Category: Brain Teasers

What is the largest ancient religious structure on Earth?

Temple of Apollo, Greece
Great Pyramids ,Egypt
Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Hagia Sophia, Turkey

The Answer: The correct answer is Angkor Wat, Cambodia.

What type of burial was Sutton Hoo?

Crypt
Ship
Sarcophagus
Cairn

The Answer: The correct answer is Ship.

Where were the Moai discovered?

Canary Islands
Spain
Peru
Easter Island

The Answer: The correct answer is Easter Island.

Which ancient city is built into rock between the Red Sea and Dead Sea?

Machu Picchu
Petra
Uruk
Babylon

The Answer: The correct answer is Petra.

Where would you find the Nazca Lines?

Egypt
Argentina
Peru
Namibia

The Answer: The correct answer is Peru.

What type of documents are the Dead Sea Scrolls?

Dictionary
Funerary
Accounting
Biblical

The Answer: The correct answer is Biblical.

What ancient Inca city was rediscovered by the Western world in 1911?

Machu Picchu
Choquequirao
Espíritu Pampa
Cuzco

The Answer: The correct answer is Machu Picchu.

An army of 8,000 what protects China’s first emperor?

Stray cats
Clay lions
Terracotta soldiers
Ceramic bears

The Answer: The correct answer is Terracotta soldiers.

What discovery allowed for the translation of Egyptian hieroglyphics?

Dead Sea Scrolls
Ancient food menu
King Tut’s sarcophagus
Rosetta Stone

The Answer: The correct answer is Rosetta Stone.

Who was the first African American star to win an Oscar for Best Actor?

Harry Belafonte
Laurence Fishburne
Paul Robeson
Sidney Poitier

The Answer: The correct answer is Sidney Poitier.