- 1. Who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922?
A) Mary Leakey
B) Heinrich Schliemann
C) Howard Carter
D) Indiana Jones
- 2. What is considered the first known discovered city in the world?
A) Çatalhöyük
B) Mohenjo-Daro
C) Ur
D) Pompeii
- 3. The Rosetta Stone played a key role in understanding which ancient script?
A) Maya glyphs
B) Egyptian hieroglyphs
C) Cuneiform
D) Linear B
- 4. In what country is Pompeii located?
A) Italy
B) Turkey
C) Greece
D) Egypt
- 5. The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in which region?
A) Nazareth
B) Qumran
C) Jericho
D) Bethlehem
- 6. Who famously discovered the ruins of Knossos on the island of Crete?
A) Heinrich Schliemann
B) Arthur Evans
C) Louis Leakey
D) Mary Leakey
- 7. The archaeological site of Machu Picchu is located in which modern-day country?
A) Chile
B) Brazil
C) Peru
D) Mexico
- 8. The discovery of the Terracotta Army was made in relation to which ancient Chinese emperor's tomb?
A) Qin Shi Huang
B) Emperor Gaozu of Han
C) Emperor Wu of Han
D) Emperor Taizong of Tang
- 9. Which ancient civilization built the aqueduct known as Pont du Gard in France?
A) Persians
B) Romans
C) Greeks
D) Egyptians
- 10. The Viking settlement of L'Anse aux Meadows is located in which present-day country?
A) Norway
B) Greenland
C) Iceland
D) Canada
- 11. The Olmec civilization is associated with the colossal heads found in which modern-day country?
A) Mexico
B) Brazil
C) Peru
D) Guatemala
- 12. Who discovered the lost city of Petra in Jordan in 1812?
A) Johann Ludwig Burckhardt
B) Louis Leakey
C) Augustus Pitt Rivers
D) John Lloyd Stephens
- 13. Which ancient Greek city was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD?
A) Sparta
B) Athens
C) Pompeii
D) Troy
- 14. The Ishtar Gate, dedicated to the Mesopotamian goddess Ishtar, was excavated in which country?
A) Iran
B) Jordan
C) Iraq
D) Turkey
- 15. The archaeological site of Göbekli Tepe is located in which modern-day country?
A) Greece
B) Israel
C) Turkey
D) Iran
- 16. The discovery of the Tomb of Emperor Qin Shi Huang is associated with which famous group of life-sized statues?
A) Moai statues
B) Stonehenge
C) Terracotta Army
D) Venus figurines
- 17. The Rosetta Stone is currently housed in which museum?
A) Metropolitan Museum of Art
B) Egyptian Museum in Cairo
C) British Museum
D) Louvre Museum
- 18. Who discovered the ancient city of Troy?
A) Louis Leakey
B) Howard Carter
C) Arthur Evans
D) Heinrich Schliemann
- 19. What is the name of the underground city in Turkey that was carved into the rock by the Hittites?
A) Troy
B) Derinkuyu
C) Ephesus
D) Cappadocia
- 20. In which modern-day country is the ancient site of Stone Age cave paintings at Lascaux located?
A) Spain
B) Germany
C) Italy
D) France
- 21. Where are the Terracotta Warriors located?
A) Korea
B) India
C) China
D) Japan
- 22. Which Viking settlement in North America is believed to be the first European settlement in the New World?
A) Hvalsey
B) L'Anse aux Meadows
C) Vinland
D) Jelling
- 23. The archaeological site of Petra is famous for its carved rock-cut architecture in what type of landscape?
A) Mountain
B) Forest
C) Desert
D) Tundra
- 24. Which group of people built the Moai statues on Easter Island?
A) Mayans
B) Vikings
C) Rapa Nui
D) Polynesians
- 25. In what country is the ancient city of Carthage located?
A) Algeria
B) Libya
C) Tunisia
D) Morocco
- 26. Where can you find the ancient statues of Ahu Tongariki?
