Trivia Quiz on Ancient Greece

1. In Greek Mythology, who stole fire from the Gods and brought it back to Earth hidden in a fennel stalk

A) Epimetheus

B) Prometheus

C) Hephaestus

D) Athena

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2. In Greek mythology, who judged a beauty contest on Mount Ida, between Hera, Athene and Aphrodite

A) Zeus

B) Paris

C) Ares

D) Hermes

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3. Prophesied the Chalus the Greek - Die on day - did of what

A) Being turned into a statue by the gods

B) Laughing cos he was not dead

C) Dying on the day he predicted

D) Surviving the prophecy to rule Greece

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4. Odysseus captured by Cyclops Polyphemus what false name

A) Nobody

B) Odysseus

C) Outis

D) Nemo

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5. Ambrosia the food of the Gods from the Greek Ambroata means

A) Immortal

B) Divine nectar

C) Eternal youth

D) Gods' wine

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6. Where did the greek gods live

A) Mount Ida

B) Delphi

C) The Underworld

D) Mount Olympus

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7. In Greek mythology, who was the mother of perseus

A) Danae

B) Alcmene

C) Leda

D) Hera

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8. In Greek mythology any of 3 snake haired sisters able to turn people to stone

A) Nymph

B) Gorgon

C) Hydra

D) Chimera

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9. In what city is the Olympic torch first lit?

A) Athens

B) Delphi

C) Rome

D) Olympia

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10. Name the Greek equivalent of the Roman god Saturn

A) Zeus

B) Hyperion

C) Cronos

D) Rhea

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11. What was the name of the shepherd that got Tremponina Pallidium

A) Nicias

B) Lycurgus

C) Syphilus

D) Orpheus

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12. In Greek mythology, who were achilles' parents

A) Zeus and Hera

B) Poseidon and Amphitrite

C) Peleus and thetis

D) Nereus and Doris

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13. Who was the greek god of the sea

A) Zeus

B) Poseidon

C) Hades

D) Nereus

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14. The Colossus of Rhodes was a statue of who

A) Helios the sun god

B) Zeus

C) Athena

D) Poseidon

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15. On which Athens hill top would you find the Parthenon

A) The acropolis

B) Lycabettus

C) Filopappos Hill

D) Mount Hymettus

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16. In Greek what does Eunuch literally translate as

A) Gatekeeper

B) Chamber attendant

C) Bed Watcher

D) House steward

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17. Greek mythology women of Lemnos did what to their husbands

A) Exiled their husbands

B) Sold them into slavery

C) Divorced them

D) Murder

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18. In Greek mythology, who did diemos personify

A) Terror

B) Dread

C) Destruction

D) Ruin

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19. Who founded the Greek theatre

A) Aeschylus

B) Sophocles

C) Euripides

D) Thespis

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20. Who made wings for himself and his son to escape from the island of crete

A) Icarus

B) Prometheus

C) Hephaestus

D) Daedalus

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21. In the twelve labours of Hercules what did he do third

A) Slay the Nemean Lion

B) Slay the Lernaean Hydra

C) Steal the Mares of Diomedes

D) Capture Arcadian Stag

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22. Which mountain was the home of the Greek Gods

A) Mount Ida

B) Mount Parnassus

C) Mount Pelion

D) Mount Olympus

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23. Who was the Greek philosopher who decided he'd rather drink hemlock than deny his beliefs

A) Socrates

B) Plato

C) Aristotle

D) Diogenes

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24. What is the architectural term for a representation of leaves at the top of a column?

A) Volute

B) Acanthus

C) Palmette

D) Corinthian

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25. Name Any Year In The Life Of Socrates, He Lived Til The Age Of 70

A) 470-399 BC

B) 469-350 BC

C) 480-399 BC

D) 469-399 BC

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26. Where were the ancient olympics held

A) Athens

B) Delphi

C) Olympia

D) Nemea

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27. Who said all things were made up of air, earth, fire, water

A) Heraclitus

B) Aristotle

C) Empedocles

D) Plato

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28. Boreas is the Greek God of what

A) West Wind

B) Sea

C) North Wind

D) War

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29. Which Greek Philosopher taught at the lyceum

A) Plato

B) Socrates

C) Aristotle

D) Epicurus

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30. Who is the only greek god in greek mythology with a mortal mother and an immortal father

A) Dionysus

B) Heracles

C) Perseus

D) Minos

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31. Is the product of Greece and the Greek colonies from about 1100B bc to the 1st century bc

A) Greek Art and Architecture

B) Greek Philosophy and Ethics

C) Greek Drama and Theatre

D) Greek Science and Mathematics

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32. The name of the underworld in Greek mythology

A) Tartarus

B) Hades

C) Elysium

D) Asphodel Meadows

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33. Epaminondas was the general of which ancient state

A) Sparta

B) Athens

C) Macedonia

D) Thebes

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34. Greek mythology monster with lions head, goats body and serpents tail

A) Minotaur

B) Hydra

C) Chimera

D) Cerberus

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35. In Greek mythology, who was heracles' mother

A) Hera

B) Leto

C) Alcemene

D) Demeter

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36. Which great city replaced its hereditary kings with chief magistrates in 683 bc

A) Sparta

B) Argos

C) Thebes

D) Athens

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37. In Greek mythology who was the first woman

A) Hera

B) Athena

C) Aphrodite

D) Pandora

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38. Who founded the academy in athens

A) Aristotle

B) Plato

C) Socrates

D) Pythagoras

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39. What's the ancient greek word for "great city"

A) Agora

B) Acropolis

C) Megalopolis

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40. Who was the founder of the 'epicurean' philosophy

A) Aristotle

B) Zeno of Citium

C) Epicurus

D) Socrates

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41. In Greek mythology Penthesilea was the queen of which people

A) Dorians

B) Athenians

C) Spartans

D) Amazons

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42. Who was King of Mycenae and Commander of the Greek forces in the Trojan War

A) Agamemnon

B) Menelaus

C) Nestor

D) Odysseus

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43. What Athenian comic poet wrote "Lysistrata"

A) Aeschylus

B) Menander

C) Euripides

D) Aristophanes

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44. Greek mathematician cylinder enclosed sphere carved on grave

A) Euclid

B) Pythagoras

C) Archimedes

D) Thales

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45. Where's the famed Arch of Hadrian

A) Rome, Italy

B) Delphi, Greece

C) Antalya, Turkey

D) Athens

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46. Discoverer of nine ancient cities including Troy, Heinrich Schliemann made spectacular excavations of which city during 1874 to 1876

A) Tiryns

B) Mycenae

C) Knossos

D) Babylon

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47. The Underworld in Greek mythology

A) Hades

B) Erebus

C) Tartarus

D) Olympus

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48. In Greek mythology the place of ideal happiness

A) Elysium

B) Asphodel Meadows

C) Olympus

D) Isles of the Blessed

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49. Who was the greek god of war

A) Athena

B) Aeries

C) Enyo

D) Ares

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50. Whose shrewish wife was named Xantippe

A) Plato

B) Pericles

C) Socrates

D) Aristotle

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