Trivia 6/15 (June Slippeth Away...)

[Luckytrim]

Trivia 6/15 (June Slippeth Away...)

DID YOU KNOW...

The name for the shape of Pringles is called a "Hyperbolic Paraboloid."



1. The ancient site of Knossos is linked with which civilization?

a. - Ottoman

b. - Minoan

c. - Greek

d. - Roman

2. In what year did the state of Israel get its independence?

3. "Billy Elliot" is a musical about a boy who wants to be what?

4. What does sophomoric mean?

5. Name the hellhound guarding the gates of Hades making sure only the spirits of the dead could enter and none of them could exit.

6. To which of the Fifty must I travel to visit the Sing Sing Prison ?

7. The washboard is technically which type of musical instrument?

8. About how long does it take light from the sun to reach the earth?



TRUTH OR CRAP ??

Althaea officinalis, which is commonly known as the marshmallow plant, is named after the confection, Marshmallows.

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1. - b

2. - 1948

3. a Ballet Dancer

4. juvenile, adolescent, immature

5. Cerberus

6. New York

7. Percussion

8. - 8 minutes



CRAP !!

Actual marshmallow sweets were named after this plant.

 

[Sass Muffin]

I knew 3,4,6 and 7
Thanks Lucky

 

[LastManStanding]

I knew 1, 2, 5, and 8.
Sri Lanka got the independence the same year - 1948 so I knew it.
About Cerberus, Heracles once took the guard dog away with him which made Zeus beg him to give it back. Theseus and Orpheus are two other people who entered Hades alive and came back. That's all I can remember. I think more people went there alive and came back. Probably.

 

[Luckytrim]

I knew 1, 2, 5, and 8.
Sri Lanka got the independence the same year - 1948 so I knew it.
About Cerberus, Heracles once took the guard dog away with him which made Zeus beg him to give it back. Theseus and Orpheus are two other people who entered Hades alive and came back. That's all I can remember. I think more people went there alive and came back. Probably.

there were a handful of instances in Greek and Roman myth where a mortal went to the Underworld and returned to the living, a mythological journey known as a katabasis.
They were Semele, Er, Castor and Pollux, Alcestis, Hippolytus, Adonis, Theseus,
Psyche, Persephone, Aeneas, Heracles, Sisyphus, Odysseus and Orpheus.

 

[LastManStanding]

there were a handful of instances in Greek and Roman myth where a mortal went to the Underworld and returned to the living, a mythological journey known as a katabasis.
They were Semele, Er, Castor and Pollux, Alcestis, Hippolytus, Adonis, Theseus,
Psyche, Persephone, Aeneas, Heracles, Sisyphus, Odysseus and Orpheus.

Katabasis! Yes!
I loved those stories. I've read all those stories you mentioned 😀😀😀but had forgotten. Time to read them again 😃