How much do you know about Greece?

What is the capital city of Greece?

• Aphens

• Athens

• Thessaloniki

• Patras

What is the national flag of Greece?

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The Acropolis — which occupies a lofty place above Athens, the capital of Greece — comprises inimitable archaeological sites, including the ______________.

• Colosseum

• Leaning Tower of Pisa

• Sistine Chapel

• Parthenon temple

______________, king of Macedonia, spread Greek civilization widely by conquering much of the Middle East and western Asia, but his empire did not last long after his death in 323 B.C.

• Attila the Hun

• Julius Caesar

• Alexander the Great

• Hannibal

Whose son was Alexander the Great?

• Alexander I

• Philip II

• Achilles

• Tesei

The picturesque island of ____________ was formed by a volcanic eruption around 1600 B.C, an event tied to the myth of Atlantis.

• Gozo

• Ibiza

• Santorini

• Tremiti

Which Greek philosopher first mentioned Santorini in his dialogues “Timaeus” and “Critias” around 360 B.C.?

• Pythagoras

• Socrates

• Aristotle

• Plato

Santorini is a small volcanic island in the __________ Sea.

• Ionian

• Mediterranean

• Black

• Aegean

Of all the punishments chronicled in Greek mythology, none were as heavy-handed as the one that Zeus meted out to Atlas, who was __________________.

• chained to a mountain where an eagle ate his liver every day

• condemned to bear the sky aloft for eternity

• cursed to roll a giant boulder up a hill forever

• transformed into a living statue

What is Zeus the god of?

• sea

• underworld

• sky and thunder

• hunting