Ten "Greece"y Places Trivia Quiz

Answer: Veria

Veria is located in northern Greece. It is often called Berea in the Bible. It was built at the foot of the Vermio mountains. Veria's closest neighbor is Thessalonica. Veria is home to Greece's largest wind turbine farm, which was constructed with 174 turbines by a group from South America. The wind turbine farm was built in the Vermio mountains.

Answer: Kozani

Kozani is a small city in northern Greece. Kozani has four different mountain ranges: Pieria, Viermo, Vournious, and Askio. Kozani is home to the University of Western Macedonia and the Technological Educational Institute. Kozani also houses Macedonia's fire station, court, and police station.

A large part of Kozani's population works at the coal power plant. They have a 350-year-old church and clock tower in their square.

Answer: Rhodes

Rhodes is a key city in Greece. It was designed by Hippodamus of Miletus. In 1948, Rhodes became an official part of Greece after it had been taken over by the Ottoman Empire in 1523 and then given to the Italians. Rhodes is home to one of the seven wonders of the world with the Colossus of Rhodes.

The UNESCO World Heritage Site made the Citadel of Rhodes a place of interest as a well-preserved medieval town in Europe. When an earthquake in 226 B.C. caused the Colossus to topple, it took nine-hundred and sixty camels to haul the ruins away.

Answer: Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki is the second-largest city in Greece. It is the capital of Macedonia. The city was named after Alexander the Great's half-sister, Thessaloniki. The city was built near the Thermaikos Gulf. Thessaloniki is home to many archaeological sites, including the Forum and The Triumphal Arch of Galerius. Each year Thessaloniki holds a movie festival in November and a book fair in May.

Answer: Aspropyrgos

Aspropyrgos is a town close to Athens, Greece. The town boasts a military airport and an oil refinery; in fact, it has the largest oil refinery in Greece.

Answer: Tripoli

Tripoli is situated on the peninsula of Peloponnese. The Artemisio, Parthenios and Mainalo mountain ranges surround the city of Tripoli. It is the cultural and economic center of the Peloponnese peninsula. The city was founded in the fourteenth century and went by the name Tripolitsa until the early nineteenth century. Tripoli houses a museum of monuments of Greece.

Answer: Keratsini

Keratsini is a bay, a port, and a town hall. Keratsini has had a sister city in Presov, Slovakia since 1994.

Answer: Larissa

Larissa is the largest city in the area of Greece known as Thessaly. It has been an inhabited city for over four thousand years. Larissa is close to Mount Olympus, the highest mountain in Greece. It is considered to be the birthplace of Achilles and the burial place of Hippocrates.

Answer: Athens

Athens is the capital city of Greece. It is the oldest named city in the country. Athens holds two UNESCO World Heritages sites with the Acropolis and the Daphni Monastery. It was home to three Summer Olympics and the 2011 Special Olympics. Athens has twenty-one sister cities.

Answer: Alexandroupoli

Alexandroupoli is an important port city in northern Greece. The city connects Europe and Asia from the east and west. The city was given its modern name in 1920 when it was named after King Alexander III. Before its official name change, the city was known as Dedeagach. A lighthouse is located in the center of Alexandroupoli.