Spartacus - Quiz
Spartacus
  • 1. Who was Spartacus?
A) A Roman general
B) A Thracian gladiator
C) A Greek philosopher
D) A Persian king
  • 2. Where was Spartacus born?
A) Greece
B) Thrace
C) Egypt
D) Rome
  • 3. Which slave revolt did Spartacus lead?
A) Gallic Wars
B) Third Servile War
C) Punic Wars
D) Second Servile War
  • 4. Who was Spartacus' main opponent in the Third Servile War?
A) Mark Antony
B) Marcus Licinius Crassus
C) Pompey
D) Julius Caesar
  • 5. Which Roman officer helped Spartacus escape the gladiator school?
A) Crixus
B) Caesar
C) Pompey
D) Crassus
  • 6. How did Spartacus inspire his followers?
A) By promising them riches
B) By threatening them with punishment
C) By his courage and leadership
D) By betraying them to the Romans
  • 7. Where did Spartacus initially train as a gladiator?
A) Athens
B) Alexandria
C) Capua
D) Rome
  • 8. Who defeated Spartacus?
A) Mark Antony
B) Pompey
C) Caesar
D) Crassus
  • 9. What was Spartacus's role before he became a gladiator?
A) Soldier with the Romans
B) Carthaginian general
C) Roman senator
D) Greek philosopher
  • 10. In which year did Spartacus's revolt begin?
A) 75 BC
B) 71 BC
C) 72 BC
D) 73 BC
  • 11. How many gladiators initially escaped with Spartacus from the Capua school?
A) About 70
B) 100
C) 50
D) 30
  • 12. What geographical feature did Spartacus and his followers use to escape Roman forces?
A) Appennine Mountains
B) Tiber River
C) Alps
D) Mount Vesuvius
  • 13. What was the estimated maximum size of Spartacus's army?
A) 100,000
B) 30,000
C) 70,000
D) 50,000
  • 14. Which Roman military punishment did Crassus revive to discipline his legions?
A) Exile
B) Decimation
C) Imprisonment
D) Flogging
  • 15. What was the fate of the 6,000 captured rebels after Spartacus's defeat?
A) Sent to work in mines
B) They were crucified along the Appian Way
C) Released as free citizens
D) Exiled from Italy
  • 16. What was Spartacus's intended destination with his followers after escaping?
A) Carthage
B) Egypt
C) Sicily
D) Greece
  • 17. Who betrayed Spartacus by taking payment and abandoning him during the escape plan to Sicily?
A) Roman senators
B) Greek allies
C) Cilician pirates
D) Carthaginian traders
  • 18. Where did the final battle that led to Spartacus's defeat take place?
A) On Mount Vesuvius
B) In Rome
C) At Capua
D) Near the village of Quaglietta in Lucania
  • 19. Which Roman general returned from Hispania to aid Crassus against Spartacus?
A) Sulla
B) Cicero
C) Julius Caesar
D) Pompey
  • 20. What was the primary goal of Spartacus's revolt according to some sources?
A) To escape Italy
B) To conquer Rome
C) To become a Roman senator
D) To establish a new empire
  • 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) Spartans
B) Gauls
C) Celts
D) Maedi
  • 23. Which historian wrote that Spartacus wished to escape north into Cisalpine Gaul?
A) Plutarch
B) Appian
C) Florus
D) Tacitus
  • 24. 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) He wanted to attack Rome directly.
C) His troops demanded plundering Italy.
D) He needed more supplies.
  • 25. Who has been called the 'Black Spartacus'?
A) Toussaint Louverture
B) Adam Weishaupt
C) Howard Fast
D) Karl Marx
  • 26. 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
  • 27. 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
  • 28. Which film, directed by Stanley Kubrick in 1960, starred Kirk Douglas and was based on Howard Fast's novel?
A) Sins of Rome
B) Spartacus
C) Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators
D) The Gladiator
  • 29. Who described Spartacus as 'the most splendid fellow in the whole of ancient history'?
A) Florus
B) Karl Marx
C) Appian
D) Plutarch
  • 30. What was the name of the mascot for the Ottawa Senators named after Spartacus?
A) Marxcat
B) Spartacat
C) Gladiatorcat
D) Fastcat
  • 31. Who starred as Spartacus in the 2004 miniseries adapted from Howard Fast's novel?
A) Liam McIntyre
B) Andy Whitfield
C) Goran Višnjić
D) Shawn Roberts
  • 32. Which network aired the television series 'Spartacus' starring Andy Whitfield and later Liam McIntyre?
A) Starz
B) USA Network
C) BBC
D) History Channel
  • 33. In which episode of the History Channel series 'Barbarians Rising' is Spartacus featured?
A) Heroes and Villains
B) Legends
C) Rebellion
D) Gladiators
  • 34. Which sitcom had Ben Brockman play Spartacus in a musical called 'Spartacus'?
