1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.
2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.
2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.
3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Question | Answer |
| 1. The son of Procas, he forced Rhea Silvia to become a vestal virgin and dethroned his brother. Name this king of Alba Longa who ordered the death of the twins Romulus and Remus. | Amulius | 2. On what hill did Faustulus and Acca Laurentia find the twins Romulus and Remus? | Palatine | 3. Into what god is Romulus said to have changed? | Quirinius | 4. Said to be the strongest creatures of all the Titans, name these Greek monsters whose Latinized name is “Centimani” | Hecatoncheires | 5. How many Hecatoncheires were there according to the ancient sources? | 3 | 6. Designed for men of senatorial rank and a mixture of military and political administration posts, what sequential order of Roman public offices literally translates into “course of honors”? | Cursus Honorum | 7. What Roman office had the power to enforce public order and was responsible for maintaining public buildings? | Aedile | 8. What famous Roman author and orator held the position of Consul in 63 BCE? | Marcus Tullius Cicero | 9. Name this young maiden who was of such extraordinary beauty that Aphrodite herself became jealous of her. The goddess sent her son Eros to make her fall in love with an ugly man, but instead, he fell in love with her himself! | Psyche | 10. How was Psyche caught trying to determine the identity of her beloved? | Oil/Wax burned him | 11. Name the Roman province which is equivalent to modern France. | Gaul | 12. Name the mountain range that divides Gaul from Hispania. | Pyrenees | 13. My brothers are Polynices and Eteocles and my parents are Jocasta and Oedipus. I was punished for giving my brother a proper burial. Who am I? | Antigone | 14. Who was Antigone’s sister? | Ismene | 15. What Ancient Greek playwright had separate plays performed on ‘Oedipus The King’, ‘Oedipus At Colonus’ and ‘Antigone’? | Sophocles | 16. This ceremony in ancient Rome takes its name from the spelt cake, panis farreus, that is shared by its participants. It is the most traditional form of patrician marriage practiced in ancient Rome. | Confarreatio | 17. The confarreatio was presided over by 2 religious officials: a flamen dialis and this religious official, the high priest of the college of pontiffs: | Pontifex Maximus | 18. A flamen dialis is a priest of this deity: | Jupiter | 19. What Trojan priest of Poseidon was killed with both of his sons after attempting to expose the ruse of the Trojan Horse by striking it with a spear? | Laocoon | 20. What priestess also warned the Trojans against the wooden horse? | Cassandra | 21. What god gave Cassandra the gift of prophecy with the punishment never to be believed by men? | Apollo | 22. What girl, said to be the daughter of Iasus or Schoenius was nursed by a bear and grew up to be the swiftest of all mortal women? | Atalanta | 23. What terrible and infamous beast was Atalanta the first to wound? | Calydonian Boar | 24. Who defeated Atalanta in a foot race and won her hand in marriage? | Hippomenes/Melanion | 25. A Roman aristocrat and statesman considered to be a model of virtue and simplicity, he fought in a war against the Aequi in 458 BCE. Who is this Roman nobleman, farmer turned dictator? | Cincinnatus | 26. For how long did Cincinnatus serve as dictator? | 16 days | 27. He was the son of the minor god Aristaeus and Autonoe, grandson of Cadmus and trained by the centaur Chiron. What legendary huntsman accidentally came upon the goddess Artemis bathing in a pool? | Acteon | 28. Angered that she had been seen bathing by a mortal, into what did Artemis transform Acteon? | A stag | 29. Daughter of Tantalus and wife to Amphion, what queen of Thebes mocked Artemis’ mother Leto, an action which resulted in the death of all 14 of her children? | Niobe | 30. At the outset of this battle Hannibal unleashed his elephants in order to break the cohesion of the Roman lines. Fought in 202 BCE, what battle between the Carthaginians and Romans marked the end of the 2nd Punic War? | Zama | 31. Name the Roman commander who defeated Hannibal at Zama. | Scipio Africanus | 32. What Numidian ally assisted Scipio Africanus at the Battle of Zama? | Masinissa | 33. As emperor, he purged the borders of its threats and defeated the Sarmatians and Carpi during several campaigns between 285 CE and 299 CE. His reorganization of the