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Exploring Greece: A Comprehensive Quiz

Test your knowledge about Greece with this engaging quiz covering history, culture, and government.

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1 What is the native name for Greece?

2 What is the legislature of Greece called?

3 [55][57] ________, International Church of the Foursquare Gospel and other Pentecostal churches of the Greek Synod of Apostolic Church has 12,000 members.

4 When was Greece established?

5 The domestic top basketball league, ________, is composed of fourteen teams.

6 What is the top level internet domain of Greece?

7 [20] According to various sources,[21] several hundred thousand ________ died during this period.

8 What type of government does Greece have?

9 What is the capital of Greece?

10 What is the national anthem of Greece?

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Archaeological Museum of Eretria in Greece contains a 10th century B.C. terracotta centaur from Lefkandi which was discovered broken in two parts, each placed in a different grave.
  • the Distomo Archaeological Collection of Greece has an exhibition of photographs related to the Distomo massacre in 1944 by Nazi troops.
  • the Kapodistrias Museum in Corfu, Greece, donated by Maria Desylla-Kapodistria the first female Greek mayor, was dedicated to the memory of the first Greek governor, Ioannis Kapodistrias.
  • the 464 BC earthquake in Sparta, Greece, led to a revolt of helots.
  • the Greek musical group C:Real sang only in English before the arrival of lead vocalist Irini Douka in 2002, which led them to focus on Greek language songs.
  • the 15th-century monastery of Saint Paraskevi, in Epirus, northwestern Greece, is situated on the edge of the Vikos Gorge (pictured).
  • the banknote exhibit at the Banknote Museum in Corfu, owned by Alpha Bank, is the first such collection in Greece to be put on public display.
  • the Bulgarian villages of Mezek and Matochina, situated near the borders with Greece and Turkey, both have medieval castles (Matochina fortress pictured).
  • the Kri-kri is a type of wild goat once common around the Mediterranean but now restricted to a few parts of the island of Crete in Greece.
  • the Melingoi were a Slavic group that settled in southern Greece during the great invasions of the 7th century, and remained an autonomous community at least until the 14th century.
  • the beard of Greek cardinal Basilios Bessarion was partly responsible for the defeat of his candidacy in the papal conclave, 1455.
  • the lyrics of Naer Mataron, a black metal band from Greece, are influenced by Greek mythology.
  • while fleeing from Greece to Egypt during World War II, a frustrated Olivia Manning used a chamberpot to crush a fellow refugee's Parisian hats.
  • the Italian Tocco family became the rulers of several Ionian Islands and formed the last dynasty of the Despotate of Epirus in Greece, before they were conquered by the Ottomans.
  • the hydraulis or water organ of the Dion Archaeological Museum is the first water organ found in Greece, and believed to be the oldest excavated to date anywhere in the world.
  • the Pavlos Vrellis Greek History Museum is the best known wax museum in Greece.
  • the Port of Thessaloniki in Greece will double its container terminal capacity after an investment of US$600 million made by the Hutchison Port Holdings company based in Hong Kong.
  • in order to subdue the heresy of Imiaslavie, the Russian Empire sent two transport ships and a gunboat to Mount Athos in Greece, and stormed the St. Panteleymon Monastery.
  • during World War II, the SS-run Haidari concentration camp near Athens was so infamous that it became known as the "Bastille of Greece".
  • Stylianos Pattakos, a principal of the 21 April 1967 coup in Greece, after his conviction at the Greek junta trials, enjoyed amenities such as a pond with 21 goldfish while imprisoned.
  • American statesman John Milledge named Athens, Georgia, the city surrounding the University of Georgia, after Athens, Greece, the city of Plato's Academy.
  • Emmanouil Argyropoulos (pictured), the first Greek aviator to fly over his country, was also the first casualty suffered by Greek military aviation one year later during the Balkan Wars.
  • Russian Hussar Alexander Bulatovich (pictured) was a military aide to Ethiopian ruler Menelek II, a hieromonk in Greece, and leader of a banned religious movement.
  • Norwegian chemist Alexis Pappas was born in London to Greek parents who fled from Belgium to England during World War I.
  • Greek composer Phivos has written songs for artists including Keti Garbi, Angela Dimitriou, Manto, Thanos Kalliris, and, most successfully, Despina Vandi.
  • Greek–Polish singer Eleni Tzoka has been awarded the Saint Rita of Cascia prize for the act of mercy towards the killer of her young daughter.
  • Nigeria, which contains what was once the Kingdom of Benin, has repeatedly called for the U.K.'s return of the Benin Bronzes, in a situation similar to Greece's petition for the return of the Elgin Marbles.
  • Nobile Teatro di San Giacomo di Corfù‎, founded in 1720, was the first modern opera theatre in Greece.
  • Pindus National Park is one of three areas in Greece that hosts populations of bears.
  • aviator Aristeidis Moraitinis (pictured), apart from being Greece’s only ace in World War I, was at the same time in command of the Hellenic Naval Air Service.
  • between 1955 and 1998, under Article 19 of the Greek Citizenship Code which entitled the Greek government to strip non-ethnic Greeks who left the country of their citizenship, 46,638 members of the officially recognized Muslim minority of Greece lost their citizenship.
  • current Chief of National Defense General Staff of Greece, Air Chief Marshal Ioannis Giagkos, served as Commander in NATO Combined Air Operations Centre-7.
  • a miniature clay figurine of a woman or goddess in the Argos Archaeological Museum in Greece is one of the oldest sculptural representations of humans found in Europe to date.
  • Europe's largest sewage treatment plant is in Psyttaleia, Greece.
  • Zakynthos Marine Park in Greece is the first national park established for the protection of sea turtles (Loggerhead Sea Turtle pictured) in the Mediterranean.
  • Zariphios School, founded at 1875 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, was one of the most significant Greek educational institutions in the region, attracting teachers from Greece and Western Europe.
  • German painter Ludwig Thiersch influenced the debate over Byzantine and Western influences in modern Greek art, and painted church frescoes in Greece, Austria, Germany, England, and Russia.
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