Greek Jeopardy
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SPORTS Cities Plays/Stories
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 citystate, 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.