How much do you know about Greece? What do you know about its people? We give you 10 questions, each divided into 3 parts. And we give you 6 answers. Make your choice and write down your answers. For every correct answer you get 1 point. If you answer correctly on all 3 parts of the same question you get 1 extrapoint, that is 4 points on that question.

All set? Good luck!

Question  1: On which islands are the following cities situated?

A: Knossos		1: Kos
B: Lindos		2: Crete
C: Mytilini		3: Lesvos
		4: Naxos
		5: Rhodes
		6: Samos

Question  2: Which three countries border on Greece on the mainland?

	1: Albania
	2: Bulgaria
	3: Georgia
	4: Macedonia
	5: Romania
	6: Serbia

Question  3: Whom were they married to?

A: Amphitrite		1: Apollo
B: Aphrodite		2: Hades
C: Hera		3: Hephaistos
		4: Hermes
		5: Poseidon
		6: Zeus

Question 4: Which dish is concealed behind the following words?

A: Fassolada		1: meat-spit
B: Saganaki		2: bean soup
C: Kalamarakia		3: fish soup
		4: calamari
		5: baked feta-cheese
		6: gingerbread

Question 5: Which three buildings can you find on the Acropolis?

	1: Erechtheion
	2: Hephaistos-temple
	3: Stoa of Attalos
	4: Parthenon
	5: Nike-temple
	6: Dionysos-theatre

Question 6: Which are the christian names of these musicians?

A: Mouskouri		1: Costas
B: Papadopoulos		2: Christos
C: Theodorakis		3: Melina
		4: Nana
		5: Georgios
		6: Mikis

Question 7: What happened in the years below?

A: 490 BC		1: end of the 2. Peloponnesian War
B: 480 BC		2: death of Alexander the Great
C: 323 BC		3: Aristotle was born
		4: Socrates was sentenced to death
		5: battle of Marathon
		6: seabattle of Salamis

Question 8: Which three dates do you connect with Olympic Games?

	1: 848 BC
	2: 776 BC
	3: 1896
	4: 1924
	5: 1984
	6: 2004

Question 9: What do the following greek expressions mean?

A: bouzouki		1: passport
B: evzonen		2: musical instrument
C: diabatirio		3: lamb
		4: guard soldiers
		5: railway station
		6: loud speaker

Question 10: With whom do you associate the following?

A: Cave Allegory		1: Socrates
B: panta rhei		2: Aristotle
C: Music of the Spheres		3: Plato
		4: Anaximander
		5: Pythagoras
		6: Heraclitus

© Bernhard Kauntz, 2004

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