Q 01/05

Cleopatra was the last active ruler of which dynasty, founded by a general of Alexander the Great?

A) Seleucid

B) Antigonid

C) Attalid

D) Ptolemaic

Answer · why

D) Ptolemaic

Cleopatra VII was the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty, founded by Ptolemy I Soter after Alexander's death; she was reportedly the first of ...

Q 02/05

Which river did Julius Caesar cross with a single legion in January 49 BC, starting a civil war?

A) Tiber River

B) Po Valley

C) Rubicon

D) Arno at Pisa

Answer · why

C) Rubicon

Caesar crossed the Rubicon, the stream marking Italy's northern boundary, with the Thirteenth Legion in January 49 BC, reportedly saying 'alea iacta e...

Q 03/05

Which philosopher tutored the young Alexander the Great until he was 16?

A) Aristotle

B) Plato

C) Socrates

D) Diogenes

Answer · why

A) Aristotle

Aristotle tutored Alexander at Mieza from about 343 BC, when the prince was 13, until Alexander began acting as regent for his father Philip II around...

Q 04/05

What was Genghis Khan's birth name?

A) Ögedei

B) Jochi

C) Subutai

D) Temüjin

Answer · why

D) Temüjin

Genghis Khan was born Temüjin, reportedly named after a Tatar chieftain his father Yesügei had just captured; he took the title Genghis Khan at a kuru...

Q 05/05

How old was Joan of Arc when she was burned at the stake in 1431?

A) About sixteen

B) About nineteen

C) About twenty-three

D) About twenty-seven

Answer · why

B) About nineteen

Joan of Arc was about nineteen: born around 1412 in Domrémy, she was burned at Rouen on 30 May 1431, and was canonised in 1920.