Ancient Greece Jeopardy

Gods/Myths

100

Stories people tell to explain beliefs about their world

Myth

200

The major festival that honored Zeus, where men competed in physical contest such as racing

Olympics

300

12

How many Olympian gods are there?

400

The Greek god of light

Apollo

500

He created one of the ancient wonders of the world. A statue of Zeus made of gold and ivory.

Phidias

Greek Literature/Theater

100

True or false, the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a ancient Greek Classic.

False

200

Homer's epic describes the adventures of the Greek hero Odysseus after the Trojan war.

What is the Odyssey?

300

Home's epic about the Trojan War.

What is the Iliad

400

What goes on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon and 3 legs in the evening?

A human

500

Classic greek tragedy by Sophocles that where the king's son is prophesied to be king decides to scoop out his eyeballs and walk the earth the rest of eternity blind and poor.

Oediphus Rex

Greek Art/Architecture

100

The stone that the Greeks used to sculpt statues.

 Limestone or marble

200

Temple for that was most often used, contained 4 sided colonnade around a room built to house the statue of the goddess Athena

Parthenon

300

Distinct element that appeared in many Greek architectural works, that was tall, and often appeared in a series called a colonnade

column

400

The Greek word for city

What is polis?

500

Greek architectural style this is plain, Was used in mainland Greece and its colonies in southern Ital and Sicily

What is Doric?

Greek History

100

the Study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence.

Philosophy

200

Instrument used to write on papyrus

Stylus

300

Famous Greek philosopher that encourages students to examine their beliefs by asking series of questions

Socrates

400

Socrates best student, wrote about and ideal government and a book title The Republic

Plate

500

Called the father of Greek history, he regularly visited many places and cities and report his accounts.

Herodotus

Greek Contributions

100

True or false, the greeks thought that the earth is the center of the universe?

True

200

True or False: Greeks were the first to estimate the size of the sun?

True

300

The greeks developed this invention to lift water, to be used for irrigation fields

compound pulley

400

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500

Who is known as the father of geometry

Euclid