Statistics for A Quiz About Sparta

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Sparta fought a 27 year long war with this city	Athens	99%
Name of the war they fought	Peloponnesian War	82%
Spartan king who led those 300 soldiers	Leonidas	81%
This ruler never tried to conquer Sparta, although he even conquered Persia	Alexander the Great	76%
300 Spartans died in this battle while fighting the Persians	Battle of Thermopylae	69%
The Spartans claimed to be the descendants of this divine hero in Greek mythology	Heracles	69%
Type of rectangular battle formation that made their army so successful	Phalanx	59%
This city-state defeated Sparta at the Battle of Leuctra, the start of Sparta's decline	Thebes	50%
This group had relatively higher freedom than other Greek city-states	Women	47%
Fictional Spartan portrayed in "God of War" video game, nicknamed "Ghost of Sparta"	Kratos	43%
Term for the state-owned enslaved non-Spartan locals	Helots	35%
This Italian city was founded by Sparta in the 8th century BC (sounds like a Canadian city)	Taranto	29%
Greek letter which was used by the Spartan army	Lambda	26%
Sparta was also known by this name	Lacedaemon	25%
Term for the non-citizens of Sparta who worked as craftsmen and traders, and built weapons for the Spartans	Perioeci	18%