A) Easter Island
B) Cyprus
C) Sardinia
D) Malta
- 27. What is the name of the 17th-century ship that sank in the English Channel and was discovered in 1967?
A) The USS Constitution
B) The Mary Rose
C) The Santa Maria
D) The HMS Victory
- 28. What is the name of the ancient megalithic monument in Ireland that aligns with the sunrise on the winter solstice?
A) Avebury
B) Carnac
C) Newgrange
D) Men-an-Tol
- 29. Where is the ancient city of Petra located?
A) Jordan
B) Lebanon
C) Iraq
D) Syria
- 30. What was the significance of the discovery of the city of Mohenjo-Daro in Pakistan?
A) Confirmation of lost Atlantis.
B) It provided insights into the urban planning and advanced civilization of the Indus Valley.
C) Secrets to eternal life.
D) Proof of extraterrestrial visitation.
- 31. The Nazca Lines, intricate geoglyphs in the Peruvian desert, were first brought to global attention by:
A) Paul Kosok
B) Hiram Bingham
C) Thor Heyerdahl
D) Richard Leakey
- 32. Which of the following is the oldest known stone circle monument in the British Isles?
A) Avebury
B) Callanish Stones
C) Ring of Brodgar
D) Stonehenge
- 33. Where was the Rosetta Stone discovered?
A) Turkey
B) Italy
C) Greece
D) Egypt
- 34. Which archaeologist discovered the ruins of the ancient city of Ur?
A) Charles Darwin
B) Leonard Woolley
C) Jane Goodall
D) Louis Leakey
- 35. Who was the first European explorer to visit the ruins of the Inca city of Machu Picchu?
A) Francisco Pizarro
B) Hiram Bingham
C) Amerigo Vespucci
D) Ferdinand Magellan
- 36. What did the discovery of Göbekli Tepe in Turkey suggest about human history?
A) Proof of ancient aliens.
B) Clues to hidden treasure locations.
C) Blueprints for pyramid construction.
D) It challenged traditional timeline theories by showing advanced religious and monumental architecture much earlier than previously thought.
- 37. Who was the archaeologist responsible for the discovery of the tomb of Queen Nefertari?
A) Zahi Hawass
B) Gustave Flaubert
C) Ernesto Schiaparelli
D) Howard Carter
- 38. Where is the ancient city of Angkor Wat located?
A) Thailand
B) Vietnam
C) Laos
D) Cambodia
- 39. What significant artifact did archaeologist Hiram Bingham discover in Peru in 1911?
A) The Holy Grail
B) Machu Picchu
C) The Fountain of Youth
D) The Ark of the Covenant
- 40. Who was the legendary ruler associated with the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
A) Hammurabi
B) Cyrus the Great
C) Darius the Great
D) Nebuchadnezzar II
- 41. The ruins of which ancient city are located in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt?
A) Luxor
B) Memphis
C) Alexandria
D) Thebes
- 42. What ancient city was destroyed by a volcanic eruption in Santorini, Greece, around 1600 BC?
A) Thebes
B) Akrotiri
C) Sparta
D) Rhodes
- 43. The Terracotta Army was discovered near which city in China?
A) Hangzhou
B) Shanghai
C) Beijing
D) Xi'an
- 44. The Great Wall of China was primarily built to protect against invasions from which group?
A) Vikings
B) Mongols
C) Aztecs
D) Romans
- 45. What is the main purpose of Stonehenge believed to be?
A) Military base
B) Marketplace
C) Residential area
D) Ceremonial site
- 46. What was the significance of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls?
A) Blueprints for building the pyramids.
B) Predictions of the future.
C) They contained ancient religious texts, including the oldest known surviving copies of the Hebrew Bible.
D) Evidence of extraterrestrial life on Earth.
- 47. The Altamira Cave in Spain is famous for its prehistoric paintings of what?
A) Horses
B) Deer
C) Humans
D) Bison
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