Ancient Greece

The birthplace of democracy
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1. In Greek architecture there were three main types of columns that were used for the past 2500 years. Which one is not one of them?
Aegean
Corinthian
Ionic
Doric
2. Which Greek historian chronicled the Persian Wars and is often called the Father of History?
Sophocles
Aristophanes
Thucydides
Herodotus
3. What was the name of Odysseus' wife whom he married at the end of the Homer's Odyssey?
Penelope
Argos
Calypso
Scylla
4. Who did Paris pick as the most beautiful goddess and as a reward she cast a spell on Helen to make her fall in love with Paris?
Demeter
Aphrodite
Artemis
Athena
5. Who came up with the idea for the Trojan horse that helped the Greeks defeat the Trojans in the Trojan War?
Menelaus
Achilles
Hercules
Odysseus
6. Who is the greatest of all the Trojan warriors and King Priam's son?
Achilles
Hector
Aeneas
Paris
7. Who took Helen from King Menelaus?
Paris
Odysseus
Agamemnon
Hector
8. Who did Spartans fight in the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC?
Persians
Egyptians
Phoenicians
Romans
9. Who did the people of Troy fight in the Trojan War?
Greeks
Romans
Spartans
Egyptians
10. How many Spartans fought in the Battle of Thermopylae?
300
1000
700
500
11. Which king led a small army of Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae?
Xerxes
Ephialtes
Cleomenes
Leonidas
12. Peloponnesian War was fought between which two leading city-states in Ancient Greece?
Persia and Athens
Troy and Persia
Athens and Sparta
Sparta and Troy
13. Which Greek military victory was reported to the Athenians by a messenger who ran about 42 km and then died from exhaustion?
Battle of Marathon
Battle of Thermopylae
Battle of Salamis
Battle of Plataea
14. Which Greek philosopher was the teacher of Alexander the Great?
Plato
Euclid
Aristotle
Socrates
15. Which Greek philosopher founded the Academy, the first institution of higher learning in the western world?
Socrates
Aristotle
Pythagoras
Plato
16. Who won the Peloponnesian wars?
Rome
Sparta
Persia
Athens
17. What famous philosopher was put to death by the Greeks for corrupting the youth of Athens with his teachings?
Aristotle
Plato
Euclid
Socrates
18. What do we call the last period of Ancient Greece, before they were conquered by the Romans?
Classical Period
Archaic Period
Hellenistic Period
Golden Period
19. Which famous historian cataloged the events in Peloponnesian War?
Socrates
Nero
Plato
Thucydides
20. Who wrote an oath to uphold ethical medical standards, and a version of it still observed by medical professionals today?
Socrates
Hippocrates
Pericle
Sophocles
21. Which famous ancient Greek mathematician developed the theorem that a2 + b2 = c2?
Pythagoras
Archimedes
Hipparchus
Aristotle
22. Which two city-states were the principal enemies in the Peloponnesian War?
Sparta and Corinth
Athens and Sparta
Corinth and Thebes
Thebes and Athens
23. Which poet is considered one of Greek poetry's fathers, and is famous for writing the Iliad and the Odyssey?
Homer
Sappho
Pericles
Socrates
24. What Greek city-state was named for the goddess of wisdom, defense and war?
Athens
Corinth
Delphi
Sparta
25. On what island did ancient Greek civilization originate?
Mykonos
Rhodes
Crete
Thassos
26. Which city Greeks used the Trojan horse to enter?
Delphi
Sparta
Mycenae
Troy
27. Who killed the Trojan Prince Hector?
Odysseus
Agamemnon
Paris
Achilles
28. Who was husband of Helen and brother of Agamemnon?
Hercules
Odysseus
Paris
Menelaus
29. Who was Paris' father?
Menelaus
Agamemnon
Priam
Zeus
30. How long lasted the war between the Greeks and the Trojans?
3 months
4 years
10 years
40 days
31. When were the first Ancient Olympic games held?
776 BC
1892
521 BC
476 BC
32. When did the city of Troy fell to invading Greek armies?
120 AD
1618 BC
300 BC
1184 BC
33. How did Alexander the Great die?
killed in the battle
poisoned
illness
committed suicide
34. On what island the Minoan civilization existed during 3000-1450 BC?
Crete
Rhodes
Corsica
Sicily
35. Who is credited with making the first map of the known world?
Archimedes
Anaximander
Pythagoras
Euclid
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