A) The Simpsons
B) Friends
C) Seinfeld
D) Outnumbered
  • 35. Who portrayed Spartacus in the season 6 premiere of DC's 'Legends of Tomorrow'?
A) Shawn Roberts
B) Goran Višnjić
C) Andy Whitfield
D) Liam McIntyre
  • 36. Who wrote the novel 'The Gladiators' about Spartacus?
A) Bertolt Brecht
B) Raffaello Giovagnoli
C) Howard Fast
D) Arthur Koestler
  • 37. Which Scottish writer authored a novel titled 'Spartacus'?
A) Arthur Koestler
B) Raffaello Giovagnoli
C) Lewis Grassic Gibbon
D) Andrejs Upīts
  • 38. In what year did Raffaello Giovagnoli write his historical novel 'Spartacus'?
A) 1943
B) 1874
C) 1951
D) 1920
  • 39. Who wrote the play 'Spartacus' in 1943?
A) Raffaello Giovagnoli
B) Arthur Koestler
C) Ben Kane
D) Andrejs Upīts
  • 40. Which Polish writer authored 'Uczniowie Spartakusa' (Spartacus's disciples) in 1951?
A) Howard Fast
B) Lewis Grassic Gibbon
C) Andrejs Upīts
D) Halina Rudnicka
  • 41. Which Reverend used 'Spartacus to the Gladiators at Capua' for school oratory practice?
A) Arthur Koestler
B) Ben Kane
C) Elijah Kellogg
D) Raffaello Giovagnoli
  • 42. Who wrote 'The Last Words of Spartacus'?
A) Max Gallo
B) Ben Kane
C) Amal Donkol
D) Yūichirō Higashide
  • 43. Who voiced Spartacus in the English adaptation of Fate/Apocrypha?
A) Goran Višnjić
B) Satoshi Tsuruoka
C) Shawn Roberts
D) Josh Tomar
  • 44. Which author wrote the novels 'Spartacus: The Gladiator' and 'Spartacus: Rebellion'?
A) Ben Kane
B) Arthur Koestler
C) Max Gallo
D) Howard Fast
  • 45. Who wrote the 1831 play 'The Gladiator'?
A) Aram Khachaturian
B) Dymphna Cusack
C) Camille Saint-Saëns
D) Robert Montgomery Bird
  • 46. Which composer wrote the score for the 1956 ballet 'Spartacus'?
A) Jeff Wayne
B) Robert Montgomery Bird
C) Alex North
D) Aram Khachaturian
  • 47. In what year was the 'Spartacus Overture' composed by Camille Saint-Saëns?
A) 1942
B) 1863
C) 1992
D) 1956
  • 48. Who released 'Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of Spartacus' in 1992?
A) Dymphna Cusack
B) Phantom Regiment
C) Jeff Wayne
D) Carl Vine
  • 49. In which game can Spartacus be a playable character if the player chooses the Spartacus Rebellion mode?
A) Gladihoppers
B) Spartacus Legends
C) Heroscape
D) Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome Expansion IV Enemies of Rome
  • 50. What does a player receive in Gladihoppers if they name their character Spartacus in Career Mode?
A) Spartacus's sword
B) A campaign against Spartacus
C) A unique gladiator hero
D) An endgame boss
  • 51. In which wargaming system does Spartacus appear as a unique gladiator hero?
A) Heroscape
B) Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome Expansion IV Enemies of Rome
C) Spartacus Legends
D) Gladihoppers
  • 52. Which sports club named after Spartacus is a football team based in Moscow?
A) PFC Spartak Nalchik
B) FC Spartak Moscow
C) HC Spartak Moscow
D) Spartak Tennis Club
  • 53. 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
  • 54. Which football club in Ukraine was formerly known as Spartak Uzhhorod?
A) Zakarpattia Uzhhorod
B) Spartak Kharkiv
C) Spartak Lviv
D) Spartak Sumy
  • 55. Which football team in Bulgaria is based in Plovdiv?
A) Spartak Sofia
B) FC Spartak Varna
C) PFC Spartak Plovdiv
D) OFC Spartak Pleven
  • 56. Which football team in Serbia is based in Subotica?
A) FC Spartak Moscow
B) FK Radnički
C) Spartak Tennis Club
D) FK Spartak Subotica
  • 57. Which football team in Slovakia is based in Trnava?
A) FK Spartak Vráble
B) FC Spartak Trnava
C) FK Spartak Bánovce nad Bebravou
D) TJ Spartak Myjava
  • 58. Which football team in Kazakhstan is named after Spartacus?
A) FC Spartak Semey
B) Barnt Green Spartak F.C.
C) Spartak (Cape Verde)
D) HC Spartak Moscow
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