Egyptian Pharaohs & Royals Trivia

1. Which ancient country did Tut rule?

From Quiz King Tut

Answer: Egypt

Tut ruled ancient Egypt in the 18th dynasty. He was very young when he ascended the throne and was under the influence of many other people. Like many other rulers, Tut had a special title that he was called by. The boy king was not a very effective ruler of the country.

From Quiz The New Isis: Cleopatra

Answer: Ptolemy

Ptolemy was the name of the first Greek pharaoh of Egypt (Alexander the Great's half brother). After that it was tradition for every male kid in the family to have that name! Lack of imagination? Traditional girl's names were Arsinoe, Berenice, and of course Cleopatra!

From Quiz King Tutankhamun

Answer: Living image of Amun

His birth name was Tutankhaten, which meant 'Living image of Aten'. He changed his name after he became Pharaoh, although it may not have been by choice as it was an attempt to remove Akenhaten's Amarna Revolution. Ankhesenamun's name means 'Living through Amun' whereas her birth name Ankhesenpaaten meant 'Living through Aten'.

From Quiz Queen Hatshepsut

Answer: Thuthmose I

He was the 3rd king of the 18th Dynasty. He was well known for putting down many rebellions in Nubia; personally killing their King. Also, he led campaigns into Syria. He was the first king who definitely was buried in the Valley of the Kings. Her mother was Queen Ahmose.

From Quiz Ramses II

Answer: Seti I

Seti appointed his son as his Prince Regent when Ramses was only 14 years old. Ramses ascended the throne on May 21 1279BC, when he would have been in his early 20s.

From Quiz The Incomparable Nefertiti

Answer: The beautiful woman has come.

Nefertiti's name -- also translated as "The perfect woman has come" -- seems to some scholars to indicate that she was a foreign princess, although the current consensus has her as a native Egyptian and relative of her future husband Akhenaten. (The most accepted choice of her father is Ay, a powerful adviser to Akhenaten and to Tutankhamun who became pharaoh himself after Tutankhamun's death.) She was famous, then and now, for the exquisite beauty mentioned so straightforwardly in her name; let's examine the life that makes her interesting.

From Quiz Queen Tiye

Answer: Amenhotep III

It is generally thought that Tiye married Amenhotep III when she was 11 or 12. However there is very little evidence to support this.

From Quiz Royalty in Ancient Egypt

Answer: Pharaoh

The pharaoh was the highest member in Egyptian society. He was an all-powerful god-king and was the focus of all loyalty and attention. The pharaohs often worked with their heirs and ruled as co-agents to make sure that the transition between powers was orderly. Although it was the chief priest that carried out the duties at the temples, the pharaoh was the high priest, and had the power to appoint a new chief priest. It has to be noted of course, that pharaohs weren't always males, and that there were some female pharaohs.

From Quiz King Tut

Answer: Pharaoh

Tut was the pharaoh of Egypt. Like the other pharaohs, Tut was believed to be a living god. This "living god" was weak and sick much of the time.

From Quiz Sand Kings

Answer: Imhotep

Imhotep was the vizir and main architect of Pharaoh Djoser. He acted as Djoser's chancellor, was responsible for the building of several pyramids and has also left us one of the very first texts on anatomy and medicine. According to the remaining depictions of Imhotep, he also acted as a high priest. Djoser has been identified as the same Pharaoh as Netjerikhet (a word meaning "divine of body", so it could perhaps be a religious epithet for Djoser). Egyptian historian Manetho uses Djoser's Hellenized name Tosorthros. Between them, Djoser and Imhotep created the famed Step Pyramid near Saqqara. Djoser ordered the building, and Imhotep was the main architect. At first Djoser was content with one rectangular mastaba grave, but in the end five smaller ones were superimposed. Djoser was buried in the Saqqara Step Pyramid. Imhotep's grave is yet unidentified.

From Quiz The New Isis: Cleopatra

Answer: 2

Cleopatra's two Roman loves were Julius Caesar and Marc Antony. She met Caesar in 47 B.C, and Marc Antony in 41 B.C. Some say she seduced these men for power, but she probably did it for love.

From Quiz King Tutankhamun

Answer: Akhenaten

Akhenaten is generally accepted to be his father, born Amenhotep IV. He attempted to compel the population of Egypt to believe in just one God, Aten. Ramesses II was Pharaoh in the 19th Dynasty. Mentuhotep VI was Pharaoh in the 16th Dynasty and Thutmose II was Pharaoh 18th Dynasty.

From Quiz Queen Hatshepsut

Answer: Thutmose II

Her brother was the father of her daughter Neferue. He is also the father of Thutmose III by a lesser wife named Iset. Little record remains of Thutmose II's reign. It is believed that Hatshepsut was the real power behind the throne.

From Quiz Ramses II

Answer: The Exodus

There is much historical evidence to suggest that Ramses was the Pharaoh from whom Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt. There is even circumstantial evidence to suggest that Moses and Ramses grew up together and were childhood friends.

From Quiz The Incomparable Nefertiti

Answer: Gold

Gold came to Egypt from Nubia, an ancient enemy and sometime vassal state whose very name may have signified its economic value: "Nub" was the Egyptian word for "gold." It was used in religious displays: the sun god Ra was described as "a mountain of gold," and the pharaohs (living gods) were sometimes titled "golden one." It appeared in fabulous displays of wealth, in jewelry and tomb goods, and it often translated directly to power: Nubian gold paid many a mercenary soldier. Nefertiti was not the only queen to wear nefer beads as jewelry, but she is so strongly associated with them that archaeologists searching for her tomb always look for nefer beads nearby.

