A Journey to Minoan Crete: Memory game after the museum tour

Heraklion

Archaeological

Museum DayMemory game after all students’ presentations concerning

the main exhibits on 18/4/17

Markaki-Markoulaki Language School

Rules

Each team has 30 seconds to think about an answer.

When those 30 seconds end, the first team to ring the

bell will be allowed to give an answer.

If the answer is correct, the team wins one point. If

not, the second fastest team to ring the bell will be

allowed to speak.

The team with the most points at the end of the game

wins an amazing eatable prize!

Question 1

What is the name of the

exhibit in the following

photo?

The correct answer is…

Bull’s- head rhyton!

Question 2

What is the name of the British

archaeologist who excavated most

Minoan artefacts in Knossos?


Sir Arthur Evans

Question 3

What is the Prince of

Lilies thought to have on

a leash in his left hand?


A griffin or a sphynx

Question 4

What does the famous bee

pendant represent?


Two bees or wasps

storing away a drop of

honey in a comb.

Question 5

What was the ring of King

Minos in reality?


A gold jewel -seal with

representations of tree

worship.

Question 6

How were the signs on the

Phaistos Disc created?


By pressing hieroglyphic seals

into a disc of soft clay, in a

clockwise sequence spiralling

towards the centre of the disk.

Question 7

How many small

medallions with ivory,

rock crystal and silver

exist on the gaming

board?


Ten!

Question 9

What does the Agia

Triada sarcophagus

show?


The inhumation

of a Prince.

Question 10

What is the name of this

beautiful Minoan lady and

what is she thought to

represent?


She is ‘La Parisienne’. The sacral

knot at the back of her head

shows she was either a priestess

or a goddess.

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