Olympic Games
The Beginning
Potpouri
100
Chariot race
What event involved horses?
100
Where were the first/earliest Olympics held?
What is Olympia
100
What did you receive if you won an Olympic event?
What is an olive branch
200
How long is a Stade (sprint)?
What is 200 metres
200
When were the first Olympic games?
What is 776 BCE
200
By 100 BCE, how many days did the Olympic games last
What is 5 days
300
What are the combat/fighting events?
What is boxing, wrestling, and Pakration
300
Who is one person who was thought to have started the games?
Who is Heracles
300
What Greek God is Olympia connected to?
Who is Zeus
400
Name the 3 of the 5 sports of the Pentathlon
What is wrestling, stadion, long jump, javelin, and discus
400
What was the one event at the first Olympic games?
What is the Stade
400
Why did the Olympic games start to decline in 424 BCE?
What is the Greeks' war with the Spartans
500
Who was the winner of a chariot race?
What is the owner (not the rider)
500
Who could participate and who could not?
Women could not participate and could only watch, unless they were married. The athletes were all male.
500
Who eventually banned the Olympic games and why?
Who is Emperor Theodosius, because the Olympics were a non-Christian event
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