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