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Greek Jeopardy

Leaders

100

200

300

400

500

WAR

100

200

300

400

500

SPORTS

100

200

300

400

500

Cities

100

200

300

400

500

Plays/Stories

100

200

300

400

500

Leaders for 100

• Who was the leader of Athens during its height of power?

•Pericles

Leaders for 200

• Who was a “Great” general who took over Greece and the Land east to India?

• Alexander

the Great

Leaders for 300

• Name one of the Two Persian leaders

that fought against the Greeks.

• Darius or Xerxes

Leaders for 400

• Who was the leader of Macedonia and the Father of Alexander the Great?

• King Philip II

Leaders for 500

• Name two of the leaders who are mentioned in the Iliad.

• Achilles, Agamemnon, Meneleus, Great Ajax, Odysseus, Hector, Paris, King Priam.

War for 100

• What is another word for Partnerships?

• Alliances

War for 200

• What is a prow? How was it used in battle?

• The front of a ship. Ramming, breaking oars

War for 300

• Who defeated the Trojans?

• Myceneans

War for 400

• What is the name of the Battle Formation created by King Philip II?

• Phalanx

War for 500

• Who defeated the Myceneans and started the Dark Age?

• The Dorians

Sports for 100

• What were the games that were held in Greece every four years?

• Olympics

Sports for 200

• What Olympic event is a combination of five competitions?

• Pentathlon

Sports for 300

• Who were NOT allowed to view the Olympic events?

• Women

Sports for 400

• What was the dangerous sport practiced by the Minoans?

• Bull Leaping

Sports for 500

• What was the Olympic fighting event combining boxing and wrestling called?

• Pancratium

Cities for 100

• What was the intellectual city-state, known for its philosophers?

• Athens

Cities for 200

• This city fell to the Myceneans, possibly in a wooden horse.

• Troy

Cities for 300

• What city-state spent its energy preparing for war?

• Sparta

Cities for 400

• What was the main city of the Minoans?

• Knossus, Cnossus

Cities for 500

• What city in Egypt became a center of Greek Culture?

• Alexandria

Plays/Stories for 100

• Who is the most famous Greek Poet?

• Homer

Plays/Stories for 200

• What are Humorous plays called?

• Comedies

Plays/Stories for 300

• What is the name of Homer’s story about the Trojan War?

• Iliad

Plays/Stories for 400

• What is a play about suffering called?

•Tragedy

Plays/Stories for 500

• What is the Odyssey about?

• A soldier trying to return home from the Trojan War.


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