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