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Greek Jeopardy

Greek Jeopardy. Choose a category. You will be given the answer. You must give the correct question. Click to begin. Choose a point value. Choose a point value. Click here for Final Jeopardy. Minoans. Mycenaeans. Ohhh… Homer and Poetry. Greek Stuff. Greek Dudes. 1 Point.

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Greek Jeopardy

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  1. Greek Jeopardy Choose a category. You will be given the answer. You must give the correct question. Click to begin.

  2. Choose a point value. Choose a point value. Click here for Final Jeopardy

  3. Minoans Mycenaeans Ohhh… Homer and Poetry Greek Stuff Greek Dudes 1 Point 1 Point 1 Point 1 Point 1 Point 2 Points 2 Points 2 Points 2 Points 2 Points 3 Points 3 Points 3 Points 3 Points 3 Points 4 Points 4 Points 4 Points 4 Points 4 Points 5 Points 5 Points 5 Points 5 Points 5 Points

  4. They lived on this island

  5. What is Crete?

  6. This was the main structure found in Knossos

  7. What is the palace complex?

  8. They weren’t warriors but they were good at this aquatic activity

  9. What is sailing?

  10. Historians disagree but most think maybe this caused the sudden disappearance of the Minoan civilization

  11. What is invasion (by Mycenaeans)?

  12. He discovered the Minoan civilization

  13. Who was Arthur Evans?

  14. The Mycenaeans fought here (and left behind a big horse)

  15. What is Troy?

  16. Finding their pottery all around the Mediterranean proved they were good at this

  17. What is trading (sailing)?

  18. The finding of these shows the Mycenaeans may have believed in an afterlife

  19. What are Tholos tombs/grave circles?

  20. He discovered the Mycenaean civilization on his way to discovering Troy

  21. Who was Heinrich Schliemann?

  22. The king of the Mycenaeans who is killed by his wife after the Trojan War

  23. Who is Agamemnon?

  24. Homer was deprived of this sense

  25. What is sight?

  26. Homer’s story of a great war (although it never mentioned a horse)

  27. What is the Iliad?

  28. The Odyssey is the journey of this man

  29. Who is Odysseus?

  30. Homer’s tales incorporated the gods of Olympus, while this poet honored those victorious athletes of the Olympics

  31. Who was Pindar?

  32. Her poetry was not as epic, or violent, as Homer’s, instead focusing on lyric love poems

  33. Who was Sappho?

  34. Achilles had these (themes of the Iliad)

  35. What is wrath and pride?

  36. Odysseus slaughtered men who did not respect this theme of the Odyssey

  37. What is xenia (hospitality)?

  38. Salamis and Plataea were important battlefields in this/these war(s)

  39. What are the Persian Wars?

  40. Superman or Spiderman might fit within this theme of Greek drama

  41. What is heroes?

  42. In a polis you might find, next to the agora, a temple built on this hilltop (and it maybe guarded by hoplites)

  43. What is the acropolis?

  44. Archimedes discovered principles of the lever and pulley as well as developing this (I wonder if it was Dutch Apple)

  45. What is pi?

  46. DAILY DOUBLE

  47. Apart from coming up with a triangle theorem, he cam up with other important principles used in geometry

  48. He found the circumference of the earth

  49. Who was Eratosthones?

  50. Thucydides and this Father of History were the great Greek historians

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