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Which bird appeared on Athens' silver coins?
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Which land did Alexander the Great inherit as king?
Answer: Macedon
Why: His father, Philip II, had made Macedon the top power in Greece by defeating Athens and Thebes.
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Which event was the only one at the first recorded Olympics?
Answer: Sprint
Why: The race, called the stadion, ran one length of the stadium, about 192 metres at Olympia.
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How did Eratosthenes work out the size of the Earth?
Answer: Measuring shadows
Why: At midsummer noon the Sun cast no shadow at Syene but a shadow angled about 7 degrees at Alexandria.
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Which modern city began as the Greek colony Byzantion?
Answer: Istanbul
Why: Even the name Istanbul comes from a Greek phrase meaning 'to the city'.
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What killed Pericles in 429 BC?
Answer: Plague
Why: It broke out in 430 BC, when Athens was packed with country people sheltering inside its walls.
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Which English word grew from the Greek for 'stage actor'?
Answer: Hypocrite
Why: Already in Greek the word for an actor came to mean a pretender, someone playing a false part.
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