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?

2 ‘Songlines’ up to 40,000 years old cross which country?

3 Tórshavn (‘Thor’s Harbour’) is the capital of which self-governing group of islands?

4 The West African trickster god Anansi often takes the form of which frequently feared animal?

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?

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?

What name is shared by a footballing legend and the Hawaiian goddess