From Quiz Queen Tiye

Answer: 7

This is the generally accepted number of children. Their names were Tuthmose, Amenhotep IV, Sitamun, Isis, Henut-Taneb, Nebetah and Beketaten.

From Quiz Royalty in Ancient Egypt

Answer: Menutuhotep

Nebhepetre Menutuhotep's reign gave way to the Middle Kingdom during which Egypt prospered. The pharaoh gained more power, which lead to more commercial expansions and a new army. In addition, he merged the god "Amun" with the god "Re" to become the sun god "Amun-Re"

From Quiz Sand Kings

Answer: Djedefra, Khufu's son

As all these options are less famous than the Pharaohs who left us their pyramids, I chose to add already one family relation. Since Khufu was the father of Khafra and the grandfather of Menkaure, all these people are related one to each other. But don't try to sketch a family tree, for it is far more complicated than we're used to. (One of the reasons is the custom that a Pharaoh would marry his sister). According to the French Egyptologist Vassil Dobrev, it was Djedefra who apparently ordered the Great Sphinx, in honour of his late father. Khufu was already buried in his eponymous pyramid when Djedefra had the Sphinx completed. (Other Egyptologists think that Khafra has ordered the Sphinx, or that the Sphinx was already erected centuries before Khufu). As soon as Djedefra ascended the throne, he ordered a pyramid a little smaller than Khufu's pyramid. Alas, in latter ages the Romans demolished Djedefra's pyramid and recycled each and every brick. Sneferu was the first Pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty. Khamerernebty I was probably Menkaure's mother. Meresankh III was one of the less important wives of Pharaoh Khafra.

From Quiz King Tutankhamun

Answer: 9 years old

Akhenaten died after a 17 year reign. It is still debated who reigned between his death and Tut's ascending the throne. Some believe Nefertiti may have ruled for a time under the name of Ankhkheprure Neferneferuaten. Another name sometimes suggested is Smenkhkare, who is just as mysterious. There are theories that Smenkhkare is Tutankhamun's brother or father, or another name for Nefertiti.

From Quiz Ramses II

Answer: 19th

Egyptologists class Ramses II as the third King of the 19th Dynasty.

From Quiz Queen Tiye

Answer: Yuya & Thuya

Yuya was the commander of the charioty under Tuthmose IV, and Thuya was superintendent of the Harem of Min of Akhmin. Cyril Aldred has suggested that Yuya was an Asiatic since Asiatics "had the reputation of being skilled in the government of horses."

From Quiz Royalty in Ancient Egypt

Answer: Hatshepsut

Hatshepsut assumed the role of pharaoh when her husband died, and was crowned in a ceremony at Karnak. She dominated Egyptian life for thirty years, while her stepson, who was the rightful pharaoh, remained in the background. She was often portrayed in later statues and portraits in a male garb, including the decorative beard male pharaohs sometimes taped to their chins.

From Quiz King Tut

Answer: Tutankhaten

Tut's father Amenhotep IV changed his name to Akhenaten. He worshiped the god Aten instead of the god Amun. When his son was born, he was named Tutankhaten which meant "Living Image of Aten". After Tut became the pharaoh he banned the practices of worshipping Aten and changed his name to Tutankhamun which meant "Living Image of Amun".

From Quiz Sand Kings

Answer: Pepi II

Pepi II Neferkare was born in 2284 BC. He ascended to the throne in 2278 BC, as the fifth Pharaoh of the Sixth Dynasty. A rare statue of Pepi II shows him early in his reign, when his mother Akhesenpepi II still assumed the regency. The infant Pepi is therefore depicted sitting on his mother's lap, although crowned as a reigning Pharaoh. Qakare Ibi, the one who built the last pyramid at Saqqara, was a Pharaoh of the Eighth Dynasty. He ruled perhaps from 2169 to 2167 BC, but the Turin Canon (a list of Pharaohs edited during the 19th or 20th Dynasty) mentions that he ruled for "4 years, 3 months and 2 days". Merhotepre Ini, of the 13th Dynasty, ruled for "2 years, 4 months and 9 days" according to the Turin Canon. Tutankhamen (of the 18th Dynasty) died young. He probably reigned for nine years.

From Quiz King Tutankhamun

Answer: Ankhesenamun

Ankhesenamun was possibly his half sister and was born as Ankhensenpaaten. She changed her name along with Tutankhamun's to reflect their belief in the God Amun. Kiya is believed to be Tut's mother. Nefertiti is believed to be his step mother.

From Quiz Queen Hatshepsut

Answer: The Hyksos

Re-establishing those routes helped in building up of the wealth that the 18th Dynasty is well known for.

From Quiz Ramses II

Answer: 7

While it was common for Pharaohs to have several wives, and many concubines, due to Ramses' long rule, eight different ladies held the title.

From Quiz Royalty in Ancient Egypt

Answer: Amenhotep IV

Amenhotep IV became pharaoh at the age of twelve after marrying Nefertiti, his father's eighteen-year-old widow. Amenhotep dedicated his life to the worship of the sun god and so he changed his name to Akhenaten. He also changed the name of the city Amarna to Akhetaten and ordered the removal of the name of the previous sun god "Amun" from the faces of all public buildings.

From Quiz King Tut

Answer: Thebes

Thebes was the original capital. Tut moved it back there as part of his reforms against the policies implemented during Akhenaten's reign. Thebes stayed the capital of Egypt for the remainder of the 18th Dynasty.

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