Olympics
Ancient Greece
Silk Road
Aboriginal Australia
RaNdOm!
100

How many events were there at the first Olympic games in 776BC?

One- stadion 200m race

100

True or false: women could vote in Ancient Greece

False, women could not vote in any city in Ancient Greece

100

What is it called where a traveller on the silk road would go for rest?

Caravanserai

100

What is the aboriginal symbol for campsite or watering hole?

concentric circles

100

About how long is the silk road?

4,000 miles

200
Name an Olympic event from Ancient Greece that we still have in Modern Olympics

long jump, discus, 200m race, javelin... 

200

Why are Greek amphitheatres shaped like this: (two reasons)


Amphitheatres were built like this so everyone had a decent view and everyone could hear the actors (there were no microphones in Ancient Greece).

200

What are people that do not live in one place but moved around following animal herds and migrating with the seasons

Nomads

200

Name these objects: 

 

boomerang, digeridoo 

200

Fill in the blank: 

_______ now commonly called aisles. Used for audience and actors to enter and exit.

parados

300

What two different situations were the Olympics cancelled

War, Covid

300

What God is honoured for drama?

Dionysys

300

What were Mongol women in charge of doing?

Mongol women were given the task of controlling the villages and towns – they were given lots of influence and proved very effective.

300

Fill in the blank: White is the spirit colour. Black is the colour of night and represents Aboriginal people. Red is the colour of the land. Yellow is the colour of ______

Yellow is the colour of the sun and sacred.

300

Who were the titans lead by?

Cronus

400

How would someone win the ancient event of trumpeting?

Whoever trumpeted the loudest!

400

Many plays were written during Greek times but almost all of them have been lost. Why?


The Greeks wrote on a type of paper. Unfortunately, the papers disintegrated and were destroyed over the thousands of years between the Greeks and now.

400

What caused the decline of the silk road?

Magnetic compass, because then trade by boat became easier and more popular

400

Which statement about the rainbow serpent is false:

  • Controls sunshine

  • Can cause death if he wanted

  • Lives in watering holes

  • Deserves great respect

Controls sunshine is false, rainbow serpent controls the rain

400

What does Khan mean?

Khan- name for the leader of the Mongols, used to mean ‘Leader’ across South Asia

500

What five events were in the Pentathalon?

 5 events: discus, long jump, wrestling, stadion and javelin

500

Uranus and Gaia had 12 children
who were collectively called the

Titans

500

List the 5 types of people you would meet on the silk road. One wrong you do not get the points

merchants, soldiers, scholars, ambassadors, bandits

500

What is the name of this famous landform in Australia?


Uluru or Ayers Rock

500

What is Ms Ford's middle name?

Elizabeth