalis is a medication mainly used to treat conditions related to the heart.
5) At its completion in 1880, the cathedral in Cologne, Germany, was the world’s tallest building. It was surpassed in 1884 by the Washington Monument.
6) Chicory coffee became a popular substitute for coffee during Napoleon’s continental blockade of the early 1800s.
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