fiscal, administrative, and military aspects of the empire laid the foundations for the Byzantine Empire in the East and temporarily solidified the decaying empire in the West. Name this emperor whose reign marked one of the most notable persecutions of Christians. | Diocletian | 34. What is the term for the type of government Diocletian implemented allowing for 2 senior emperors and 2 junior caesars essentially dividing the power between 4 men? | Tetrarchy | 35. What emperor, heralded as the first Christian emperor, followed Diocletian? | Constantine | 36. Built in 81 CE, this structure commemorates the victory in the Jewish War and is located at the highest point of the Via Sacra on the eastern side of the forum. Name this structure. | Arch of Titus | 37. Of the Arch of Titus, the Curia, or the Basilica Julia, which was built first? | The curia | 38. Speakers would stand on this and face the north side of the comitium towards the senate house and deliver orations to those assembled in between. What is this feature of the Roman forum? | The Rostra | 39. Nicknamed “the fish-men” because of their distinctive helmets, what gladiators fought with a curved rectangular shield and straight sword? | Murmillo | 40. What is the term for a gladiator who fought from a chariot? | Essedarius | 41. What is the term for the wooden sword given to a gladiator upon his retirement? | Rudis | 42. This element of a Roman circus often featured ornate columns, statues and commemorative obelisks. It served as the median strip down the middle of the course and literally means “spine/backbone” in Latin. | Spina | 43. We derive the English word “incarcerate” from this feature of the Roman circus. | Carceres/Starting Gates | 44. According to the historian Tacitus, this Circus in ancient Rome was the location of an organized martyrdom of Christians in 65 CE. | Circus of Nero | 45. Who created the first woman, Pandora, at the command of Zeus, in retaliation for the various tricks by which the Titan Prometheus had benefited mortal men at the expense of the gods? | Hephaestus | 46. To whom was Pandora given? | Epimetheus | 47. What does the name Epimetheus mean? | After-thought | 48. From what state would you find the motto “Virtute et armis”? | Mississippi | 49. What state has the motto “Numen, lumen”? | Wisconsin | 50. Who encountered a trio of women who shared one tooth and one eye? | Perseus | 51. What was the collective name of these strange women? | Graeae | 52. On whose instruction did Perseus seek out the Graeae? | Athena | 53. According to Greek Mythology, this man survived a great flood sent by Zeus to rid the world of mankind’s wickedness. | Deucalion | 54. How did Themis instruct Deucalion and Pyrrha to repopulate the earth? | Throwing rocks | 55. By whom was Deucalion warned that the flood was coming? | Prometheus | 56. This Thracian’s patronage is sometimes attributed to Oeagrus and other times to the god Apollo himself. He was a member of the Argonauts, introduced the crew to the Samothracian mysteries, and repeatedly saved the crew with his magical musical talents. Name this skilled minstrel, husband of Eurydice, who famously traveled to the underworld to retrieve her only to return alone. | Orpheus | 57. Who was Orpheus’ mother? | Calliope | 58. Calliope is the muse of this artistic sphere: | Epic Poetry | 59. Who ignored his father’s warnings and advice about handling the horses of the sun chariot and lost control of them, causing his death? | Phaethon | 60. Who was Phaethon’s father? | Apollo | 61. What mythological youth ignored his father’s warnings and flew too close to the sun, causing his death when the wax holding his wings together melted? | Icarus | 62. The Etruscan ruler of Clusium, name this man who had laid siege to Rome in 508 BCE and was the target of an assassination attempt by Mucius Scaevola. | Lars Porsenna | 63. By the bravery of what young Roman captive was Porsena so impressed that he asked her to choose half the remaining hostages to be freed? | Cloelia | 64. What does the cognomen “Scaevola” mean? | Left-handed | 65. What was the term for a person trained to practice a form of divination which involved the inspection of the entrails of sacrificed animals? | Haruspex | 66. What is the term for the ancient Roman practice of interpreting omens from the observed flight of birds? | Augury | 67. What Greek sculptor became so enamored with his work that he prayed to have a wife as beautiful as it? | Pygmalion | 68. What did Pygmalion name his statue? | Galatea | 69. By whom was