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QUIZ
MYTHS AND LEGENDS
1. Which Greek island, the site of a volcanic eruption around 1600 BCE, was a possible inspiration for the legend of Atlantis? Santorini
2. ‘Songlines’ up to 40,000 years old cross which country? Australia
3. Tórshavn (‘Thor’s Harbour’) is the capital of which self-governing island territory? Faroe Islands
4. The West African trickster god Anansi often takes the form of which frequently feared animal? Spider
5. In which country did people thousands of years ago make a distinction between Kemet and Deshret – the fertile Black Land and the arid Red Land? Egypt
6. What problematic anatomical characteristic is said to be shared by the dahu of the western Alps and the wild haggis of the Scottish Highlands? Both have legs shorter on one side than the other
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