King Midas Quiz

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1. Who gave Midas the golden touch?

   1. Zeus
   2. Apollo
   3. Hermes
   4. Dionysus
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   Answer: Dionysus

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2. Who was the drunken old man Midas found in his garden?

   1. Silenus
   2. Pan
   3. Tmolus
   4. Bacchus
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   Answer: Silenus

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3. What river did Midas bathe in to lose the golden touch?

   1. Acheron
   2. Styx
   3. Lethe
   4. Pactolus
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   Answer: Pactolus

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4. Who judged the musical contest between Apollo and Pan?

   1. Hermes
   2. Apollo
   3. Zeus
   4. Tmolus
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   Answer: Tmolus

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5. Who did Midas claim should have won the musical contest?

   1. Pan
   2. Orpheus
   3. Marsyas
   4. Apollo
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   Answer: Pan

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6. What did Apollo transform Midas' ears into?

   1. Goat ears
   2. Donkey ears
   3. Wolf ears
   4. Owl ears
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   Answer: Donkey ears

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7. What grew on the spot where the barber whispered his secret?

   1. Vines
   2. Reeds
   3. Olives
   4. Roses
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   Answer: Reeds

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8. In which work is the full story of Midas found?

   1. Hesiod's Theogony
   2. Ovid's Metamorphoses
   3. Homer's Iliad
   4. Virgil's Aeneid
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   Answer: Ovid's Metamorphoses

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