Question 1

What would the winners at the Panathenaia receive?

Accepted Answer

An jar full of olive oil

Answer

An olive crown

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money

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gold medal

Question 2

To which Goddess was the Panathenaia dedicated?

Accepted Answer

Athene

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Apollo

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Dionysus

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Zeus

Question 3

Who is thought to have introduced wrestling as a sport

Accepted Answer

Theseus

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Romukus

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Aeneas

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Heracles

Question 4

What was the stadion?

Accepted Answer

running race

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singing competition

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wrestling

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boxing competition

Question 5

Which was NOT allowed in wrestling?

Accepted Answer

biting

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twisting arms

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headlocks

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tripping

Question 6

which of these was not in the Pentathlon

Accepted Answer

Boxing

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discus

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long jump

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wrestling

Question 7

what was the apobates

Accepted Answer

charioteers running alongside their chariots

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running race in armour

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Wrestling and boxing combined

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singing competition

Question 8

which of these was a competition between the tribes?

Accepted Answer

war dance

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singing

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drama

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running

Question 9

How far was the torch race?

Accepted Answer

2 miles

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1 mile

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10 miles

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26 miles

Question 10

what was the peplos?

Accepted Answer

a woven dress

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a singing competition

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a procession

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a statue to |Athene

Question 11

Where is the procession of the Panathenaia shown?

Accepted Answer

The Ionic frieze of the Parthenon

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The West pediment of the Parthenon

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The pediment of the temple of Zeus.

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On the metopes of the Parthenon

Question 12

How many oxen would be sacrificed at the Panathenaia

Accepted Answer

100

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10

Answer

150

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50

Question 13

What time of year did the City Dionysia take place?

Accepted Answer

spring

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autumn

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summer

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winter

Question 14

Where was the sanctuary of  Dionysus?

Accepted Answer

On the slopes of the Acropolis

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In the market place in Athens

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In Sparta

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At Olympia

Question 15

How many tragic playwrights were at the Dionysia

Accepted Answer

3

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1

Answer

9

Answer

6

Question 16

How many tragedies did each playwright put on at the festival

Accepted Answer

3

Answer

4

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2

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1

Question 17

How many comic playwrights were at the Dionysia

Accepted Answer

5

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3

Answer

4

Answer

1

Question 18

What is a choregos?

Accepted Answer

the financial backer of a set of plays

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The lead member of the chorus in the play

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the songs that the actors would sing during the play

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the main actor in the play

Question 19

What  was the Pompe in the Dionysia

Accepted Answer

parade

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comic play like a farce

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sacrifice

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singing competition

Question 20

On what was the statue Dionysus carried in the Dionysia?

Accepted Answer

A wooden cart like a boat

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on a card pulled by oxen

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Carried by hand

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A chariot

Question 21

On the second day what would the priest of Dionysus sacrifice?

Accepted Answer

a piglet

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a horse

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a goat

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an elephant

Question 22

What was the Theroic fund?

Accepted Answer

money used to pay for the poor to attend the theatre

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money to  pay the actors who performed in the plays

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prize money for the winners of the drama competition

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money to pay for the  upkeep of the theatre  Dionysus.

Question 23

tragedies at the Dionysia were made up of 3 tragic plays and what else?

Accepted Answer

A satyr-play

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a dancing competition

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a singing competition

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a procession

Question 24

What did the overall winner of the tragic play competition win

Accepted Answer

a garland of ivy

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a laurel crown

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jar of olive oil

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money

Question 25

In the Lupercalia what what was the Lupercal?

Accepted Answer

a cave where the festival took place

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a priest

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a god

Question 26

Around which hill in Rome did a running race take place

Accepted Answer

the Palantine

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acropolis

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Capitoline

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Aventine

Question 27

What animals were sacrificed

Accepted Answer

dogs and goats

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dogs and cats

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dogs and sheep

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sheep and goats

Question 28

Where was the blood dripped  onto from the sacrifice

Accepted Answer

forehead of the participants

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the altar

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the ground

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the head of the chief priest

Question 29

What were participants then expected to do?

Accepted Answer

laugh

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cry

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pray

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scream

Question 30

What were the skins from the animals used for?

Accepted Answer

covering the  bodies of the foot racers

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making shoes

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making clothes

Question 31

What happened to the runners as they raced around the Palantine Hill

Accepted Answer

whipped with leather strips

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were shouted at

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had stones thrown at them

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had water thrown at them.

Question 32

What time of the year was this festival held

Accepted Answer

Winter solstice

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summer solstice

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aurumn equinox

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spring equinox

Question 33

Saturn was believed to have ruled during which age?

Accepted Answer

Golden Age

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Bronze Age

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Iron Age

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Stone Age

Question 34

Where was the temple of Saturn

Accepted Answer

the forum in Rome

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The Colosseum

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Pomepeii

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Athens

Question 35

What took place on the first day?

Accepted Answer

sacrifice

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running race

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procession

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torch race

Question 36

What was different about the sacrifice

Accepted Answer

The priest had his head uncovered

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It took place inside

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It was a human sacrifice

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It was not carried out by a priest

Question 37

What would men remove during the fetsival

Accepted Answer

togas

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clothes

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shoes

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hats

Question 38

What would the head of the house do

Accepted Answer

gives the slaves a dinner

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give the slaves gifts

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free the slaves

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beat the slaves

Question 39

Which festival is the Saturnalia thought to have been similar to?

Accepted Answer

Christmas

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haloween

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Easter

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Ramadan

Question 40

Which  festival is this from?

Accepted Answer

Great Panathenaia

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City Dionysia

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Lupercalia

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Saturnalia

Question 41

Which festival is this sanctuary connected with

Accepted Answer

City Dionysia

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Lupercalia

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Saturnalia

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Panathenaia

Question 42

Which festival is connected with this Roman calendar page of December

Accepted Answer

Saturnalia

Answer

Panathenaia

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City Dionysia

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Lupercalia

Question 43

Which festival does this scene show?

Accepted Answer

Lupercalia

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Saturnalia

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Panathenaia

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City Dionysia

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