{"id":1366,"date":"2014-03-25T22:10:02","date_gmt":"2014-03-25T22:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/?p=1366"},"modified":"2014-03-25T22:10:02","modified_gmt":"2014-03-25T22:10:02","slug":"greece-in-fifteen-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/greece-in-fifteen-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Greece in fifteen questions"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In Greece on March 25 we celebrate the Independence Day and also the Annunciation to Virgin Mary of her conception. Instead of writing a post about a topic that can be searched on Wikipedia or on documentaries, I decided to make a quiz about Greece. Making a quiz about Greece is not easy and I always find it hard to think what comes to the mind of non-Greeks when they hear the word “Greece”. Is it sun, bouzouki and tzatziki? Maybe mythical creatures, and incest stories? Democracy and philosophy or just poverty and decadence? <\/span><\/p>\n

Greece cannot be included in fifteen questions.\u00a0 <\/span>However, if you want to test your knowledge about Greece and whatever goes with it, and maybe to learn something you didn\u2019t know, feel free to do the following quiz.\u00a0 <\/span>It is dedicated to all my students and foreign friends who make me see a new aspect of my country every day.<\/span><\/p>\n

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1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Who is the god of wine?<\/span><\/p>\n

a.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Apollo (<\/span>\u0391\u03c0\u03cc\u03bb\u03bb\u03c9\u03bd\u03b1\u03c2<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n

b.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Zeus (<\/span>\u0394\u03af\u03b1\u03c2<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n

c.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Dionysus (<\/span>\u0394\u03b9\u03cc\u03bd\u03c5\u03c3\u03bf\u03c2<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n

d.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Pan (<\/span>\u03a0\u03b1\u03bd<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>You cannot make tzatziki (<\/span>\u03c4\u03b6\u03b1\u03c4\u03b6\u03af\u03ba<\/em>\u03b9) without:<\/span><\/p>\n

a.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Tomatoes<\/span><\/p>\n

b.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>bread<\/span><\/p>\n

c.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Dill<\/span><\/p>\n

d.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Garlic<\/span><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Pythia (<\/span>\u03a0\u03c5\u03b8\u03af\u03b1<\/em>) is:<\/span><\/p>\n

a.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>The priestess of Apollo<\/span><\/p>\n

b.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>The Muse of\u00a0 <\/span>poetry<\/span><\/p>\n

c.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>The daughter of Venus<\/span><\/p>\n

d.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>A monster<\/span><\/p>\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>The first Constitution was voted in:<\/span><\/p>\n

a.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>1821<\/span><\/p>\n

b.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>1822<\/span><\/p>\n

c.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>1799<\/span><\/p>\n

d.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>1900<\/span><\/p>\n

5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>The expression \u201cbetween Scylla and Charybdis\u201d (<\/span>\u03b1\u03bd\u03ac\u03bc\u03b5\u03c3\u03b1 \u03c3\u03c4\u03b7 \u03a3\u03ba\u03cd\u03bb\u03bb\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b7 \u03a7\u03ac\u03c1\u03c5\u03b2\u03b4\u03b7<\/em> \/ anamesa sti Skila kai ti Harivdi) means :<\/span><\/p>\n

a.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>To be possessed by daemons<\/span><\/p>\n

b.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>To have to face a difficult situation<\/span><\/p>\n

c.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>To have to choose between two beautiful women<\/span><\/p>\n

d.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>To not be able to navigate<\/span><\/p>\n

6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>If you go to Plaka, in Athens, you won’t see:<\/span><\/p>\n

a.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>A solar clock<\/span><\/p>\n

b.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>A church<\/span><\/p>\n

c.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>A children\u2019s museum<\/span><\/p>\n

d.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>An Opera<\/span><\/p>\n

7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>The Greek doctor George Papanikolaou \u00a0<\/span>(<\/span>\u0393\u03b5\u03ce\u03c1\u03b3\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2\u03a0\u03b1\u03c0\u03b1\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03bb\u03ac\u03bf\u03c5<\/em>) discovered:<\/span><\/p>\n

a.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>The vaccine against polio<\/span><\/p>\n

b.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>The Pap test<\/span><\/p>\n

c.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>The elixir of youth<\/span><\/p>\n

d.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>The penicillin<\/span><\/p>\n

