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Heracles was the son of what Greek god?
Hades
Helios
Poseidon
Zeus
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The Romans knew of Heracles by what other name that is still commonly used today?
Hargar
Abraham
Heradon
Hercules
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Heracles was the victim of constant hexes bestowed by what goddess who was the wife of Zeus?
Artemis
Aphrodite
Athena
Hera
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Heracles was originally born with what name that he changed to try and make peace with the goddess Hera?
Alcaeus
Paracelsus
Mohamon
Thyrsus
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What was the name of Heracles' human mother?
Alcmene
Evalda
Rowena
Mina
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Heracles is said to have gained his superhuman strength as a child because he was breastfed by the goddess Hera who didn't yet know he was a son of Zeus. What natural phenomenon is also said to have been formed during this episode?
Aurora borealis
The Aegean Sea
The Milky Way Galaxy
The Moon
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The infant Heracles returned to humanity with incredible might. One of his first displays of this strength came when he strangled two of what animal that snuck into his nursery?
Kestrels
Wolves
Lions
Snakes
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Heracles grew up as an adventurer and found happiness marrying what noble lady who was the daughter of King Creon?
Megara
Ruth
Altheres
Naomi
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What fate befell Megara and her children whom she had with Heracles?
Heracles murdered them.
They were tricked into walking to Olympus and couldn't return.
Hera turned them into stars.
They were eaten by a great beast called a manticore.
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After killing his family, Heracles visited what mystic seer who told him to complete heroic deeds in order to make up for his sins?
The Ides of March
The Oracle of Delphi
Sophocles
Atropos
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The Oracle of Delphi tasked Heracles with completing ten heroic deeds to cleanse his soul, but he would end up performing how many before he achieved redemption?
Two
Six
Twelve
Thirty-Three
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What king and distant relation of Heracles gave the hero his Twelve Labors and judged whether or not he completed them faithfully?
Nimrod
Tolliver
Eurystheus
Agamemnon
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One of the first Labors was the slaying of what beast who terrorized the city of Nemea and whose pelt Heracles would don?
A lion
A tiger
A bear
A goose
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Heracles was also tasked with seizing Artemis's golden Hind. What is a hind?
A scroll containing one's family tree
An arrow used to shoot birds
A wig
A female deer
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Heracles slayed what many-headed dragon that terrorized Lernea?
The gryphon
The hydra
The Minotaur
The cockatrice
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Heracles also had to capture what animal who terrorized Erymanthia to prove his worthiness?
A turkey
A boar
A viper
An ostrich
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Perhaps one of the strangest of Heracles' Twelve Labors, he was forced to clean out the massive Augean Stables in a single day. How did Heracles accomplish this task?
He talked the animals into cleaning up after themselves.
He made a river flow through the stables.
He clapped his hands so thunderously that all of the dirt within flew away.
He paid 200 locals to help him muck out the stables.
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How did Heracles scare out the Birds of Lake Stymphalia so he could then shoot them from the sky with his bow?
He made a kite of a larger bird and flew it over their turf.
He sent a musician to play so badly that they would have to leave their perches.
He stomped to mimic an earthquake large enough to scare them off.
He used a rattle to mimic thunder and scare them from the trees.
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Heracles also had to capture the Bull of Crete that would go on to father what other mythological monster?
The minotaur
The gryphon
The gorgon
The harpy
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One of Heracles' other Labors was the steal the Mares of King Diomedes who trained the animals to feast upon which of the following?
Figs
Human flesh
Snakes
Wine
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Heracles is said to have founded a now-ruined city called the Herculaneum. In what country is the Herculaneum found?
Tajikistan
Syria
Spain
Italy
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Another one of Heracles' Twelve Labors was the theft of Queen Hippolyta's belt. Hippolyta ruled over what race of Greek warrior women?
The Amazons
The Hittites
The Valkyries
The Corvids
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Heracles' next Labor was stealing the cattle owned by what violent six-armed giant?
Goliath
Hecatoncheries
Chiron
Geryon
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While fighting Geryon, Heracles also had to defeat what two-headed guard dog that was loyal to the six-armed giant?
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Heracles also had to steal what types of unique fruits that were grown by a race of forest nymphs called the Hesperides?
Figs with three cores
Diamond-crusted pineapples
Golden apples
Ruby plums
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To find the golden apples, Heracles had to save what titan who had been bound to a stone and attacked by an eagle as punishment for giving mankind fire?
Chaos
Morgana
Atila
Prometheus
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Prometheus then sent Heracles to visit what titan who held the world up because said titan knew where to find the golden apples?
Xerxes
Gwillim
Geos
Atlas
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The final of Heracles' Twelve Labors was bringing what three-headed dog from the Underworld back to the Earth?
Cerberus
Severus
Caiaphas
Regulus
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After Heracles' Twelve Labors, Hera would once again brainwash him into murdering his newfound friends. The final quest for redemption that Heracles pursued was acting as a servant to what queen whom he would marry?
Queen Cypria
Queen Evalda
Queen Omphale
Queen Eurydice
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Heracles' constellation, Engonasin, has a name that means which of the following?
Drawing the Bowstring
The Kneeling Man
Cutting the Bread
Leaping the Aegean Sea
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