NZACT Classics Week Quiz 2016

Question 1

Which emperor came between Claudius and Galba?

Accepted Answer

Nero

Question 2

In what approximate direction would you travel from Marathon to Olympia?

Accepted Answer

West

Question 3

Who was the Minotaur's mother?

Accepted Answer

Pasiphae

Question 4

There are approximately how many kilometres between Rome and Athens?

Accepted Answer

1000

Question 5

If you rearrange the letters of ROMA, you get a Latin word meaning what?

Accepted Answer

Love

Question 6

Who played Alexander in the 2004 film?

Accepted Answer

Colin Farrell

Question 7

Which goddess is know as "ox-eyed?"

Accepted Answer

Hera

Question 8

Where does Ovid suggest is one of the best places for a guy to pick up a girl?

Accepted Answer

At the races

Question 9

With what area of society is a "cultrarius" most associated?

Accepted Answer

Religion

Question 10

In what year were the first ancient Olympic Games?

Accepted Answer

776 BC

Question 11

Which of these events happened first?

Accepted Answer

The Persian Wars

Question 12

Verism is a term most closely associated with what area of Classics?

Accepted Answer

Art

Question 13

In what museum would you find the "Secret Cabinet" full of erotic classical art?

Accepted Answer

Naples Archaeological Museum

Question 14

The area of the Circus Maximus in Rome is now a what?

Accepted Answer

Park

Question 15

What is the more common name for the Flavian Amphitheatre?

Accepted Answer

Colosseum

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