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Troy Trivia Quiz

A quick quiz to test your knowledge on the Trojan War and the city of Troy itself as well as its discovery.

A multiple-choice quiz by trixiebelden00. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
trixiebelden00

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
274,274

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Very Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Heinrich Schliemann was the man who was credited with the discovery of the ruins of the city of Troy thousands of years after it was destroyed. However, another man had already made small excavations on the site. Who was he? Hint

Frank Calvert

Carl Blegen

Wilhelm Dorpfeld

Sir Arthur Evans

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Question 2 of 10

2. The Hittites were a very powerful race, who controlled a lot of land. When the ruin of their city was found, so were some tablets. These tablets were copies of letters and formal documents. In some the Hittite king referred to other kings as his "brother". One of the tablets mentions a name which historians believe is the Hittite name for the Troad region. What is this name? Hint

Millawanda

Wilusa

Ilios

Troad

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Question 3 of 10

3. We all know the Trojan king as Priam, but, that wasn't his real name. What was it? Hint

Podarces

Laos

Pryiam

Laomedon

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Question 4 of 10

4. While Heinrich Schliemann was excavating, he destroyed part of the Trojan circuit wall because he didn't notice it.

True

False

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Question 5 of 10

5. How is it said that Heinrich Schliemann died, and where? Hint

A heart attack in Athens, Greece

A stroke in Naples, Italy

A stroke in Athens, Greece

A heart attack in Naples, Italy

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who was in the hotel foyer when Schliemann was brought in and recorded the incident? Hint

Sienkiewicz

Wenecker

Stenowitz

No one

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Question 7 of 10

7. In what year did Heinrich Schliemann die? Hint

1891

1990

1890

1888

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which "layer" of the Troy ruins is most widely accepted as that of the Trojan War, Homer's Troy? Hint

Troy VIIb

Troy VIIa

Troy II

Troy VI

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Question 9 of 10

9. Priam sent his son Paris to Greece, this we all know, but why did he do it? Hint

To sit in on peace talks

To retrieve his sister Hesione

Because he was told by a Goddess in his dreams to send Paris to Greece

To retrieve his sister Hecuba

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Question 10 of 10

10. Paris first went to Troy to compete in some games. He won all that he entered. Fearing for his foster son's life, Paris' foster father revealed who Paris was. Paris returned to the royal family.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Frank Calvert

Frank Calvert had made small excavations on one part of Hisarlik and uncovered some ruins. It is said that it was he who gave Schliemann the idea to dig on Hisarlik.

Answer: Wilusa

The Hittite tablets also mention several other places. It is believed that Millawanda is the Hittite name for the city of Miletus.

3. We all know the Trojan king as Priam, but, that wasn't his real name. What was it?

Answer: Podarces

After Heracles sacked the city, he left only one member of the royal family alive, Podarces, as he had said all along that Heracles should have been given what was rightfully his. Heracles then changed Podarces' name to Priam.

4. While Heinrich Schliemann was excavating, he destroyed part of the Trojan circuit wall because he didn't notice it.

Answer: False

Schliemann destroyed the wall because it looked too modern to be of the time period of the Trojan War.

5. How is it said that Heinrich Schliemann died, and where?

Answer: A stroke in Naples, Italy

It is said that Schliemann collapsed in the street and was taken into a hotel foyer where he died. He was carried speechless and apparently penniless in a hotel foyer on the Piazza Umberto.

6. Who was in the hotel foyer when Schliemann was brought in and recorded the incident?

Answer: Sienkiewicz

Sienkiewicz was a Polish novelist. This is what he wrote in his book "Letters from Africa" (1901) about Schliemann's death: 'That evening, a dying man was brought into the hotel. His head bowed down to his chest, eyes closed, arms hanging limp, and his face ashen, he was carried in by four people ...

The manager of the hotel approached me and asked, "Do you know, Sir, who that sick man is?" "No." "That is the great Schliemann!" Poor "great Schliemann"! He had excavated Troy and Mycenae, earned immortality for himself, and - was dying..."

7. In what year did Heinrich Schliemann die?

Answer: 1890

While his colleague Wilhelm Dorpfeld sat at his desk penning the last words of their joint report on the new discoveries, Schliemann collapsed and died. This was very close to Christmas.

8. Which "layer" of the Troy ruins is most widely accepted as that of the Trojan War, Homer's Troy?

Answer: Troy VIIa

There have been many opinions on this, but according to evidence found, Troy VIIa was most likely Homer's Troy.

9. Priam sent his son Paris to Greece, this we all know, but why did he do it?

Answer: To retrieve his sister Hesione

Hesione had been kidnapped by Greeks over forty years before Priam sent Paris to retrieve her. Though the Trojans claimed that Hesione was kept in Greece against her will, the Greeks claimed that she wanted to stay there and that she truly loved her husband.

Answer: True

Despite the prophecy telling that Paris would bring the downfall of Troy, his family welcomed him back. It turned out that he did fulfil this prophecy.

Source: Author trixiebelden00

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