| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Sparta fought a 27 year long war with this city | Athens | 98%
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| Spartan king who led those 300 soldiers | Leonidas | 81%
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| Name of the war they fought | Peloponnesian War | 81%
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| This ruler never tried to conquer Sparta, although he even conquered Persia | Alexander the Great | 74%
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| 300 Spartans died in this battle while fighting the Persians | Battle of Thermopylae | 70%
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| The Spartans claimed to be the descendants of this divine hero in Greek mythology | Heracles | 70%
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| Type of rectangular battle formation that made their army so successful | Phalanx | 59%
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| This city-state defeated Sparta at the Battle of Leuctra, the start of Sparta's decline | Thebes | 47%
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| This group had relatively higher freedom than other Greek city-states | Women | 47%
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| Fictional Spartan portrayed in "God of War" video game, nicknamed "Ghost of Sparta" | Kratos | 42%
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| Term for the state-owned enslaved non-Spartan locals | Helots | 35%
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| This Italian city was founded by Sparta in the 8th century BC (sounds like a Canadian city) | Taranto | 25%
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| Sparta was also known by this name | Lacedaemon | 24%
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| Greek letter which was used by the Spartan army | Lambda | 24%
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| Term for the non-citizens of Sparta who worked as craftsmen and traders, and built weapons for the Spartans | Perioeci | 18%
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