History quiz
Greek gods by what they ruled
Each prompt says what one of the twelve Olympians was god of. Click the god in the bank. A used god leaves the bank.
- Format
- Pick the match
- Items
- 12 to match
- Limit
- 2:00
- Level
- Easy
- Checked
- 2026.10.03
- Prompts
- 12
- Bank
- God buttons, A to Z
- Time limit
- 2:00
- A miss
- 2 tries, then the answer is shown
- Each description appears in turn. Click its match in the bank.
- Used answers leave the bank. Keys 1 to 9 pick the first nine buttons; type a name to jump to it.
- Skip (0) sends a prompt to the back of the queue.
- Pause whenever you like (Esc). The board hides while the clock is stopped.
Click the god each description fits. The bank appears when you start.
About this quiz
The twelve Olympians of Greek mythology, each with the things the British Museum's guide says they ruled or looked after. Every answer comes with the god's Roman name.
- Apollo is the only one of the twelve with the same name in the Greek and the Roman tradition.
- In some versions Hestia is counted as the twelfth Olympian in place of Dionysos.
- Zeus, Poseidon and Hades divided the skies, the sea and the underworld between them.
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