All Roads Lead To... Trivia Quiz

Answer: "All Gods" or "Every God"

The Pantheon was built in 126AD as a temple to ALL gods. Nearly 2000 years after it was built, the Pantheon's dome is still the largest unreinforced concrete dome in the world, having a height and radius of 43.3m (123 feet)!

Answer: It is almost perfectly preserved.

Much of the Colosseum has been destroyed by earthquakes. The original Colosseum was constructed mostly of marble. However, the vast majority of this marble has been "recycled" to build churches. The columns of St. Peter's Basilica are made from marble from the Colosseum! However, the Colosseum is still incredible and well worth a visit.

Answer: The Flavian Amphitheater

The Flavian Amphitheater was built between 72 and 80 AD. It could seat over 50,000 spectators (who got in for free for many events!). It was the site of gladiatorial games, drama performances and especially fights to the death between humans and animals. It is estimated that about 500,000 people and a million animals died during 443 years of performances.

Answer: Michelangelo's "Sistine Chapel Ceiling"

The Sistine Chapel is probably the best-known chapel in the world. Michelangelo took four years to paint the ceiling (an area of 1,100mē). He spent the majority of these four years living in scaffolding near the chapel's roof and painted the whole thing whilst standing on the scaffold and looking up--what a way to get a bad back!

Answer: Nicola Salvi (finished by Pannini)

Although many people believe that the Trevi fountain was designed by Bernini, this is untrue. Bernini resited the original Trevi Fountain from the opposite side of the piazza to its current position. However, this fountain was torn down and replaced with Salvi's Trevi Fountain between 1732 and 1762.

Answer: 12 years

The Vatican is the home to a wealth of Christian art from the last 2000 years. There are over 6.3 million paintings and sculptures in the Vatican City! These include many works by masters such as Michelangelo, Bernini, Caravaggio and Raphael.

Answer: It is situated on the tomb of St. Peter

St. Peter was one of Jesus' twelve apostles. The Bible tells how Jesus gave him two keys (a gold one for Heaven and a silver one for Earth). This is why the modern day Pope's symbol is of two crossing keys. St. Peter is considered the first Pope.

Answer: Romulus

Legend has it that twins Romulus and Remus were sons of a vestal virgin, who had been seduced by Mars, the god of war. The king (their uncle) ordered the newborn babes to be killed. A servant left them in the woods where they were weaned and raised by a she-wolf.

When they grew older, Romulus and Remus helped settle the city that became Rome. They had a fight, which Romulus won and he was crowned first King of Rome.

Answer: Lazio

Rome is found in the region of Lazio. Juventus hail from Turin, Fiorentina are from Florence and Sampdoria are from Genoa.

Answer: You must be a Swiss citizen

It is difficult to reliably find out all of the qualifications you need to be a Swiss Guard. It is widely accepted that you must be male, Swiss, Catholic, unmarried and over 174cm tall. However, a lot of sources state that you must also be able to speak four languages and be proficient in two martial arts!