Trivia Quiz on Ancient Near East

1. Amuhea Princess of Medes was the wife of who

A) Nebuchadnezzars

B) Cyrus the Great

C) Darius I

D) Alexander the Great

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2. Who is the persian goddess of water, fertility and war

A) Armaiti

B) Ninhursag

C) Ishtar

D) Anahita

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3. What did the Perthians conquer in 141 bc

A) Mesopotamia

B) Syria

C) Egypt

D) Armenia

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4. 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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5. In the Bible Judah was in which province

A) Samaria

B) Palestine

C) Galilee

D) Egypt

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6. Who was the Phoenician Goddess of love

A) Astarte

B) Ishtar

C) Aphrodite

D) Venus

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7. Who was the king of Judah (800-783 bc)

A) Amaziah

B) Uzziah

C) Jehoshaphat

D) Rehoboam

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8. In the Bible, Goliath was the champion of which people or tribe

A) Philistines

B) Israelites

C) Moabites

D) Canaanites

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9. In the Bible, which city was destroyed on God's command to Joshua and the people of Israel, by walking around it seven times whilst blowing loudly on horns

A) Ai

B) Jerusalem

C) Jericho

D) Hazor

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10. What was discovered at Qumran

A) The Rosetta Stone

B) Dead Sea Scrolls

C) The Moabite Stone

D) The Antikythera Mechanism

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11. How long did the israelites wander in the desert after the exodus

A) Forty days

B) Thirty years

C) Forty

D) Seven years

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12. What was the name of the city in the Bible which was built by Cain and named after his son

A) Jericho

B) Enoch

C) Nineveh

D) Babylon

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13. "What Native Language Would Jesus Christ Have Spoken ? (""Hebrew, Sanskrit, Arabic, Aramaic"" ) "

A) Hebrew

B) Sanskrit

C) Arabic

D) Aramaic

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