Quiz questions about Greece (Questions only)

1. Which Greek mathematician, thought by many to be one of the Godfathers of early physics, derived many correct quantitative descriptions of mechanics and hydrostatics?

2. The playing of which instrument was once an olympic discipline in ancient Greece ?

3. Which famous Spanish renaissance artist was born on the Greek island Crete?

4. Greek & Roman Apollo, Babylonian Marduk, Indian Vishnu, gods of what?

5. In Greek mythology, who was known as a divine hero, the son of the ruler of Mount Olympus and the nephew of Amphitryon?

6. Which Greek root meaning "blue" is often found on a traditional colour wheel between green and blue? Four letters.

7. In the parade at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, which country always enters the stadium first?

8. In Greek mythology, what is the name of the ferryman who rows the dead across the River Styx?

9. Which plant, considered to be a vegetable in Europe and a fruit in North America, stems from the Greek meaning 'plant of the foreigners along the Volga river'?

10. Protazoa contains the Greek root 'prot'. What does 'prot' mean?

11. The ancient Greek word for "racetrack" and or "running" is found in the name of which ungainly pack animal?

12. Which African city is named from the Greek meaning "three towns"?

13. What is the Greek word for fire?

14. What was the nationality of Zorba in the film with Anthony Quinn?

15. The word hippopotamus stems from two Greek words. Hippo means horse, what does "potamus" mean?

16. Which familiar word derives its name from a Greek word meaning ?writings by or about prostitutes??

17. The name for which controversial science stems from the Greek for "good race"?

18. Who is the Greek goddess of Retribution who rests in Staffordshire?

19. Greek Feta cheese is made from the milk of which animal?

20. Who designed the Cenotaph in Whitehall, and what does the word "cenotaph" literally mean in Greek?