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The Rosetta Stone quiz
Fun Trivia
The Rosetta Stone, and the decipherment of the Egyptian language.
Average score for this quiz is 5 / 10. Difficulty: Tough. Played 2,025 times. As of May 09 21.
1. Experts believe that there were originally how many registers on the Rosetta stone? A register is the term for a section on the stone.

4
3
2
5

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2. How many written languages were on the Rosetta stone?

3
4
2
5

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3. In which section of text on the Rosetta stone are the hieroglyphs?

Middle section
Left hand column
Bottom row
Top row

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4. Why was it called the Rosetta stone?

It was found among the possessions of Signor Rosetta, a merchant who traded with Alexandria.
The Greek inscription said it was to be set up at a temple in an unknown place called Rosetta.
It was found in a ruined temple at Rosh'qa (or Rosetta) just south of Cairo.
It was found at Rashid (or Rosetta) by French soldiers repairing a fort.

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5. How many of the registers (sections) of the Rosetta stone were complete when it was found?

4
1
None
2

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6. What ruler ordered the Rosetta stone made?

Ptolemy II Philadelphus
Rameses II
It was not a ruler but the high priest Petosiris
Ptolemy V Epiphanes

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7. When was the Rosetta Stone dated?

Year 20 of Rameses II
27 March 1300 BCE
27 March 196 BCE
Year 20 of Ptolemy V

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8. Which of these played a significant role in the decipherment of Egyptian?

A papyrus that had been in the collection of the King of Spain since the mid 18th century but had been ignored.
The base of a statue of Emperor Nero found in Alexandria.
An ostracon found in Aswan with some ancient schoolwork on it
An obelisk from Philae

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9. Who was Horappolo?

The god the Rosetta stone was dedicated to.
The priest who wrote the Egyptian part of the Rosetta stone
An Egyptian priest who wrote a book on hieroglyphs.
The pseudonym of a man who gave the first (totally inaccurate) translation of the Rosetta stone.

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10. Which of these was not involved in the decipherment of Egyptian?

Adolf Erman
Yuri Knorosov
Charles Goodwin
Johan David Akerblad

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