Pygmalion’s statue brought to life? | Aphrodite | 70. With the help of the traitorous Tarpeia, this Sabine king attacked Rome and captured the citadel. However, through the urging of the Sabine women, he reconciled with Romulus and co-ruled with him for 5 years until his murder. | Titus Tatius | 71. Titus Tatius’ daughter, Tatia, married which Roman king? | Numa Pompilius | 72. For her treachery in aiding Titus Tatius, Tarpeia was thrown off a cliff located on the southern summit of this hill: | Capitoline | 73. Which of the following was a major battle of the 2nd Punic War: Zela, Cannae, Alesia, or Munda? | Cannae | 74. Son of Metion and the grandson of Erechtheus, he was a famous architect, inventor, and craftsman whose son perished when he flew too close to the sun melting the wax of his wings. | Daedalus | 75. For what king did Daedalus invent the Labyrinth? | Minos | 76. How did Minos trick Daedalus into revealing himself while he was in hiding in Cocalus’ court in Sicily? | Thread through a shell | 77. Caesar narrowly escaped it and, sadly, Cicero died because of it. What is sometimes referred to as a Lex Cornelia and is the term for a public posted notice listing Roman citizens who had been declared outlaws and their possessions confiscated? | Proscription | 78. By whom were proscriptions first enacted? | Sulla | 79. Who was proscribed by the 2nd Triumvirate and ultimately beheaded in the coastal town of Formia? | Cicero | 80. As retribution for the death of Minos’ son Androgeos, seven young men and seven young women were drawn from Athens and given as tribute each year. To whom where these tributes dedicated? | Minotaur | 81. By whom was Theseus aided in his attempt to defeat the Minotaur? | Ariadne | 82. Where was Ariadne abandoned by Theseus? | Naxos | 83. This mortal mistress of Zeus was the daughter of the Phoenician prince Cadmus and Harmonia. Hera, jealous of Zeus’ affair with this woman, convinced this mortal woman to ask Zeus to appear to her in all of his godly power, thunderbolt and all. Reluctantly, Zeus did so, and this woman perished, consumed by fire. Her offspring, however, survived and Zeus stitched him into his thigh until he was ready to be born. Name this mother of Dionysus, the god of wine. | Semele | 84. The female revelers and worshippers of Dionysus are known as this: | Maenads | 85. This structure now contains the tombs of the famous artist Raphael and several Italian kings. Converted to a church in 609 CE, name this structure which was originally constructed as a temple for all pagan gods. | Pantheon | 86. During the reign of Augustus, who first commissioned the building of the Pantheon? | Marcus Agrippa | 87. What emperor ordered the Pantheon’s reconstruction in 118 CE? | Hadrian | 88. A priestess of Vesta, her father was a Roman commander and she experienced a crushing death. Name this Roman maiden who betrayed the city of Rome to the Sabines. | Tarpeia | 89. Name the author of “Ab Urbe Condita”. | Livy | 90. Represented as birds with the faces of women, horribly foul and loathsome, name these creatures who were sent to punish the Thracian king Phineus for his ill-treatment of his children. | Harpies | 91. What hero saved Phineus from these horrible creatures? | Jason | 92. On what island does the hero Aeneas encounter the Harpies? | Strophades | 93. Married to the Iceni King Prasutagus, name this Celtic queen who led a revolt against the Roman army in Britain in 60 CE. | Boudicca | 94. During what emperor’s reign did Boudicca lead her revolt? | Nero | 95. Name this man in Greek mythology who was a king of Ephyra punished for chronic deceitfulness by being compelled to roll an immense boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll back down and to repeat this action forever. | Sisyphus | 96. In what realm of the underworld did Sisyphus endure his punishment? | Tartarus | 97. Who also resided in the underworld condemned in the afterlife to a perpetual labor of carrying water from the river Styx in leaky jars? | Danaids | 98. Who was Pegasus’ mother? | Medusa | 99. What was the name of Pegasus’ brother who was also birthed when Perseus decapitated Medusa? | Chrysaor | 100. Name this ancient Roman heating system in a Roman house or building where heat from a furnace was accumulated to heat a room or a bath. | Hypocaust | 101. Zeus abducted Ganymede in the form of this bird: | Eagle | 102. Zeus seduced Leda in the form of this bird: | Swan | 103. Prior to the Catilinarian conspiracy, Catiline supported this general and later dictator