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The film begins with ______ being sacrificed to the gods
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A maiden from the village
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Perseus's mother
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Perseus's sister
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Perseus and his mother
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Why does Zeus have a special interest in Perseus and his mother?
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Zeus was Perseus' father
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It was foretold that Perseus would one day rise and smite the enemies of Zeus
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Zeus knew that Perseus was born of mortal woman, yet immortal himself
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Zeus knew that Perseus would one day become a god himself
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On Olympus, humans are represented by:
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Chalk drawings
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Stick figures
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Wood carvings
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Clay figurines
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Zeus cursed Calibos to become a wretched figure. This did not sit well with the mother of Calibos, who was the goddess:
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Aphrodite
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Thetis
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Athena
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Hera
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Angry at Zeus, Thetis transports Perseus to Joppa, where he meets Ammon (Burgess Meredith). Ammon, by trade is a:
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Trainer of gladiators
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Blacksmith
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Poet and scholar
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Politician
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Furious that Perseus has been abandoned in Joppa, Zeus commands that the gods provide him with implements to aid him. Which of the following is not among them?
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A shield
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A sword
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A chalice
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A helmet
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7.
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The helmet that Perseus receives is nifty, in that it:
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Can withstand any blow
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Turns the wearer invisible
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Greatly accelerates whoever wears it
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Can transport the wearer through space and time
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8.
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Andromeda refused to marry Calibos. As a punishment, Andromeda cannot marry unless a suitor:
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Slays a mystical beast
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Foretells the future
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Solves a riddle
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Navigates a maze
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Perseus steals into Andromeda's bedroom, where things get a little weird. He witnesses the spirit of the sleeping Andromeda carried away to Calibos, transported in a cage by a:
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Giant serpent
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Winged horse
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Large ugly bird
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Nasty scorpion
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Perseus follows Andromeda on her nightly visit to Calibos. What goes wrong as Perseus escapes from Calibos?
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He loses his helmet
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Pegasus is captured
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Calibos badly wounds him
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Ammon is captured
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Perseus presents himself as a suitor for Andromeda. He successfully answers the requisite riddle. What is the answer that Perseus gives?
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The sun
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Man
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A ring
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A dream
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12.
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At the wedding of Andromeda and Perseus, what foreboding event takes place?
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Andromeda is struck dumb
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The temple collapses
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The statue of Thetis collapses
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Calibos kills Ammon
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Ammon tells Perseus that he can learn how to defeat the Kraken by visiting the _____ Witches
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Stygian
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Phyrric
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Paian
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Heliophic
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An additional gift to Perseus, Bubo was a mechanical version of an owl carried by which of the gods?
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Athena
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Aphrodite
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Hephaestus
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Poseidon
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Perseus gets the witches to disclose the secret for killing the Kraken by:
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Threatening to sacrifice them to the gods
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Killing one of them
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Stealing the single eye they all share
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Threatening to bring the wrath of Zeus upon them
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Medusa was once a beautiful woman who was transformed when:
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She was bitten by a spider
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Made love to Zeus
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Ran afoul of Aphrodite
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Got it on with a snake
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17.
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How did Perseus and his men get to the island where Medusa awaited?
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By swimming
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On a spooky ferry
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On the back of Pegasus
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By tunnelling under the river
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18.
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Medusa wasn't the only danger that waited on the island. Perseus also had to defeat:
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A minotaur
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A hydra
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A two-headed hound
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A griffin
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19.
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One of Perseus' company is turned to stone by Medusa. The other is killed in Medusa's temple by:
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An arrow
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Medusa's shield
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A spider
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A stone column
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20.
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When Medusa's blood is spilled on the ground, giant versions of what creatures spring forth?
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Snakes
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Alligators
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Scorpions
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Spiders
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21.
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By the end of the film, all of the soldiers that set out with Perseus have died. They have died by each of the following, except for:
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Being stabbed by Calibos
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Being killed by the two-headed dog
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Being killed by a giant scorpion
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Being eaten by the witches
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22.
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Pegasus spent most of the second half of the movie out of sight. Where was the winged horse?
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Circling above Perseus until he had killed Medusa
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Captured by Calibos
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Keeping an eye out for the Kraken
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Grazing in a field to keep up its strength
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23.
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Why does Medusa's toxic blood not harm Perseus?
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It only harms women
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Zeus has blessed him
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His cloak magically protects him from the blood
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The blood was drained away when Medusa died
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24.
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During the final confrontation with the Kraken, Bubo performs this critical task:
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Retrieves Medusa's head from the ocean
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Distracts the Kraken from killing Perseus
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Cuts the bonds that hold Andromeda to the rocks
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Blinds the Kraken
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25.
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The film ends by stating that several of the characters had constellations named after them. Which of the following did not?
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Perseus
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Andromeda
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Pegasus
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Calibos
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