This quiz complements DIG's March 2010 issue, "Say it With Heiroglyphics"

Pick one answer from the menu under each question.

1. On the ivory tags from Scorpion’s tomb, an elephant and mountain mean what city?

a. Thebes
b. Abydos
c. Memphis
d. Aswan

2. The writing system of cursive hieroglyphs is called what?

a. Demotic
b. Coptic
c. Hieratic
d. Syllabic

3. In ancient Egyptian, the words “to think,” “to eat,” and “to love” all used this sign:

a. Man with hand to his mouth
b. Man with staff
c. Eye

d. Running man

4. What did ankh mean in ancient Egyptian?

a. Death
b. Life
c. Bread
d. Herod

5. What is the name of the monster behind the scales in the Book of the Dead?

a. The Eater
b. The Swallower
c. The Gulper
d. The Devourer

6. Who brought the deceased into the presence of Osiris in the Book of the Dead?

a. Isis
b. Horus
c. Nephtys
d. Anubis

7. The statue of the scribe Tchai was sitting in front of this baboon god:

a. Osiris
b. Amun
c. Re
d. Thoth

8. In her cartouche, Nefertari is referred to as “beloved of” this goddess:

a. Mut
b. Isis
c. Hathor
d. Anukis

9. In Luwian hieroglyphs, the word for tongue is what?

a. Nana
b. Dada
c. Lala
d. Tata

10. Ah tz’ib means what in ancient Mayan?

a. Book
b. Tablet
c. Pen
d. Scribe

11. How many days were in one winal, the ancient Maya month?

a. 30
b. 25
c. 20
d. 15

12. The Rosetta Stone was a decree issued by what king?

a. Ptolemy V
b. Narmer
c. Scorpion
d. Alexander