of Rome and reportedly killed his own brother in law because he showed up on his proscription lists. | Sulla | 104. This battle which took place in 312 CE occurred at an important route across the Tiber. | Milvian Bridge | 105. Whom did Constantine defeat at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge? | Maxentius | 106. In what year was the famed Council of Nicea? | 325 CE | 107. Who was warned by an oracle to beware of one coming to Iolcus from the mountains and wearing only one sandal? | Pelias | 108. From whom had Pelias usurped his throne? | Aeson | 109. Why did Jason arrive in Iolcus wearing only one sandal? | Helping an old woman across a river | 110. This Roman man hailed from Cordoba in Hispania and he was trained in rhetoric in Rome. He fell out of favor with the emperor and was exiled to Corsica in 41 CE. Name this tutor and advisor to Nero who was forced to commit suicide in 65 CE. | Seneca the younger | 111. What son of Eos and Astraeus, brother of Boreas, Eurus and Notus is said to live in a cave on Thrace? | Zephyrus | 112. Name this law, introduced by the consul L. Julius Caesar in 90 BCE, which offered Roman citizenship to all citizens of the Roman municipalities that had not raised arms against Rome during the social wars. | Lex Julia | 113. Cicero wrote this corpus of fourteen speeches in which he fiercely attacks Mark Antony and compares him to his previous political enemies Catiline and Clodius. | Philippics | 114. Son of Agave and grandson of Cadmus, this arrogant king of Thebes not only refused to recognize his cousin Dionysus as a god but also forbade the women of Thebes to worship him. | Pentheus | 115. In Euripedes’ Bacchae, what relative of Pentheus ripped him to pieces? | Mother | 116. As censor in 312 BCE, this man built one of the earliest and perhaps the most strategically important road in Roman history, the Appian Way. | Appius Claudius Caecus | 117. What does the cognomen Caecus mean? | Blind | 118. The Via Appia was especially instrumental in bringing about Roman victory against this group of Oscan speaking people who dwelled in south-central Italy | Samnites | 119. This Roman elected official was sacrosanct, had the power to convene the Plebeian council, and had the power to veto actions taken by other magistrates. | Tribune | 120. This famous tribune was assassinated for his proposition of land reform: | Tiberius Gracchus | 121. Who was the best fighter on the Trojan side in the Trojan war? | Hector | 122. Who was Hector’s wife? | Andromache | 123. What was Hector and Andromache’s son’s name? | Astyanax/Scamandrius | 124. Phobos, Deimos, Harmonia, and Eros were said to be the four children of Aphrodite by which of her lovers? | Ares | 125. What “physical” job did Phobos and Deimos perform for their father? | Pulled his chariot | 126. To what mortal was Harmonia married? | Cadmus |
The son of Procas, he forced Rhea Silvia to become a vestal virgin and dethroned his brother. Name this king of Alba Longa who ordered the death of the twins Romulus and Remus.&choe=UTF-8
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On what hill did Faustulus and Acca Laurentia find the twins Romulus and Remus?&choe=UTF-8
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Into what god is Romulus said to have changed?&choe=UTF-8
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Said to be the strongest creatures of all the Titans, name these Greek monsters whose Latinized name is “Centimani”&choe=UTF-8
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How many Hecatoncheires were there according to the ancient sources?&choe=UTF-8
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Designed for men of senatorial rank and a mixture of military and political administration posts, what sequential order of Roman public offices literally translates into “course of honors”?&choe=UTF-8
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What Roman office had the power to enforce public order and was responsible for maintaining public buildings?&choe=UTF-8
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What famous Roman author and orator held the position of Consul in 63 BCE?&choe=UTF-8
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Name this young maiden who was of such extraordinary beauty that Aphrodite herself became jealous of her. The goddess sent her son Eros to make her fall in love with an ugly man, but instead, he fell in love with her himself!&choe=UTF-8
Question 9 (of 126)
