Greek

Question 1

Daedalus designed the Labyrinth to contain what mythical creature, born to King Minos’s wife Pasiphaë?

Answer 1

The Minotaur (accept Asterion)

Question 2

Which Athenian hero eventually killed the Minotaur, finding his way through the Labyrinth using a thread given to him by Ariadne?

Answer 2

Theseus

Question 3

Before fleeing to Crete, Daedalus was exiled from which Greek city for murdering his nephew and apprentice Perdix?

Answer 3

Athens

Question 4

What Sicilian king eventually provided refuge to Daedalus after his escape from Crete?

Answer 4

King Cocalus of Sicily

Question 5

What object did Daedalus create for Pasiphaë that enabled her to mate with Poseidon’s white bull?

Answer 5

A wooden cow (or hollow cow)

Question 6

Which goddess helped Daedalus escape by providing him with the materials to make the wings?

Answer 6

Athena

Question 7

(More obscure) What was the name of Perdix’s mother, Daedalus’s sister, who went mad with grief after her son’s death and threw herself from the Acropolis?

Answer 7

Perdica (or Polycaste)

Question 8

What was the puzzle involving a spiral shell that Minos used to track Daedalus?

Answer 8

The Shell of Cocalus puzzle - Daedalus solved it by threading an ant through the shell with a string tied to it, lured by a drop of honey

Question 9

What sacred object did Daedalus craft for the temple of Aphrodite at Eryx?

Answer 9

The Golden Honeycomb of Eryx

Question 10

How did Daedalus help identify King Minos’s murdered body in Sicily?

Answer 10

He devised a test using an ant and string in a spiral shell, Minos’s favorite puzzle