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Facts Trivia Quiz

Quiz on random facts from Ancient History.

A multiple-choice quiz by akkad22. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
akkad22

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
75,349

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
3352

Last 3 plays: Guest 136 (7/10), Guest 136 (6/10), lilycharlie (6/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. What is the name of the African tribe who have advanced knowledge of the Sirius star system? Hint

Draco

Doggone

Spyra

Dogon

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was the lingua franca of the Ancient World in the time of Tutankhamun? Hint

Egyptian

English

Greek

Akkadian

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who is believed to be the father of Tutankhamun? Hint

Seti

Akhenaten

Rameses

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which Egyptian god was a jackal (and looks like a dog's head)? Hint

Horus

Anubis

Ptah

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is the Greek version of the Egyptian Pharaoh's name Khufu? Hint

Cheops

Khafre

Chephren

Kungfu

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Question 6 of 10

6. Attis, Adonis, Mithras and Dionysus were Greek equivalents of which Egyptian God? Hint

Thoth

Osiris

Apis

Serapis

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Question 7 of 10

7. How many times was Hermes the greatest? Hint

three times

twice

once

four times

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Question 8 of 10

8. Arcadia was a province in which country? Hint

Persia

Venice

Greece

Turkey

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which of these was NOT the name of an Ancient tribe or nation? Hint

Philistines

Aeaeans

Pagans

Vandals

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which of these was NOT the name of an Egyptian pharaoh? Hint

Menes

Montuhotep

Peribsen

Gilgamesh

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the name of the African tribe who have advanced knowledge of the Sirius star system?

Answer: Dogon

They claim their ancestors received this knowledge from the Ancient Egyptians.

2. What was the lingua franca of the Ancient World in the time of Tutankhamun?

Answer: Akkadian

Despite being the major force in the Near East at the time, the Egyptians used the language of their bitter rivals to communicate diplomatically. Bit like the French have to with English!

3. Who is believed to be the father of Tutankhamun?

Answer: Akhenaten

Tutankhamun was probably of mixed nationality, his mother Nefertiti being possibly a Levantine princess.

4. Which Egyptian god was a jackal (and looks like a dog's head)?

Answer: Anubis

The Sumerian equivalent, Bau, may be where we get Bow-wow from- the word for a dog's woofing.

5. What is the Greek version of the Egyptian Pharaoh's name Khufu?

Answer: Cheops

Cheops built the Great Pyramid within his 23 year reign- at the rate of one 2 ton block every 2 minutes!

6. Attis, Adonis, Mithras and Dionysus were Greek equivalents of which Egyptian God?

Answer: Osiris

The life of Osiris also closely resembles the life of Jesus in its key elements.

7. How many times was Hermes the greatest?

Answer: three times

Hermes Trismegistos, or Hermes the Thrice Greatest, was the Greek equivalent of Thoth.

8. Arcadia was a province in which country?

Answer: Greece

Arcadia came to represent 'hidden knowledge flowing through the generations' during the Rennaisance.

9. Which of these was NOT the name of an Ancient tribe or nation?

Answer: Pagans

Pagan simply means "country dweller".

10. Which of these was NOT the name of an Egyptian pharaoh?

Answer: Gilgamesh

Many similarities exist between Meso-American and Egyptian cultures, but there is nothing so puzzling as South American cocaine traces found in Egyptian mummies.

Source: Author akkad22

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