Braingle: 'It's All Greek to Me!' Trivia Quiz

Greek is a language spoken by more than 10 million people in Greece and by 700,000 in Cyprus. You may know and speak more Greek than you realize. Many of our scientific, medical, and artistic words have the same roots as Greek words. Words that are similar in two languages are called cognates. See how many Greek cognates you can recognize! (Greek words have been transliterated into Latin letters.)

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Posted by Carlos16, 594 days ago

Great Quiz!!!

I got 12/15, I thought I was going to fail it.
Good JoB

Posted by jwill75, 591 days ago

12/15, that was hard. Great quiz though

Posted by rockinsixties, 590 days ago

14/15 And I took Latin in H.S. !!!

Posted by kashby, 573 days ago

got an a
great quiz!!

Posted by pinky_pink_5, 565 days ago

wow...interesting quiz...

Posted by kyashi, 541 days ago

really interesting quiz!!! I didn't know a lot of these words came from greek!

Posted by Nirvana, 541 days ago

Maybe it helps I' m from Greece

Posted by xx-ivana-xx, 471 days ago

fun!

Posted by nelsonamy16, 434 days ago

15/15.Some of those questions were really obvious.Really fun quiz.Keep up the good work.

Amy

Posted by nettielynn65, 403 days ago

I can't belive I got 14 out of 15.Great quiz.

Posted by Elios, 396 days ago

13/15: Wow - this was a neat quiz!

Very fun!!

Posted by wickedpoems, 355 days ago

ouch i need to study up i got 10/15 time for this brain to work again...fun though and great challenges...ty

Posted by hollymo, 350 days ago

Grqapejelly, in ancient greek plays, the chorus would both sing and dance.

Posted by Uncle_Al, 292 days ago

Nicely done!! Too easy for me but playing to a large you easliy could had made this too hard for everyone!!!

Posted by SEPTILLIONGOLDS, 224 days ago

I don't qualify for this quiz that much but great quiz!

Posted by lil09, 220 days ago

Good quiz. Thanks

Posted by Shadows, 217 days ago

A+. That was pretty easy, actually, if you give yourself enough time to do it. I can tell you put a fair amount of work into it. Good job!

Posted by tahomac, 148 days ago

Awesome quiz,I only missed two.

Posted by emma5799979, 108 days ago

That was really cool! I loved it.

Posted by mitch2007, 22 days ago

Way cool. Loved it.

Quiz ID:	#12767
Fun:	(2.98)
Difficulty:	(0.67)
Category:	Humanities > Linguistics
Created By:	mosca

It's All Greek to Me!

#1 "Pente" is the Greek word for "five". What would be an English cognate for "pente"?

#2 The Greek word for "frugality" is "ikonomia". A cognate for "ikonomia" would be:

#3 The Greek word for "large" is "megas". A cognate for "megas" would be "magnetic".

#4 The Greek word for "word" is "lexi". An English word derived from the same root would be:

#5 The Greek word for "wizard" is "magos". A cognate for "magos" would be:

#6 "Peripatos" is the Greek word for "walk". A cognate of "peripatos" would be:

#7 The Greek word "hora" means "season" or "hour". A cognate for "hora" would be:

#8 The Greek word "toxon" means "poison". An English word related to "toxon" would be:

#9 "Saura" is the Greek word for "lizard". A cognate for "saura" would be:

#10 The Greek word for "moral" is "ethos". A word related to "ethos" would be:

#11 The Greek word for "thought" is "skepsis". A cognate of the word "skepsis" would be:

#12 The Greek word for "blood" is "haima". A word related to "haima" would be:

#13 The Greek word "arthron" means "joint". A cognate of "arthron" would be:

#14 "Anatomia" is the Greek word for "dissection". A cognate for "anatomia" would be:

#15 The Greek word "khoros" means "dance". A word derived from "khoros" would be:

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It's All Greek to Me!

#1 "Pente" is the Greek word for "five". What would be an English cognate for "pente"?

#2 The Greek word for "frugality" is "ikonomia". A cognate for "ikonomia" would be:

#3 The Greek word for "large" is "megas". A cognate for "megas" would be "magnetic".

#4 The Greek word for "word" is "lexi". An English word derived from the same root would be:

#5 The Greek word for "wizard" is "magos". A cognate for "magos" would be:

#6 "Peripatos" is the Greek word for "walk". A cognate of "peripatos" would be:

#7 The Greek word "hora" means "season" or "hour". A cognate for "hora" would be:

#8 The Greek word "toxon" means "poison". An English word related to "toxon" would be:

#9 "Saura" is the Greek word for "lizard". A cognate for "saura" would be:

#10 The Greek word for "moral" is "ethos". A word related to "ethos" would be:

#11 The Greek word for "thought" is "skepsis". A cognate of the word "skepsis" would be:

#12 The Greek word for "blood" is "haima". A word related to "haima" would be:

#13 The Greek word "arthron" means "joint". A cognate of "arthron" would be:

#14 "Anatomia" is the Greek word for "dissection". A cognate for "anatomia" would be:

#15 The Greek word "khoros" means "dance". A word derived from "khoros" would be:

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