1. What was the name (not title) of the grandfather of Rameses II? Usimare Horemheb Parmesse Seti

2. Alexander the Great had a select group of bodyguards known as the 'Companion Bodyguards'. How many men constituted this elite group? 7 30 25 15

3. Which famous Assyrian king is mentioned in the Bible as Pul? Tiglath-Pileser III Tiglath-Pileser I Tiglath-Pileser II Tiglath Pileser the Great

4. Who reigned as king of Persia from 530 to 522 B.C? Cambyses Daruis I Cyrus Phanes

5. Which city did Pericles dominate from the mid-fifth century until his death in 429 B.C? Athens Thebes Corinth Sparta

6. In what year did Alexander I become king of Macedon? 350 B.C. 498 B.C. 323 B.C. 401 B.C.

7. Cicero was only the second 'novus homo' to achieve political power in Rome. Who was the first to achieve this distinction? Gaius Marius Pompey Sulla Pompey Strabo

8. What was the ethnic group of Queen Boudicca of the Iceni? French English Celtic British

9. In which town was the great Chinese teacher Ch'iu K'ung (Confucius) born? Tsou Tai Pai Tin Yen Bijon

10. The religious leader Mani caused quite a stir in his time. According to Manichaean myth, from what was the world created? Archons Zostosas Titans Ohrmazds