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It's All Greek To Me Trivia Quiz

The Greek alphabet has twenty-four letters. The letters appear complicated, but we actually use them often in daily life. Here are some examples.

A matching quiz by kino76. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
kino76

Time
3 mins

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Match Quiz

Quiz #
380,655

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Questions		Choices
1. The brand name for a watch from Switzerland. Its shape resembles a horseshoe.		Zeta
2. Thanks to _______ rays, Bruce Banner turned into the Incredible Hulk.		Alpha
3. Catherine _____ Jones is a Welsh actress who starred in "The Legend of Zorro".		Delta
4. The leader of a wolf pack is known as the ______ male.		Beta
5. A mathematical constant, equal to 3.14. Also found in the title of a book about a boy and a tiger adrift at sea.		Iota
6. In the animated series "Futurama", Emperor Lrrr is from a planet called ___________ Persei 8.		Omicron
7. In the English language, this word means "an extremely small amount".		Gamma
8. A word used for a rich agricultural area in Egypt, a US military force used for hostage rescue. The symbol resembles a triangle.		Pi
9. Another word for the Chinese "energy force". Also referred to as "Qi".		Chi
10. _________ testing is a phrase commonly used for the second phase of software development.		Omega

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1. The brand name for a watch from Switzerland. Its shape resembles a horseshoe.

2. Thanks to _______ rays, Bruce Banner turned into the Incredible Hulk.

3. Catherine _____ Jones is a Welsh actress who starred in "The Legend of Zorro".

4. The leader of a wolf pack is known as the ______ male.

5. A mathematical constant, equal to 3.14. Also found in the title of a book about a boy and a tiger adrift at sea.

6. In the animated series "Futurama", Emperor Lrrr is from a planet called ___________ Persei 8.

7. In the English language, this word means "an extremely small amount".

8. A word used for a rich agricultural area in Egypt, a US military force used for hostage rescue. The symbol resembles a triangle.

9. Another word for the Chinese "energy force". Also referred to as "Qi".

10. _________ testing is a phrase commonly used for the second phase of software development.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The brand name for a watch from Switzerland. Its shape resembles a horseshoe.

Answer: Omega

Omega is the last letter (24th) of the Greek alphabet. Often used with Alpha to indicate the beginning (alpha) and the end (omega).

2. Thanks to _______ rays, Bruce Banner turned into the Incredible Hulk.

Answer: Gamma

Bruce Banner was exposed to gamma rays and became the Hulk. The Hulk was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby for Marvel Comics. Two movies have been made thus far of the Hulk. Eric Bana starred in "Hulk" (2003) and Edward Norton in "The Incredible Hulk" (2008).

Gamma is the third letter of the Greek alphabet.

3. Catherine _____ Jones is a Welsh actress who starred in "The Legend of Zorro".

Answer: Zeta

Catherine Zeta Jones, born in Wales, started acting at the age of twelve. She has acted in over twenty movies including the "The Mask of Zorro"(1998) and its follow up movie "The Legend of Zorro"(2005).

Zeta is the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet.

4. The leader of a wolf pack is known as the ______ male.

Answer: Alpha

Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. The leader of a wolf pack is known as the "Alpha" and "alpha dog" is a phrase often used to denote the leader of a group or gang.

5. A mathematical constant, equal to 3.14. Also found in the title of a book about a boy and a tiger adrift at sea.

Answer: Pi

Pi is the sixteenth letter of the Greek alphabet. Pi is used in mathematics to calculate the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. Pi is equal to approximately 3.14.
"Life of Pi" is a book written by Yann Martel in 2001 and made into a movie of the same name released in 2012. Pi is an Indian boy who is adrift in a lifeboat with a tiger named Richard Parker.

6. In the animated series "Futurama", Emperor Lrrr is from a planet called ___________ Persei 8.

Answer: Omicron

Omicron is the fifteenth letter of the Greek alphabet.

On "Futurama", created by Matt Groening, Omicron Persei 8 is ruled by Emperor Lrrr and repeatedly tries to invade earth.

Omicron Persei is an actual star in the constellation Perseus.

7. In the English language, this word means "an extremely small amount".

Answer: Iota

Iota is the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet.

Iota is a word adopted in the English language and often used in the phrase "not one iota" meaning the "least possible amount". The word "jot" is derived from the word iota.

8. A word used for a rich agricultural area in Egypt, a US military force used for hostage rescue. The symbol resembles a triangle.

Answer: Delta

Delta is the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet.

The Nile River delta is a rich agricultural area created where the Nile river drains into the Mediterranean Sea.

Delta Force are a "special forces operation detachment" unit often referred to as SEAL Team Six.

9. Another word for the Chinese "energy force". Also referred to as "Qi".

Answer: Chi

Chi is the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet.

Chi is the Chinese word to describe " the natural energy of the Universe", "life force" or "energy flow". It is an integral part of traditional Chinese medicine.

10. _________ testing is a phrase commonly used for the second phase of software development.

Answer: Beta

Beta is the second letter of the Greek alphabet. The word "beta' is often used in finance, but very often the phrase "beta testing" will be used in computing terms to describe a phase of software or gaming development.

Source: Author kino76

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