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