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Egyptomania Quiz
1-What happens to an archeologist when faced with a mummy's curse?
1-Cleans up his room.
2-Dies immediately.
3-Suffers a slow, painful death.
4-Nothing.
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2- In 1923 Lord Carnarvon financed the excavation of King Tut's burialchamber. He died soon after it was opened. How did he die?
1-He died in a secret passage.
2-He died from a mosquito bite.
3-He was executed by Egyptian officials for opening thechamber.
4-He was killed by grave robbers.
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3-All the royal mummies, except King Tut, can be found:
1-In the Egyptian Museum.
2-At a royal PTA meeting.
3-In the Louvre.
4-Nowhere - they were stolen by treasure seekers.
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4- .How long did it take Jean-Francois Champollion to translate the RosettaStone?
1-14 years.
2-40 years.
3-4 years.
4-Forever, he never completed it.
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5- How long did the hieroglyphs go undeciphered?
1- 1,400 years.
2- 400 years.
3- 1,000 years.
4- 500 years.
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6- The Rosetta Stone has three scripts written upon it - hieroglyphic, demotic, and what other?
1- Latin.
2- Pig Latin.
3- Greek.
4- Hebrew.
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7- Egyptians believed each god could incarnate himself or herself as:
1-The sun.
2-An animal.
3-Barney.
4-The next Pharaoh.
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8- Actor Boris Karloff had modeled his costume in his famous movie 'TheMummy' on which King?
1-Ramses III.
2-Tut.
3-Elvis.
4-Akhenaten.
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9- The process of mummification involved cleaning the body. The organs and intestines had to be removed before the body could be preserved. Using one method, the brain was removed:
1-Through the eye sockets
2-Through the nose
3-Never removed
4-Through the base of the skull
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10- The Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) covers how many acres?
1- 31 acres.
2- 5 acres.
3- 13 acres.
4- 51 acres.
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Answers...
1- Nothing. The mummy's curse is an invention of the media andentertainment industry.
2- He died from a mosquito bite, yet years afterward the death of anyone connected with the tomb was attributed to supernaturalcauses.
3- They are in the Egyptian Museum. King Tut remains in his tomb.
4- 14 years. Champollion started when he was 18.
5- 1,400 years. The Rosetta Stone was found in 1799 and allowed thehieroglyphs to be understood.
6- Greek. The Greek inscription provided the key to deciphering ancient hieroglyphs.
7- An animal. The Egyptians believed that each god could incarnatehimself as an animal and these animals - dogs, cats, crocodiles werevenerated during life.
8- Ramses III. Karloff worked to get the wrappings on his costume to lookjust like the pictures of the dead king.
9- Through the nose. Using one method, the brain was removedthrough the nose with an iron hook and the other organs and theintestines were taken out through a cut made in the side of the body.
10- 13 acres. Napoleon claimed if you took all the stones from thisPyramid, you could build a wall 10 feet high and 1 foot thick aroundFrance.
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