Q 01/05

Zeus rules as king of the gods from the top of which mountain?

A) Othrys

B) Parnassus

C) Olympus

D) Ida

Answer · why

C) Olympus

The Titans, by contrast, fought the ten-year Titanomachy from Mount Othrys.

Q 02/05

Which two symbols are most closely associated with Zeus?

A) Thunderbolt and eagle

B) Trident and dolphin

C) Owl and olive tree

D) Bow and stag

Answer · why

A) Thunderbolt and eagle

The sceptre in his hand borrows from Near Eastern royal imagery.

Q 03/05

In ancient Rome, Zeus was identified with which god?

A) Neptune

B) Jupiter

C) Mars

D) Saturn

Answer · why

B) Jupiter

Both names descend from the same Proto-Indo-European sky-father, *Dyeus ph2ter.

Q 04/05

Zeus is the child of Cronus and which Titaness?

A) Themis

B) Gaia

C) Tethys

D) Rhea

Answer · why

D) Rhea

Their six children were Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon and, youngest of all, Zeus.

Q 05/05

Why did Zeus's father swallow each of his children at birth?

A) Gaia ordered it as a test

B) To keep them immortal

C) A prophecy said one would overthrow him

D) He was starving in Tartarus

Answer · why

C) A prophecy said one would overthrow him

The warning came from his own parents, Gaia and Uranus, and it came true.