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Tough World History Trivia Quiz

This quiz will begin from the earliest known records to date, and continue to the time of the early Greeks. Enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by thejazzkickazz. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
thejazzkickazz

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
31,294

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
10 / 25

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Question 1 of 25

1. Beijing-man, homo erectus, was the earliest remains found in China. In what cave were the remains unearthed, in 1930? Hint

Yangshaoian

Zhoukoudian

Chengiyizian

Longhshanian

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Question 2 of 25

2. Which Egyptian king ruled for the longest period? Hint

Pepi II

Hathsepsut

Zoser

Amenhotep II

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Question 3 of 25

3. Who lived ca. 551-479 B.C. and authored the 'Lunyu'? Hint

Confucius

Mencius

Lao Tzu

Buddha

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Question 4 of 25

4. What did the Kahun and Ebers papyrus, circa 1850 B.C., deal with? Hint

law

medicine

sacrifices

gods

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Question 5 of 25

5. What civilization is considered the oldest in the world? Hint

Sumerian

Atlantis

Chinese

Mohenjo-daro

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Question 6 of 25

6. What is the oldest work on philosophy, which was completed some time between 2880 - 2300 B.C.? Hint

Upanishads

Instructions from Ptahotep

Code of Hammurabi

Annalects

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Question 7 of 25

7. Who was the Babylonian king that unified the northern border of Sumer and established the capital at Akkad around 2371 B.C.? Hint

Sennacherib

Sargon

Cyrus

Nebuchadnezzar

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Question 8 of 25

8. During India's Heroic Age, ca. 1000-500 B.C., what class of people were on the highest caste? Hint

priests

warriors

farmers

poets

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Question 9 of 25

9. Whose death signified the beginning of the middle ages for India, until her unification by Babur? Hint

Yuan Chang

Harsha Vardhana

Raja put

Ashoka

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Question 10 of 25

10. What is the name for the civilization that existed from 1200 - 300 B.C. and occupied the area later dominated by the Incas? Hint

Toltec

Moche

Olmec

Chavin

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Question 11 of 25

11. Babylon, 'Gate of God', was founded, according to myth, by the god Marduk who received a book on philosophy from a half-fish creature. What was the name of this creature? Hint

Amon

Oannes

Thoth

Anu

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Question 12 of 25

12. What was the name of the set of Babylonian codes written on black diorite with 282 articles of conduct, ca. 1751 B.C.?

Answer: (A proper name...or the name of the code.)

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Question 13 of 25

13. What principality laid down the administration of China, and helped coalesce the broken country into one nation ca. 200 B.C.? Hint

Xian

Qin

Shan

14. The I-Ching, Book of Changes, was written by a prisoner in jail. He took the 8 trigrams invented by Fu Hsi, and expanded it to 64. He was also the founder of the Zhou Dynasty. Who was he? Hint

Wim Wenders

Lao Tzu

Teng Shih

Wen

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Question 15 of 25

15. What is the name of the neolithic village on Orkney island that was unearthed by a great storm in 1850? Hint

Skara Brae

Avesbury

Emain Macha

Scone

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Question 16 of 25

16. Which ancient people under King Mursilis I sacked Babylon in 1595 B.C.? Hint

Sumerians

Egyptians

Phoenicians

Hittites

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Question 17 of 25

17. Which Egyptian king was Tutankhamen's father? Hint

Amenhotep II

Mentuhotep

Archles

Akhenaton

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Question 18 of 25

18. Where did the first European state emerge ca. 2000 B.C.? Hint

Tuscany

Corsica

Scotland

Crete

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Question 19 of 25

19. The Urnfield culture emerged within the boundaries of what modern country ca. 1350 B.C.? Hint

Hungary

England

Denmark

Spain

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Question 20 of 25

20. Tyre, Sidon and Byblos were all ancient cities of what civilization? Hint

Phoenicia

Canaanite

Etruscan

Hittite

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Question 21 of 25

21. Which civilization used what we now call 'Linear A' script? Hint

Mycenaean

Japanese

Babylonian

Minoan

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Question 22 of 25

22. What was the latest period of the Japanese Jomon culture called? Hint

Edo

Heian

Banki

Fujiwara

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Question 23 of 25

23. Which biblical king captured Jerusalem and made it his capital? Hint

David

Saul

Solomon

Manassah

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Question 24 of 25

24. The world's oldest pottery culture existed in what is now which modern country? Hint

Japan

Iraq

China

Egypt

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Question 25 of 25

25. What was the oldest and largest city of ancient Sumeria? Hint

Tutub

Uruk

Nippur

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Beijing-man, homo erectus, was the earliest remains found in China. In what cave were the remains unearthed, in 1930?

