Athens

What's the busiest airport in Athens?

Athens International Airport

Which neighborhood is home to the Athens anarchist scene?

Exarcheia

Which neighborhood in Athens is located at the base of Lycabettus Hill?

Kolonaki

The first marathon took place when what soldier ran from Marathon to Athens?

Pheidippides

What is the name of the largest zoo in Athens?

Attica Zoological Park

The Olympic Complex is located in what Athenian suburb?

Maroussi

Who is the patron saint of Athens?

Dionysus the Aeropigate

Which of these is an ancient citadel in Athens?

Acropolis of Athens

What's the name of the oldest square in Athens?

Omonoia

Whose Academy can be found in Athens?

Plato

What is the official currency in Athens?

Euro

How many inhabitants is the city of Athens expected to have in 2024?

3,155,000

In terms of area, around how big is the city of Athens?

159 sq. miles

Who assumed the office of Mayor of Athens in 2010?

Giorgos Kaminis

In which historic region of Greece is Athens located?

Attica

The oldest instance of human presence in Athens occured where?

Cave of Schist

Athens is home to the largest passenger port in Europe. What's it called?

Piraeus

What are the residents of Athens known as?

Athenians

What is the highest point in Athens?

Lykavittos Hill

Which of these is a monastery in Athens?

Daphni

Athens has hosted the Euroleague final three times. At which stadium was the final held?

Peace and Friendship Stadium

Who created the neoclassical sculptures at the Academy of Athens?

Leonidas Drosis

In terms of population, Athens ranks where amongst other Greek cities?

1st

What is Athens often called?

Cradle of Western Civilization

Which of these famous Athenians was a mathematician?

Euclid

As of 2017, around how many years has Athens been a city?

3400

Which of these colors can't be found on the flag of Athens?

Green

Around what year was democracy first established in Athens?

500 B.C.

Which of these rock drummers was born in Athens, Greece?

Tommy Lee

Which Athens neighborhood is known as its "meat-packing district"?

Psiri

What is the name of the garden which can be found between the Parliament and the Zappeion buildings in Athens?

National Garden of Athens

Athens hosted the first modern-day Olympics in what year?

1896

What can be seen on the seal of Athens?

Soldier

Athens was created in tandem with the development of what port?

Piraeus

Around how many foreign tourists did Athens see in 2016?

3.5 million

What's the name of the oldest hotel in Athens?

Hotel Grande Bretagne

Who was responsible for replacing the walkways in Athens in 2003?

Dora Bakoyannis

Whose Lyceum can be found in Athens?

Aristotle

When was the last time Athens hosted the Olympics?

2004

Athens is in what time zone?

Eastern European Time

Athens consists of how many districts?

7

The "gay village" of Athens is located in which neighborhood?

Gazi

In terms of area, how large is Greece?

50 million sq. miles

Around what percent of Greece is mountainous?

80%

Greece consists of how many different geographic regions?

9

What's the highest point in Greece?

Mount Olympus

Which of these is not an administrative region in Greece?

Theirus

In what year did the first Olympic games take place in Greece?

776 BC

Around how many sunny days does Greece see yearly?

250

Around how many tourists does Greece see yearly?

16 million

How many UNESCO World Heritage Sites can be found in Greece?

18

As of 2024, what is the most popular city in Greece for tourists to visit?

Athens

What is the name of the sea located west of Greece?

Ionian Sea

Which British poet fought on the Greek side in the Greek War of Independence?

Lord Byron

Around how many of Greece's 2,000 plus islands are populated?

170

Around what percent of citizens in Greece are ethnic Greeks?

98%

Greece is the leading producer of what?

Sea sponges

What is the national sport of Greece?

Soccer

What two colors can be found on the flag of Greece?

Blue and White

What is Greece officially known as?

Hellenic Republic

What is the name of the Greek National Anthem?

Hymn to Liberty

What is the approximate population of Greece as of 2024?

10 million

In terms of olive production, where does Greece rank amongst other nations in the world?

3rd

Which Greek writer is considered to be the first historian?

Herodotus

In what year did Greece free itself from the Ottoman Empire?

1830

Who is considered to be the first Greek philosopher?

Thales of Miletus

Greece possesses around how many miles of coastline?

8,500

Greece has contributed around what percent of marble to the world?

7%

What is the national cheese of Greece?

Feta

Which of these nations doesn't border Greece?

France

What is the busiest airport in Greece?

Athens

Which of these mathematicians hailed from Greece?

Pythagoras

Which of these football clubs does not hail from Greece?

Rubia

What city annexed Greece in the 2nd century BC?

Rome

Which of these basketball players hails from Greece?

Giannis Antetokounmpo

The expression "take the bull by the horns" is derived from a Greek mythological story in which someone saves Crete from a charging bull. Who saved Crete?

Hercules

In which part of Europe is Greece located?

Southeast

Which of these English words does not come from the Greek language?

Aardvark

Which of these is not considered to have been born in Greece?

Communism

Which sea can be found to the south of Greece?

Mediterranean

What was the capital of Greece before Athens?

Nafplio

Which country, until the late 1990s, could be considered Greece's greatest rival?

Turkey

In what year did Greece gain independence from the Ottoman Empire?

1830

Which sea can be found to the east of Greece?

Aegean

Which Greek writer wrote "The Odyssey"?

Homer

In terms of area, Greece is around the same size as what American state?

Alabama

What were the city-states of ancient Greece known as?

Poleis

Which of these was invented by the Greeks?

Catapult

Which of these musicians hails from Greece?

Yanni

Greece is located on the southern tip of which peninsula?

Balkan

Which of these American universities is located in a town named Athens?

University of Georgia

As of 2024, approximately how many theater stages are there in Athens?

148

In Greece, which of these is required of men who are 18 years and older?

Military service

What type of government does Greece currently employ?

Democracy

What is the official language of Athens?

Greek

What type of climate is Athens characterized by?

Mediterranean

Many doors in Greece are painted in a specific color because it's said to keep evil away. What color is it?

Turquoise

Which of these architectural styles is not common of Athens?

Victorian

Which temple, dedicated to the goddess Athena, is located in Athens?

Parthenon

Athens is located close to what sea?

Aegean Sea

Which of these Empires was Greece not once a part of?

Chinese Empire