Geography & Misc.
Persia
City-States
Wars
Random
100
What is the name of a play with a plot involving fate or a moral dilemma?
A tragedy
100
Which Persian king founded the empire?
Cyrus the Great
100
At what age were Spartan boys taken from their parents to begin their intense military training?
Seven years old
100
The name of Sparta's elite military formation.
phalanx
100
Which music artist just won album of the year at the 2026 Grammys?
Bad Bunny -- Debí Tirar Mas Fotos
200
Sparta is situated on what type of geographical landform?
A peninsula
200
Darius I created the Persian Royal Roads. Who or what often traveled these roads?
Soldiers, couriers (messengers), traders
200
Which two groups were excluded from citizenship in Greece?
women & foreigners
200
Which city-state and league won the Peloponnesian War?
Sparta & the Peloponnesian League
200
Where will the 2026 Winter Olympics be held this year? The opening ceremony is this Friday!
Milan, Italy
300
What early Greek people group lived on the island of Crete?
The Minoans
300
What is this gold Persian coin called?
A Daric
300
Who led Athens into its Golden Age, also called the Hellenic Period?
Pericles
300
Which battle was the turning point of the Persian War?
Salamis
300
For how long are elephants usually pregnant?
About 22 months
400
Which Greek philosopher tutored Alexander the Great?
Aristotle
400
Persia's religion, created around 500 BCE.
Zoroastrianism
400
Which type of Greek column is this?
Corinthian
400
At which battle did 300 Spartans defy the odds against thousands of Persians for a short period of time (the Persians eventually won, but Athens was able to evacuate because of this!)
Thermopylae
400
Joe Keery of Stranger Things fame (Steve "The Hair" Harrington) is the lead vocalist of a band who recently got a #1 hit song. What is his music stage name?
Djo
500
Sophocles and Aristophanes are two examples of _________________ we discussed this unit.
Playwrights
500
What is the name for a governor of a Persian province or territory?
Satrap
500
What is the name of the Spartan Council of Elders?
The Gerousia
500
Alexander the Great's conquests in Asia and Africa ushered in what historians call this 200-year period.
The Hellenistic Period
500
Guillermo del Toro's "Frankenstein" (2025) is a Best Picture nominee at the 2026 Oscars coming up next month. The movie is based off a book written in 1818 by whom?
Mary Shelley -- she was 19 when she wrote Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus