Ancient Civilizations trivia questions and answers
The Quickfire pack has 50 Ancient Civilizations questions, all written in English and Spanish. Here are 15 of them. Hosts get the full set, ready to put on a TV with players answering on their phones.
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Which ancient civilization built the pyramids at Giza?Very easy
Answer: The ancient Egyptians (Egypt)
What language did the ancient Romans speak and write?Very easy
Answer: Latin
What is the name for a body preserved by the ancient Egyptians with salts and resins and wrapped in linen bandages?Very easy
Answer: A mummy
What name is given to the ancient Egyptian writing system that used pictorial symbols?Easy
Answer: Hieroglyphs (hieroglyphics)
Which Roman emperor was said to have played music while Rome burned in the great fire of 64 AD?Easy
Answer: Nero
Who was the first emperor of Rome?Easy
Answer: Augustus (Octavian)
Between which two rivers did the civilizations of ancient Mesopotamia develop?Intermediate
Answer: The Tigris and the Euphrates
Which Egyptian port city, founded in 331 BC, was home to the most famous library of the ancient world?Intermediate
Answer: Alexandria
What were the stepped temple towers built in the cities of ancient Mesopotamia called?Intermediate
Answer: Ziggurats
Which Egyptian woman ruled as pharaoh in the 15th century BC and built a great terraced temple at Deir el-Bahari?Hard
Answer: Hatshepsut
Which Greek writer, known as the 'Father of History', chronicled the wars between the Greeks and the Persians?Hard
Answer: Herodotus
Which ancient Mesoamerican culture of Mexico's Gulf coast is famous for carving colossal stone heads?Hard
Answer: The Olmecs
In ancient Egyptian mummification, what were the vessels that held the embalmed internal organs called?Very hard
Answer: Canopic jars
Which Roman general defeated Hannibal at the Battle of Zama in 202 BC?Very hard
Answer: Scipio Africanus (Scipio)
Which Germanic chieftain deposed the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire in 476?Very hard
Answer: Odoacer (Odovacar)
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