CRC Ancient Olympics - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.

1. The Olympics were first held to honor which Greek god?
   Zeus
2. The first Olympic games in Greece were held how often?
   Every 4 years
3. This is the name of the victory poems that were written for the winners of the ancient Olympics.
   Odes
4. The priestess of which Greek goddess was the only married woman permitted to watch the ancient Greek Olympics?
   Demeter
5. What was the name of the Olympic Truce (the agreement between the Greek cities that did not allow war during the Olympic games or arms to be carried into Olympia)?
   Ekecheiria
6. This sport was considered the most violent of all events with only biting and eye-gouging being prohibited.
   Pankration
7. Which emperor banned the Olympics?
   Theodosius I
8. What was the Olympics named after?
   Mount Olympus
9. When was the last ancient Olympic Games?
   394 A.D.
10. What prize was given to winners of the Olympics in ancient Greece?
    Olive Branch crown
11. What was the punishment for breaking the rules in the ancient Greek Olympic Games?
    Public whipping/Fines
12. What was the attire for ancient Olympians?
    They competed naked
13. Which ancient Greek mythical figure is said to have founded the Olympics?
    Hercules
14. This famous hotel for wealthy visitors and officials during the ancient Olympics was named after its founder, Leonidas of Naxos
    Leonidaion
15. The name of the race in the ancient Olympics in which competitors wore full suits of armor.
    Hoplitodromia
16. When were the first known Olympic games held?
    776 B.C.
17. In ancient Greece, a separate festival celebrating female athletes was called what?
    Heraean Games
18. In which country did the Olympics originate?
    Greece
19. Wrestlers covered their bodies in what in the ancient Greek Olympics?
    Oil
20. The ancient Greeks sacrificed which animal at the conclusion of the earliest Olympic games?
    Oxen
21. These people were prohibited from attending the ancient Olympics as both competitors and spectators.
    Married Women
22. What was wrestlers trying to keep out of their pores?
    Sand
23. In what city were the ancient Olympics held?
    Olympia
24. Which Roman emperor declared himself the winner of an Olympic chariot race…even though he fell out of his chariot?
    Nero
25. Who won the first-known Olympics in ancient Greece?
    Coroebus
26. Which ancient Greek athlete won 12 titles across four consecutive Olympics?
    Leonidas of Rhodes
27. The ancient pentathlon event was a combination of which sports?
    Discus, javelin, long jump, running, and wrestling
28. Wealthy winners of the ancient Greek Olympics could erect statues of themselves where?
    The Olympia Altis Grove
29. The only event in the first-known ancient Greek Olympics was a footrace of what length?
    192 meters