This quiz complements DIG's March 2008 issue entitled:
"Alexander the Great"


Pick one answer from the menu under each question.

1. The Ancient Greek city of Ai Khanum is on the Oxus River in what country?

a. Greece
b. Turkey
c. Italy
d. Afghanistan

2. The Alexander Mosaic was found in what ancient city?

a. Alexandria
b. Pella
c. Pompeii
d. Rome

3. Alexander the Great defeated Darius III, king of what empire?

a. Persian
b. Roman
c. Punic
d. Assyrian

4. What event did Babylonian astrologers say foretold the outcome of the Battle of Gaugamela?

a. Lightning strike
b. Lunar eclipse
c. Birth of a two headed horse
d. An eagle carrying a snake

5. Antonis Bartsiokas examined the bones from the Macedonian royal cemetery where?

a. Vergina
b. Athens
c. Pella
d. Dion

6. Alexander died in what ancient city, home to a wonder of the world?

a. Ephesus
b. Babylon
c. Olympia
d. Alexandria

7. Alexander was first buried probably in this very ancient Egyptian city:

a. Thebes
b. Edfu
c. Memphis
d. Siwa

8. Alexander’s body was likely moved to Alexandria by which king of Egypt?

a. Ptolemy II
b. Ptolemy I
c. Tutankhamuns
d. Alexander IV

9. Alexander’s tomb in Alexandria was called the _____.

a. Mausoleon
b. Soma
c. Pyramid
d. House of the God

10. In Afghanistan, the word zarin means what?

a. Alexander
b. well
c. tomb
d. gold

11. According to a popular legend, Alexander supposedly solved the Gordion Knot with what?

a. His mind
b. A lock pick
c. His sword
d. A knitting needle

12. A tomb found in Bodrum, Turkey, may be the tomb of Ada, a queen who helped Alexander conquer what city?

a. Halikarnassos
b. Persepolis Baths
c. Alinda
d. Babylon