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Rocks rock!
100

The archaeological site Pompeii is located in this country.

Italy

100
This ancient civilization is known for creating the pyramids.

Egyptians

100

In the 1951 movie "The Day The Earth Stood Still", the alien spaceship landed in this US city.

Washington D.C.

100
This is the name of the iconic archeological site in southwest England and sees over a million visitors each year.

Stonehenge

100

This is a light, porous igneous rock created when frothy lava cools rapidly; it is the only rock that can float on water.

Pumice

200

The ancient city of Petra is located in this country.

Jordan

200

Before this century, Europe did not recognize prehistory because of the widespread literal  belief in the Bible's account of the past.

The 1800's

200

"In space, no one can hear you scream." This was the famous tag line for this 1979 space thriller starring Sigourney Weaver.

Alien

200

Discovered in Central China, these ancient artifacts were made out of terra cotta and shaped like what?

Warriors

200

This mineral naturally grows in sharp, geometric cubic crystals, just like table salt, and is often called Fool's Gold.

Pyrite

300

This famous archaeological site is known as the "Lost City of the Incas".

Macchu Picchu

300

This blue colored stone was ground into powder for use as eyeshadow by the ancient Egyptians.

Lapis Lazul

300

Indiana Jones' phobia of snakes stems from falling into this item full of snakes as a young boy.

A crate

300

This famous slab, originally discovered in Egypt, has text from three different languages inscribed on it.

The Rosetta Stone

300

This metal is liquid at room temperature, and has the lowest boiling point of any other metal. It can also be used to dissolve other metals, such as gold or silver.

Mercury

400

This sea is so rich in salt that it's actually impossible to sink in it.

The Dead Sea

400

The ancient Incans believed that this black rock was a mirror to the spirit world.

Obsidian

400

In Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark, this group competes with Indy in trying to get their hands on the Ark of the Covenant.

the Nazis

400

This is the study of humanity, it's physical characteristics and it's unique, non-biological characteristics called culture.

Anthropology

400

This rock, known for it's white background with shifting and vibrant colors, was thought to bring bad luck in medieval Europe. (But some Native American tribes saw it as a good-luck charm.)

Opal

500

Wulfenite, a bright orange-yellow mineral, is often sought after by mineral collectors, even though it can be toxic. It is found commonly in this US state in the south west.

Arizona

500

True or False:

Woolly mammoths survived long enough to see the Great Pyramids of Giza be built.

TRUE! Woolly mammoths outlived the pyramid era by roughly 1,000 years.

500

Dinosaurs appear on screen for a total of only 15 minutes during this 127-minute, academy award-winning movie.

Jurassic Park

500

Antiquarianism is known as what?

The earliest era of archeology.

500

An ounce of this pure mineral can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.

Gold