8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Which population never invaded Greece:<\/span><\/p>\n

a.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Franks<\/span><\/p>\n

b.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Venetians<\/span><\/p>\n

c.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Persians<\/span><\/p>\n

d.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Aborigines<\/span><\/p>\n

9.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Kalamatianos (<\/span>\u039a\u03b1\u03bb\u03b1\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03b9\u03b1\u03bd\u03cc\u03c2<\/em>) dance consists of:<\/span><\/p>\n

a.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>7 steps<\/span><\/p>\n

b.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>12 steps<\/span><\/p>\n

c.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>16 steps<\/span><\/p>\n

d.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>No steps. Just get drunk and do whatever you like<\/span><\/p>\n

10.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>The Greek national poet is:<\/span><\/p>\n

a.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Konstantinos Kavafis (<\/span>\u039a\u03c9\u03bd\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03af\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2\u039a\u03b1\u03b2\u03ac\u03c6\u03b7\u03c2<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n

b.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Homer (<\/span>\u038c\u03bc\u03b7\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n

c.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>George Seferis (<\/span>\u0393\u03b5\u03ce\u03c1\u03b3\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2 \u03a3\u03b5\u03c6\u03ad\u03c1\u03b7\u03c2<\/em>)<\/p>\n

d.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Dionysios Solomos<\/span>(<\/span>\u0394\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd\u03cd\u03c3\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2 \u03a3\u03bf\u03bb\u03c9\u03bc\u03cc\u03c2<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n

11.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Traditional mastic products are produced in:<\/span><\/p>\n

a.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Chios\u00a0 <\/span>(\u03a7<\/em><\/span>\u03af\u03bf\u03c2<\/em>)<\/p>\n

b.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Limnos (<\/span>\u039b\u03ae\u03bc\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2<\/em>)<\/p>\n

c.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Amorgos (<\/span>\u0391\u03bc\u03bf\u03c1\u03b3\u03cc\u03c2<\/em>)<\/p>\n

d.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Lesvos (<\/span>\u039b\u03ad\u03c3\u03b2\u03bf\u03c2<\/em>)<\/p>\n

12.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Which one of the following words is not of Greek origin:<\/span><\/p>\n

a.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Nostalgia<\/span><\/p>\n

b.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Melody<\/span><\/p>\n

c.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Orgasm<\/span><\/p>\n

d.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Algebra<\/span><\/p>\n

13.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Which one of the following drinks cannot be found in a Greek tavern:<\/span><\/p>\n

a.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Pisco (<\/span>\u03a0\u03af\u03c3\u03ba\u03bf<\/em>)<\/p>\n

b.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Tsikoudia (\u03a4\u03c3\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03c5\u03b4\u03b9\u03ac<\/em>)<\/p>\n

c.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>\u03a1\u03b1\u03ba\u03cc\u03bc\u03b5\u03bb\u03bf (Rakomelo<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n

d.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>\u03a1\u03b5\u03c4\u03c3\u03af\u03bd\u03b1 (Retsina<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n

14.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>If you were a Greek god\/goddess you would eat and drink:<\/span><\/p>\n

a.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Ouzo and fish <\/span><\/p>\n

b.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Honey and grapes<\/span><\/p>\n

c.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Nectar and ambrosia<\/span><\/p>\n

d.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Olives and water<\/span><\/p>\n

15.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>The Greek word for \u201cfreedom\u201d is:<\/span><\/p>\n

a.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>\u0391\u03b3\u03ac\u03c0\u03b7 (agape)<\/span><\/p>\n

b.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>\u03a6\u03b9\u03bb\u03af\u03b1 (filia)<\/span><\/p>\n

c.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>\u0399\u03c3\u03cc\u03c4\u03b7\u03c4\u03b1 (isotita)<\/span><\/p>\n

d.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>\u0395\u03bb\u03b5\u03c5\u03b8\u03b5\u03c1\u03af\u03b1 (eleftheria)<\/span><\/p>\n

Answer Key:<\/p>\n

1. a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 6.d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 11.a<\/p>\n

2.d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7.b\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 12.d<\/p>\n

3.a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8.d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 13.a<\/p>\n

4.b\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 9.b\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 14.c<\/p>\n

5.b\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10.d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 15.d<\/p>\n

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