Q 01/05

Which queen of the Iceni led a revolt that burned Roman London to the ground around AD 60?

A) Zenobia

B) Boudica

C) Artemisia

D) Guinevere

Answer · why

B) Boudica

Boudica is thought to have left 70,000 to 80,000 dead as her army burned three towns. Tacitus says the revolt began after Romans flogged her and raped...

Q 02/05

According to legend, which birds woke Rome's defenders as Gauls scaled the Capitoline Hill by night?

A) Peacocks

B) Ravens

C) Roosters

D) Geese

Answer · why

D) Geese

Geese sacred to the goddess Juno raised the alarm after the guards and the dogs heard nothing. The night attack failed, and the Gauls later accepted a...

Q 03/05

Which modern holiday is widely thought to draw on Samhain, the Gaelic festival that opens winter?

A) Halloween

B) Thanksgiving

C) Bonfire Night

D) Christmas

Answer · why

A) Halloween

Halloween falls on the eve of Samhain, when Gaels lit bonfires and went door to door in costume. Irish and Scottish immigrants carried the customs to ...

Q 04/05

Which European capital, known to the Romans as Lutetia, takes its name from a Gallic tribe?

A) Vienna

B) Brussels

C) Paris

D) Bern

Answer · why

C) Paris

Paris is named after the Parisii, whose stronghold Lutetia stood on the Seine. Julius Caesar summoned an assembly of the Gallic tribes there in 53 BC.

Q 05/05

The Galatians, Celts who left the Balkans in 278 BC, made their home in which modern country?

A) Turkey

B) Bulgaria

C) Ukraine

D) Portugal

Answer · why

A) Turkey

Turkey holds the old Celtic land of Galatia, in the highlands around Ankara. Its Christians were the Galatians who received a letter from Paul the Apo...