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72 Cards in this Set
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Who was revolted by the sight of the giants?
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Uranus
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What was the name of the ugly monstrous children of Gaea and Uranus?
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Giants
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What was the name of a huge prehistoric animal?
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Titanosaurus
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What was the name of the Mongolian tribes led by Genghis Khan?
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Tartars
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What was the name of the luxury liner that sank in 1912?
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Titanic
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What were the names of the huge, beautiful children of Gaea and Uranus?
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titans
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What word describes anything massive?
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Cyclopean
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What was the ghastly, lower world, where the ugly monsters were sent by their father called?
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Tartarus
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What was developed by NASA for the space programs of the 1970's?
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Titan Missile
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Of what disease are circus giants the victim of?
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Gigantism
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What word describes anything gloomy or sluggish?
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Saturnine
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Which day of the week is named after a Titan?
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Saturday
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What is a party the is wildly out of control called?
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Saturnalia
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What is the 5th planet in our solar system called?
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Jupiter
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What is an old fashioned expression meaning "my god"?
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By Jove
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What was the name of Jupiter's mother?
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Rhea
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What is the quality the reflects laughter and good humor?
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Joviality
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How did Saturn get rid of his children?
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swallowed them
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Who or what raised Jupiter on the island of crete?
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magic goat
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What is another name for Jupiter?
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Jove
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What is another name for a hurricane?
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Typhoon
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What ocean is associated with the Atlantides?
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Atlantic
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What did the Greeks think Atlas was turned into?
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mountains
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What is the name of the mythical city names after the daughters of Atlas?
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Atlantis
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What do you call a book of maps?
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Atlas
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What is the Atlas like lizard called?
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Atlantasaurus
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Where is the Atlas bone located?
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top of the spine
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What city in the US has a name associated with a mythical city?
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Atlanta
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What is a spiny anteater that is half mammal half reptile called?
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echidna
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Who imprisoned the Titans in Tartarus?
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Jupiter
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What creature has the head of a woman, body of a lion, and posed unsolveable riddles to travelers?
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Sphinx
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What is the name of a ring of muscle tissue that can tightly close an opening and takes its name from the Greek verb meaning "to strangle"?
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Sphincter
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What is the name of a gigantic, non poisonous snake found in areas around Burma and Indo-China?
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python
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What term describes a problem that keeps getting worse every time a cure is attempted and is incurable?
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hydra-headed
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What creature was a water monster with a serpent's body and nine heads?
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Hydra
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What creature had the head of a lion, body of a goat and tail of a dragon?
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chimera
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Who was the mother of the Sphinx and Python and the spouse of Typhon?
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Echidna
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What is the name of a mythological creature that is a strange assortment of animals, a name of a plant with grafts from other plants, or a name of a shark?
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Chimera
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What was the name of the creature who had 100 heads, uprooted Mt. Aetna and confronted and lost to Jupiter?
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Typhon
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What tiny aquatic creature is 1/2 an inch long and has 6 tentacles?
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Freshwater Hydra
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Whom did Jupiter choose as his queen?
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Juno
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Where did Jupiter and his brothers and sisters live?
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Mt. Olympus
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What was the nae of the mortal woman turned into a bear by Jupiter's queen?
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Callisto
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What was the name of the son of the mortal woman who had been turned into a bear?
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Arcas
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Which continent is named after the young lady Jupiter courted in the form of a bull?
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Europe
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what constellation did the mother bear become?
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Ursa Major
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What did Jupiter turn into to avoid discovery of the mortal woman by his queen?
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cow
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What constellation is named after the son of the mother bear?
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Ursa minor
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What was the name of the sea named after the mortal woman who had been turned into a cow by jupiter?
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Ionian Sea
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What was the name of the 100 eyed watchman?
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Argus
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What is the name of the young lady whom Jupiter courted in the shape of a bull?
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Europa
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What were Jupiter and his brothers and sisters called?
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Olympians
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Who was the ruler of the underworld?
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Pluto
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What is an old fashioned word for matches?
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Vestas
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Where is the Champs Elysees, which is named after the Elysian Fields, located?
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Paris
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Whom did Pluto kidnap and take to the underworld?
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Prosperpina
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What would a lethargic person do?
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Sleep
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From which godess' name do we get cereal from?
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Ceres
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What is the name of the gloomy river that the dead spirits crossed in Charon's boat?
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River Styx
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What is the name of the outermost planet in our solar system?
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Pluto
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Who could stir up the oceans or calm them with ease?
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Neptune
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What type of rock is formed by intense heat deep below the earths surface?
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Plutonic
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Who was the blacksmith of the Olympians?
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vulcan
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Who loved battle, but was cowardly of pain?
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Mars
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What is the chemical treatment of crude rubber with sulphur and heat to make it flexible called?
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Vulcanization
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What word meant strong desire, especially for wealth?
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Cupidity
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What is the science that deals with mountainous eruptions?
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Vulcanology
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What word describes anything to do with war or armies?
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Martial
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Who shot arrows at prospective lovers?
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Cupid
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What word means to look upon something with love, honor, and respect?
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venerate
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What is the named of a carnivorous plant that is attractive to insects and which cleverly traps them between its hinged leaves?
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Venus Fly Trap
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What term describes the abnormal fear of high places?
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acrophobia
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