How was Psyche caught trying to determine the identity of her beloved?&choe=UTF-8
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Name the Roman province which is equivalent to modern France.&choe=UTF-8
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Name the mountain range that divides Gaul from Hispania.&choe=UTF-8
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My brothers are Polynices and Eteocles and my parents are Jocasta and Oedipus. I was punished for giving my brother a proper burial. Who am I?&choe=UTF-8
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Who was Antigone’s sister?&choe=UTF-8
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What Ancient Greek playwright had separate plays performed on ‘Oedipus The King’, ‘Oedipus At Colonus’ and ‘Antigone’?&choe=UTF-8
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This ceremony in ancient Rome takes its name from the spelt cake, panis farreus, that is shared by its participants. It is the most traditional form of patrician marriage practiced in ancient Rome.&choe=UTF-8
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The confarreatio was presided over by 2 religious officials: a flamen dialis and this religious official, the high priest of the college of pontiffs:&choe=UTF-8
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A flamen dialis is a priest of this deity:&choe=UTF-8
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What Trojan priest of Poseidon was killed with both of his sons after attempting to expose the ruse of the Trojan Horse by striking it with a spear?&choe=UTF-8
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What priestess also warned the Trojans against the wooden horse?&choe=UTF-8
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What god gave Cassandra the gift of prophecy with the punishment never to be believed by men?&choe=UTF-8
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What girl, said to be the daughter of Iasus or Schoenius was nursed by a bear and grew up to be the swiftest of all mortal women?&choe=UTF-8
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What terrible and infamous beast was Atalanta the first to wound?&choe=UTF-8
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Who defeated Atalanta in a foot race and won her hand in marriage?&choe=UTF-8
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A Roman aristocrat and statesman considered to be a model of virtue and simplicity, he fought in a war against the Aequi in 458 BCE. Who is this Roman nobleman, farmer turned dictator?&choe=UTF-8
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For how long did Cincinnatus serve as dictator?&choe=UTF-8
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He was the son of the minor god Aristaeus and Autonoe, grandson of Cadmus and trained by the centaur Chiron. What legendary huntsman accidentally came upon the goddess Artemis bathing in a pool?&choe=UTF-8
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Angered that she had been seen bathing by a mortal, into what did Artemis transform Acteon?&choe=UTF-8
Question 28 (of 126)
Daughter of Tantalus and wife to Amphion, what queen of Thebes mocked Artemis’ mother Leto, an action which resulted in the death of all 14 of her children?&choe=UTF-8
Question 29 (of 126)
At the outset of this battle Hannibal unleashed his elephants in order to break the cohesion of the Roman lines. Fought in 202 BCE, what battle between the Carthaginians and Romans marked the end of the 2nd Punic War?&choe=UTF-8
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Name the Roman commander who defeated Hannibal at Zama.&choe=UTF-8
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What Numidian ally assisted Scipio Africanus at the Battle of Zama?&choe=UTF-8
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As emperor, he purged the borders of its threats and defeated the Sarmatians and Carpi during several campaigns between 285 CE and 299 CE. His reorganization of the fiscal, administrative, and military aspects of the empire laid the foundations for the Byzantine Empire in the East and temporarily solidified the decaying empire in the West. Name this emperor whose reign marked one of the most notable persecutions of Christians.&choe=UTF-8
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What is the term for the type of government Diocletian implemented allowing for 2 senior emperors and 2 junior caesars essentially dividing the power between 4 men?&choe=UTF-8
