Q 01/05

The Antikythera mechanism is generally described as the oldest known example of what?

A) A mechanical clock

B) An analogue computer

C) A printing press

D) A steam engine

Answer · why

B) An analogue computer

It could predict astronomical positions and eclipses decades in advance.

Q 02/05

In which year was the mechanism recovered from the shipwreck?

A) 1922

B) 1948

C) 1965

D) 1901

Answer · why

D) 1901

The wreck itself was found around Easter 1900; the mechanism came up probably in July the next year.

Q 03/05

The mechanism was found by a crew of sponge divers from which Greek island?

A) Symi

B) Kalymnos

C) Crete

D) Rhodes

Answer · why

A) Symi

Captain Dimitrios Kontos and his men were sailing to fishing grounds off North Africa when they found the wreck.

Q 04/05

At roughly what depth did the divers find the wreck off Point Glyphadia?

A) 15 metres

B) 90 metres

C) 45 metres

D) 150 metres

Answer · why

C) 45 metres

The first diver down, Elias Stadiatis, surfaced so quickly that his captain assumed he was drunk on nitrogen.

Q 05/05

What did diver Elias Stadiatis do at the wreck that made his captain think he was drunk from nitrogen?

A) Refused to come back up to the boat

B) Signalled to be pulled up at once

C) Brought a bronze arm to the surface

D) Cut his own air line in a panic

Answer · why

B) Signalled to be pulled up at once

Captain Kondos put on the gear and went down himself to check.