Interesting facts
In ancient Greece, throwing this fruit at someone was done to declare one's love.
A. What is apple?
B. What is orange?
C. What is tomato?
D. What is strawberry?
This is the most commonly used oil in the Mediterranean diet.
What is olive oil?
A slave that made up fables in 550 B.C.
Who is Aesop?
Athenians honored this goddess by killing cattle on the top of the Acropolis. And they named the city Athens after this goddess name.
Who is Athena?
This culture is the combined culture of the Greeks and Romans.
What is the Greco-Roman culture?
This word comes from ancient Greek and means "terrible lizard".
A. What is a dinosaur?
B. What is Geico?
C. What is a snake?
D. What is a dragon?
Fish should be eaten this amount of times (preferably) per week on the Mediterranean diet.
What is twice?
This person was called 'the Great' because he conquered more lands than anyone before him and became the overall ruler of Greece.
Who is Alexander the Great?
This god was the ruler of all the Greek gods and married his sister.
Who is Zeus?
This word literally means love of wisdom. it answers the questions like who we are; where do we come from. Many ancient geeks contributed their entire life to this subject, like Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, etc.
What is philosophy?
Ancient Greeks wouldn't eat this type of food as they thought that they contained the souls of the dead.
A. What is bread?
B. What are beans?
C. What are peas?
D. What are olives?
Herbs and spices should be used as a substitute for this white seasoning when cooking on the Mediterranean diet.
What is salt?
This person wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Who is Homer?
This god is the god of the sea and is considered one of the most bad-tempered, moody and greedy Olympian gods.
Who is Poseidon?
The Ancient Greeks took their entertainment very seriously and used this type of performing arts as a way of investigating the world they lived in, and what it meant to be human. The three genres were comedy, satyr plays, and most important of all, tragedy.
What is drama?
Ancient Greeks and Romans often bought slaves with this type of seasonings.
A. What is sugar?
B. What is chili?
C. What is salt?
D. What is oil?
In addition to the Mediterranean diet, this is also a major part of the Mediterranean lifestyle that provides even more health benefits.
What is Physical activity?
This philosopher was the "grandfather" philosopher in Ancient Greece. He is considered by many to be the founder of Western philosophy. He was eventually poisoned to death.
Who is Socrates?
A festival which was held in Olympia, Greece, from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD to honor their god Zeus, inspired the modern international wide sports games, which is played every four years.
What is the Olympic Games?
Greece (Athens, in particular) is the birthplace of this form of government, that the United States uses today.
What is Democracy?
In Ancient Greece, the normal size of a jury was about this amount of people.
A. What is 200?
B. What is 500?
C. What is 1000?
D. What is 100?
This should be the snack consumed upon feeling hungry at any point in the day.
What are fruits (or Vegetables)?
This philosopher believed that science was the most important thing in life. He founded the Academy and taught Alexander the Great.
Who is Aristotle?
The word "music" comes from the similar pronunciation of the goddesses of the arts in Greek mythology.
Who are Muses?
The most well known mathematical theorem that ancient Greek contribute. The word starts with the letter "P".
What is the Pythagorean Theorem?