General knowledge
Life and death
Lucky dip!
What the gods?!
Conservation and stuff
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79 AD

When did Mount Vesuvius erupt?

100

Experts on human remains at Pompeii and Herculaneum

Who are Estelle Lazer and Sara Bisel?

100
Fast food bar found in Pompeii and Herculaneum

What is a thermopolium?

100

Household altar

What is a lararium?

100

Massimo Osanna

Who is the director of Pompeii?

200

The region of Campania

Where is Pompeii/Herculaneum?

200

The male head of the household

Who is paterfamilias?

200

The centre of commercial and political life in Pompeii

What is the Forum?

200

The patron god of Herculaneum

Who is Hercules/Herakles?

200

Large conservation/excavation project currently in progress at Pompeii

What is the Great Pompeii Project?

300

Pliny the Younger

Who wrote an eyewitness account of the eruption?

300

Isis and Dionysus

What are the mystery cults?

300

Wealthy female landowner and entrepreneur

Who is Julia Felix?

300

Religious cult dedicated to the emperor

What is the imperial cult?

300

The former director of the site of Herculaneum

Who is Andrew Wallace-Hadrill?

400

Giuseppe Fiorelli

Who came up with the idea for plaster casts?

400

The most impressive tomb in Pompeii

What is the tomb of Eumachia?

400

Fermented food product which was exported all over the Roman Empire

What is garum?

400

House with scenes featuring one of the mystery cults

What is the Villa of the Mysteries?

400

This technology has provided information about human remains not previously known

What is CT scanning?

500

The Last Days of Pompeii?

What are the titles of several movies made about Pompeii?

500

Public facility in Herculaneum, paid for Marcus Nonius Balbus

What is the Suburban Baths?

500

An important object often found in the bathhouses

What is a strigil?

500

Goddess of the hearth and home

Who is Vesta?

500

A new way for visitors to Pompeii and Herculaneum to experience the site

What is augmented reality?

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