ancient greece brainteasers...ancient greece riddles were used as a cunning tool to demonstrate wit...
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Sometimes you are
given words with
missing endings or
missing beginnings
e ec
e ecG r e
Can you finish the words on the next slide?
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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
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Here are the answers. How did you do?
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n t h e a s
a t h e n s
There are some
jumbled up words
on the next slide. Can you un-
jumble them find some
greek words?
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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
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Were you correct?
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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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Some of those were tricky. Did you get the answers right?
33 10.5
16
28.759.5
4 3.2
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
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Three eyes have I, all in a row; when the red one opens all freeze
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 still hold water. What am I?
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What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?
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 towel
silence
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
Can you find more words using
the letters?
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plaka
apolloares athena
hades medusa
hesta
athens
plato
sparta
Did you come up with these words?