Duplicate of The Olympic Games

Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

Altis

Question 2

Which of these were you allowed to do in wrestling?

Accepted Answer

Trip

Question 3

Which city was in control of the site of Olympia?

Accepted Answer

Elis

Question 4

How could the athletes be punished?

Accepted Answer

Whipped, Zanes, Fines

Question 5

How was the winner of the pankration decided?

Accepted Answer

Admitted defeat, Knocked unconcious

Question 6

Were there any specified seats in the stadium?

Accepted Answer

Yes

Question 7

What happened on the 3rd day?

Accepted Answer

Sacrifice of 100 oxen, Grand procession

Question 8

Which one of these was NOT one of the 'sacred games'?

Accepted Answer

Panathenaic

Question 9

Who founded the ancient Olympic games?

Accepted Answer

Heracles, Pelops

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

3

Question 11

What would you find within the Altis?

Accepted Answer

Religious buildings

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

Prytaneion

Question 13

What was the palestra?

Accepted Answer

Training ground for wrestlers

Question 14

What was the roof made of at the Temple of Zeus?

Accepted Answer

Marble Tiles

Question 15

How many entrances were there to the Altis?

Accepted Answer

Three

Question 16

What was the statue of Zeus made of?

Accepted Answer

Ivory, Gold

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

Bouleuterion

Question 18

Where did the horse races take place?

Accepted Answer

Hippodrome

Question 19

What was the name of the stand reserved for the judges?

Accepted Answer

Exhedra

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

Treasuries

Question 21

What year were the first Modern Olympics?

Accepted Answer

1896

Question 22

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

Accepted Answer

No

Question 23

What was the name of the leather thongs boxers wore?

Accepted Answer

Himantes

Question 24

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

Accepted Answer

Kladeos, Alpheios

Question 25

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

Accepted Answer

Carved statue

Question 26

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

Accepted Answer

Hellanodikai

Question 27

What was the Stoa of Echo?

Accepted Answer

Collonade leading to the stadium

Question 28

What happened on the afternoon of the 2nd day?

Accepted Answer

Pentathlon

Question 29

Who was rewarded for winning an equestrian event?

Accepted Answer

Owner

Question 30

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

Accepted Answer

Eye-gouging, Biting

Question 31

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

Accepted Answer

10 months

Question 32

How often did the ancient Olympic Games happen?

Accepted Answer

4 years

Question 33

Who was the only woman allowed to view the games?

Accepted Answer

Demeter Chamyne

Question 34

Which was the first event of the pentathlon?

Accepted Answer

Discus

Question 35

How did the Greeks explain Zeus's presence at Olympia?

Accepted Answer

Zeus threw a thunderbolt to establish it as a santuary

Question 36

How long did the pentathlon take?

Accepted Answer

One afternoon

Question 37

Who made the statue of Zeus in the Temple?

Accepted Answer

Pheidias

Question 38

Which of these is NOT a running event at Olympia?

Accepted Answer

Tethrippon

Question 39

Which one of these was NOT a combat event?

Accepted Answer

Judo

Question 40

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

Accepted Answer

Chariot race between Pelops and Oinomaos, Zeus Judging

Question 41

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

Accepted Answer

Held turning posts, Grooves for feet

Question 42

What would you have found in the gymnasium?

Accepted Answer

Full size running track, Discuss training, Javelin training

Question 43

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

Accepted Answer

Wrestling

Question 44

How was the winner of the pentathlon decided?

Accepted Answer

First to three

Question 45

Who were the OIympic Games sacred to?

Accepted Answer

Zeus

Question 46

Which of these events were NOT in the pentathlon?

Accepted Answer

Boxing

Question 47

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

Accepted Answer

2 days before

Question 48

How many spectators could fit into the stadium at Olympia?

Accepted Answer

45,000

Question 49

Which of these events happened on the first day?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 50

Why did boxers need such stamina?

Accepted Answer

There were no rounds

Question 51

Which of these running races had the longest distance?

Accepted Answer

Dilochos

Question 52

When did the first recorded Olympic games happen?

Accepted Answer

776BC

Question 53

How many statues did Pliny state were in the Altis when he travelled to Olympia?

Accepted Answer

3,000

Question 54

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

Accepted Answer

1 month

Question 55

How big was the Temple of Zeus?

Accepted Answer

64.1 x 27.7 metres

Duplicate of The Olympic Games

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