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Question	Answer	Category
Who Spent 6 Months Of Every Year In The Underworld, A Symbolic Reference To The Germination Of Seeds & Their Rebirth Every Spring?	Persephone (Proserpine In Roman Myth)	General
What Was The Name Of The Murderer That The Crowds Told Pilate To Free Rather Than Jesus?	Barabbas	General
Which Name Is Shared By The Greek Goddess Of Victory & An International Sportsware Manufacturer?	Nike	General
Which Egyptian Deity Murdered Osiris?	Seth	General
Who Was Pope From C. Ad 33-67?	St Peter	General
What Name Did Freud Give To The Complement To The Oedipus Complex In Which A Woman Fixates On Her Father?	Electra Complex	General
Who Pined Away Out Of Unrequited Love For Narcissus Until Only Her Voice Was Left?	Echo	General
In Which War Is Shakespeare's Troilus & Cressida Set?	Th Trojan War	General
The Greek God Of Love Has A Statue In Central London Dedicated To A 19th Century Philanthropist , Who Is The God?	Eros	General
After Which Norse God Is The Day Thursday Named?	Thor	General
Purcell Based An Opera On The Subject Of Dido's Abandonment By Her Lover , What Was The Lovers Name?	Aeneas	General
The Muslim Calender Starts From July 622, What Event Does The Date Mark?	Muhammad's Mecca To Medina	General
In Which Decade Of The 19th Century Did Conservative Judaism Seperate From Reform In The Usa?	The 1880's (1889)	General
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What Does The Arabic Word Islam Actually Mean?	Submission Or Surrender	General