Trivia Quiz on Ancient Egypt Part 2

1. In legend what did Cleopatra have her mattress stuffed with

A) Fresh rose petals nightly

B) Crushed pearls

C) Spikenard and myrrh

D) Goose down and silk

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2. Who was the egyptian god of the dead

A) Osiris

B) Anubis

C) Thoth

D) Horus

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3. Who invented the chair

A) Greeks

B) Romans

C) Chinese

D) Egyptians

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4. Wadi al Muli is better known as where

A) Valley of the Kings

B) Valley of the Queens

C) Karnak Temple

D) Giza Plateau

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5. The Egyptian god Horus had the head of what creature

A) Lion

B) Bull

C) Crocodile

D) Falcon

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6. Who was the "great pyramid" built for

A) Pharaoh Khafre

B) Cheops

C) Pharaoh Tutankhamun

D) Pharaoh Sneferu

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7. What's the other name for the statue of Egyptian god Harmachis

A) The Colossus of Memnon

B) The Sphinx

C) Anubis statue

D) Statue of Zeus

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8. In ancient Egypt what food was reserved for the Pharaohs

A) Mushrooms

B) Garlic

C) Onions

D) Bread

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9. The ancient Egyptian word for cat was mau - what does it mean

A) To see

B) A sacred animal

C) Household pet

D) Night hunter

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10. Near what river is the temple of karnak

A) Mississippi River

B) Amazon River

C) Nile

D) Yangtze River

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11. In ancient egypt, the brain was extracted through the nasal passages during what process

A) Embalming

B) Autopsy

C) Mummification

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12. What's Cheops's profession

A) Pharaoh

B) Egyptologist

C) Architect

D) Pyramid builder

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13. Who, with 90 years, is the longest ruling monarch in history

A) Louis XIV of France

B) Elizabeth II

C) Pepi ii of egypt

D) Queen Victoria

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14. What is the literal meaning of the word 'Pharaoh'

A) House of the king

B) Temple of the sun

C) House of life

D) Great house

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15. In which country were antibiotics first used

A) United Kingdom - penicillin discovered

B) Germany - first antibiotic used in WWII

C) Egypt - used mouldy bread

D) France - antibiotics from moldy cheese

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16. In which ruins was the first known written advertisement found

A) Thebes

B) Babylon

C) Athens

D) Memphis

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17. Sacred carvings is the literal translation of what word

A) Cuneiform

B) Petroglyphs

C) Pictographs

D) Hieroglyphics

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18. After who is the 'Ramses' brand condom named

A) Pharaoh Tutankhamun

B) Pharaoh Ramses II

C) Pharaoh Ramses I

D) Cleopatra VII

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19. Which Famous Egyptian Queen Ordered The Expedition To Punt & Insisted On Dressing As A King While Wearing A False Beard

A) Cleopatra VII Philopator

B) Nefertiti

C) Sobekneferu

D) Hatshepsut

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20. Near what river is the Temple of Karnak?

A) Amazon River

B) Mississippi River

C) Yangtze River

D) Nile

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21. Which Ancient Egyptian Burial Monuments Built During The Old & Middle Kingdom Periods Have Associations With Royal Solar & Stellar Cults

A) Mastabas

B) Pyramids

C) Obelisks

D) Shaft tombs

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22. What is the largest of the pyramids in Egypt?

A) Cheops

B) Khafre

C) Menkaure

D) Red Pyramid

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23. The Great Pyramid Presides Over Which Plateau On The Outskirts Of Cairo

A) Mokatam Plateau

B) Sinai Plateau

C) Giza

D) Fayum Plateau

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24. Where are the pyramids located?

A) Egypt

B) Greece

C) Mexico

D) Peru

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25. What river is the Temple of Karnak near

A) Congo

B) Danube

C) The Nile

D) Euphrates

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26. Cattle branding was practiced 4,000 years ago. Old tomb paintings show __________ branding their fat, spotted cattle.

