Hellenic Club Trivia Tournament

Ancient Greece

100

Name this famous Greek conqueror who created a massive empire extending all the way to the border of modern-day India. 

Alexander the Great 

200

Name this ancient Greek kingdom, whose name is strikingly similar to a modern country in the Balkans. 

Macedon or Macedonia (Do not accept North Macedonia) 

300

Name this famous palace found in the northern coast of Crete, which was said to be the location of the Labyrinth that housed the Minotaur. 

The Palace of Knossos (Knossos Palace)

400

Name this group of ancient Greeks who settled the island of Crete and established a trading and farming society.

The Minoans 

500

Name this group of ancient Greeks who established a warlike society and developed a sophisticated writing system known as Linear B. 

The Mycenaeans 

Greek Food

100

Name this famous Greek eggplant casserole, which is common in the Balkans and Middle East.

Moussaka 

200

Name this Greek beef stew dish.

Stifado 

300

Name this Greek appetizer consisting of tomato balls.

Tomatokeftedes 

400

Name this Greek dish consisting of stuffed eggplants, whose name comes from the Greek for "little shoes."

Papoutsakia 

500

Name this Greek dish consisting of fried zucchini and courgette balls, which comes from the Greek for "zucchini meatballs." 

Kolokithokeftedes 

Greek Dance

100

Name this well known Greek dance, which involves the repetition of twelve steps.

Kalamatianos 

200

Name this famous Greek dance, which consists of a mix of slow and fast rhythms.

Sirtaki or syrtaki

300

Name this Greek dance, which has origins in Constantinople during the Byzantine Empire.

Hasapiko 

400

Name this folk dance from Crete, whose name refers to Crete's "fifth attempt" or "fifth step" of declaring independence from the Ottomans. 

Pentozali ("five steps")

500

Name this Greek dance which originated from a Greek island in the Aegean sea, and is often called the "slow version" of the Ballos.

Ikariotikos 

Greek Mythology

100

Name this Greek goddess of agriculture, who is known as the overprotective mother of Persephone.

Demeter 

200

Name this skilled human seamstress who rivaled Athena's weaving skills, causing Athena to turn her into a spider out of jealousy. 

Arachne 

300

Name this god who created the Cap of Invisibility, capable of turning the person who uses it invisible. 

Hades 

400

Name this wife of Perseus, who was chained to a rock and devoured by a monster as a sacrifice to the gods.

Andromeda 

500

Name this official term for the Titan War, in which the Olympians successfully defeated the Titans and earned control of the universe.

Titanomachy 

Miscellaneous

100

Name this famous Greek church, which was recently converted into a mosque by a Turkish court in July 2020.

Hagia Sophia 

200

Name this god of male beauty.

Adonis 

300

Name this current prime minister of Greece.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis 

400

Name this current president of Greece.

Katerina Sakellaropoulou 

500

Name this term for someone who admires Sparta and its culture. 

Laconophile