Statistics for Hellenistic Period Quiz

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Event that is generally accepted to be the start of this period	Death of {Alexander the Great}	93%
Location believed to mark 'the end of the world' known today as the ‘Straight of Gibraltar’	Pillars of {Hercules}	61%
Syracusan physicist/mathematician accidently killed during the cities invasion	Archimedes	50%
Greek mathematician known as the ‘father of geometry’	Euclid	50%
Last Greek kingdom to fall ending this period	Ptolemaic	50%
An ancient galley with three banks of oars	Trireme	50%
A type of costly victory named after a general	Pyrrhic	46%
Volatile Hellenistic kingdom annexed by Rome in 63BC	Seleucid	39%
Roman senator known for ending all speeches with the remark, "Furthermore I consider that Carthage must be destroyed"	Cato the Elder	32%
People that predominantly inhabited Iberia before its subsequent conquest by Carthage and Rome	Iberians	18%
The child who swore to be the scourge of the Roman Republic	Hannibal Barca	11%
Only battle featured in Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy's book, "The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo" to occur during this period	Metaurus	0%
Last ancient great wonder to be constructed	Pharos lighthouse at Alexandria	0%
Full name of the Roman general known for his victory at Zama	{Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus} Africanus Numantinus	0%