Lore
Ancient History 101
Human Remains
Egypt
Gleno
100

What did Greenfield nickname Lenny?

Tiny Tim

100

What does PRES stand for?

Politics, Religion, Economic, Social

100

What was shot in the back?

Otzi

100

Which is part of Egypt is closest to the Nile

Lower Egypt

100

What room is hidden under the hall?

The rainbow room.

200

What gossip did Greenfield recently get into trouble for sharing?

Xmas party.

200

If a question is worth 4 marks, how many sentences minimum should you aim to write?

Four.

200

What item did Otzi use to sharpen flint blades?

A retoucheur.

200

What was the Ennead in the Heliopolitan cult?

The nine gods together.

200

Name four teachers who are ex-Gleno students.

Elena, Evan, Ella, Tots, Elizabeth, Emily Collet.

300
Name all seven countries Greenfield has lived and worked in.

UK, Australia, France, Germany, Mexico, Italy, Bahrain.

300

What was the official, NESA title for our unit on Bog Bodies?

The Treatment and Display of Human Remains.
300

Who had their nipples sliced?

Old Croghan Man

300

When was Cairo founded?

7th Century.

300

What was the connection between Terry and Ms. Drummond?

Terry taught Ms. Drummond Modern History for her HSC.

400

Why did the 2024 Year 12s put 'Bike Wreck' on my jersey?

I had two bike accidents in a row and so stopped cycling to school as I thought I would not make it on the third occasion. 

400

How long is the Ancient History HSC and how many sections are there?

Three hours, four sections.

400
What is sphagnan?

Chemical element that tans the leather of the bog body and prevents decay.

400

Why did we talk about dykes and hos?

In reference to the Scorpion mace head that depicts pre-unification Egypt.

400

Why did the police once raid the school and what were they looking for?

Marijuana grown in the garden.

500
Why is Greenfield a vegetarian and when did it start?

His sister forced him to be one when he was two.

500

Whenever I compare Ancient and Modern, I always use the same example to refer to how little evidence we have. What is the example? Clue: There are three key details (I'll give it if you get two).

A single line of poetry written on a piece of pottery from 300 years after the event.

500

Spell the exact age that Otzi has been now proven to belong to.

C-h-a-l-c-o-l-i-t-h-i-c

500

What is the exact name (within one spelling mistake) of the Egyptian queen whose body was not in her sarcophagus?

Hetepheres.

500

When the school hired me, they were considering a major change in the type of higher education we provide. What were they considering?

Switching from HSC to IB.