Greek Trivia Quiz Questions With Answers
A: Apollo.
In Greek mythology, what did Icarus do wrong?
A: He flew too close to the sun.
What is the southernmost country on the Balkan Peninsula?
A: Greece.
In 530 B.C., what Greek mathematician noticed that the morning
star and the evening star were the same star?
A: Pythagoras.
What mystical word, whose Greek letters are equivalent to 365 in
numbers, was used as a superstitious charm?
A: Abraxas.
What is Greece also called?
A: The Hellenic Republic.
Greek gods sent heroes to the Islands of the Blessed to enjoy a
life after death, and what was the name for those islands?
A: Elysium.
In Greek mythology, which nymphs were the guardian spirits of the
sea?
A: Nereid's.
What
Mediterranean country does the island of Rhodes belong to?
A: Greece.
The guardian spirits of nature in Geek mythology were called
what?
A: Nymphs.
In the Athens 1996 Olympic 100-meter Freestyle for Sailors, what
country competed alone?
A: Greece.
What disease is named after the Greek for "without appetite"?
A: Anorexia.
What chemical compound is derived from the Greek word for
"primary"?
A: Protein.
Hades is the Greek word for what?
A: Hell.
Small seedless grapes called currants were named for their place
of origin. Where was it?
A: Cornith, greece.
The largest Greek population in the world outside of Greece is
where?
A: Melbourne, Australia.
The Greek Communist Party provided cash to what former Soviet
newspaper to keep it alive during the 90s?
A: Pravda.
According to Greek legend, Alexander the Great cut what?
A: The Gordian Knot.
The Greeks named what ancient African country for the "sunburnt
faces" of its natives?
A: Ethiopia.
What fruit did early Greek Olympians sometimes wear as medals?
A: Figs.
Dimitrios Synodinos was also know by what name in the
sporting
world?
A: Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder.
What is poliosis?
A: When your hair turns gray. It comes from the Greek word for Gray.
In Greek, what does the word climax mean?
A: Ladder. In Greece it is spelled Klimax.
The last letter of the Greek alphabet is what?
A: Omega.
We get the word cosmetics form the Geek word kosmetikos, which
means what?
A: Skilled in decorating.
The Astronomical term "Galaxy" comes from the Greek word for
what?
A: Milk. In Greek, gala means "milk".
The Colossus of Rhodes was one of the seven wonders of the
ancient world. How was it destroyed?
A: An earthquake in 224 B.C.
In Athens, Greece, what temple is atop the Acropolis?
A: The Parthenon.