Trivia Quiz on Ancient History Part 3

1. Where did cuneiform originate

A) Akkad

B) Sumer

C) Babylon

D) Egypt

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2. What was the first known lighthouse

A) Tower of Hercules

B) Lighthouse of Alexandria

C) Eddystone Lighthouse

D) Pharon

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3. Who were the learned class of the ancient Celts whose name means 'knowing the oak tree'

A) Bards

B) Druids

C) Seers

D) Warriors

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4. 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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5. What languages appear on the Rosetta stone

A) Latin

B) Coptic

C) Sumerian

D) Egyptian Greek

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

A) Thebes

B) Babylon

C) Athens

D) Memphis

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7. Who is the roman counterpart of zeus

A) Jupiter

B) Neptune

C) Mars

D) Mercury

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8. Where was coinage invented

A) Egypt

B) China

C) Greece

D) Lydia

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9. Archimedes lived in which city

A) Athens

B) Alexandria

C) Syracuse

D) Rome

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10. The temple at Ephesus was sacred to who

A) Athena

B) Hera

C) Aphrodite

D) Diana

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11. What country invented castanets

A) Spain

B) Morocco

C) Egypt

D) France

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12. What was the first day of the year in the Roman calendar

A) 1st January

B) 1st March

C) 25th March

D) 21st March

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13. The Dead Sea Scroll was discovered in what year

A) 1940

B) 1947

C) 1948

D) 1956

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14. Whose last words were - "Clito I owe a cock to Asclepius"

A) Socrates

B) Plato

C) Pericles

D) Diogenes of Sinope

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15. In which city is the Arch of Hadrian?

A) Athens

B) Rome

C) Jerusalem

D) Alexandria

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16. Where are the great Walls of Babylon located in the modern day world ?

A) Iraq

B) Iran

C) Turkey

D) Syria

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17. What river is the Temple of Karnak near?

A) Niger River

B) Amazon River

C) Nile

D) Yangtze River

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18. What country was once known as Gaul

A) France

B) Germany

C) Spain

D) Belgium

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19. Where are the pyramids located

A) Egypt

B) Mexico

C) Peru

D) Greece

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20. In which modern day country is ancient Troy?

A) Greece

B) Italy

C) Cyprus

D) Turkey

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21. Which Large Animals Did Hannibal Bring With Him Across The Alps

A) Camels

B) Giraffes

C) Elephants

D) Rhinos

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22. What Was The Name Of Alexander The Greats Famous Horse

A) Pegasus

B) Rocinante

C) BucePhalus

D) Seabiscuit

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23. The cat was the symbol of liberty in ancient __________

A) Greece

B) Egypt

C) Persia

D) Rome

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24. __________ were domesticated around 4,000 years ago.

A) Horses

B) Camels

C) Donkeys

D) Llamas

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25. 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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26. What English city was known to the Romans as Venta Bulgarum?

A) Colchester

B) Bath

C) Winchester

D) York

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27. When was the Greek alphabet first used?

A) 800 BC

B) 1050 BC

C) 600 BC

D) 400 BC

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28. What was Alexander The Great's wife's name?

A) Olympias

B) Barsine

C) Roxana

D) Stateira II

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29. Which Food Of The Gods Was Said To Give Humans Immortality?

A) Nectar

B) Elixir of Life

C) Ambrosia

D) Manna

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30. In which city were the Hanging Gardens

A) Babylon

B) Athens

C) Nineveh

D) Petra

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31. What two mountain ranges did hannibal and his elephants march through in 218 b.c

A) The Alps and the Apennines

B) The Pyrenees and the Carpathians

C) The Atlas Mountains and the Caucasus

D) The pyrenees and alps

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32. Which (Age) Occured Between The Stone And The Iron Ages?

A) Bronze Age

B) Copper Age

C) Neolithic Era

D) Iron Age

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33. Neptune Was The Roman God Of The Oceans, What Name Did The Greeks Use?

A) Ares

B) Oceanus

C) Poseidon

D) Triton

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34. What Process Is Used For Dating Ancient Organic Objects?

A) Thermoluminescence dating

B) Potassium-argon dating

C) Uranium-lead dating

D) Radio Carbon Dating

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35. Which is the most ancient walled city?

A) Babylon

B) Damascus

C) Jerusalem

D) Jericho

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36. Alexander the Great was king of which country ?

A) Greece

B) Macedonia

C) Persia

D) Egypt

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37. As what was winchester known by the Romans?

A) Venta Bulgarum

B) Venta Belgarum

C) Verulamium

D) Camulodunum

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38. What two mountain ranges did hannibal and his elephants march through in 218 b.c.

A) The Carpathians and the Apennines

B) The Atlas Mountains and the Himalayas

C) The Andes and the Himalayas

D) The pyrenees and alps

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39. These fighters always began a bout by saying, "Hail Emperor, those about to die salute you."?

A) Centurions

B) Spartans

C) Gladiators

D) Samurai

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40. His wife was Roxana. His horse was Bacephalus. He was ________.

A) Alexander the great

B) Philip II of Macedon

C) Darius III

D) Hannibal Barca

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41. Name The Slave Who Lead An Unsuccessful Revolt By The Gladiators Against Rome?

A) Gannicus

B) Julius Caesar

C) Spartacus

D) Crassus

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42. How old was Alexander the Great when he died ?

A) 32

B) 30

C) 28

D) 40

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43. What city was founded in 753 BC ?

A) Athens

B) Carthage

C) Sparta

D) Rome

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44. Who started the second Punic war?

A) Rome

B) Carthage

C) Hannibal

D) Saguntum

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45. From what did Alexander the Great suffer?

A) Epilepsy

B) Malaria

C) Typhoid fever

D) Pneumonia

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46. He taught Alexander the Great.

A) Plato

B) Socrates

C) Pythagoras

D) Aristotle

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47. Who introduced bagpipes to the British Isles?

A) Romans

B) Greeks

C) Gauls

D) Normans

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48. 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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49. As what was Istanbul previously known?

A) Constantinople

B) Byzantium

C) Istanbul

D) Constantinopolis

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50. What Nationality Was Hannibal?

A) Carthaginian

B) Roman

C) Greek

D) Egyptian

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