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Anyway, this is an extension of The Literature Fun Thread. Since Sisikill has been banished to neverland, to be killed off, hacked into pieces, destroyed and Disappeared forever and ever and ever by our very own Lord Voldemort. . . I kid, I kid [size=3pt]NOT[/size], the title on that thread can’t be changed to match the new sets of Trivia. . . . so pardon me for stating a new one.

Alrighty then, here goes. . . First stop this Year is Harry Potter, I thought it fitting since it’s such a magical time. . . Ya know? Oh alight, it's only because I’ve got Potter on the brains…. just finally got to read Deathly Hallow.

Moving on

The Challenge: "Many of the names used in J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" series are derived from classical mythology and epics such as Virgil's "The Aeneid" and Homer's "The Odyssey" . How many can you identify?"


1. The Greco-Roman underworld is guarded by a three-headed dog. The mythological creature is not named Fluffy. What is its name?
Tisiphone
Hydra
Charon
Cerberus


2. Percy's owl, Hermes, is named after the Greco-Roman messenger god. Hermes is the Roman name.
True
False


3. This Hogwarts teacher is named after the goddess of wisdom in Roman mythology. Who is she?
Professor Trelawney
Madam Pomfrey
Professor McGonagall
Professor Sprout


4. The character in Roman mythology that Professor Lupin is named after had a brother. What was the brother's name?
Romleus
Romany
Romulus
Romanerus


5. Hermione is the name of the daughter of this famous classical woman.
Dido of Carthage
Helen of Troy
Queen Hera
Penelope of Ithaca


6. Which of the following is a Greco-Roman mythological figure featured on a chocolate frog card?
Statius
Calypso
Circe
Demodocus


7. Luna Lovegood is named for a Roman goddess. What is this goddess's sphere of influence?
moon
marriage
home
fertility


8. Which Death Eater's name is another name for the Roman god Vulcan?
Moran
Macnair
Mulciber
Malfoy


9. Daedalus Diggle shares a name with the mythical Greek inventor Daedalus. The Greek Daedalus had a famous son. What was his name?
Achilles
Theseus
Perseus
Icarus


10. Which character was named after a man in Greek mythology who fell in love with his own reflection?
Minerva McGonagall
Phyllida Spore
Elphias Doge
Narcissa Malfoy





The first person who answers correctly gives the next set of questions.

PS
No cheating. . . You know ike googling the names and classical Mythological stories and then trying to compare them. No googling Harry Potter so you can get the website I got this from,  . .okay?

Thank You! 

PPS
I am hiding behind the magical cloak of creative license for the poem in the beginning, so don't tell me it's wack. . . okay coz I know it is wack thank you very much!

Awww! Crazylegs is here!!!

It's been a loooooooong. . . really, really, long time, how have you been?

Happy New Year!!

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I am so Happy because it is a new year and a time of new beginning, a time to start over because old things are passed away and that is a good thing because you don't want to bring the old into the new


Hehehe. . . I don't care if that made no sense. I have 3 becauses in there and that's all I care about!!


This is for my one and only boss who for some reason is miffed at me. Oh Boss, won't ya let bygones be bygones?

Here is to a happy and more becausely fun ^{(yeah, makes no sense either}) New Year. . . Boss https://images.zaazu.com/img/newyear-kiss09-2009-new-year-holiday-000564-large.gif

Aww Twinie, that is so sweet. I also had so much fun on the lit section last year and I hope this year will be fun-er, you know. . . do things bring peeps coming over here like they do the romance section and the Politics section and the Religion section and well the jokes section and sorta the culture section, oh oh the family sec. . . . you know what, have peeps come here like they do all the other sections on the land.

Seriously, thinking about it. . . why do I feel like this section is the unwanted stepchild of Nairaland? We don't get our topics on the home page, we don't get the traffic that comes with having our our topics on the front page!

GAH!

I say this year we shake things up!

Show 'em we are human beings too

Take the lit section to a whole other section

This year, we are gonna gather all the lovely, lovely people on this section and say to them,  . . ask not what the Lit Section can do for you, ask what you can do for the lit section.


This year. . . this year. . . errr. . .

Jeebus, I see why no one pays us no mind, with people like me just going on and on. . .  Lawd I bored myself.

I guess this year is gonna be a year of self examination and self whatever it is that stops one from ranting and raving like an idiot whose just gotten hold of a mic for the first time.

Oy!

Happy New Year all!!

Before you go there Sir Rantalot, I'll have you know that wasn't pleasantries, that was a rant. . . didn't you notice the GAH. . . ?

If Gah doesn't say anger I don't know what does. . . just sayin' https://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/65.gif

And if that excuse doesn't wash, then I guess I was trying to piss you off so I can keep my twin company in the dog house, don't want her all alone in there. Yep, that's what we do. . . have each other's back!!