Thread: Quiz (Read the rules or don't enter) (reward included)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Carl Von Döbeln View Post
    Ironblood will have the honor of doing that.
    Thanks Carl!

    1. What Byzantine financial expert was know as "The Scissors"? Hint: lived in Italy after the Byzantines regained it from the Ostrogoths

    2. What late Roman Emperor (not Byzantine), after he read an frustrating letter, his face turned deeper and a deeper puple until he fell foward in a fit of apoplexy and died.

    3. What Andalusian manuscript with unknown dating, shows how Muhammad, originally a monk named Ozim, was tricked by Satan into adulterating an originally pure divine revelation.

    4. The Greek Goddess Hekate collected the blood of what mythical beast, mixed it into a potion which gave swift rejuvenation?

    5.Who is this man? What tribe did he lead(he didn't lead the whole tribe though)? Where did he die? Answered


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    Edit: Now its a bit easier!
    Last edited by IronBlood; July 20, 2008 at 12:36 PM.
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    5. Sitting Bull; led the Sioux; died at the Standing Rock Agency in South Dakota after authorities fired on his supporters, trying to arrest him.
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    Quote Originally Posted by gowski View Post
    5. Sitting Bull; led the Sioux; died at the Standing Rock Agency in South Dakota after authorities fired on his supporters, trying to arrest him.
    nope thats not Sitting Bull
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    Quote Originally Posted by IronBlood View Post
    Thanks Carl!

    1. What Byzantine was know as "The Scissors"? Hint: not a Emperor

    2. What Roman, after he read an frustrating letter, his face turned deeper and a deeper puple until he fell foward in a fit of apoplexy and died.

    3. What manuscript with unknown dating, shows how Muhammad was tricked by Satan into adulterating an originally pure divine revelation.

    4. What Greek deity collected the blood of what mythical beast, mixed it into a potion, that gave swift rejuvenation?

    5.Who is this man? What tribe did he lead(he didn't lead the whole tribe though)? Where did he die?


    Enjoy
    5. Chief Black Kettle, Cheyenne tribe, Battle of Washita River
    3. The Satanic Verses?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Eddie View Post
    5. Chief Black Kettle, Cheyenne tribe, Battle of Washita River
    3. The Satanic Verses?
    Number 5 is right, but number 3 is wrong.

    I think I'll reword #3 a bit.
    The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discovers to me his existence.

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    Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from the inside. We think that hating is a weapon that attacks the person who harmed us. But hatred is a curved blade. And the harm we do, we do to ourselves.
    -Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet in Heaven

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    4)Chupacabra

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    Quote Originally Posted by Carl Von Döbeln View Post
    4)Chupacabra
    I don't think they had Chupacabras in Greece at any time in the world
    The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discovers to me his existence.

    -Voltaire

    Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from the inside. We think that hating is a weapon that attacks the person who harmed us. But hatred is a curved blade. And the harm we do, we do to ourselves.
    -Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet in Heaven

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    Quote Originally Posted by IronBlood View Post
    nope thats not Sitting Bull
    Damn, I thought it looked like Sitting Bull.
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    4: Ikarius

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    Quote Originally Posted by Atlassmurf View Post
    4: Ikarius
    Nope Ikarius was not a beast or deity, he was just flew to close to the sun with his father's invention
    The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discovers to me his existence.

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    Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from the inside. We think that hating is a weapon that attacks the person who harmed us. But hatred is a curved blade. And the harm we do, we do to ourselves.
    -Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet in Heaven

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    Good to know

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    :hmmm:
    so many choices

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    Themis (Θεμις)
    Cronus (or Kronos and Chronus)
    Atlas
    Oceanus
    Tethys
    Hyperion
    Theia
    Coeus
    Pheboe
    Rhea
    Crius
    Iapetus
    Prometheus
    Helios


    Briareus (or Aegaeon) (Βριάρεως)
    Gyes
    Cottus

    Arges
    Brontes
    Steropes
    Polyphemus (Πολύφημος)


    Achelous (Αχέλους or Αχελώος in contemporary Greek)
    Acheron (Αχέρων)
    Acis
    Alpheus (Αλφειός)
    Asopus (Ασωπός)
    Cladeus
    Eurotas (Ευρώτας)
    Peneus (Πηνειός)
    Styx


    Adrasteia (Αδράστεια)
    Clytie
    Crataeis
    Daphne (Δάφνη)
    Dryads (Δρυάς-Δρυάδες in plural)
    Hamadryads (Αμαδρυάς-Αμαδρυάδες in plural)
    Metope (Μετώπη)
    Naiads (Ναιάδες)
    Cleochareia
    Nereids (Νηρηίδες)
    Amphitrite (Αμφιτρίτη)
    Arethusa (Αρετούσα)
    Oceanids (Ωκεανίδες)
    Eidyia
    Oreads
    Echo (Ηχώ)


