Ancient Inventions and Technologies: Ancient History Films Trivia

Ancient Inventions and Technologies: Ancient History Films Trivia

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Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the film "300", what was the name of the Spartan king who led the defense of Thermopylae?

  1. Leonidas
  2. Xerxes
  3. Themistocles
  4. Darius
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the film "Gladiator", what was the name of the Roman general who became emperor after the death of Marcus Aurelius?

  1. Commodus
  2. Maximus Decimus Meridius
  3. Lucius Verus
  4. Septimius Severus
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the film "Troy", what was the name of the Trojan prince who fell in love with Helen of Sparta?

  1. Paris
  2. Hector
  3. Aeneas
  4. Priam
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the film "The Ten Commandments", what was the name of the Egyptian pharaoh who enslaved the Israelites?

  1. Ramses II
  2. Akhenaten
  3. Tutankhamun
  4. Hatshepsut
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the film "Ben-Hur", what was the name of the Jewish prince who was falsely accused of treason and sentenced to slavery?

  1. Judah Ben-Hur
  2. Messala
  3. Pontius Pilate
  4. Jesus Christ
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the film "Spartacus", what was the name of the gladiator who led a slave revolt against the Roman Republic?

  1. Spartacus
  2. Crassus
  3. Julius Caesar
  4. Pompey
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the film "Cleopatra", what was the name of the Egyptian queen who had affairs with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony?

  1. Cleopatra
  2. Octavian
  3. Marc Antony
  4. Julius Caesar
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the film "Alexander", what was the name of the Macedonian king who conquered much of the known world?

  1. Alexander the Great
  2. Philip II of Macedon
  3. Darius III of Persia
  4. Hephaestion
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the film "The Mummy", what was the name of the ancient Egyptian priest who was mummified alive and cursed?

  1. Imhotep
  2. Anck-su-Namun
  3. Pharaoh Seti I
  4. Evelyn Carnahan
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the film "The Scorpion King", what was the name of the Akkadian warrior who defeated the sorcerer Memnon?

  1. Mathayus
  2. Memnon
  3. Cassandra
  4. Pharaoh Ramses II
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the film "Troy", what was the name of the Trojan warrior who fought Achilles in single combat?

  1. Hector
  2. Paris
  3. Aeneas
  4. Priam
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the film "300", what was the name of the Persian king who invaded Greece?

  1. Xerxes
  2. Leonidas
  3. Themistocles
  4. Darius
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the film "Gladiator", what was the name of the Roman emperor who was killed by his son, Commodus?

  1. Marcus Aurelius
  2. Commodus
  3. Maximus Decimus Meridius
  4. Lucius Verus
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the film "Troy", what was the name of the Greek warrior who devised the Trojan Horse?

  1. Odysseus
  2. Achilles
  3. Agamemnon
  4. Menelaus
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the film "The Ten Commandments", what was the name of the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of Egypt?

  1. Moses
  2. Aaron
  3. Miriam
  4. Joshua