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I, C-C-Claudius Trivia Quiz

"I, Claudius" is a well-acted and wonderfully written miniseries from the 1970s. I've put together some questions to see how well you remember it. Now you may embark on the peculiar history of this Roman family.

A multiple-choice quiz by Caseena. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Caseena

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
321,154

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
11 / 15

Plays
371

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 15

1. Caesar Augustus is very pleased with one of the entertainments in his first scene. He is told they are going to eat well. What group is it? Hint

The gladiators

The poets

The dancers

The philosophers

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Question 2 of 15

2. What's the name of the game Augustus plays with young Gaius and Lucius? Hint

Risk

War

Checkers

Empire

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Question 3 of 15

3. Why does Augustus banish his daughter Julia? Hint

She had run up terrible debts.

She'd been plotting to overthrow him.

She'd had affairs with dozens of men.

She had failed to produce an heir for him.

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Question 4 of 15

4. Augustus wants all the young men in Rome to do what? Hint

Travel more

Join the army

Get married

Attend the games

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Question 5 of 15

5. Who says this: "These games are being degraded by the increasing use of professional tricks to stay alive, and I won't have it!" Hint

Sejanus

Augustus

Livia

Caligula

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Question 6 of 15

6. According to Livia, what two groups does the Senate not allow inside? Hint

Soldiers and commoners

Women and fools

Horses and idiots

Children and thieves

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Question 7 of 15

7. Which of the following is not one of Claudius' afflictions? Hint

Coughs

Stammers

Head twitches

Limps

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Question 8 of 15

8. What did Claudius bring as a gift to Livia's birthday dinner? Hint

A detailed horoscope

A vase from India

A bust of Sejanus

A vessel of wine

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Question 9 of 15

9. Why did Caligula cut the baby out of his sister's stomach? Hint

He didn't want his child to be stronger than himself.

He thought he could save her life if he did so.

He didn't want his sister to carry another man's child.

He had a dream that told him to do it.

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Question 10 of 15

10. Many characters are killed or targeted for death in this series. Who never was? Hint

Germanicus

Messalina

Antonia

Sejanus

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Question 11 of 15

11. What is Antonia's punishment for locking Livilla in her room and leaving her there until she dies? Hint

She must leave the Roman Empire.

She fasts for two weeks.

She listens to her daughter scream until she's dead.

She has to cut off her right hand.

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Question 12 of 15

12. Caligula wakes up Claudius and two friends in the middle of the night. What does he want them to see? Hint

The gladiators practicing for the games

The birth of his child

Himself dancing in drag

An orgy for the senators

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Question 13 of 15

13. How many wives did Claudius have during his lifetime? Hint

five

three

four

two

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Question 14 of 15

14. "My hobby happens to be gardening, for which I don't expect to be paid."

Who says this, and what is her profession? Hint

Caesonia, a midwife

Scilla, a whore

Aelia, a dancer

Agrippina, an actress

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Question 15 of 15

15. How does Claudius die? Hint

Suicide

Stabbed by Nero

Poisoned by Agrippinilla

Dies of old age

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Caesar Augustus is very pleased with one of the entertainments in his first scene. He is told they are going to eat well. What group is it?

Answer: The dancers

Augustus insists that the dancers eat "better than us," but not as well as the kitchen staff.

2. What's the name of the game Augustus plays with young Gaius and Lucius?

Answer: Empire

Livia acts as though she loves them and will take good care of them. She later gets rid of them both to make way for her son becoming emperor.

3. Why does Augustus banish his daughter Julia?

Answer: She'd had affairs with dozens of men.

Livia unearthed Julia's affairs so that her own son, Tiberius, would have a greater chance at becoming emperor.

4. Augustus wants all the young men in Rome to do what?

Answer: Get married

He uses Claudius as an example of a fine product of marriage: a Roman child. The men laugh at the head-twitching, stammering boy.

5. Who says this: "These games are being degraded by the increasing use of professional tricks to stay alive, and I won't have it!"

Answer: Livia

Her money funds the games, and she wants the best show she can get, and that includes authentic deaths.

6. According to Livia, what two groups does the Senate not allow inside?

Answer: Women and fools

"Which is strange, when you come to think of it, because it's filled with nothing but old women and fools!" This show has excellent dialogue. Incidentally, Caligula later inducted a horse as a Senator.

7. Which of the following is not one of Claudius' afflictions?

Answer: Coughs

He appears to be an idiot and lets people think he is so he can survive. Everyone else is killed around him but he's never seen as a threat, so people let him be.

8. What did Claudius bring as a gift to Livia's birthday dinner?

Answer: A vase from India

Tiberius gave her a horoscope. This is the scene where Livia finds out that Claudius has been pulling the wool over everyone's eyes by pretending to be an idiot all those years. She then advises him to keep on playing the fool.

9. Why did Caligula cut the baby out of his sister's stomach?

Answer: He didn't want his child to be stronger than himself.

He feared that a child stronger than himself would kill or rule over him. He thought he was Zeus.

10. Many characters are killed or targeted for death in this series. Who never was?

Answer: Antonia

Nobody ever tried to kill her. Instead, she killed herself when she couldn't stand the decadence around her.

11. What is Antonia's punishment for locking Livilla in her room and leaving her there until she dies?

Answer: She listens to her daughter scream until she's dead.

Antonia's punishment is self-imposed and horrifies Claudius. When Antonia commits suicide, her slave cuts off Antonia's right hand.

12. Caligula wakes up Claudius and two friends in the middle of the night. What does he want them to see?

Answer: Himself dancing in drag

Claudius and his friends thought they were going to be killed. Try not to laugh when watching this scene.

13. How many wives did Claudius have during his lifetime?

Answer: four

He divorced the first two, unintentionally had the third beheaded, and then married his niece. He married his niece only for her brains, though.

14. "My hobby happens to be gardening, for which I don't expect to be paid." Who says this, and what is her profession?

Answer: Scilla, a whore

Messalina wants to compete with a whore to see who can tire out the most men. Scilla will only take part if she is paid, for that is her job, whereas for Messalina it is a hobby, inciting the above quotation. Messalina wins.

15. How does Claudius die?

Answer: Poisoned by Agrippinilla

She poisons his mushrooms. He knows and eats them anyway, certain that the history of his family will live on.

Source: Author Caseena

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