Ancient History Quiz - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Greedy king that touch turns everything to gold	King Midas	86%
The Colossus of _______	Rhodes	86%
What modern day country did the Romans refer to as Gaul?	France	82%
In Greek mythology she opened a box that contained all the worlds evils	Pandora	78%
Last pharaoh of Egypt, was bitten by a snake	Cleopatra	71%
Head of a bull and body of a man	Minotaur	71%
Mythical twin brothers who founded the city of Rome	Romulus and Remus	71%
Roman "dictator for life" who overthrew the weak senate	Julius Caesar	70%
Region of northern Greece, home to Alexander and Phillip	Macedonia	70%
A Roman common person	Plebian	70%
Capital of the Byzantine Empire	Constantinople	68%
White material made of animal tusks that were often used to make jewelry	Ivory	68%
What were the Roman-Carthaginian wars called?	Punic	66%
Nero did this whilst Rome burned	Fiddled	64%
Ancient Egyptian God of the sun, often depicted with the head of a hawk	Ra	64%
Most famous Gorgon	Medusa	63%
Three-headed dog that guards the gates of the Underworld	Cerberus	60%
"Linear A" was the primary script used by this ancient civilisation in Crete	Minoan	60%
"Cradle of Civilisation"	Mesopotamia	57%
Ancient Jordanian city, now one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World	Petra	55%
Rome was considered this, before it became an Empire	Republic	55%
Roman Emperor his name means "little boots"	Caligula	54%
Group of about 5000 Roman soldiers divided into Coherts and Centuries	Legion	53%
Mythical King of Thebes who killed his father to marry his mother	Oedipus	53%
Father of history	Herodotus	49%
In Rome, trials ands elections took place here	Forum	48%
The highest position in the Roman government	Consul	46%
Name of Odysseus' home	Ithaca	46%
Leader of the first Titans and the father of Zeus	Kronos	45%
What role did Caligula give his horse?	Consul	41%
Head of Anubis	Jackal	41%
The legend holds that this city was sown with salt so that a rival city state could never rise in power there again	Carthage	40%
Roman orator, he was killed by the Second Triumvirate	Cicero	40%
Name given to the elite Persian soldiers who fought in the Greco-Persian Wars	Immortals	38%
He discovered King Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922	Howard Carter	37%
Sacred bird of ancient egypt, ofted depicted on the head of Thoth	Ibis	35%
Babylonian King who conquered the Jews and built the Hanging Gardens	Nebuchadnezzar II	35%
What was the life expectancy of Ancient Romans? (roughly)	25	31%
The Roman gods of forrest, whose Greek equivalent is Pan	Faun	29%
What happened to the concrete recipe once the Romans were destroyed?	It was lost for 1000 years	28%
Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antonius Pius and Marcus Aurelius are the...	Five Good Emperors of Rome	27%
In the 2nd century AD, what percentage of the world's population did the Roman's control?	35.9%	26%
What year was Rome founded?	753BC	26%
Name of the alliance founded by Greek city states in 477 BC to continue fighting against the Persian Empire	The Delian League	25%
The last of the 3 major dynasties of Ancient Egypt aka the Egyptian Empire	New Kingdom	19%
331 BC battle that decisively won the conquest of Persia	Gaugamela	16%
What was the special use for urine in ancient Rome?	Cleaning clothes	12%
What Roman goddess inspired the Statue of Liberty?	Libertas	5%
Roman chariot, drawn by four horses side by side	Quadriga	5%
What is the alternative name for Sparta?	Lacedaemon	4%

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