Trivia Quiz on Ancient Greece Part 2

1. In music who decided that an octave should have eight notes

A) Pythagoras

B) Aristoxenus

C) Ptolemy

D) Zarlino

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2. Who was the Greek god of sleep

A) Thanatos

B) Nyx

C) Lethe

D) Hypnos

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3. How was the greek city of troy penetrated

A) By a secret tunnel dug beneath the walls.

B) By bribing the guards to leave the gates open.

C) By a direct siege and assault on the walls.

D) Wooden horse

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4. Hercules performed twelve labours what was number seven

A) Capture of the Cretan Bull

B) Slaying the Nemean Lion

C) Stealing the Apples of the Hesperides

D) Capturing the Erymanthian Boar

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5. Who created the myrmidons

A) Athena

B) Poseidon

C) Zeus

D) Hera

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6. Which statue is missing its arms

A) The Thinker

B) Statue of Liberty

C) David

D) Venus de milo

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7. Greek mythology what underground river souls drink and forget

A) Lethe

B) Styx

C) Acheron

D) Phlegethon

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8. In ancient Athens every third man worked with what

A) Stone

B) Bronze

C) Marble

D) Wood

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9. The elevated stronghold in ancient Greek cities.

A) Agora

B) Citadel

C) Acropolis

D) Parthenon

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10. Who is the Greek Goddess of the moon

A) Selene

B) Artemis

C) Hecate

D) Nyx

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11. Greek gods of mythology: which goddess personified the earth

A) Hera

B) Demeter

C) Gaea

D) Gaia

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12. Who was the Greek goddess of love & beauty

A) Hera

B) Artemis

C) Demeter

D) Aphrodite

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13. In ancient Greece aristocratic women were deflowered with what

A) Bronze phallus

B) Ceramic dildo

C) Ivory phallus

D) Stone Penis

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14. Name the Greek equivalent of the Roman god Juno

A) Athena

B) Hera

C) Demeter

D) Artemis

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15. Which Greek mountain is consecrated to the muses

A) Mount Olympus

B) Mount Ida

C) Helicon

D) Mount Pelion

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16. Who ruled the seas in Greek mythology

A) Zeus

B) Hades

C) Neptune

D) Poseidon

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17. Who wrote Oedipus Rex

A) Aeschylus

B) Sophocles

C) Euripides

D) William Shakespeare

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18. What were the myrmidons who were created by zeus

A) Ant people

B) Sea nymphs

C) Trojan heroes

D) Stone giants

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19. What is missing from the 'venus de milo'

A) Arms

B) Head

C) Torso

D) Hands

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20. What tree provided the laurel of classical wreaths

A) Olive

B) Oak

C) Cypress

D) Bay

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21. Who said 'eureka'

A) Archimedes

B) Aristotle

C) Plato

D) Euclid

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22. What did plato found in 387 bc

A) The Lyceum

B) The Stoic School

C) The academy

D) The Gymnasium of Athens

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23. What are the three main types of Greek columns

A) Doric, Ionic, Composite

B) Doric, Tuscan, Ionic

C) Egyptian, Doric, Ionic

D) Doric, ionic & corinthian

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24. Which Greek hero finally tamed Pegasus

A) Bellerophon

B) Perseus

C) Theseus

D) Heracles

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25. Who was the Greek goddess of retribution

A) Nemesis

B) Themis

C) Dike

D) Erinyes

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26. What did archers at the ancient Olympics use as targets

A) Straw targets

B) Wooden bulls-eyes

C) Tethered Doves

D) Clay discs

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27. In Greek mythology who was the father of Iphigenia & Electra

A) Atreus

B) Zeus

C) Agamemnon

D) Athamas

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28. What did the ancient Greeks use instead of soap

A) Olive Oil

B) Water

C) Sand

D) Vinegar

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29. What remained at the bottom of pandora's box

A) All the evils escaped

B) Silence

C) Hope

D) A curse remained

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30. In ancient greece, what was a myriad

A) A single number equal to ten thousand

B) A large crowd of ten thousand people

C) A unit of length used in ancient Greece

D) Groups of numbers over 10,000

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31. In Greek mythology, who personified dread

A) Phobos

B) Diemos

C) Moros

D) Eris

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32. Who was ulysses' son, who grew to manhood in his absence

A) Orestes

B) Telegonus

C) Telemachus

D) Nausithous

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33. The Acropolis - what does the word literally mean

A) Hill of the gods

B) Center of religious life

C) Fortified hilltop

D) Highest point (of a city)

E) Gateway to the city

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34. What is the throwing event making up part of the ancient greek pentathlon, in which a circular object had to be thrown

A) Javelin throw

B) Long jump

C) Stone throw

D) Discus

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35. Who invented a screw which lifts water to a higher level

A) Archimedes

B) Hero of Alexandria

C) Leonardo da Vinci

D) Thomas Savery

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36. Who quoted "Don't count your chickens before they hatch'

A) Aesop

B) Benjamin Franklin

C) William Shakespeare

D) Confucius

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37. In Greek mythology, who was the Muse of Tragedy

A) Melpomene

B) Terpsichore

C) Clio

D) Calliope

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38. What Greek runner of 5 bc is said to have run 241 km in 48 hours to summon help for Athens

A) Diomedes

B) Aristides

C) Pheidippedes

D) Miltiades

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39. In Greek mythology, who ruled over the island of samos

A) Nicias

B) Aegeus

C) Polycrates

D) Croesus

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40. What hill lies to the north-west of the Acropolis in Athens

A) Lycabettus Hill

B) Pnyx

C) Filopappou Hill

D) Areopagus

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41. Who strangled two snakes that attacked him & his brother in their cradle

A) Perseus

B) Hercules

C) Theseus

D) Odysseus

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42. In Greek legend what was Pygmalion's kingdom

A) Athens

B) Crete

C) Cyprus

D) Rhodes

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43. In Greek mythology, alcemene was the child of ______

A) Zeus

B) Electryon

C) Perseus

D) Heracles

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44. What did the contestants in the Greek olympics wear

A) They wore simple loincloths

B) Nothing

C) They wore light tunics

D) They wore armor

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45. In Greek mythology, who was the son of peleus and thetis

A) Nestor

B) Ajax

C) Achilles

D) Patroclus

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46. To the ancient Greeks what was an agora

A) Religious temple

B) City council hall

C) Public meeting place / market (forum)

D) The theatre

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47. What Greek wrote Meteorologica, popularizing that name for the study of weather

A) Aristotle

B) Theophrastus

C) Thales of Miletus

D) Hippocrates

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48. In Greek mythology, who were the personification of the forces of nature

A) Nymphs

B) Titans

C) Olympian gods

D) Gaia

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49. What was Socrates wife's name

A) Aspasia

B) Arete

C) Xanthippe

D) Hera

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50. Which ancient town, capital of the legendary King Minos, was excavated and reconstructed by Sir Arthur Evans between 1899 and 1935

A) Phaistos

B) Knossos

C) Malia

D) Gournia

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