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1. In the year my daughter was born, Nelson Mandela became president of South Africa, Rwanda was devastated by a genocide and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis died. Which year was it?
2. If I wanted to follow the tradition of my country in the naming of children, I would have named my daughter after my mother who had the name of the sister of Antigone, as is mentioned in the play by Sophocles. What name is that?
3. When my daughter was three and a half years old, I enrolled her in a day care center which followed the educational approach of a method developed by an Italian physician and educator. This method is mainly based on freedom within limits in an environment with special materials and experiences, where children essentially teach themselves. Who is this educator?
4. Almost every night, I read stories from Greek mythology to my daughter and, to my surprise, her favorite one was Homer's "Iliad." An excellent read, a bit gory for my taste, what is "Iliad" the story of?
5. Highly impressed by Roman history, which she partly learned through her "Asterix" comics, my daughter in 5th grade asked if we could take a trip to Rome. After a one-hour flight from Athens we arrived in Rome and as a bonus, I had arranged a day-trip from Rome to a city buried under the ashes of a volcanic eruption. Where did I take her?
6. Part of my daughter's education was to learn to read music and play a musical instrument. Which was the instrument she chose to play if I tell you that, jokingly, we called her the "New Vanessa Mae"?
7. When my daughter was twelve years old, she asked for a pet. She wanted a puppy but, being a cat person all my life, I vetoed the decision and we adopted a beautiful black kitten from a litter from her teacher's cat. We named him Tiye, a regal name which belonged to a queen in a country where cats were worshipped. Which country was that?
8. My daughter had asthma as a young child and the doctor's instructions were to expose her to sports and outdoors activities as much as possible. She tried a number of different sports like swimming, water polo, ballet, volleyball and track and field but she was utterly unhappy in all of them. Until, in sixth grade, she found a sport she liked and she's devoted to it, even today. Which is this sport that involves a helmet, special boots, pants and gloves and good balance?
9. My daughter's high school has been running an exchange program with a high school from another European country, for 19 years. In April of their junior year, 30 students arrive in Athens from this European country and stay with the families of the Greek students for a week, attending classes with them, sharing their family life and sightseeing. In September of their senior year, the same number of Greek students travel to northern Europe and the experience is repeated. The girl who stayed with us that year was named Mariëlle, lived in a small town near Utrecht and crossed canals while riding her bike to school every day. Which country was she from?
10. In 2012, my daughter took the Greek State University Entrance Exams and scored high enough in the six required courses, to get accepted to the Department of Production Engineering and Management of a Greek university which is established on the biggest Greek island and home of the Minoan civilization. Which island is that?
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