    Agrius
    Alcyoneus
    Aloadae
    Otus
    Orion (Ωρίων)
    Ephialtes (Εφιάλτης)
    Antaeus (Ανταίος)
    Argus (Άργος)
    Enceladus (Εγκέλαδος)
    Tityos
    Achilles Ascendant hero
    Adephagia Goddess of gluttony
    Aeolus (Aiolos) (Αίολος) God of the winds
    Agdistis hermaphroditic demon
    Alastor God/demon of family feuds
    Alectrona Goddess of the morning or waking up
    Alexiares and Anicetus Twin guardians of Mt. Olympus
    Amphitrite (Αμφιτρίτη) Goddess of the sea, wife of Poseidon
    Anakes
    Antheia Goddess of flowers and flowery wreaths
    Aphaea Minor goddess of agriculture and fertility
    Aristaeus A good hunter and inventor
    Asclepius (Ασκληπιός) God of healing
    Astraea (Αστραία) Goddess of justice
    Ate Goddess of foolish acts
    Attis
    Bia Goddess of violence
    Boreas (Βορέας) God of the north wind and of winter
    Brizo Goddess of sailors
    Cabiri
    Caerus god of luck and opportunity
    Calypso (Καλυψώ)
    Ceto Goddess of the dangers of the ocean and of sea monsters
    Charon Hades’ ferryman
    Circe (Κίρκη)
    Cotys
    Cragus
    Cybele (Κυβέλη)
    Dioscuri (Διόσκουροι)
    Castor (Κάστορ)
    Polydeuces (Πολυδεύκης)
    Doris (Δωρίς) Goddess of the sea’s bounty
    Efreisone (Ευφροσύνη) Personification of the olive branch
    Eileithyia Goddess of childbirth
    Elpis (Ελπίς) Goddess of hope or expectation
    Enyalius Minor god of war
    Enyo Goddess of destructive war
    Eos (Ηώς) Goddess of the dawn
    Eosphorus God of the morning star
    The Erinyes, or "Furies"
    Eris (Έρις) Goddess of strife and discord
    Eros (Έρος) God of lust, love, and sex
    Eurynome (Ευρυνόμη)
    Eurus (Euros) God of the east wind
    Glaucus Minor sea god
    Gorgons (Γοργόνες)
    Stheno
    Euryale
    Medusa (a mortal) (Μέδουσα)
    Hębę (Ήβη) Goddess of youth
    Hecate (Εκάτη)
    Hęlios (Ήλιος) Personification of the sun
    Heracles (Ηρακλής) Ascended hero
    Hespera
    Horae (Ώρες) (the hours)
    Thallo (Θαλλώ)
    Auxo (Αυξώ)
    Karpo (Καρπώ)
    Eunomia (Ευνομία)
    Dike (Δίκη)
    Eirene (Ειρήνη)
    Hybris (Ύβρις) God of hubris
    Hygieia (Υγεία) Goddess of cleanliness
    Hypnos (Ύπνος) God of sleep
    Iris (Ίρις) Goddess of the rainbow and minor messenger
    Moira (Μοίρα)
    The three Moirae, or "Fates": (Μοίρες)
    Clotho (Κλωθώ)
    Lachesis (Λάχεσις)
    Atropos (Άτροπος)
    Mania (Μανία) Goddess of insanity
    Metis (Μέτις) Goddess of wisdom and thought
    Momus God of satire and criticism
    Morpheus (Μορφέας) God of dreams
    Muses (Μούσες)
    Calliope (Καλλιόπη)
    Clio (Κλειώ)
    Erato (Ερατώ)
    Euterpe (Ευτέρπη)
    Melpomene (Μελπομένη)
    Polyhymnia (Πολυμνία) - (Πολύμνια)
    Terpsichore (Τερψιχόρη)
    Thalia (Θάλεια)
    Urania (Ουρανία)
    Nemesis (Νέμεσις) Goddess of retribution
    Nereus (Νηρέας)
    Nike (Νίκη) Goddess of victory
    Notus (Νότος) God of the south wind
    Pan (Πάν) God of shepherds, pastures, and fertility
    Perséphonę (Περσεφόνη) Goddess of the earth’s fertility
    Peitho (Πειθώ) Goddess of persuasion and seduction
    Pleiades (Πλειάδες)
    Alcyone (Αλκυόνη)
    Sterope (Στερόπη)
    Celaeno (Κελαινώ)
    Electra (Ηλέκτρα)
    Maia (Μαία)
    Merope (Μερόπη)
    Taygete (Ταϋγέτη)
    Phorcys (Φόρκυς)
    Proteus (Πρωτεύς) Minor sea god
    Priapus (Πρίαπος) God of male virility
    Satyr (Σάτυροι)
    Selene (Σελήνη) Goddess of the moon
    Thanatos (Θάνατος) God/demon of death and mortality
    Thetis (Θέτις)
    Triton (Τρίτων) Poseidon’s messenger
    Typhon (Τυφών)
    Zephyrus (Ζέφυρος) God of the west wind

