Great Pyramid of Giza - Quiz
A) Fourth century AD B) Third century AD C) First century AD D) Second century BC
A) To guide travelers through the desert B) To act as a massive astronomical calendar C) To prevent the lower classes from remaining unoccupied D) To serve as a temple for animal worship
A) Accident consigned them to oblivion B) They were carefully inscribed on gold plates C) They were recorded by Egyptian priests D) They were known only to the pharaoh's family
A) Underground springs tapped by drilling B) Melted snow brought from northern mountains C) Water redirected from the river D) Rainwater collected from seasonal storms
A) Thales of Miletus B) Herodotus C) Aristotle D) Pythagoras of Samos
A) One hundred and twenty cubits B) Eighty-six cubits C) Thirty cubits D) Fifty cubits
A) They were ancient fortresses B) They were Joseph's granary C) They were astronomical observatories D) They were giant lighthouses
A) Paula B) Helena C) Egeria D) Melania
A) Memphis and Babylonia B) Thebes and Heliopolis C) Luxor and Cairo D) Alexandria and Memphis
A) 300 and 310 AD B) 250 and 260 AD C) 450 and 455 AD D) 381 and 384 AD
A) Stephanos of Byzantium B) Al-Masudi C) Julius Honorius D) Pliny the Elder
A) Pillars of the Flood B) Granaries of Joseph C) Monuments of Vanity D) Tombs of the Kings
A) Stephanos of Byzantium B) Julius Honorius C) Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi D) Al-Kaisi
A) Stone B) Wheat C) Fire D) Height
A) Ottoman Empire B) Rashidun Caliphate C) Roman Empire D) Abbasid Caliphate
A) al-Afdal Shahanshah B) al-Ma'mun C) al-Masudi D) al-Maqrizi
A) Agathodaimon B) Hermes C) Joseph D) Surid Ibn Salhouk
A) He wanted to store grain for a famine B) He wanted to hide his vast personal wealth C) He sought to honor his ancestors D) He had a terrifying dream of the world's end
A) Thousand years B) Three hundred years C) One hundred years D) Fifty years
A) al-Kaisi B) al-Masudi C) Al-Maqrizi D) Ibn al-Nadim
A) A thousand coins B) A secret map C) A magical amulet D) A written curse
A) One ounce B) Four ounces C) Ten ounces D) Half an ounce
A) They were left by Roman merchants B) They were dropped by ancient grave robbers C) They were naturally formed metal deposits D) They were planted by al-Ma'mun to appease his workers
A) al-Baghdadi B) Ibn al-Nadim C) Egeria D) Julius Honorius
A) A king holding a scepter and a queen holding a lotus B) A man holding a tablet and a woman holding a mirror C) Two lions guarding a golden chest D) A scribe holding a scroll and a priest holding a bowl
A) A sacred scroll written in hieroglyphs B) A glowing emerald stone C) A gold receptacle filled with fresh blood D) A collection of silver coins
A) Skeletal and completely decayed B) Turned entirely to dust C) Best possible state of preservation D) Wrapped in simple linen
A) Tohfat Alalbab B) Account of Egypt C) Akbar al-zaman D) Al-Khitat
A) A crystal carving of a cat B) A golden statue of a falcon C) A silver plaque of a sun god D) An image of a man in green stone
A) Simple white linen wrappings B) A silk robe embroidered with stars C) Jewel-encrusted gold armour D) Copper chainmail
A) al-Afdal Shahanshah B) al-Ma'mun C) Al-Maqrizi D) Surid Ibn Salhouk
A) A member of the party was lost in the passages B) They ran out of oil for their lamps C) They found a massive stone wall blocking the way D) The vizier ordered them to stop due to bad omens
A) Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi B) al-Kaisi C) al-Masudi D) Ibn al-Nadim
A) Follies of arrogant kings B) Works of engineering genius C) Crude structures built by slaves D) Useless heaps of rubble
A) Joseph or Pharaoh B) Agathodaimon or Hermes C) Pliny or Thales D) Surid or Moses
A) al-Kaisi B) al-Masudi C) al-Baghdadi D) Al-Maqrizi
A) A stone altar B) A golden urn C) The sarcophagus D) A burial stele
A) Julius Honorius B) Egeria C) Dionysius I Telmaharoyo D) Stephanos of Byzantium
A) A hidden treasury B) A royal palace C) A haunted structure D) A holy sanctuary
A) It was home to animals like bats B) It was plagued by rising floodwaters C) It was guarded by local bandits D) It was filled with poisonous gas
