Classics
This emperor "fiddled while Rome burned"
Who is Nero?
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
In 1922, this ancient ruler's tomb was found
Who is Tutankhamun?
This Latin phrase is Hopkins' motto
What is Veritas vos liberabit?
This fictional archaeologist discovered the Ark of the Covenant
Who is Indiana Jones?
This Latin author's name means "chickpea"
This text is the Greek version of the Old Testament
What is the Septuagint?
This destructive tool was used by "archaeologist" Heinrich Schliemann to "excavate" what he believed to be the city of Troy
What is dynamite?
This controversial classics professor was also the first professor at Hopkins
Who is Professor Gildersleeve?
This ancient battle was the inspiration for the 2006 film 300
What is the Battle of Thermopylae?
This Greek nymph fell for Narcissus, who quite literally fell for himself (himself, himself)
Who is Echo?
Percy Bysshe Shelley is famous for his poem "Ozymandias," which is the Greek name for this Egyptian pharaoh
Who is Ramesses II?
This natural mummy, also called The Iceman, was discovered in the Alps between Austria and Italy
Who is Ötzi?
This dean has a PhD in Classics
Who is Dean Celenza?
This actor starred in the 1999 remake of The Mummy
Who is Brendan Fraser?
This word is Roman term for dining room
What is triclinium?
Gilgamesh sets out on a quest for immortality after the death of this great friend
Who is Enkidu?
This Washington, D.C. museum recently found itself in hot water over possessing several looted artifacts from Iraq
What is the Museum of the Bible?
This professor is known as the founder of biblical archaeology
Who is Professor Albright?
This Marvel movie features dialogue based on reconstructed Akkadian
What is Eternals?
Achilles' mother who dipped him in the River Styx; if only she had worn gloves!
Who is Thetis?
These three languages inscribed on Emperor Darius' Behistun Inscription were essential to the decipherment of cuneiform
What are Old Persian, Akkadian, and Elamite
Sir Austen Henry Layard, one of the first archaeologists to excavate in Northern Iraq, uncovered this building which kickstarted the discipline of Assyriology
What is the Library of Ashurbanipal?
With the acronym ICE, this Hopkins initiative created a unicode standard for cuneiform
What is the Initiative for Cuneiform Encoding?
In this movie, an anti-Roman protestor mistakenly writes the incorrect Latin phrase "Romanes Eunt Domus"
What is The Life of Brian?