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1
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Roughly how many people competed in Ancient Greek Games?

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only a few hundred. Nowadays it is about 8,000 men & women

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What were the 4 sports in the Ancient Olympics?

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Athletics, Boxing, Chariot Racing and Wrestling

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How many events made up Ancient Greek Olympics? Nowadays there are nearly 200..

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Only around 20!

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4
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How long did the original Olympic Games last?

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over 1000 years

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From when to when did the first 1000 years or so of Olympics last?

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776 BC to 396 AD

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Where was the first Olympics held?

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Olympia, Greece

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To which god was Olympia sacred?

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Zeus

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8
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Olympic Games might have started when WHO wrestled his father Kronos for control of the world?

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Zeus!

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who else might have started it all off, having completed one of his 12 labours?

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Herakles

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10
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what kind of competition was featured in the first ever Games?

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Just a running race!

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11
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What was the top sporting city in the Games from 776 to 300 BC?

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SPARTA with 46 victories

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What other cities were amongst the top 4 sporting cities from 776 to 300BC?

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Elis, (local area of Olympia) 30
Athens 22
Croton, Italy 21

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13
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in the 2nd Century BC Greece was conquered by which other great power?

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Rome

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14
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What did the Western Roman Empire prefer, Gladiators/Chariot Races or Athletics?

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Gladiators & Chariot Races.

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15
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Name 4 ways we get our knowledge about ancient olympics

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  • excavated stadiums
  • stories of athletes & rule books
  • lists of winners
  • vase paintings and sculptures (even though they show runners going along left hand and left foot at the same time!)
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16
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Why were the Crown Games called the Crown Games?

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Winners were CROWNED with a wreath of some sort of foliage.. it depended on the city what you got on your head if you won.

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17
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How often were the Olympian Games in Olympia and the Pythian Games in Delphi held?

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Every 4 years

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How often were the Isthmian Games in Corinth and the Nemean Games in Nemea held?

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Every 2 years

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Which two of the Crown Games were in honour of Zeus?

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Olympian Games and Nemean Games.

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Which Crown Games were in honour of the god Apollo and the winner got laurel wreath?

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Pythian Games in Delphi

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Which Crown Games were in honour of Poseidon, and had pine leaves for a wreath as a prize?

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Isthmian Games.

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Which Crown Games awarded a wreath of wild celery to winners? (in honour of Zeus, and held every 2 years?)

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Nemean Games

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23
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name some other types of prizes you could win

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warm leather jerkins, pitchers of oil, and a tripod made of bronze

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24
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Were competitors amateurs as they must be nowadays for the Olympics?

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nope!

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25
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What types of rewards could winners get when they returned home?!

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Money prizes, poems written in their honour and a pension for life

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26
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What privileges did a professional athlete have at the time?

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they didn’t have to pay taxes or do military service, and they also had their own trade unions!

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27
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name 2 kinds of Training Areas in Ancient Greece for athletes.

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Palaistra- training for combat sports, like wrestling and boxing
Gymnasium
training for running & throwing

28
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What building did the first day swearing-in ceremony take place in?

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the Bouleuterion- the council building of Olympia

29
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What kind of awesome statue was inside the Bouleuterion and did it represent?

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A gold and ivory statue of Zeus- it was one of the 7 wonders of the world

30
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How many officials oversaw the swearing in, and what was their title? H…

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10 Hellanodikai

31
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What 2 things did athletes have to swear over the flesh of a dead boar..?

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  • I have been training for 10 months

- I will stick to the rules of the Games

32
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What did the 10 officials called Hellanodikai have to swear as well?

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To be fair judges of the competition

33
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Name 3 things Day 1 of the Games involved for boys aged 12-18 years

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Running
Wrestling
Boxing

34
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Day 2 of the Games- how did it start?

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procession into the Hippodrome

35
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what sort of shape was the Hippodrome?

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oval

36
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each lap of the Hippodrome was _____ metres

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1200

37
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what kinds of chariots did the Hippodrome races involve?

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4 horse and 2 horse chariots

38
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could poor people enter?

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No- owning horses was expensive so only the rich could compete.

39
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What person bribed the judges to let him win in 65 AD? He later founded (not) a chain of coffee shops in the UK.. ;)

A

Emperor Nero

40
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Did jockeys have saddles?

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No, they rode bareback

41
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Name the 5 events of a pentathlon. D J J R W

A 
Discus 
Javelin
Jumping
Running
Wrestling
42
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Was there high jump in Greek athletics?

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no. only long jump

43
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What did Day 3 start with, rather grisly thing..

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slaughter of 100 oxen which were offered up to Zeus. the meat was used for the evening banquet

44
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How long is the DOLIKHOS race?

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3.8K or 4.6K

45
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How long is the STADE?

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A short sprint of 192 metres

46
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How long is the DIAULOS?

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285 metres

47
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What 3 Events happened on Day 3?

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Wrestling
Boxing and Pankration
A running race in armour

48
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What did wrestlers do before competition?

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Oiled their bodies

49
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EURYDAMOS did what strange thing when competition in the boxing on Day 4?

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Swallowed his broken teeth

50
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What is the final event on Day 4, the HOPLITODROMOS?

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A race in armour, wearing helmet and carrying a shield

51
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On Day 5 what was tied to winners’ heads and limbs?

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Purple ribbons

52
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What was placed on the heads of winners?

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A laurel wreath

53
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What could a winner expect back home after winning?

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A special feast and celebration in his honour, poems written about him and a fine statue of himself in the marketplace

54
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What does Pankration mean in Greek?

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All Strength

55
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What was it?

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Boxing, Wrestling, Slapping, almost anything but gouging and biting to win. Opponent had to hold a finger up to say you’d won.

56
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Did men and women compete in the Olympic Games?

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No- only men!

57
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in 336 BC who had a statue of himself and his family put up in Olympia?

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Alexander the Great. Roman Emperors later did similar things to identify themselves as godlike.

58
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Bonus: Who revived the modern Olympics in the 19th Century?

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Baron Pierre de Coubertin. The first modern Olympics happened in Athens in 1896.

59
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Athletes carried oil in a small container called..

A

Aryballos

60
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What did a Wrestler wear to protect his ears?

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A cap

61
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How much did the Ancient Greek Discus weigh?

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About 2.5 kilos.

62
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What was the Ancient Greek discus made of?

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Bronze, lead or marble

63
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Before jumping the jumpers held something in their hands to help with momentum- what was it?

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Weights, sometimes made of lead

64
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Did the Ancient Greeks run a marathon as part of the Olympian Games?

A

No- it’s a modern addition

65
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APITE! Meant what? It could also be a short blast from a trumpet in a competition

A

GO!

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