Spartacus - Quiz
Spartacus
  • 1. Who was Spartacus?
A) A Greek philosopher
B) A Persian king
C) A Roman general
D) A Thracian gladiator
  • 2. Where was Spartacus born?
A) Greece
B) Egypt
C) Thrace
D) Rome
  • 3. Which slave revolt did Spartacus lead?
A) Third Servile War
B) Punic Wars
C) Second Servile War
D) Gallic Wars
  • 4. Who was Spartacus' main opponent in the Third Servile War?
A) Marcus Licinius Crassus
B) Julius Caesar
C) Pompey
D) Mark Antony
  • 5. Which Roman officer helped Spartacus escape the gladiator school?
A) Crassus
B) Caesar
C) Pompey
D) Crixus
  • 6. How did Spartacus inspire his followers?
A) By promising them riches
B) By threatening them with punishment
C) By betraying them to the Romans
D) By his courage and leadership
  • 7. Where did Spartacus initially train as a gladiator?
A) Athens
B) Capua
C) Alexandria
D) Rome
  • 8. Who defeated Spartacus?
A) Mark Antony
B) Crassus
C) Pompey
D) Caesar
  • 9. What was Spartacus's role before he became a gladiator?
A) Roman senator
B) Soldier with the Romans
C) Carthaginian general
D) Greek philosopher
  • 10. In which year did Spartacus's revolt begin?
A) 72 BC
B) 75 BC
C) 71 BC
D) 73 BC
  • 11. How many gladiators initially escaped with Spartacus from the Capua school?
A) 100
B) About 70
C) 50
D) 30
  • 12. What geographical feature did Spartacus and his followers use to escape Roman forces?
A) Mount Vesuvius
B) Appennine Mountains
C) Tiber River
D) Alps
  • 13. What was the estimated maximum size of Spartacus's army?
A) 70,000
B) 100,000
C) 50,000
D) 30,000
  • 14. Which Roman military punishment did Crassus revive to discipline his legions?
A) Imprisonment
B) Decimation
C) Flogging
D) Exile
  • 15. What was the fate of the 6,000 captured rebels after Spartacus's defeat?
A) Released as free citizens
B) Sent to work in mines
C) Exiled from Italy
D) They were crucified along the Appian Way
  • 16. What was Spartacus's intended destination with his followers after escaping?
A) Egypt
B) Carthage
C) Sicily
D) Greece
  • 17. Who betrayed Spartacus by taking payment and abandoning him during the escape plan to Sicily?
A) Greek allies
B) Carthaginian traders
C) Roman senators
D) Cilician pirates
  • 18. Where did the final battle that led to Spartacus's defeat take place?
A) Near the village of Quaglietta in Lucania
B) At Capua
C) On Mount Vesuvius
D) In Rome
  • 19. Which Roman general returned from Hispania to aid Crassus against Spartacus?
A) Julius Caesar
B) Pompey
C) Cicero
D) Sulla
  • 20. What was the primary goal of Spartacus's revolt according to some sources?
A) To escape Italy
B) To establish a new empire
C) To conquer Rome
D) To become a Roman senator
  • 21. What did Spartacus and his followers use to climb down Mount Vesuvius?
A) Chains
B) Wingsuits
C) Ladders
D) Ropes made from vines
  • 22. Which tribe is Spartacus possibly associated with according to Plutarch?
A) Gauls
B) Maedi
C) Celts
D) Spartans
  • 23. Which historian wrote that Spartacus wished to escape north into Cisalpine Gaul?
A) Plutarch
B) Florus
C) Tacitus
D) Appian
  • 24. Which sports club named after Spartacus is a football team based in Moscow?
A) PFC Spartak Nalchik
B) HC Spartak Moscow
C) Spartak Tennis Club
D) FC Spartak Moscow
  • 25. Which Polish writer authored 'Uczniowie Spartakusa' (Spartacus's disciples) in 1951?
A) Howard Fast
B) Halina Rudnicka
C) Andrejs Upīts
D) Lewis Grassic Gibbon
  • 26. Who has been called the 'Black Spartacus'?
A) Toussaint Louverture
B) Howard Fast
C) Karl Marx
D) Adam Weishaupt
  • 27. In what year did Raffaello Giovagnoli write his historical novel 'Spartacus'?
A) 1951
B) 1874
C) 1920
D) 1943
  • 28. Which football team in Slovakia is based in Trnava?
A) FK Spartak Vráble
B) FC Spartak Trnava
C) TJ Spartak Myjava
D) FK Spartak Bánovce nad Bebravou
  • 29. Which football team in Bulgaria is based in Plovdiv?
A) OFC Spartak Pleven
B) FC Spartak Varna
C) PFC Spartak Plovdiv
D) Spartak Sofia
  • 30. Which football team in Serbia is based in Subotica?
A) FC Spartak Moscow
B) FK Spartak Subotica
C) Spartak Tennis Club
D) FK Radnički
  • 31. What does a player receive in Gladihoppers if they name their character Spartacus in Career Mode?
A) An endgame boss
B) Spartacus's sword
C) A unique gladiator hero
D) A campaign against Spartacus
  • 32. What was the name of the mascot for the Ottawa Senators named after Spartacus?
