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Cleopatra Craziness Trivia Quiz

Have a blast, you Cleopatra loving fools!

A multiple-choice quiz by Laura_Pie. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
Laura_Pie

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
94,409

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
2520

Last 3 plays: Guest 84 (3/10), Guest 82 (6/10), Guest 136 (5/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. How many languages did Cleopatra speak? Hint

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was the name of Cleopatra's youngest sister?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was Cleopatra's first lover? Hint

Marc Antony

Julius Caesar

Mardian

Olympus

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Question 4 of 10

4. Cleopatra's friend, Olympus was so fat that this led him from dying after being bitten by the asp.

True

False

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Question 5 of 10

5. What was the name of Cleopatra and Julius Caesar's child? Hint

Ptolemy XV

Pharoah Caesar I

Ptolemy Caesarion

Pharoah Caesarion

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Question 6 of 10

6. What was the name of the goddess that was Cleopatra's 'mother'? Hint

Isis

Osiris

Horus

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Question 7 of 10

7. Why did Cleopatra roll herself up in a carpet in order to gain access to her own palace? Hint

There were Roman guards guarding the palace against her

Her sister placed guards there to prevent her from entering

She knew that Caesar was in there and she wanted to seem exotic

She wanted to play a trick on Mardian and Olympus

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Question 8 of 10

8. What year was Cleopatra born? Hint

78 BC

55 BC

69 BC

63 BC

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Question 9 of 10

9. How many siblings did Cleopatra have? Hint

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Question 10 of 10

10. What were the names of Cleopatra and Antony's twins? Hint

Alexander Helus and Cleopatra Seleane

Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene

Alexander Healos and Selene Cleopatra

Alexander Helos and Seleane Cleopatra

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. How many languages did Cleopatra speak?

Answer: 8

She was the only one of her family in a long time to actually speak Egyptian.

2. What was the name of Cleopatra's youngest sister?

Answer: Arsinoe

There were only three choices for the names of the Ptolemy daughters, Cleopatra, Berenice and Arsinoe.

3. Who was Cleopatra's first lover?

Answer: Julius Caesar

Antony was her second lover and Mardian and Olympus were her friends from childhood. Olympus was also her physician.

4. Cleopatra's friend, Olympus was so fat that this led him from dying after being bitten by the asp.

Answer: False

It was actually Maridan who was bitten. (He wanted to die with Cleopatra). Olympus had always been told that his fat would save his life by stopping the snake's poison from reaching his bloodstream.

5. What was the name of Cleopatra and Julius Caesar's child?

Answer: Ptolemy Caesarion

He is often known simply as Ptolemy Caesar and he was co-regent with Cleopatra from 50-47BC. Cleopatra gave her son the name Caesar even though he could not be accepted as Julius Caesar's heir in Rome.

6. What was the name of the goddess that was Cleopatra's 'mother'?

Answer: Isis

Cleopatra believed that she was the daughter of Isis and that that made her immortal and that the bite of an asp would take her to the gods.

7. Why did Cleopatra roll herself up in a carpet in order to gain access to her own palace?

Answer: Her sister placed guards there to prevent her from entering

Caesar was visiting Egypt and staying in Ptolemy's palace, where Ptolemy XIII had stationed guards to prevent Cleopatra's entry. Cleopatra knew that she would have to find a way in if she wanted to carry out her plan to seduce Caesar and get him to proclaim her as the Queen.

8. What year was Cleopatra born?

Answer: 69 BC

She was 18-years-old when her father died and left his kingdom to her.

9. How many siblings did Cleopatra have?

Answer: 5

She had two older sisters, Cleopatra VI, who has been said to have died as a child, and Berenice who their father had beheaded. She had one younger sister named Arsinoe who later challenged her for the throne and ended up losing. As well, she had two younger brothers Ptolemy XIII and Ptolemy XIV, since Cleopatra was forced to have a consort she was married to the younger brother.

10. What were the names of Cleopatra and Antony's twins?

Answer: Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene

At the time these twins were born, Antony was married to Octavia, the sister of Cleopatra's rival, Octavian. She bore him two daughters. Antony and Cleopatra also had another son named, Ptolemy Philadelphes.

Source: Author Laura_Pie

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