Answer: Zhoukoudian

2. Which Egyptian king ruled for the longest period?

Answer: Pepi II

Pepi II reigned from BC 2278-2184, in other words for 94 years - an amazing feat.

3. Who lived ca. 551-479 B.C. and authored the 'Lunyu'?

Answer: Confucius

Confucius, or Kong Qiu, was the author of the 'Lunyu', better known as the 'Analects'. He also edited the 'Record of Rites', 'Spring and Autumn Annals', and made commentaries for the 'I-Ching'.

4. What did the Kahun and Ebers papyrus, circa 1850 B.C., deal with?

Answer: medicine

The Ebers papyrus lists 700 remedies, from snake bites to puerpal fever. The Kahaun papyrus contains lists of such diverse items as suppositories and contraceptive devices.

5. What civilization is considered the oldest in the world?

Answer: Mohenjo-daro

Many believe the Sumerians derived their culture from India. Mesopotamia represents a late stage of the Mohenjo-daro culture, which was derived somewhere in the area of modern Baluchistan.

6. What is the oldest work on philosophy, which was completed some time between 2880 - 2300 B.C.?

Answer: Instructions from Ptahotep

Ptah Hotepep was the governor of ancient Memphis in the 5th Dynasty. His ideas were similar to Socrates, Buddha, and Christ.

7. Who was the Babylonian king that unified the northern border of Sumer and established the capital at Akkad around 2371 B.C.?

Answer: Sargon

8. During India's Heroic Age, ca. 1000-500 B.C., what class of people were on the highest caste?

Answer: warriors

9. Whose death signified the beginning of the middle ages for India, until her unification by Babur?

Answer: Harsha Vardhana

Harsha would take out the surplus from the state treasury and place it in the marketplace to dole out. It would take several months to dole out, and people came from every part of India to receive more money than they could carry away.

10. What is the name for the civilization that existed from 1200 - 300 B.C. and occupied the area later dominated by the Incas?

Answer: Chavin

The Chavin are named for the Chavin de Huantar site that was excavated in a small valley on the eastern slopes of the Peruvian Andes. The Moche existed there, but later than the Chavin.

11. Babylon, 'Gate of God', was founded, according to myth, by the god Marduk who received a book on philosophy from a half-fish creature. What was the name of this creature?

Answer: Oannes

12. What was the name of the set of Babylonian codes written on black diorite with 282 articles of conduct, ca. 1751 B.C.?

Answer: Hammurabi

13. What principality laid down the administration of China, and helped coalesce the broken country into one nation ca. 200 B.C.?

Answer: Qin

From Qin (Ch'in), we derive the term for the modern country, Chin-a.

14. The I-Ching, Book of Changes, was written by a prisoner in jail. He took the 8 trigrams invented by Fu Hsi, and expanded it to 64. He was also the founder of the Zhou Dynasty. Who was he?

Answer: Wen

15. What is the name of the neolithic village on Orkney island that was unearthed by a great storm in 1850?

Answer: Skara Brae

All items in the village, from houses, to furniture, and even utensils were made from stone, as there were no trees available on the island.

16. Which ancient people under King Mursilis I sacked Babylon in 1595 B.C.?

Answer: Hittites

17. Which Egyptian king was Tutankhamen's father?

Answer: Akhenaton

18. Where did the first European state emerge ca. 2000 B.C.?

Answer: Crete

19. The Urnfield culture emerged within the boundaries of what modern country ca. 1350 B.C.?

Answer: Hungary

The Urnfield culture received its name as a result of its unusual burial practices. The bodies of the dead were cremated and the ashes were placed in urns which were buried in flat fields. Some of these cemetaries number in the thousands of urns.

20. Tyre, Sidon and Byblos were all ancient cities of what civilization?

Answer: Phoenicia

21. Which civilization used what we now call 'Linear A' script?

Answer: Minoan

The Mycenaean script is called 'Linear B'.

22. What was the latest period of the Japanese Jomon culture called?

Answer: Banki

23. Which biblical king captured Jerusalem and made it his capital?

Answer: David

24. The world's oldest pottery culture existed in what is now which modern country?

Answer: Japan

Evidence of pottery created as far back as 11,000 B.C. has been unearthed in Japan. This culture of hunter-gatherers is called the Jomon culture.

25. What was the oldest and largest city of ancient Sumeria?

Answer: Uruk

The earliest period of Mesopotamian culture is thus called the 'Uruk period'.

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