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What emperor, heralded as the first Christian emperor, followed Diocletian?&choe=UTF-8
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Built in 81 CE, this structure commemorates the victory in the Jewish War and is located at the highest point of the Via Sacra on the eastern side of the forum. Name this structure.&choe=UTF-8
Question 36 (of 126)
Of the Arch of Titus, the Curia, or the Basilica Julia, which was built first?&choe=UTF-8
Question 37 (of 126)
Speakers would stand on this and face the north side of the comitium towards the senate house and deliver orations to those assembled in between. What is this feature of the Roman forum?&choe=UTF-8
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Nicknamed “the fish-men” because of their distinctive helmets, what gladiators fought with a curved rectangular shield and straight sword?&choe=UTF-8
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What is the term for a gladiator who fought from a chariot?&choe=UTF-8
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What is the term for the wooden sword given to a gladiator upon his retirement?&choe=UTF-8
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This element of a Roman circus often featured ornate columns, statues and commemorative obelisks. It served as the median strip down the middle of the course and literally means “spine/backbone” in Latin.&choe=UTF-8
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We derive the English word “incarcerate” from this feature of the Roman circus.&choe=UTF-8
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According to the historian Tacitus, this Circus in ancient Rome was the location of an organized martyrdom of Christians in 65 CE.&choe=UTF-8
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Who created the first woman, Pandora, at the command of Zeus, in retaliation for the various tricks by which the Titan Prometheus had benefited mortal men at the expense of the gods?&choe=UTF-8
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To whom was Pandora given?&choe=UTF-8
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What does the name Epimetheus mean?&choe=UTF-8
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From what state would you find the motto “Virtute et armis”?&choe=UTF-8
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What state has the motto “Numen, lumen”?&choe=UTF-8
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Who encountered a trio of women who shared one tooth and one eye?&choe=UTF-8
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What was the collective name of these strange women?&choe=UTF-8
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On whose instruction did Perseus seek out the Graeae?&choe=UTF-8
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According to Greek Mythology, this man survived a great flood sent by Zeus to rid the world of mankind’s wickedness.&choe=UTF-8
Question 53 (of 126)
How did Themis instruct Deucalion and Pyrrha to repopulate the earth?&choe=UTF-8
Question 54 (of 126)
By whom was Deucalion warned that the flood was coming?&choe=UTF-8
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This Thracian’s patronage is sometimes attributed to Oeagrus and other times to the god Apollo himself. He was a member of the Argonauts, introduced the crew to the Samothracian mysteries, and repeatedly saved the crew with his magical musical talents. Name this skilled minstrel, husband of Eurydice, who famously traveled to the underworld to retrieve her only to return alone.&choe=UTF-8
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Who was Orpheus’ mother?&choe=UTF-8
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Calliope is the muse of this artistic sphere:&choe=UTF-8
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Who ignored his father’s warnings and advice about handling the horses of the sun chariot and lost control of them, causing his death?&choe=UTF-8
Question 59 (of 126)
Who was Phaethon’s father?&choe=UTF-8
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What mythological youth ignored his father’s warnings and flew too close to the sun, causing his death when the wax holding his wings together melted?&choe=UTF-8
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The Etruscan ruler of Clusium, name this man who had laid siege to Rome in 508 BCE and was the target of an assassination attempt by Mucius Scaevola.&choe=UTF-8
Question 62 (of 126)
