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A Ruinous Quiz

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : World Sites : A Ruinous Quiz

Introduction:
"This quiz is about the many interesting and exciting archaeological sites, or ruins, around the world."


1. Which of these ruins is NOT located in Africa?
    Abydos
    Begram
    Gedi
    Le Kef


2. This American site, in Illinois, is the home of the largest earthen pyramid in the US.
    Mesa Verde
    Cahokia
    Tula
    Big Horn Medicine Wheel


3. Cadbury, the Neolithic hill fort in Somerset, England, has often been assumed to be the site of what mythical place?
    Answer: (One Word)


4. In Tivoli in Italy, you can see the ruins of this Roman Emperor's villa, built around 125 AD.
    Justinian
    Nero
    Hadrian
    Caracalla


5. Everyone knows that the Italian city of Pompeii was buried under the ash of Mt. Vesuvius when the volcano erupted in 79 AD. But do you know the name of the town next door that was also buried?
    Answer: (One Word- watch spelling)


6. In which city would you find the ruins of Pompey's Pillar and a Roman amphitheatre?
    Istanbul, Turkey
    Rome, Italy
    Alexandria, Egypt
    Paris, France


7. In what Canadian province would you find Anse au Meadow, the ruins of a Viking settlement?
    Newfoundland
    New Brunswick
    Nova Scotia
    Quebec


8. The ruins of Thebes, located in central Greece, include a temple to this god.
    Zeus
    Apollo
    Poseidon
    Ares


9. At Birka, on an island in Malaren Lake in this country, are 1,200 Viking graves.
    Sweden
    Wales
    Norway
    Germany


10. On what island would you find the Neolithic village of Skara Brae?
    Jersey
    Aran
    Orkney
    Skye


11. In which Egyptian city could you visit the Temple of Amon?
    Memphis
    Luxor
    Karnak
    Thebes


12. This city, now in ruins, was the capital of the Chimu Empire and the largest city of ancient Peru.
    Lima
    Coracora
    Cuzco
    Chanchan


13. The ruins of this former capital of Ceylon include temples and monasteries.
    Matara
    Polonnaruwa
    Trincomalee
    Kandy


14. According to legend, King Arthur was born at the site of the ruins of this Cornish castle.
    Glastonbury
    Tintagel
    Arundel
    Warwick


15. On the Greek island of Kos in the Aegean is what is believed to be the oldest tree in Europe, under which this famous man taught his students.
    Plato
    Hippocrates
    Aristotle
    Zeno


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