Oh boom! I got that 
without seeing the emoji first. Now I feel very smug I have got one question right 
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Thought i had a bit of Greek mythology knowledge, but those questions stumped me!
I know 1 and 10. Or I thought I did. 
@Peitho has given a slightly different answer to what I thought for 10, so… maybe I just know 1?
@Ian_Chimp Im sure she is one of the Fates, they are each also associated with the past, present and future but I thought the role they played would be to do with the control of the mortals lives. One does weave the life thread, one measures it’s length and one cuts… as seen in the brilliant Disney film Hercules! 
Where are your answers Mr Chimp? Do what I do for quizzes I don’t know much about at all and make up a load of stuff!
Love your answers to 5 and 6 @Cassii! He did put it about rather didn’t he
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I’ve been looking at other people’s answers.
As for 10… I think I may have got confused as to what each one did. You said Spin/Measure/Cut, and in my head it was Create/Weave/Cut. But I think we both think she’s the middle one.
@Ian_Chimp Though I said weave just above, I think I was right in my original answer… this is semantics but do you not spin thread and weave cloth and since there is no cloth the first Fate creates the life thread it by spinning it, the second measures the length it will be and the last cuts it?
My Greek mythology knowledge is not bad but my textiles knowledge is poor
Either way, as you say we have the same answer! 
I thought the cloth was what they were ultimately making from the threads, but I have obviously got it muddled with other non-Greek versions of similar stories. I googled it and apparently they’re the Spinner/Measurer/Cutter. I won’t say which is which.
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To be fair, most of the guesses are pretty good, though i think i thought a different myth was most common compared to most people
@Peitho i think you’ll kick yourself on the answer to 4, you’re effectively closer than you probably think
@Cassii i love your answers to 2 and 6 though, your answer to 6 sums up soooo many of the Greek myths
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@Peitho and @Ace12345 it’s like the start of every Greek mythology story isn’t it “once upon a time Zeus got horny, morphed into an animal, shagged someone and got them pregnant”
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“And then Hera got annoyed and decided to take it out on literally everyone else”
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Also it’s worth guessing on most of them, the myths themselves may not be as well known but most of the gods/goddesses are. And for one’s like 5 it’s worth guessing even if it’s ‘the river of…’ like @Peitho did because if you get what the river is right I’ll credit it
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Yay - Thanks! I do like generous markers.
Okay, @Ian_Chimp you get your retrospective emoji mark for “Why does it always rain on me?” even if I meant, “Under the Weather”
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Now I just need you to mention you’re going for an ‘Olympic fiddle’ in casual conversation and I can snag another.
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I’ll post answers and marks on Tuesday i think so it’s done with before the hump day quiz. So far people have done really well though i’m realising my friend is not the best person to ask about if a quiz is too obscure since i rant about these kind of things to her
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Ok I’ve marked quite generously, so it’s out of 17.
@Cassii got 5.5 (half for getting the swan ) and the winner is (as you could probably hav predicted from her name) @Peitho with 12 
(though i am slightly disappointed you didn’t get 4, you’ll see why in the answers
I will say Cassii you actually got at least 1 which no one else did, the Eurydice question so massive well done on that.
Answers and explanations are below, let me know if you think i marked anything wrong
Summary
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Zeus, myth is Leda and the swan. Leda had 4 children from 2 eggs (don’t ask me how her laying eggs was possible), 2 of which are usually considered children of Zeus and 2 from her husband. This is also where Castor and Pollux are born who created the Gemini constellation.
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Kore (which means ‘little girl’ or maiden). Persephone means ‘Bringer of Chaos/Destruction/Death’, what a charming name for Zeus to ‘give’ her after her marriage.
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Athena (though in some versions it was actually a gift that she requested to protect herself after Posidon r*ped her at Atheba’s temple).
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Aphrodite (she was from the ‘foam’ of Uranus’ testicle when Kronos castrated him).
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Styx (river of hatred), Archeron (river of pain), Lethe (river of forgetfulness), Phlegethon (river of fire), Cocytus (river of wailing) and Oceanus (marks edge of underworld to separate it from the mortal realm so technically counts).
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Demeter, in the myth of Hades and Persephone. (Sirens were originally the nymphs who were Persephone’s companions. They were cursed as punishment in some versions and in others they asked to be transformed to aid the search).
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Hades. Some myths say he and Persephone had 2 children however many myths say they were conceived due to Zeus assaulting her, and that Zeus had in fact cursed them so Hades would never have children with Persephone.
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Athena, Artemis and Hestia.
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A snake bite, usually a viper, on their wedding day.
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Lachesis is the 2nd of the 3 fates, she measures the thread of a mortals life which is spun originally by Clotho and is then cut by Atropus.
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Woohoo! Snakes for the win!! 
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We are fast approaching the official launch date for The Great Hump Day Quiz (
), and I thought I’d ask when people would prefer it be posted. I can do Tuesday evening (Hump Day Eve) , running all day Hump Day, and then answers Hump Day night; or I could do it Hump Day morning, and answers on Boxing Hump?
Any preference?
No preference, whatever suits you.
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In my defence, in the Iliad, Aphrodite’s parents are Zeus and Dione so I discounted her 
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A Google tells me she has two totally different genealogies but yours is apparently more common. I have never heard of it but it’s certainly a better story!
Otherwise, generous marking, thanks muchly and I enjoyed it.
@Ian_Chimp my preference is Hump Day morning quiz and answers on Boxing Hump please 
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