Myth and Fantasy Quiz.

BREAK

THE MYTH!

1. ID THE LEGENDARY MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURE?

ANSWER

HERCULES

2. THE SYMBOL FOR X’S NAME IS

X WAS REPLACED BY Y IN HIS ROLE AS LORD OF

THE UNDERWORLD.

In the Y myth, X helped Isis to embalm Y. Indeed,

when the Y myth emerged, it was said that after

Y had been killed by Set, Y's organs were given

to X as a gift.

ID X AND Y?

ANSWER

X: ANUBIS

Y: OSIRIS

3. HE LIVES IN GIRIDIH BESIDE THE RIVER USRI. HIS

FIRST APPEARANCE WAS IN THE STORY "THE

ASTRONAUT'S DIARY”.

HIS CHARACTER WAS INSPIRED BY PROFESSOR

CHALLENGER, BY SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE

AND A CHARACTER NAMED HESHORAM

HUSHIAR.

JEREMY SAUNDERS, WILHELM KROL AND JOHN

SUMMERVILE ARE SOME HIS CLOSE FRIENDS.

WHO AM I TALKING OF?

ANSWER

PROFESSOR SHONKU

4. CREATED BY MATTEL ROGER SWEET, HIS ALTER EGO IS

PRINCE ADAM, SON OF KING RANDOR AND QUEEN

MARLENA.

HE AND HIS FRIENDS ATTEMPT TO DEFEND THE REALM

OF ETERNIA AND THE SECRETS OF CASTLE

GRAYSKULL FROM THE FORCES OF SKELETOR.

RUMOURS CLAIMED THAT CONAN THE BARBARIAN WAS A

SOURCE OF INSPIRATION FOR THE CHARACTER.

IN 1976, MATTEL'S CEO RAY WAGNER DECLINED THE DEAL

TO PRODUCE A TOYLINE OF ACTION FIGURES BASED ON

THE CHARACTERS FROM THE GEORGE LUCAS FILM STAR

WARS, DUE TO THE $750,000 LICENSE REQUIRED UPFRONT.

ID THIS FIGURE?

ANSWER

HE-MAN

5. THIS CREATURE IS A LEGENDARY SEA MONSTER OF

GIANT PROPORTIONS THAT IS SAID TO DWELL OFF THE

COASTS OF NORWAY AND GREENLAND.

THE LEGEND MAY HAVE ORIGINATED FROM SIGHTINGS

OF GIANT SQUID THAT ARE ESTIMATED TO GROW TO 13–

15 M (40–50 FT.) IN LENGTH, INCLUDING THE TENTACLES.

ALSO KNOWN AS HAFGUFA(“SEA MIST”), IN NORWEGIAN

AND SWEDISH, ITS NAME DESIGNATES AN UNHEALTHY

ANIMAL OR SOMETHING TWISTED.

IDENTIFY THIS MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURE?

ANSWER

KRAKEN

6. THE STRUCTURE FORMS THE FOCUS OF A STORY TOLD IN

THE BOOK OF GENESIS OF THE BIBLE.

THE STRUCTURE HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH KNOWN

STRUCTURES ACCORDING TO SOME MODERN

SCHOLARS, SUCH AS STEPHEN L. HARRIS, NOTABLY THE

ETEMENANKI, A ZIGGURAT DEDICATED TO

THE MESOPOTAMIAN GOD MARDUK BY NABOPOLASSAR,

KING OF BABYLONIA.

IT SAID THAT THE TOP OF THE TOWER WAS BURNT, THE

BOTTOM WAS SWALLOWED, AND THE MIDDLE WAS LEFT

STANDING TO ERODE OVER TIME.

IDENTIFY THIS MYTHOLOGICAL STRUCTURE?

ANSWER

THE TOWER OF BABEL

7. X IS A NOVEL BY HERMAN MELVILLE, IN

WHICH ISHMAEL NARRATES THE MONOMANIACAL QUEST

OF AHAB, CAPTAIN OF THE WHALER PEQUOD, FOR

REVENGE ON THE ALBINO SPERM WHALE X, WHICH ON A

PREVIOUS VOYAGE DESTROYED AHAB'S SHIP AND

SEVERED HIS LEG AT THE KNEE.

ONE OF THE SOURCES OF THE NOVEL WAS THE ALLEGED

KILLING IN THE LATE 1830S OF THE ALBINO SPERM

WHALE MOCHA DICK, IN THE WATERS OFF

THE CHILEAN ISLAND OF MOCHA.

ID THE NOVEL?

ANSWER

MOBY DICK

8. IT IS THE NAME OF A FICTIONAL ISLAND MENTIONED

WITHIN AN ALLEGORY ON THE HUBRIS OF NATIONS

IN PLATO'S WORKS TIMAEUS AND CRITIAS WHERE IT

REPRESENTS THE ANTAGONIST NAVAL POWER THAT

BESIEGES "ANCIENT ATHENS", THE PSEUDO-

HISTORIC EMBODIMENT OF PLATO'S IDEAL STATE. IN THE

STORY, ATHENS WAS ABLE TO REPEL THE ATTACK BY THE

INHABITANTS OF THIS ISLAND, UNLIKE ANY OTHER NATION

OF THE (WESTERN) KNOWN WORLD, SUPPOSEDLY GIVING

TESTAMENT TO THE SUPERIORITY OF PLATO'S CONCEPT OF

A STATE. AT THE END OF THE STORY, THE ISLAND

EVENTUALLY FALLS OUT OF FAVOUR WITH THE GODS AND

FAMOUSLY SUBMERGES INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.

IDENTIFY THE FICTIONAL ISLAND?

ANSWER

THE ISLAND OF ATLANTIS

9. Pandit Gangadhar Vidyadhar

Mayadhar Omkarnath Shastri, a

photographer by profession works for

the news paper X.

Identify X….

Aaj Ki Aawaz

10. Rishi Dadhichi gave up his life, and

from his bones the artisan god X made

the great weapon Vajra. X is also the

father of Viswarupa who was killed by

Indra, In revenge he created Vrtra a

dragon. Vrtra was killed by the Vajra.

Who is the artisan god X?

Twastar

11. The world’s largest self-generating

wave tank ever was designed and built

for this motion picture. The water tank

with a capacity of 1.7 million gallons

was located in Taichung, Taiwan, on

the site of a former airport and allowed

the filmmakers to generate a range of

water textures.

Guess the movie…

Life of the Pie.

12. “His friends had gone away to Egypt

six weeks before, but he had stayed

behind, for he was in love with the most

beautiful Reed and had been so attracted

by her slender waist that he had stopped to

talk to her.”

Extracts of which famous story.

The Happy Prince

13. After Ibrahim had built the Kaaba,

an angel brought to him a celestial

stone that, according to tradition, had

fallen from Paradise. According to

Muhammad, the stone had

"descended from Paradise whiter than

milk but something made it black".

What was that?

Sins of the Sons of Adam.

14. Bhasmasur after obtaining the

blessings from Lord Shiva tried to kill Lord

Shiva. On seeing this Lord Shiva ran to save

himself from the power of the demon and

entered in this cave. It is also believed that

in this cave there is also a cave which

directly goes to Amarnathji.

Identify the place.

Shiv Khori in

Reasi district,

J&K

15. Dispute between Hidimba and

Bhima is believed to happen in the forest

area of Vijaynagar in Gujarat. There is a

place in India which is named after

Hidimba. It is a corruption of the name

Hidimbapur.

Name the place.

Dimapur in Nagaland.