Q 01/05

Which ear piercing passes through the small flap of cartilage in front of the ear canal?

A) Tragus

B) Helix

C) Rook

D) Conch

Answer · why

A) Tragus

Tragus is the anatomical name for that flap, taken from the Greek for 'goat' because the tuft of hair that can grow there looks like a goat's beard.

Q 02/05

Queen Puabi's gold earrings were unearthed in the Royal Cemetery of which Mesopotamian city?

A) Nineveh

B) Nimrud

C) Uruk

D) Ur

Answer · why

D) Ur

Ur: Leonard Woolley's team opened Puabi's tomb there in the 1920s and found it intact, with attendants lying in the chamber beside her.

Q 03/05

In Exodus, Aaron makes the golden calf by melting down what?

A) Arm bracelets

B) Neck chains

C) Ear ornaments

D) Nose ornaments

Answer · why

C) Ear ornaments

Ear ornaments: Aaron told the Israelites to take the gold rings from the ears of their wives, sons and daughters, then cast the idol while Moses was a...

Q 04/05

What is the nose ring worn by many Indian brides called in Hindi?

A) Jhumka

B) Bindi

C) Nath

D) Payal

Answer · why

C) Nath

Nath is the bridal nose ring, often chained to the hair; it feels ancient, yet historians find no nose ornament in Indian writing before about the 8th...

Q 05/05

Which Hindu goddess's nose piercings are mentioned in the Vedas?

A) Saraswati

B) Parvati

C) Kali

D) Lakshmi

Answer · why

D) Lakshmi

Modern Indian nose-piercing practice is thought to have arrived with the Mughals in the 16th century.