Ancient Greece

Hi˝we are the Greek

gods˝Come and solve

these brain teasers with us

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Sometimes you are given ˝

words with ˝missing endings

or missing beginnings

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Can you finish the words on the next

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_ _ _ _ p i a n s c i v i l i s a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ i g i o u s

_ _ _ g a n c o m m u n i _ _ _ _ s p a r _ _

_ _ _ _ t o u r _ _ _ s i a n z e _ _

_ _ _ _ n a m e n t _ _ _ e n a _ _ _ _ f a c t s

_ _ _ o c r a c y m a r a _ _ _ _ c a t a p _ _ _

Can you work out the missing letters ?

o l y m p i a n s c i v i l i s a t i o n _ _ _ _

_r e l i g i o u s

t r o g a n c o m m u n i c a t e _ _ _ _

s p a r t a _ _

m i n a t o u r P e r s i a n z e _u s _

t o u r n a m e n t a t h e n a A r t e_ f a c t s

d e m o c r a c y ˝

m a r a t h o n _ _ _ _

c a t a p u l t

Here are the answers˝did you add the correct letters?

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n t h e a s˝

a t h e n s

++++Sometimes you are given ˝

words that are all++++ jumbled up

Can you un-jumble these greek words on the next

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wtearh atnehs apreitaehtmh

rpasta clyspiom nolmuc

sosdegd nanohetp hsdea

seduma lpoalo uezs

otraahmn ereecg gdo

Can you un-jumble these words ?

wreath Athens amphitheatre

sparta olympics Column

goddess pantheon hades

medusa apollo zeus

marathon greece god

Were you correct ?

Each pair of columns Adds UP TO THE COLUMN DIRECTLY

ABOVE IT ˝CAN YOU WORK OUT WHAT THE

MISSING COLUMNS ARE

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24 1.59

43.5

5.5 7.2

12.7

88.2

Some of these were tricky\˝

Did you get the right answers ˝

24 41.59 3.2

33 10.5

43.5

5.5 7.2

16 12.7

88.2

28.759.5

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LOOK CAREFULLY AT

THESE P ICTURES˝

I’M GOING TO TAKE two

AWAY

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WHICH TWO

PICTURES ARE

MISSING ?

Did you guess these ?

Riddles date all the way back to Plato and Aristotle In ancient Greece riddles were used as a cunning tool to

demonstrate wit and wisdom

Three eyes have I all in a row; ˝when the red one opens ˝

all freeze

What gets wetter and wetter ˝

the more it dries

No sooner spoken than ˝

broken What is it

I have a tail and I have a head˝but i have no body˝

I am NOT a snake What am I

I have holes in my top and bottom ˝my left and right and in the middle ˝

But I sti ll hold water What am I

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What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive

What has a face ˝and two hands ˝

but no arms or legs

What is the ˝easiest way to ˝

double your money

Now try ˝these

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A towelsi lence

A coin

A sponge traffic light

Did you get these answers

A clock

Put it in front of the mirror

A glove

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can you make

some greek

words

each

word

must ˝

have

the

letter

A

Ap

e

o

l

t

r

s

l

k

u

nd

h

o

a

m

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plaka

apolloares athena

hades medusa

arahesta

athens

plato

sparta

Did you come up with these ˝words

Can you find more words using the

letters

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