The Olympic, Panathenaic and Modern Games

Question 1

How many spectators could fit into the stadium at Olympia?

Accepted Answer

45,000

Question 2

Why did boxers need such stamina?

Accepted Answer

There were no rounds

Question 3

What name was given to the buildings in the Altis that were made by different Greek states?

Accepted Answer

Treasuries

Question 4

Which of these were you allowed to do in wrestling?

Accepted Answer

Trip

Question 5

What was the name given to the four young girls who set up the loom to weave the peplos?

Accepted Answer

arrephoroi

Question 6

What happened on the fourth day of the Panathenaic Games?

Accepted Answer

Equestrian

Question 7

How many amphorae did the winner of the youth's station get?

Accepted Answer

60

Question 8

Which one of these was NOT a combat event?

Accepted Answer

Judo

Question 9

What's the name given to the judges of the games?

Accepted Answer

Hellanodikai

Question 10

Who founded the ancient Olympic games?

Accepted Answer

Heracles, Pelops

Question 11

Who made the statue of Zeus in the Temple?

Accepted Answer

Pheidias

Question 12

What's the name of the 2 rivers that converge at Olympia?

Accepted Answer

Kladeos, Alpheios

Question 13

Where did the Panatheniac procession end?

Accepted Answer

Acropolis

Question 14

What happened on the afternoon of the 2nd day?

Accepted Answer

Pentathlon

Question 15

What was the palestra?

Accepted Answer

Training ground for wrestlers

Question 16

How many months did the athletes have to train in Elis for?

Accepted Answer

1 month

Question 17

Which one of these is NOT a tribal contest in which only Athenians were allowed to compete?

Accepted Answer

Apobates

Question 18

If a man won three Olympic victories what could he do?

Accepted Answer

Carved statue

Question 19

Who was rewarded for winning an equestrian event?

Accepted Answer

Owner

Question 20

How long was the Parthenon Frieze?

Accepted Answer

160 m

Question 21

Were all females, bar Demeter Chamyne banned from the olympics?

Accepted Answer

No

Question 22

What's the name of the building where the Olympic council lived and worked during the games?

Accepted Answer

Prytaneion

Question 23

Where did the horse races take place?

Accepted Answer

Hippodrome

Question 24

Which event was the last of the pentathlon and used as a decider if needed?

Accepted Answer

Wrestling

Question 25

Which was the first event of the pentathlon?

Accepted Answer

Discus

Question 26

What is the name of the chariot race where the charioteer had to get off and back on?

Accepted Answer

Apobates

Question 27

What year were the first Modern Olympics?

Accepted Answer

1896

Question 28

what colour cloaks did the wealthy metics wear in the Panathenaic procession?

Accepted Answer

Purple

Question 29

Which of these events happened on the first day?

Accepted Answer

Recitals by poets, Sight-seeing tours of Altis, Boys events

Question 30

Who led the procession?

Accepted Answer

arrephoroi

Question 31

How was the winner of the pentathlon decided?

Accepted Answer

First to three

Question 32

What did the Panathenaic games celebrate?

Accepted Answer

Athena's birthday

Question 33

What are the holes and grooves for in the starting blocks?

Accepted Answer

Held turning posts, Grooves for feet

Question 34

How could the athletes be punished?

Accepted Answer

Whipped, Zanes, Fines

Question 35

How many months did athletes have to swear they had trained for before the games?

Accepted Answer

10 months

Question 36

How many drachmas did third place get in the singer to the kithara?

Accepted Answer

600

Question 37

Which of these is NOT a running event at Olympia?

Accepted Answer

Tethrippon

Question 38

What was the main differences in the Panathenaic and Olympic games?

Accepted Answer

Prizes

Question 39

What was the peplos?

Accepted Answer

Robe

Question 40

How much did the winner of the singer to the kithara get?

Accepted Answer

500 silver drachmas, Golden Crown worth 1000 drachmas

Question 41

When were the panathenaic games?

Accepted Answer

July

Question 42

Who wove the peplos?

Accepted Answer

ergastinai

Question 43

Who were the OIympic Games sacred to?

Accepted Answer

Zeus

Question 44

What name is given to the religious sanctuary at the heart of Olympia?

Accepted Answer

Altis

Question 45

What was the Stoa of Echo?

Accepted Answer

Collonade leading to the stadium

Question 46

When did the first recorded Olympic games happen?

Accepted Answer

776BC

Question 47

What was the building where the games were organised and athletes had to swear their oath?

Accepted Answer

Bouleuterion

Question 48

How big was the Temple of Zeus?

Accepted Answer

64.1 x 27.7 metres

Question 49

What happened on the first day of the panathenaic games?

Accepted Answer

rhapsodic and musical contests

Question 50

Which city was in control of the site of Olympia?

Accepted Answer

Elis

Question 51

How was the winner of the torch race declared?

Accepted Answer

First to the Acropolis with lit torch

Question 52

What was 3rd in the Panathenaic procession?

Accepted Answer

Sacrifical animals

Question 53

What were the only two actions that were banned in the pankration?

Accepted Answer

Eye-gouging, Biting

Question 54

How often did the ancient Olympic Games happen?

Accepted Answer

4 years

Question 55

How many times did a wrestler have to 'fall' his opponent to win?

Accepted Answer

3

Question 56

Which of these running races had the longest distance?

Accepted Answer

Dilochos

Question 57

How was the east pediment on the Temple of Zeus decorated?

Accepted Answer

Chariot race between Pelops and Oinomaos, Zeus Judging

Question 58

Who was the only woman allowed to view the games?

Accepted Answer

Demeter Chamyne

Question 59

What happened on the 3rd day?

Accepted Answer

Grand procession, Sacrifice of 100 oxen

Question 60

Were there any specified seats in the stadium?

Accepted Answer

Yes

Question 61

How was the winner of the pankration decided?

Accepted Answer

Admitted defeat, Knocked unconcious

Question 62

Which of these events were NOT in the pentathlon?

Accepted Answer

Boxing

Question 63

When was the grand procession along the 'Sacred Way'?

Accepted Answer

2 days before

Question 64

What would you find within the Altis?

Accepted Answer

Religious buildings

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