A) Sumerians

B) Egyptians

C) Babylonians

D) Romans

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27. What Killed Cleopatra

A) Natural causes

B) Poisoning by a cup of poison

C) Died of malaria

D) An Asp

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28. Ancient Egyptians believed that "Bast" was the mother of all cats on Earth. They also believed that cats were __________

A) divine beings

B) protectors of tombs

C) Sacred animals

D) mysterious omens

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29. Hamadryas __________, in ancient Egypt, were believed to be companions and oracles of the god Thoth. They were given the honor of being mummified when they died.

A) Monkeys

B) Baboons

C) Apes

D) Primates

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30. The fastest dog, the __________, can reach speeds of up to 45 miles per hour. The breed was known to exist in ancient Egypt more than 5,000 years ago.

A) Greyhound

B) Afghan Hound

C) Saluki

D) Pharaoh Hound

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31. Where In Egypt Is The Tomb Of Tutankhamen

A) Giza Plateau

B) Abu Simbel

C) Saqqara

D) Valley Of The Kings, Luxor

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32. In which country was the Rosetta Stone found

A) Egypt

B) Greece

C) Italy

D) Sudan

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33. What Was The Name Of The Son Of Cleopatra & Julius Caesar

A) Ptolemy XIII

B) Alexander Helios

C) Caesarion

D) Selene

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34. Who Was Ptolemy Dionysius Related To As Both Brother And Husband

A) Arsinoe II

B) Ptolemy XIII

C) Berenice II

D) Cleopatra

E) Arsinoe IV

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35. Cleopatra's slaves often died because she tested this on them

A) Arsenic

B) Cyanide

C) Hemlock

D) Poison

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36. What did Sir Howard Carter discover in 1922?

A) Tutankhamens Tomb

B) Rosetta Stone

C) Terracotta Army

D) The Great Sphinx

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37. Where was the Rosetta stone found ?

A) Cairo

B) Alexandria

C) Giza

D) Luxor

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38. Approximately how many children did pharaoh Ramses II father?

A) 120

B) 180

C) 160

D) 200

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39. What Was Deciphed As A Result Of The Discovery Of The Rosetta Stone?

A) Cuneiform

B) Phoenician

C) Hieroglyphics

D) Latin

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40. Queen Cleopatra proclaimed herself to be which Egyptian goddess?

A) Hathor

B) Bastet

C) Isis

D) Nephthys

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41. She was Queen of Egypt and mistress of Julius Caesar.

A) Cleopatra

B) Nefertiti

C) Hatshepsut

D) Berenice II

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42. In What Year Was The Tomb Of Tutankhamen Discovered

A) 1905

B) 1922

C) 1923

D) 1947

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43. In which year was the Rosetta stone written ?

A) 199 BC

B) 180 BC

C) 196 BC

D) 27 BC

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44. At the time of Julius Caesar, who was the ruler of Egypt ?

A) Ptolemy XIII Philopator

B) Cleopatra

C) Arsinoe IV

D) Ptolemy XIV Philopator

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45. In which country was the Rosetta Stone found?

A) Syria

B) Egypt

C) Greece

D) Italy

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46. What Did Lord Carnavon & Howard Carter vDiscover In 1922

A) The Tomb Of Tutankhamen

B) The Rosetta Stone

C) The Tomb Of Nefertiti

D) The Tomb Of Ramesses II

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47. Who led the children of Israel out of Egypt?

A) Aaron

B) Pharaoh

C) Moses

D) Ramesses II

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48. Which was the sacred animal of ancient egypt

A) Ibis

B) Apis bull

C) Cat

D) Crocodile

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49. In Egyptian mythology, who is the god of the underworld?

A) Anubis

B) Ra

C) Horus

D) Osiris

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50. Egyptian Ibis-headed god?

A) Horus

B) Anubis

C) Thoth

D) Sobek

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