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    Quote Originally Posted by Carl Von Döbeln View Post
    :hmmm:
    so many choices

    Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

    Themis (Θεμις)
    Cronus (or Kronos and Chronus)
    Atlas
    Oceanus
    Tethys
    Hyperion
    Theia
    Coeus
    Pheboe
    Rhea
    Crius
    Iapetus
    Prometheus
    Helios


    Briareus (or Aegaeon) (Βριάρεως)
    Gyes
    Cottus

    Arges
    Brontes
    Steropes
    Polyphemus (Πολύφημος)


    Achelous (Αχέλους or Αχελώος in contemporary Greek)
    Acheron (Αχέρων)
    Acis
    Alpheus (Αλφειός)
    Asopus (Ασωπός)
    Cladeus
    Eurotas (Ευρώτας)
    Peneus (Πηνειός)
    Styx


    Adrasteia (Αδράστεια)
    Clytie
    Crataeis
    Daphne (Δάφνη)
    Dryads (Δρυάς-Δρυάδες in plural)
    Hamadryads (Αμαδρυάς-Αμαδρυάδες in plural)
    Metope (Μετώπη)
    Naiads (Ναιάδες)
    Cleochareia
    Nereids (Νηρηίδες)
    Amphitrite (Αμφιτρίτη)
    Arethusa (Αρετούσα)
    Oceanids (Ωκεανίδες)
    Eidyia
    Oreads
    Echo (Ηχώ)


