It Happened in Egypt Trivia Quiz

Answer: The Mummy

"The Mummy", which released in 1999, is a remake of an earlier film with the same name. The 90's version starred Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz in lead roles. Fraser played Rick O'Connell, an adventurer who travels to the fictional Egyptian city of Hamunaptra, also known as the City of the Dead.

While there, O'Connell and his band end up accidentally awakening a long dead Egyptian high priest, Imhotep, who then terrorizes them in the form of a mummy.

Answer: Walk Like an Egyptian

"The Bangles" are an American pop rock band from California who released their first album in 1984, having released a couple of singles prior to that. "Walk Like an Egyptian" was the third single on their album "Different Light" and the one that ended up catapulting them to global fame.

The music video for the single was also nominated for the Best Group Video award at the MTV Music Awards. The video incorporated scenes filmed in New York City of people dancing in poses similar to the portrayals of Ancient Egyptians.

Answer: Antony and Cleopatra

"Antony and Cleopatra" is classified as one of Shakespeare's tragedies. The play is set in both Alexandria and Rome. This love story between a Roman general and Egyptian queen has inspired countless movies, novels, and artworks. One of the best known film adaptations, "Cleopatra", starred Elizabeth Taylor in the titular role with Richard Burton playing Mark Antony.

Answer: Cigars of the Pharaoh

"Cigars of the Pharaoh" was the 4th comic published in the "Adventures of Tintin" series created by Belgian cartoonist, Hergé. Tintin and his dog Snowy are in Egypt when they discover a tomb which has the bodies of Egyptologists rather than the mummies of the pharaohs.

The tomb is also filled with boxes of cigars. Tintin follows the trail across Arabia and ends up in India, finally busting an international drug smuggling syndicate.

Answer: Aida

"Aida" is an opera by Giuseppe Verdi that is set in the Old Kingdom of Egypt. It premiered at the Royal Opera House in Cairo in 1871. The plot is set during a time of war between Egypt and Ethiopia. Radamès, an Egyptian military general, is in love with an Ethiopian girl, Aida, who is enslaved as a handmaiden to the Egyptian princess. Radamès hopes to emerge victorious over Ethiopia and then claim Aida's hand.

Answer: Death Comes as the End

"Death Comes as the End" is unique for being the only Christie mystery novel set in a historical period and also the only one not to feature any European characters. This is one of many novels that were inspired by Christie's trips with her archaeologist husband, Max Mallowan.

The plot follows an Egyptian household in 2000 BC in Thebes. The lives of the family members are thrown into disarray when the patriarch brings home a second wife.

Answer: The Prince of Egypt

"The Prince of Egypt" was produced by DreamWorks and had a stellar ensemble voice cast which included Val Kilmer, Sandra Bullock, Helen Mirren, Ralph Fiennes, and Michelle Pfeiffer, to name just a few. The story was based on the life of Moses as told in the Bible.

It followed him from his birth to his childhood when he was raised as a prince, and finally to his role in leading the Israelites out of slavery and Egypt, into the Promised Land. "When You Believe" from the film's soundtrack won an Oscar for Best Original Song.

Answer: Raiders of the Lost Ark

"Raiders of the Lost Ark" was the first film to feature the fictional archaeologist, Indiana Jones. The movie was directed by Stephen Spielberg and starred Harrison Ford as Jones. The plot followed Jones trying to outsmart the Nazis as both teams raced to find the Ark of the Covenant.

This long lost relic was believed to have the power to make an army invincible, making it critical that the Nazis did not get their hands on it.

Answer: Ozymandias

Percy Bysshe Shelley is one of the most highly regarded of the poets of the Romantic period. The sonnet "Ozymandias" was written for a friendly competition with fellow poet, Horace Smith. Smith also wrote a sonnet of the same name and the two were published within weeks of each other. Ozymandias was the name used by the Greeks for the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II.

The sonnet was said to be inspired by the British Museum acquiring a fragment of a statue of Ramesses II. Both Smith and Shelley's poems deal with the topic of hubris.

Answer: Amelia Peabody

The Amelia Peabody series of historical mystery novels were written by Egyptologist Barbara Mertz, under the pseudonym of Elizabeth Peters. In the first novel, "Crocodile on the Sandbank", Amelia is a spinster who escapes on a tour of Italy and Egypt to avoid offers of marriage.

While on the trip, she gets involved in trying to solve the mystery of a mummy that roams through the desert. The book ends with Amelia getting engaged to Radcliffe Emerson, an Egyptologist she meets on the trip. The rest of the books are all set in Egypt during various expeditions undertaken by Radcliffe accompanied by Peabody.