A) The most famous landmark B) The only remaining temple C) The smallest structure D) The newest monument
A) Pharaoh Menkaure B) Pharaoh Khafre C) Pharaoh Khufu D) Pharaoh Ramesses II
A) Eighteenth Dynasty B) First Dynasty C) Twelfth Dynasty D) Fourth Dynasty
A) Old Kingdom B) Middle Kingdom C) Late Period D) New Kingdom
A) 160.2 metres B) 146.6 metres C) 135.0 metres D) 120.5 metres
A) Basalt paving stones B) Smooth white limestone casing C) Red granite blocks D) Sandstone bricks
A) 146.6 metres B) 150.4 metres C) 138.5 metres D) 125.0 metres
A) 2.6 million cubic metres B) 6.0 million cubic metres C) 4.5 million cubic metres D) 1.1 million cubic metres
A) 5+1/2 palms B) 4+1/2 palms C) 3 palms D) 7 palms
A) 45°10'20" B) 55°00'00" C) 51°50'40" D) 60°30'15"
A) 500,000 tonnes B) 2 million tonnes C) 10 million tonnes D) 6 million tonnes
A) Wooden dowels B) Iron clamps C) Mud slurry without lime D) Mortar
A) Giza B) Tura C) Luxor D) Aswan
A) Aswan B) Thebes C) Tura D) Memphis
A) Into the bedrock B) Into the apex C) Into a separate detached shrine D) Into the outer casing
A) Amenhotep B) Senenmut C) Hemiunu D) Imhotep
A) They have been fully proven by written records B) There is no definite consensus C) They have been completely rejected by modern archaeology D) They are universally agreed upon by all experts
A) A stone bridge B) A causeway C) An underground tunnel D) A grand staircase
A) An obelisk pyramid B) A memorial cenotaph pyramid C) A satellite pyramid D) A sun temple pyramid
A) Three B) Seven C) Five D) Two
A) Jordan B) Egypt C) Sudan D) Libya
A) King's Chamber B) Pharaoh's Vault C) Subterranean Crypt D) Queen's Chamber
A) Vizier's Room B) Queen's Chamber C) King's Chamber D) Bedrock Chamber
A) Inscriptions B) Death C) Life D) Equality
A) High social status B) Monumental equality C) Uninscribed chambers D) Small mastabas
A) Temples versus valley shrines B) Royal decrees versus work-gang graffiti C) Gigantic pyramids versus smaller mastabas D) Gold sarcophagi versus wooden coffins
A) 2600 BC B) 2400 BC C) 1442 BC D) 1364 BC
A) The Sed festival B) The sealing of the boat pits C) The First Intermediate Period D) The mortuary cult's creation
A) The valley temple B) The pyramid temple C) The Sed festival temple D) The mortuary temple
A) 1500–1580 AD B) 1364–1442 C) 2600–2500 BC D) 1200–1300 AD
A) Text describing the Sed festival B) Instructions on how to build pyramids C) Work-gang graffiti that include Khufu's names D) List of offerings for the mortuary cult
A) The 20th century B) The Middle Ages C) Classical antiquity D) The New Kingdom
A) 1954 B) 1837 C) 1936 D) 2013
A) Red paint B) White paint C) Black paint D) Blue paint
A) Herodotus B) Goyon C) Hassan D) Merer
A) Djedefre B) Khafre C) Pepi II D) Khufu
A) Economic chronology B) Agricultural chronology C) Astronomical chronology D) Political chronology
A) Reign lengths B) Ancient king lists C) Genealogical data D) Radiocarbon dating
A) 12 B) 30 C) 100 D) 46
A) Khufu B) Waynman Dixon C) Abeer Eladany D) James Grant
A) Stone mallet B) Bronze hook C) Cedar plank D) Papyrus fragment
A) 1984 B) 1872 C) 2020 D) 1946
A) 1995 B) 2020 C) 1872 D) 1946
A) Abeer Eladany B) Waynman Dixon C) Khufu D) James Grant
A) Manetho B) Greaves C) Herodotus D) Ramsey
A) Manetho B) Greaves C) Souphis D) Cheops
A) 20th B) 4th C) 12th D) 1st
A) Herodotus B) Greaves C) Souphis D) Ramesses
A) 1837 B) 1950 C) 1646 D) 450 BC
A) The Exodus B) Creationism C) The biblical deluge D) The afterlife
A) Inbuilt age B) Chemical decay C) Mineral absorption D) Radiation exposure
A) Magnetic alignments B) Astronomical alignments C) Geological alignments D) Solar alignments
A) Exactly 100 B) Under 50 C) Over 1000 D) Over 200
A) Geomancy B) Radiocarbon dating C) Luminescence dating D) Dendrochronology
A) The second book B) The first book C) The third book D) The fourth book
A) Chephren B) Cheops C) Sesostris D) Mycerinus
A) One-year shifts B) One-month shifts C) Six-month shifts D) Three-month shifts
A) 20 yards B) 50 yards C) 100 yards D) 10 yards
A) 8 yards B) 32 yards C) 16 yards D) 25 yards
A) The Valley Temple B) The 'Osiris Shaft' C) The boat pits D) The Sphinx temple |
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