By the bravery of what young Roman captive was Porsena so impressed that he asked her to choose half the remaining hostages to be freed?&choe=UTF-8
Question 63 (of 126)
What does the cognomen “Scaevola” mean?&choe=UTF-8
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What was the term for a person trained to practice a form of divination which involved the inspection of the entrails of sacrificed animals?&choe=UTF-8
Question 65 (of 126)
What is the term for the ancient Roman practice of interpreting omens from the observed flight of birds?&choe=UTF-8
Question 66 (of 126)
What Greek sculptor became so enamored with his work that he prayed to have a wife as beautiful as it?&choe=UTF-8
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What did Pygmalion name his statue?&choe=UTF-8
Question 68 (of 126)
By whom was Pygmalion’s statue brought to life?&choe=UTF-8
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With the help of the traitorous Tarpeia, this Sabine king attacked Rome and captured the citadel. However, through the urging of the Sabine women, he reconciled with Romulus and co-ruled with him for 5 years until his murder.&choe=UTF-8
Question 70 (of 126)
Titus Tatius’ daughter, Tatia, married which Roman king?&choe=UTF-8
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For her treachery in aiding Titus Tatius, Tarpeia was thrown off a cliff located on the southern summit of this hill:&choe=UTF-8
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Which of the following was a major battle of the 2nd Punic War: Zela, Cannae, Alesia, or Munda?&choe=UTF-8
Question 73 (of 126)
Son of Metion and the grandson of Erechtheus, he was a famous architect, inventor, and craftsman whose son perished when he flew too close to the sun melting the wax of his wings.&choe=UTF-8
Question 74 (of 126)
For what king did Daedalus invent the Labyrinth?&choe=UTF-8
Question 75 (of 126)
How did Minos trick Daedalus into revealing himself while he was in hiding in Cocalus’ court in Sicily?&choe=UTF-8
Question 76 (of 126)
Caesar narrowly escaped it and, sadly, Cicero died because of it. What is sometimes referred to as a Lex Cornelia and is the term for a public posted notice listing Roman citizens who had been declared outlaws and their possessions confiscated?&choe=UTF-8
Question 77 (of 126)
By whom were proscriptions first enacted?&choe=UTF-8
Question 78 (of 126)
Who was proscribed by the 2nd Triumvirate and ultimately beheaded in the coastal town of Formia?&choe=UTF-8
Question 79 (of 126)
As retribution for the death of Minos’ son Androgeos, seven young men and seven young women were drawn from Athens and given as tribute each year. To whom where these tributes dedicated?&choe=UTF-8
Question 80 (of 126)
By whom was Theseus aided in his attempt to defeat the Minotaur?&choe=UTF-8
Question 81 (of 126)
Where was Ariadne abandoned by Theseus?&choe=UTF-8
Question 82 (of 126)
This mortal mistress of Zeus was the daughter of the Phoenician prince Cadmus and Harmonia. Hera, jealous of Zeus’ affair with this woman, convinced this mortal woman to ask Zeus to appear to her in all of his godly power, thunderbolt and all. Reluctantly, Zeus did so, and this woman perished, consumed by fire. Her offspring, however, survived and Zeus stitched him into his thigh until he was ready to be born. Name this mother of Dionysus, the god of wine.&choe=UTF-8
Question 83 (of 126)
The female revelers and worshippers of Dionysus are known as this:&choe=UTF-8
Question 84 (of 126)
This structure now contains the tombs of the famous artist Raphael and several Italian kings. Converted to a church in 609 CE, name this structure which was originally constructed as a temple for all pagan gods.&choe=UTF-8
Question 85 (of 126)
During the reign of Augustus, who first commissioned the building of the Pantheon?&choe=UTF-8
Question 86 (of 126)
What emperor ordered the Pantheon’s reconstruction in 118 CE?&choe=UTF-8
Question 87 (of 126)
A priestess of Vesta, her father was a Roman commander and she experienced a crushing death. Name this Roman maiden who betrayed the city of Rome to the Sabines.&choe=UTF-8
Question 88 (of 126)
Name the author of “Ab Urbe Condita”.&choe=UTF-8
Question 89 (of 126)
Represented as birds with the faces of women, horribly foul and loathsome, name these creatures who were sent to punish the Thracian king Phineus for his ill-treatment of his children.&choe=UTF-8
Question 90 (of 126)
What hero saved Phineus from these horrible creatures?&choe=UTF-8
Question 91 (of 126)
On what island does the hero Aeneas encounter the Harpies?&choe=UTF-8
Question 92 (of 126)