    Agrius
    Alcyoneus
    Aloadae
    Otus
    Orion (Ωρίων)
    Ephialtes (Εφιάλτης)
    Antaeus (Ανταίος)
    Argus (Άργος)
    Enceladus (Εγκέλαδος)
    Tityos
    Achilles Ascendant hero
    Adephagia Goddess of gluttony
    Aeolus (Aiolos) (Αίολος) God of the winds
    Agdistis hermaphroditic demon
    Alastor God/demon of family feuds
    Alectrona Goddess of the morning or waking up
    Alexiares and Anicetus Twin guardians of Mt. Olympus
    Amphitrite (Αμφιτρίτη) Goddess of the sea, wife of Poseidon
    Anakes
    Antheia Goddess of flowers and flowery wreaths
    Aphaea Minor goddess of agriculture and fertility
    Aristaeus A good hunter and inventor
    Asclepius (Ασκληπιός) God of healing
    Astraea (Αστραία) Goddess of justice
    Ate Goddess of foolish acts
    Attis
    Bia Goddess of violence
    Boreas (Βορέας) God of the north wind and of winter
    Brizo Goddess of sailors
    Cabiri
    Caerus god of luck and opportunity
    Calypso (Καλυψώ)
    Ceto Goddess of the dangers of the ocean and of sea monsters
    Charon Hades’ ferryman
    Circe (Κίρκη)
    Cotys
    Cragus
    Cybele (Κυβέλη)
    Dioscuri (Διόσκουροι)
    Castor (Κάστορ)
    Polydeuces (Πολυδεύκης)
    Doris (Δωρίς) Goddess of the sea’s bounty
    Efreisone (Ευφροσύνη) Personification of the olive branch
    Eileithyia Goddess of childbirth
    Elpis (Ελπίς) Goddess of hope or expectation
    Enyalius Minor god of war
    Enyo Goddess of destructive war
    Eos (Ηώς) Goddess of the dawn
    Eosphorus God of the morning star
    The Erinyes, or "Furies"
    Eris (Έρις) Goddess of strife and discord
    Eros (Έρος) God of lust, love, and sex
    Eurynome (Ευρυνόμη)
    Eurus (Euros) God of the east wind
    Glaucus Minor sea god
    Gorgons (Γοργόνες)
    Stheno
    Euryale
    Medusa (a mortal) (Μέδουσα)
    Hębę (Ήβη) Goddess of youth
    Hecate (Εκάτη)
    Hęlios (Ήλιος) Personification of the sun
    Heracles (Ηρακλής) Ascended hero
    Hespera
    Horae (Ώρες) (the hours)
    Thallo (Θαλλώ)
    Auxo (Αυξώ)
    Karpo (Καρπώ)
    Eunomia (Ευνομία)
    Dike (Δίκη)
    Eirene (Ειρήνη)
    Hybris (Ύβρις) God of hubris
    Hygieia (Υγεία) Goddess of cleanliness
    Hypnos (Ύπνος) God of sleep
    Iris (Ίρις) Goddess of the rainbow and minor messenger
    Moira (Μοίρα)
    The three Moirae, or "Fates": (Μοίρες)
    Clotho (Κλωθώ)
    Lachesis (Λάχεσις)
    Atropos (Άτροπος)
    Mania (Μανία) Goddess of insanity
    Metis (Μέτις) Goddess of wisdom and thought
    Momus God of satire and criticism
    Morpheus (Μορφέας) God of dreams
    Muses (Μούσες)
    Calliope (Καλλιόπη)
    Clio (Κλειώ)
    Erato (Ερατώ)
    Euterpe (Ευτέρπη)
    Melpomene (Μελπομένη)
    Polyhymnia (Πολυμνία) - (Πολύμνια)
    Terpsichore (Τερψιχόρη)
    Thalia (Θάλεια)
    Urania (Ουρανία)
    Nemesis (Νέμεσις) Goddess of retribution
    Nereus (Νηρέας)
    Nike (Νίκη) Goddess of victory
    Notus (Νότος) God of the south wind
    Pan (Πάν) God of shepherds, pastures, and fertility
    Perséphonę (Περσεφόνη) Goddess of the earth’s fertility
    Peitho (Πειθώ) Goddess of persuasion and seduction
    Pleiades (Πλειάδες)
    Alcyone (Αλκυόνη)
    Sterope (Στερόπη)
    Celaeno (Κελαινώ)
    Electra (Ηλέκτρα)
    Maia (Μαία)
    Merope (Μερόπη)
    Taygete (Ταϋγέτη)
    Phorcys (Φόρκυς)
    Proteus (Πρωτεύς) Minor sea god
    Priapus (Πρίαπος) God of male virility
    Satyr (Σάτυροι)
    Selene (Σελήνη) Goddess of the moon
    Thanatos (Θάνατος) God/demon of death and mortality
    Thetis (Θέτις)
    Triton (Τρίτων) Poseidon’s messenger
    Typhon (Τυφών)
    Zephyrus (Ζέφυρος) God of the west wind
    Ok, Ok, since no one is really trying at these questions. I'll reword them so that they will be "easy"
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    Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from the inside. We think that hating is a weapon that attacks the person who harmed us. But hatred is a curved blade. And the harm we do, we do to ourselves.
    -Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet in Heaven

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    4)Cerbrus

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    4) Prometheus?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Carl Von Döbeln View Post
    4)Cerbrus

    Nope not the three headed dog, I don't think Hades would be pleased if Hekate bled his guard dog to death!

    4) Prometheus?
    Prometheus was the god who created the human race, not a monster.
    The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discovers to me his existence.

    -Voltaire

    Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from the inside. We think that hating is a weapon that attacks the person who harmed us. But hatred is a curved blade. And the harm we do, we do to ourselves.
    -Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet in Heaven

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    But his blood was used for regeneration, and the potion was closely linked to Hecate, so...

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    OK, let me try...

    1. Alexander "Scissors"
    2. Valentinian I
    3. Tultusceptru de libro domni Metobii
    4. Argos?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marcus Trajan View Post
    OK, let me try...

    1. Alexander "Scissors"
    2. Valentinian I
    3. Tultusceptru de libro domni Metobii
    4. Argos?
    1. Correct!
    2. Correct!
    3. Correct!
    4. Hera's hundred eyed minion? nope

    But his blood was used for regeneration, and the potion was closely linked to Hecate, so...
    Like I said before it comes from a monster. If it helps, she collected the blood from the monster under a full moon and mixed wine, rain, and honey.
    Last edited by IronBlood; July 20, 2008 at 05:02 PM.
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    Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from the inside. We think that hating is a weapon that attacks the person who harmed us. But hatred is a curved blade. And the harm we do, we do to ourselves.
    -Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet in Heaven

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    Quote Originally Posted by IronBlood View Post
    Like I said before it comes from a monster. If it helps, she collected the blood from the monster under a full moon and mixed wine, rain, and honey.
    Is it Behemoth?

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