Trivia Quiz on Archaeology Part 2

1. In the game Tomb Raider what's Lara Crofts profession

A) Archaeologist

B) Treasure hunter

C) Historian

D) Paleontologist

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

A) Thebes

B) Babylon

C) Athens

D) Memphis

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3. Which ancient town, capital of the legendary King Minos, was excavated and reconstructed by Sir Arthur Evans between 1899 and 1935

A) Phaistos

B) Knossos

C) Malia

D) Gournia

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4. Sacred carvings is the literal translation of what word

A) Cuneiform

B) Petroglyphs

C) Pictographs

D) Hieroglyphics

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5. How Is The Fictional Character The “ Duchess of St Bridget ” Otherwise Known ?

A) Indiana Jones

B) Lara Croft

C) Nathan Drake

D) Black Widow

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6. The Dead Sea Scroll was discovered in what year

A) 1940

B) 1947

C) 1948

D) 1956

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7. 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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8. This Pacific island's puzzling monoliths attract ethnologists.

A) Fiji

B) Easter island

C) Hawaii

D) Samoa

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9. In which country is the Machu Picchu

A) Bolivia

B) Peru

C) Chile

D) Colombia

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10. Where are the pyramids located?

A) Egypt

B) Greece

C) Mexico

D) Peru

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11. Where are the pyramids located

A) Egypt

B) Mexico

C) Peru

D) Greece

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12. Where are the Nazca Lines?

A) Egypt

B) Mexico

C) Spain

D) Peru

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13. Elephants, lions, and camels roamed __________ 12,000 years ago.

A) Alaska

B) Antarctica

C) Europe

D) Australia

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14. Where Was The Potters Wheel First Used

A) Ancient Egypt c.2500 Bc

B) Ancient China c.2000 Bc

C) Indus Valley Civilization c.2600 Bc

D) In Mesopotamia c.3000 Bc

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15. 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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16. Which False Idol Was Worshipped By The Hebrews At The Foot Off Mount Sinai

A) The Bronze Serpent

B) The Idol of Baal

C) The Golden Calf

D) The Idol of Asherah

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17. In ancient Rome, auburn_haired puppies were sacrificed to ensure a plentiful __________

A) Corn crop

B) Olive harvest

C) Grape harvest

D) Barley harvest

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18. Guinea pigs were first domesticated by the __________, who used them for food, in sacrifices, and as household pets.

A) Aztecs

B) Incas

C) Mayans

D) Moche

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19. Which isotope of carbon is used for dating (give number) ?

A) 14

B) 12

C) 13

D) 15

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20. What Was The First Animal To Be Domesticated?

A) Cat

B) Horse

C) Cow

D) Dog

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21. 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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22. What English city was known to the Romans as Venta Bulgarum?

A) Colchester

B) Bath

C) Winchester

D) York

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23. 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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24. In which country was the Rosetta Stone found

A) Egypt

B) Greece

C) Italy

D) Sudan

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25. When was the Greek alphabet first used?

A) 800 BC

B) 1050 BC

C) 600 BC

D) 400 BC

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26. What age preceded the Iron Age?

A) The Stone Age

B) The Copper Age

C) The Bronze Age

D) The Medieval Period

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27. What wonder stood 32m high in rhodes harbour?

A) Statue of Zeus at Olympia

B) Lighthouse of Alexandria

C) Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

D) Colossus of Rhodes

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28. 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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29. 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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30. Which is the most ancient walled city?

A) Babylon

B) Damascus

C) Jerusalem

D) Jericho

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31. Which City Was Engulfed In Lava From Mount Vesuvius In AD79?

A) Pompeii

B) Herculaneum

C) Stabiae

D) Naples

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32. What age preceded the Iron Age

A) The Stone Age

B) The Copper Age

C) The Iron Age

D) The bronze age

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33. 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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34. Where was the Rosetta stone found ?

A) Cairo

B) Alexandria

C) Giza

D) Luxor

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35. 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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36. In What Year Was The Tomb Of Tutankhamen Discovered

A) 1905

B) 1922

C) 1923

D) 1947

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37. What did a shepherd boy discover at qumram, jordon in 1947

A) The Rosetta Stone

B) The dead sea scrolls

C) The Book of the Dead

D) The Aleppo Codex

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38. Roman statues were made with detachable whats, so that one what could be removed and replaced by another?

A) Noses

B) Hands

C) Heads

D) Feet

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39. In which country was the Rosetta Stone found?

A) Syria

B) Egypt

C) Greece

D) Italy

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40. Who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen?

A) Jean-François Champollion

B) Lord Carnarvon

C) Howard Carter

D) Zahi Hawass

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41. 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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42. In which city were the Hanging Gardens?

A) Babylon

B) Athens

C) Nineveh

D) Thebes

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43. Where were the ancient script of Linear A and Linear B found ?

A) Crete

B) Knossos

C) Phaistos

D) Mycenae

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44. This Indian group ruled in early Peru.

A) Moche

B) Nazca

C) Inca

D) Chimú

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45. Which was the first Chinese dynasty?

A) Xia

B) Zhou

C) Qin

D) Shang

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46. What Did Charles Dawson Appear To Have Found On Piltdown Common

A) A Neanderthal skull

B) An orangutan jawbone

C) A modern human skull

D) The Missing link

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47. Which Ancient Central American Civilisation Were Drinking Chocolate Milk As Long Ago As 600 BC

A) Aztecs

B) Olmecs

C) Mayans

D) Zapotecs

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