Trivia Quiz on Ancient Cities

1. Ilium is the Latin name for what ancient city

A) Athens

B) Troy

C) Sparta

D) Thebes

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2. Which British City Was Known To The Romans As Luguvallium

A) Carlisle

B) Lindum Colonia

C) Eboracum

D) Deva Victrix

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3. Which city, capital of the Assyrian Empire, was destroyed by fire in 612 B.C.

A) Babylon

B) Nineveh

C) Nimrud

D) Assur

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4. In the parable of the Good Samaritan, to which city was the Samaritan travelling

A) Jerusalem

B) Jericho

C) Bethlehem

D) Nazareth

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5. Which is the oldest walled city in the world

A) Babylon

B) Aleppo

C) Jerusalem

D) Jericho

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6. Which is the most ancient walled city

A) Jerusalem

B) Aleppo

C) Damascus

D) Jericho

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7. What city in southern jordan did john burgon speak of when he described it as 'a rose-red city, half as old as time'

A) Petra

B) Aqaba

C) Ma'an

D) Wadi Musa

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8. Hierosolymitan is of Greek origin and pertains to what city

A) Athens

B) Alexandria

C) Constantinople

D) Jersualem

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9. To the ancient Greeks what was an agora

A) Religious temple

B) City council hall

C) Public meeting place / market (forum)

D) The theatre

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10. Archimedes lived in which city

A) Athens

B) Alexandria

C) Syracuse

D) Rome

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11. Fault What Italian city had the Roman name Mediolanum

A) Milan

B) Rome

C) Naples

D) Venice

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12. Two thousand years ago, the ancient Roman city of __________ was a thriving commercial port of 20,000 people.

A) Pompeii

B) Ostia

C) Neapolis

D) Herculaneum

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13. The "Old City" of this holy location is divided into four quarters — a Christian quarter, a Muslim Quarter, a Jewish Quarter, and an Armenian Quarter.

A) Bethlehem

B) Nazareth

C) Jericho

D) Jerusalem

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14. What Is The Oldest Inhabited City In The World

A) Jericho, West Bank

B) Damascus, Syria

C) Aleppo, Syria

D) Byblos, Lebanon

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15. Which is the most ancient walled city?

A) Babylon

B) Damascus

C) Jerusalem

D) Jericho

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16. To What Was Byzantium Renamed In 330 AD

A) Constantinople

B) Istanbul

C) Nova Roma

D) Alexandria

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17. Film Title: The Last Days of _________. (a city)

A) Babylon

B) Athens

C) Pompeii

D) Carthage

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