A) Spartacat
B) Marxcat
C) Gladiatorcat
D) Fastcat
  • 33. Which network aired the television series 'Spartacus' starring Andy Whitfield and later Liam McIntyre?
A) History Channel
B) BBC
C) Starz
D) USA Network
  • 34. Who starred as Spartacus in the 2004 miniseries adapted from Howard Fast's novel?
A) Shawn Roberts
B) Andy Whitfield
C) Goran Višnjić
D) Liam McIntyre
  • 35. Which football team in Kazakhstan is named after Spartacus?
A) FC Spartak Semey
B) Spartak (Cape Verde)
C) Barnt Green Spartak F.C.
D) HC Spartak Moscow
  • 36. Who released 'Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of Spartacus' in 1992?
A) Phantom Regiment
B) Dymphna Cusack
C) Carl Vine
D) Jeff Wayne
  • 37. In which game can Spartacus be a playable character if the player chooses the Spartacus Rebellion mode?
A) Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome Expansion IV Enemies of Rome
B) Gladihoppers
C) Heroscape
D) Spartacus Legends
  • 38. Who described Spartacus as 'the most splendid fellow in the whole of ancient history'?
A) Appian
B) Plutarch
C) Karl Marx
D) Florus
  • 39. Which composer wrote the score for the 1956 ballet 'Spartacus'?
A) Jeff Wayne
B) Alex North
C) Aram Khachaturian
D) Robert Montgomery Bird
  • 40. Which Scottish writer authored a novel titled 'Spartacus'?
A) Lewis Grassic Gibbon
B) Arthur Koestler
C) Raffaello Giovagnoli
D) Andrejs Upīts
  • 41. Who wrote 'The Last Words of Spartacus'?
A) Max Gallo
B) Ben Kane
C) Yūichirō Higashide
D) Amal Donkol
  • 42. Which Reverend used 'Spartacus to the Gladiators at Capua' for school oratory practice?
A) Raffaello Giovagnoli
B) Arthur Koestler
C) Elijah Kellogg
D) Ben Kane
  • 43. In what year was the 'Spartacus Overture' composed by Camille Saint-Saëns?
A) 1956
B) 1863
C) 1992
D) 1942
  • 44. Who wrote the 1831 play 'The Gladiator'?
A) Camille Saint-Saëns
B) Robert Montgomery Bird
C) Aram Khachaturian
D) Dymphna Cusack
  • 45. Who voiced Spartacus in the English adaptation of Fate/Apocrypha?
A) Shawn Roberts
B) Goran Višnjić
C) Josh Tomar
D) Satoshi Tsuruoka
  • 46. Which basketball team is named after Spartacus in Saint Petersburg?
A) WBC Spartak Moscow
B) PFC Spartak Nalchik
C) FC Spartak Kostroma
D) Spartak Saint Petersburg
  • 47. What was the name of the Soviet bloc version of the Olympic games?
A) The Spartakiad
B) The Roman Games
C) The Liberation Games
D) The Gladiators' Games
  • 48. In which episode of the History Channel series 'Barbarians Rising' is Spartacus featured?
A) Legends
B) Gladiators
C) Rebellion
D) Heroes and Villains
  • 49. Who wrote the novel 'The Gladiators' about Spartacus?
A) Howard Fast
B) Bertolt Brecht
C) Arthur Koestler
D) Raffaello Giovagnoli
  • 50. Which sitcom had Ben Brockman play Spartacus in a musical called 'Spartacus'?
A) The Simpsons
B) Seinfeld
C) Outnumbered
D) Friends
  • 51. Which author wrote the novels 'Spartacus: The Gladiator' and 'Spartacus: Rebellion'?
A) Max Gallo
B) Arthur Koestler
C) Ben Kane
D) Howard Fast
  • 52. Which football club in Ukraine was formerly known as Spartak Uzhhorod?
A) Zakarpattia Uzhhorod
B) Spartak Kharkiv
C) Spartak Lviv
D) Spartak Sumy
  • 53. In which wargaming system does Spartacus appear as a unique gladiator hero?
A) Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome Expansion IV Enemies of Rome
B) Heroscape
C) Spartacus Legends
D) Gladihoppers
  • 54. Who wrote the play 'Spartacus' in 1943?
A) Arthur Koestler
B) Ben Kane
C) Andrejs Upīts
D) Raffaello Giovagnoli
  • 55. Who portrayed Spartacus in the season 6 premiere of DC's 'Legends of Tomorrow'?
A) Liam McIntyre
B) Goran Višnjić
C) Andy Whitfield
D) Shawn Roberts
  • 56. Which film, directed by Stanley Kubrick in 1960, starred Kirk Douglas and was based on Howard Fast's novel?
A) The Gladiator
B) Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators
C) Spartacus
D) Sins of Rome
  • 57. After defeating the legions commanded by Lucius Publicola and Gnaeus Clodianus, why did Spartacus turn south instead of heading north?
A) It is not clear why he turned south.
B) His troops demanded plundering Italy.
C) He wanted to attack Rome directly.
D) He needed more supplies.
  • 58. Which of the following was a forerunner of the Communist Party of Germany?
A) Spartacus Books
B) The German Spartacus League
C) Ottawa Senators
D) The Bavarian Illuminati
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