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Tough World History II Trivia Quiz

This quiz will cover the period of 500 B.C., and follow the Greek course.

A multiple-choice quiz by thejazzkickazz. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
thejazzkickazz

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
31,384

Updated
Oct 09 24

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
1046

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. If the Minoan civilization used the Linear A language, which civilization used the subsequent form of Linear B? Hint

Mycenean

Hittites

Hyksos

Assyrians

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was known as 'unicus spectator cali siderunque'...the unrivalled observer of the heaven and stars, and built military machines for Hieron II? Hint

Archimedes

Erasthothenes

Plato

Leonardo

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was the legendary King that supposedly brought the alphabet from Phoenicia to Greek around 1200 B.C.? Hint

Cadmus

Rhadamnathys

Minos

Sarpedon

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which Greek invented the art of rhetoric with the work entitled 'The Art of Words'? Hint

Corax

Plato

Meno

Epictetus

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who wrote the first Greek joke-book called the "Love of Laughter"? Hint

Philagrius

Abdera Democritus

Leucippus

Thebaides

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Question 6 of 10

6. To which ruler did Diogenes rudely say: 'Stop blocking the sun!'? Hint

Xerxes

Miltiades

Alexander

Sarpedon

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Question 7 of 10

7. What were the two types of infantryman which evolved from the Sparto-Messenian Wars? Hint

phalangite tolus

phalangite peltasts

phalnges fabians

peltasts doric

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which Greek coin is considered the oldest in the world?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which Greek thinker said: 'So long as men slaughter animals, they won't stop killing each other'? Hint

Empedocles

Socrates

Plato

Pythagoras

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Question 10 of 10

10. What does tragedy literally mean in Greek? Hint

goat song

death song

fable song

love song

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. If the Minoan civilization used the Linear A language, which civilization used the subsequent form of Linear B?

Answer: Mycenean

2. Who was known as 'unicus spectator cali siderunque'...the unrivalled observer of the heaven and stars, and built military machines for Hieron II?

Answer: Archimedes

3. Who was the legendary King that supposedly brought the alphabet from Phoenicia to Greek around 1200 B.C.?

Answer: Cadmus

4. Which Greek invented the art of rhetoric with the work entitled 'The Art of Words'?

Answer: Corax

5. Who wrote the first Greek joke-book called the "Love of Laughter"?

Answer: Philagrius

The book, also called "Philogelos", is attributed to Philagrius and Hierocles, although other theories exist regarding who authored the book.

6. To which ruler did Diogenes rudely say: 'Stop blocking the sun!'?

Answer: Alexander

7. What were the two types of infantryman which evolved from the Sparto-Messenian Wars?

Answer: phalangite peltasts

8. Which Greek coin is considered the oldest in the world?

Answer: stater

9. Which Greek thinker said: 'So long as men slaughter animals, they won't stop killing each other'?

Answer: Pythagoras

10. What does tragedy literally mean in Greek?

Answer: goat song

Source: Author thejazzkickazz

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