Married to the Iceni King Prasutagus, name this Celtic queen who led a revolt against the Roman army in Britain in 60 CE.&choe=UTF-8
Question 93 (of 126)
During what emperor’s reign did Boudicca lead her revolt?&choe=UTF-8
Question 94 (of 126)
Name this man in Greek mythology who was a king of Ephyra punished for chronic deceitfulness by being compelled to roll an immense boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll back down and to repeat this action forever.&choe=UTF-8
Question 95 (of 126)
In what realm of the underworld did Sisyphus endure his punishment?&choe=UTF-8
Question 96 (of 126)
Who also resided in the underworld condemned in the afterlife to a perpetual labor of carrying water from the river Styx in leaky jars?&choe=UTF-8
Question 97 (of 126)
Who was Pegasus’ mother?&choe=UTF-8
Question 98 (of 126)
What was the name of Pegasus’ brother who was also birthed when Perseus decapitated Medusa?&choe=UTF-8
Question 99 (of 126)
Name this ancient Roman heating system in a Roman house or building where heat from a furnace was accumulated to heat a room or a bath.&choe=UTF-8
Question 100 (of 126)
Zeus abducted Ganymede in the form of this bird:&choe=UTF-8
Question 101 (of 126)
Zeus seduced Leda in the form of this bird:&choe=UTF-8
Question 102 (of 126)
Prior to the Catilinarian conspiracy, Catiline supported this general and later dictator of Rome and reportedly killed his own brother in law because he showed up on his proscription lists.&choe=UTF-8
Question 103 (of 126)
This battle which took place in 312 CE occurred at an important route across the Tiber.&choe=UTF-8
Question 104 (of 126)
Whom did Constantine defeat at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge?&choe=UTF-8
Question 105 (of 126)
In what year was the famed Council of Nicea?&choe=UTF-8
Question 106 (of 126)
Who was warned by an oracle to beware of one coming to Iolcus from the mountains and wearing only one sandal?&choe=UTF-8
Question 107 (of 126)
From whom had Pelias usurped his throne?&choe=UTF-8
Question 108 (of 126)
Why did Jason arrive in Iolcus wearing only one sandal?&choe=UTF-8
Question 109 (of 126)
This Roman man hailed from Cordoba in Hispania and he was trained in rhetoric in Rome. He fell out of favor with the emperor and was exiled to Corsica in 41 CE. Name this tutor and advisor to Nero who was forced to commit suicide in 65 CE.&choe=UTF-8
Question 110 (of 126)
What son of Eos and Astraeus, brother of Boreas, Eurus and Notus is said to live in a cave on Thrace?&choe=UTF-8
Question 111 (of 126)
Name this law, introduced by the consul L. Julius Caesar in 90 BCE, which offered Roman citizenship to all citizens of the Roman municipalities that had not raised arms against Rome during the social wars.&choe=UTF-8
Question 112 (of 126)
Cicero wrote this corpus of fourteen speeches in which he fiercely attacks Mark Antony and compares him to his previous political enemies Catiline and Clodius.&choe=UTF-8
Question 113 (of 126)
Son of Agave and grandson of Cadmus, this arrogant king of Thebes not only refused to recognize his cousin Dionysus as a god but also forbade the women of Thebes to worship him.&choe=UTF-8
Question 114 (of 126)
In Euripedes’ Bacchae, what relative of Pentheus ripped him to pieces?&choe=UTF-8
Question 115 (of 126)
As censor in 312 BCE, this man built one of the earliest and perhaps the most strategically important road in Roman history, the Appian Way.&choe=UTF-8
Question 116 (of 126)
What does the cognomen Caecus mean?&choe=UTF-8
Question 117 (of 126)
The Via Appia was especially instrumental in bringing about Roman victory against this group of Oscan speaking people who dwelled in south-central Italy&choe=UTF-8
Question 118 (of 126)
This Roman elected official was sacrosanct, had the power to convene the Plebeian council, and had the power to veto actions taken by other magistrates.&choe=UTF-8
Question 119 (of 126)
This famous tribune was assassinated for his proposition of land reform:&choe=UTF-8
Question 120 (of 126)
Who was the best fighter on the Trojan side in the Trojan war?&choe=UTF-8
Question 121 (of 126)
Who was Hector’s wife?&choe=UTF-8
Question 122 (of 126)
What was Hector and Andromache’s son’s name?&choe=UTF-8
Question 123 (of 126)
Phobos, Deimos, Harmonia, and Eros were said to be the four children of Aphrodite by which of her lovers?&choe=UTF-8
Question 124 (of 126)
What “physical” job did Phobos and Deimos perform for their father?&choe=UTF-8
Question 125 (of 126)
To what mortal was Harmonia married?&choe=UTF-8
Question 126 (of 126)
