Q 01/05

Hannibal's home city of Carthage lay in which modern country?

A) Libya

B) Tunisia

C) Algeria

D) Morocco

Answer · why

B) Tunisia

He is revered there as a national hero, with a TV channel and a railway station named after him.

Q 02/05

Who was Hannibal's father?

A) Hanno the Great

B) Hasdrubal the Fair

C) Hamilcar Barca

D) Mago Barca

Answer · why

C) Hamilcar Barca

He drowned in battle while conquering Hispania for Carthage.

Q 03/05

What does the cognomen Barca mean?

A) Merchant

B) Gracious

C) Lightning

D) Warrior

Answer · why

C) Lightning

Hannibal's father earned it for the swiftness and ferocity of his attacks.

Q 04/05

The name Hannibal combines the Phoenician name Hanno with which deity?

A) Baal

B) Eshmun

C) Tanit

D) Melqart

Answer · why

A) Baal

Suggested readings of the name mean the lord is gracious or the grace of Baal.

Q 05/05

According to Polybius, what did Hannibal's father make him swear as a boy?

A) Never to return to Carthage

B) To conquer Sicily

C) To avenge his grandfather

D) Never to be a friend of Rome

Answer · why

D) Never to be a friend of Rome

One story has the nine-year-old held over a sacrificial fire while he swore it.