| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Where was her descendants from? | Greece (Macedonia) | 86%
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| Where did she study? | Library of Alexandria | 71%
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| What dynasty was she born into? | Ptolemaic dynasty | 71%
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| Who was her father? | Ptolemy XII | 71%
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| Who was her brother, who she co-ruled Egypt with? | Ptolemy XIII | 71%
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| What animal did she allegedly let bite her, which killed her? | snake | 71%
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| Who was Cleopatra and Caesar's son, that was probably born on 23 June 47 BC? | Caesarion | 57%
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| What young Roman cavalry officer professed his love for Cleopatra, when she was 14? | Mark Antony | 57%
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| Who did Caesar name as heir in his will, instead of his child with Cleopatra? | Octavian (Caesar Augustus) | 57%
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| What did she and her brother probably do, which was considered a normal arrangement for Ptolemaic rulers, but there is no evidence for this? | marry | 43%
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| Who was appointed joint ruler with Cleopatra in a nominal sibling marriage? | Ptolemy XIV | 43%
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| What battle took place with Antony and Cleopatra against Octavian, on 2 September 31 BC? | Battle of Actium | 29%
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| Who was her mother? (uncertain) | Cleopatra V Tryphaena | 29%
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| How did Cleopatra's brother die? | drowned after fleeing Caesar | 29%
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| Allegedly, how did Ptolemy XIV die? | poisoned by Cleopatra | 29%
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| What month did Cleopatra become pregnant with Caesar's child? | September (48 BC) | 29%
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| However, when did Cleopatra actually die? | 10 August 30 BC | 14%
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| When was Julius Caesar assassinated? | 15 March 44 BC | 14%
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| When did Cleopatra's son (by Caesar) die? | 29 August 30 BC | 14%
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| When was she born? (name one of the probable years) | 70/69 BC | 14%
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| What was the name of Cleopatra's twin boy born in 40 BC, fathered by Mark Antony? | Alexander Helios | 14%
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| What was the name of Cleopatra's twin girl born in 40 BC, fathered by Mark Antony? | Cleopatra Selene II | 14%
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| After being sent a message that Cleopatra had committed suicide, how did Antony die, in 30 BC? | stabbed himself | 14%
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| When did her brother establish his first regal date, causing a civil war? | 49 BC | 0%
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| When was she and her father forced into exile? | 58 BC | 0%
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| When did Caesar leave Egypt and Cleopatra? | April 47 BC | 0%
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| What was her second son (by Antony) declared King of? (name one) | Armenia, Media, and Parthia | 0%
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| When did her father die, making her co-ruler of Egypt with her brother? | before 22 March 51 BC | 0%
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| In her first act as Queen, what sacred bull did she install at Hermonthis? | Buchis | 0%
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| When did official documents start listing Cleopatra as sole ruler, evidence of her rejecting her brother? | By 29 August 51 BC | 0%
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| What was the name of the unemployed and assimilated Roman soldiers left by Gabinius to garrison Egypt, who were acting on lawless behaviour? | Gabiniani | 0%
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| What was name of the future king of Judea that arrived in December 40 BC, who later became a rival of Cleopatra? | Herod | 0%
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| What was her first son (by Caesar) declared by Cleopatra to be? | King of Kings | 0%
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| When did Mark Antony arrive in Alexandria? | November 41 BC | 0%
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| Who was her childhood tutor? | Philostratos | 0%
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| Who was Cleopatra's second so to Antony, born in 36 BC? | Ptolemy Philadelphus | 0%
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| After returning to Alexandria and Julius Caesar's attempt to reconcile the siblings, what was the name of the siege that lasted until the following year (47 BC), where Caesar and Cleopatra were trapped inside? | siege of Alexandria | 0%
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| What was her third son (by Antony) declared King of? (name one) | Syria and Cilicia | 0%
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| Where did Cleopatra flee to, to escape from her brother, who was winning the fight? | Thebes | 0%
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| Who advised Cleopatra to kill Antony to save her life, but was flogged by Antony - who suspected foul intent? | Thyrsos | 0%
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