Greek alphabet Quiz - 29 Trivia Questions!

Unearth the ancient origins of the Greek alphabet in this quiz. Explore the history of this writing system, its use in mathematics and science, and its enduring significance in academia and culture.

What is the name of the Turkic language spoken by a small group of Orthodox Christians in northern Greece?

Surguch
Greek
Thessalonica
Yiddish

Which renaissance typeface was used in the printing of the New Testament?

Baskerville
Sans Serif
Theobromine
Garamond

What is the Greek name for the brightest star in a constellation?

Alpha
Sirius
Alpha Libra
Alpha Centauri

ISO/IEC 8859-7 and what are the two principal orthography encoding systems still used today?

UTF-8
Latin1
English Standard
Unicode

In which language was the Greek alphabet preserved in an 8th century fragment?

German
Arabic
Chinese
English

Which Greek philosopher developed the system of diacritical marks for the writing of Greek poetry?

Plato
Aristophanes
Theophrastus
Apollo

How many letters are there in the Greek alphabet?

Only twelve
Only one
Twenty-four
Nineteen

What is the name of the Greek letter fraternity founded at the College of William and Mary in 1776?

Phi Beta Kappa
The American Association for the Advancement of Science
Alpha Nu
The Alpha Psi chapter

How many letters are there in the Coptic alphabet?

Eight and a half
Eight
There are a few
Three

Which letter of the Greek alphabet has a tail that curls to the right?

Theta
Io
Rho
Sigma

Which language was written in the Greek alphabet during the Kushan Empire (65-250 AD)?

English
Greek
Bactrian
German

What punctuation mark is used as a silent letter in Greek?

Symbol
Comma
Punctuation mark

Which alphabet was devised in the 4th century AD to write the Gothic language?

The Latin alphabet
Latin
Gothic
Greek

Which ancient alphabet was almost identical to the Greek alphabet?

Latin
Egyptian
Arabic
Etruscan

What is the glottal stop consonant from the Phoenician alphabet used in the Greek alphabet?

A
Alphabet
Aleph

What is the name of the diacritical mark that appears below the vowel letters in Greek and Latin?

A period
The accent
Iota
Singular

What Greek letter is used for summation?

Alphabet
Alpha
Theta
Sigma

The Greek alphabet is derived from which other alphabet?

Latin
Arabic
Phoenicia
Babylonia

The Greek alphabet is the ancestor of which other alphabet?

Chinese
Latin
Cyrillic
English

In Greek, what is the name for the stress mark on a vowel?

Vowels
Acute
Vowel
Apictus

What is the Greek name for the letter 'L'?

Lambda
Alpha
Theta
Latitude

What is the name for the writing style used in Greek and Latin books in the ninth and tenth centuries?

Spelling
Text
Scrivener
Minuscule

What is the technical symbol for the letter 'theta'?

Theta-alphabet
Theta 'a'
Theta
Alphabet

What is the modern version of Greek?

Modern Latin
Old English
Classical
Modern

What is the name of the script used to write the Nubian language?

The Egyptian alphabet
Nubian
Egyptian
Coptic

What name is given to a vowel sound consisting of two or more vowels?

Diphthong
Vowel
Polyglot
Sibilant

What is the name of the language spoken by the Aegean and Cypriot peoples?

Aegean Greek
Greek
Cypriot
English

What is the Greek letter for the long vowel 'ou'?

Theta
Alphabet
Omicron and Alphabet
Omicron

Judaeo-Spanish is another name for what language?

English
Spanish
Arabic
Ladino
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