Famous Art
This artwork shares the name of a character from a Shakespeare play.
What is Ophelia
What was the two-letter name of the Falcon-headed God of the Sun in ancient Egyptian mythology?
Who is Ra
A famous book written by Sun Tzu
What is the art of war.
This sculpture is carved out of limestone and is a protecter of the pyramids
Where is The Sphinx
Wielded by ancient Roman foot soldiers (as well as Maximus in the movie Gladiator), what type of weapon is a gladius?
What is a sword
Michelangelo's David is located in _____,Italy
Where is Florance, Italy
Which Ancient Greek philosopher said that all objects were made of tiny indestructible units and thus came up with the word “atom”?
Who is Democritus
This object helped people decipher hieroglyphs.
What is the Rosseta stone
El Pilar, located in what is now Belize, and Tikal, in what is now Guatemala, are among the great cities of what ancient Mesoamerican civilization?
Where is Maya
Around 3000 BC was the first known use of what paper-like material by the Egyptians?
What is papyrus
Daily Double
The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh was painted in what year
When is 1889
As King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona (1213-1276), which Iberian monarch holds the record for having the longest reign?
James I
How many languages did Cleopatra speak?
What is 9
The Taj Mahal in India was built as a mausoleum for the wife of_______.
who was Shah Jahan
In Ancient Greece, competitive athletes competed in races with what carts, pulled by horses?
What are chariots
Where is The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo.
Where is the Sistine Chapel ceiling.
Created in the 15th century BC, the oldest object in New York City's Central Park is an obelisk also known as the needle of what Ptolemaic Egyptian queen?
Who is Cleopatra
In his 1531 book “The Discourses on Livy,” Niccolò Machiavelli described Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius as the “Five Good” what?
What are Emperors
Ilium is an alternative name for which ancient city located in modern-day Turkey? This city is perhaps best known for an eponymous war of Greek myth.
Where is Troy
During the Song Dynasty (around the 11th century CE), paper money—called “flying cash”—was invented in which country?
Where is China
This famouse art piece called the kiss was created by_______.
Who was Gustav Klimt
This person was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire.
Cyrus the Great
In what religion is a book of the dead called the "Bardo Thodol" read to the dying to help them prepare for a favorable rebirth?
What is Buddism
This structure is 13,171 mi long.
What is The Great Wall of China
Because they thought it was an antidote to drunkenness, the Ancient Greeks and Romans used what purple gemstone to make drinking goblets that were meant to keep a drinker sober?
What is Amythst