Trivia Quiz on Archaeology

1. What was extracted through the nasal passages of dead pharaohs

A) Heart

B) Lungs

C) Brain

D) Stomach

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2. What allowed mexican, andean and some north american indians to hurl their spears a great distance

A) Atlatl

B) Bow and arrow

C) Javelin

D) Catapult

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3. Whose tomb was discovered by Howard Carter in 1922

A) Ramses II

B) Cleopatra VII

C) Tutankhamen

D) Nefertiti

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4. The Egyptian hieroglyph for 100,000 is what

A) Coiled rope

B) Lotus flower

C) Pointing finger

D) Tadpole

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5. In what country is the worlds largest pyramid

A) Egypt - Great Pyramid of Giza

B) Mexico - Pyramid of the Sun

C) Peru - Huaca Pucllana

D) Mexico - Quetzalcoatl

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6. What Is The Oldest Inhabited City In The World

A) Jerusalem, Israel

B) Aleppo, Syria

C) Damascus, Syria

D) Byblos, Lebanon

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7. Many ancient mayan ruins are located on which peninsula

A) Baja California Peninsula

B) Yucatan peninsula

C) Iberian Peninsula

D) Malay Peninsula

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8. The Olduvai Gorge, famous for its fossils, is in which country

A) Tanzania

B) Kenya

C) Uganda

D) Ethiopia

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9. The site of Troy is in which modern country

A) Turkey

B) Greece

C) Bulgaria

D) Syria

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10. Dendrochronology is better known as __________.

A) Tree-ring dating

B) Ring dating

C) Radiocarbon dating

D) Stratigraphic dating

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11. Which group of people first used gold fillings

A) Ancient Egyptians

B) Romans

C) Incas of Peru

D) Aztecs

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12. A Greek or Roman two handled jar

A) Amphora

B) Krater

C) Hydria

D) Oenochoe

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13. Englands Stonehenge is how many years older than Rome's colosseum

A) 3,000 years

B) 2,000 years

C) 1,800 years

D) 1,500 years

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14. The celtic queen, Boudicca (Boadicea), allegedly took poison to prevent torture by the Romans after they defeated her rebel forces in battle. Where is she thought to be buried

A) Kings cross station

B) Colchester

C) Westminster Abbey

D) Stonehenge

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15. In which Chinese city is the Terracotta Army

A) Beijing

B) Xian

C) Nanjing

D) Shanghai

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16. At which village in West Sussex was a Roman palace discovered in 1960

A) Fishbourne

B) Bignor

C) Chichester

D) Pulborough

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17. According to historians what is the oldest device still used

A) Wheel

B) Toothpicks

C) Sundial

D) Bow and arrow

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18. Where were the first gambling casinos

A) Egypt

B) Venice, Italy

C) France

D) China

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19. The wheel was invented in about what year BC

A) 4000

B) 3000

C) 3500

D) 2500

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20. Evidence of what alternative treatment found in 5300 mummy

A) Herbal remedies

B) Cupping therapy

C) Acupuncture

D) Moxibustion

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21. The study of human pre history is ___________

A) Paleontology

B) Archaeology

C) Anthropology

D) Epigraphy

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22. In 1911 the archaeologist Hiram Bingham discovered what lost city

A) Tikal

B) Machu Picchu

C) Petra

D) Angkor Wat

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23. Which is the oldest walled city in the world

A) Babylon

B) Aleppo

C) Jerusalem

D) Jericho

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24. Egyptian embalmers replaced the bodies eyes with what

A) Glass beads

B) Onions

C) Copper prosthetic eyes

D) Lapis lazuli eyes

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25. Heinrich Schliemann archaeologist famous for excavating where

A) Mycenae

B) Knossos

C) Jericho

D) Troy

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26. In siberia in 1994, a container full of what was discovered in the 2,000 year old grave of a scythian princess and priestess

A) Marijuana

B) Gold jewelry

C) Wine

D) Incense resin

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27. What have woodpecker scalps, porpoise teeth and giraffe tails all been used as?

A) Beads

B) Shells

C) Money

D) Salt

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28. Where were the hanging gardens

A) Alexandria

B) Babylon

C) Nineveh

D) Uruk

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29. In approximately what year was steel first made

A) 500 BC

B) 400 BC

C) 1000 BC

D) 1500 BC

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30. Dendrochronology is better known as _________.

A) Carbon dating

B) Ice core dating

C) Ring dating

D) Geochronology

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31. Where is ancient troy

A) Greece

B) Cyprus

C) Syria

D) Turkey

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32. Which is the most ancient walled city

A) Jerusalem

B) Aleppo

C) Damascus

D) Jericho

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33. In ancient Athens every third man worked with what

A) Stone

B) Bronze

C) Marble

D) Wood

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34. A golden _____ removed from King Tut's tomb was still sharp enough to be used

A) dagger

B) knife

C) sickle

D) Razor

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35. 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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36. Which of the seven wonders of the ancient world was alive

A) Great Pyramid of Giza

B) Colossus of Rhodes

C) The hanging gardens of babylon

D) Lighthouse of Alexandria

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37. The Roman roadbuilders lacked which elementary tool

A) Shovel

B) Pickaxe

C) Chisel

D) Wheelbarrow

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38. Where would you find Saracens Bluestones and Trilithons

A) Avebury

B) Newgrange

C) Stonehenge

D) Carnac Stones

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39. What is the largest single known gold object in the world

A) The Golden Mask of Tutankhamun

B) The Golden Chariot of the Sun God

C) The Golden Crown of Charlemagne

D) Tutankhamens Coffin

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40. The main circle and trilithons at Stonehenge are built of which rock

A) Sandstone

B) Bluestone

C) Limestone

D) Granite

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41. 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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42. How was the mausoleum at Halicarnassus destroyed

A) Earthquake

B) Fire during a siege

C) Dismantled for building materials by later rulers

D) Sunk into the harbor by a tsunami

E) Destroyed by a volcanic eruption nearby

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43. The Red Rose City has what more common name in Jordan

A) Petra

B) Wadi Musa

C) The Rose City

D) Al-Khazneh

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44. 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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45. One of the earliest centers of urban civilization, in the area of modern Iraq and eastern Syria between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers

A) Sumer

B) Mesopotamia

C) Babylonia

D) Assyria

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46. In what country is Tiahuanaco

A) Peru

B) Chile

C) Bolivia

D) Argentina

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47. What is cuneiform

A) A type of ancient Mesopotamian instrument

B) A mythological Mesopotamian creature

C) Writing system

D) A Greek numerical method

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48. When was the chair developed

A) 1500 bc

B) 2181 bc

C) 3000 bc

D) 4000 bc

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

A) Embalming

B) Autopsy

C) Mummification

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50. Who introduces Channel 4's Time Team programme

A) Tony robinson

B) Francis Pryor

C) Mick Aston

D) Phil Harding

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