Egyptomania Quiz

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1. What happens to an archeologist when faced with a mummy's curse?
   1. Cleans up his room.
   2. Dies immediately.
   3. Suffers a slow, painful death.
   4. Nothing.

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2. In 1923 Lord Carnarvon financed the excavation of King Tut's burial chamber. He died soon after it was opened. How did he die?
   1. He died in a secret passage.
   2. He died from a mosquito bite.
   3. He was executed by Egyptian officials for opening the chamber.
   4. He was killed by grave robbers.

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3. All the royal mummies, except King Tut, can be found:
   1. In the Egyptian Museum.
   2. At a royal PTA meeting.
   3. In the Louvre.
   4. Nowhere - they were stolen by treasure seekers.

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4. How long did it take Jean-Francois Champollion to translate the RosettaStone?
   1. 14 years.
   2. 40 years.
   3. 4 years.
   4. Forever, he never completed it.

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5. How long did the hieroglyphs go undeciphered?
   1. 1,400 years.
   2. 400 years.
   3. 1,000 years.
   4. 500 years.

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6. The Rosetta Stone has three scripts written upon it - hieroglyphic, demotic, and what other?
   1. Latin.
   2. Pig Latin.
   3. Greek.
   4. Hebrew.

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7. Egyptians believed each god could incarnate himself or herself as:
   1. The sun.
   2. An animal.
   3. Barney.
   4. The next Pharaoh.

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8. Actor Boris Karloff had modeled his costume in his famous movie 'The Mummy' on which King?
   1. Ramses III.
   2. Tut.
   3. Elvis.
   4. Akhenaten.

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9. The process of mummification involved cleaning the body. The organs and intestines had to be removed before the body could be preserved. Using one method, the brain was removed:
   1. Through the eye sockets
   2. Through the nose
   3. Never removed
   4. Through the base of the skull

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10. The Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) covers how many acres?
    1. 31 acres.
    2. 5 acres.
    3. 13 acres.
    4. 51 acres.

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Answers...

1. Nothing. The mummy's curse is an invention of the media and entertainment industry.

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2. He died from a mosquito bite, yet years afterward the death of anyone connected with the tomb was attributed to supernatural causes.

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3. They are in the Egyptian Museum. King Tut remains in his tomb.

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4. 14 years. Champollion started when he was 18.

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5. 1,400 years. The Rosetta Stone was found in 1799 and allowed thehieroglyphs to be understood.

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6. Greek. The Greek inscription provided the key to deciphering ancient hieroglyphs.

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7. An animal. The Egyptians believed that each god could incarnate himself as an animal and these animals - dogs, cats, crocodiles were venerated during life.

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8. Ramses III. Karloff worked to get the wrappings on his costume to look just like the pictures of the dead king.

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9. Through the nose. Using one method, the brain was removedthrough the nose with an iron hook and the other organs and theintestines were taken out through a cut made in the side of the body.

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10. 13 acres. Napoleon claimed if you took all the stones from this Pyramid, you could build a wall 10 feet high and 1 foot thick around France.

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