Q 01/05

To which dynasty of ancient Egypt did Tutankhamun belong?

A) The Fourth

B) The Twelfth

C) The Eighteenth

D) The Twenty-Sixth

Answer · why

C) The Eighteenth

He was its third-to-last pharaoh, ruling roughly 1332 to 1323 BC.

Q 02/05

About how old was Tutankhamun when he died?

A) 18

B) 25

C) 21

D) 30

Answer · why

A) 18

He had come to the throne aged eight or nine and reigned about nine years.

Q 03/05

What was Tutankhamun's name at birth?

A) Nebkheperure

B) Tutankhaten

C) Smenkhkare

D) Amenhotep

Answer · why

B) Tutankhaten

It meant 'living image of Aten', the sun-disc god of his father Akhenaten's religion.

Q 04/05

Which god's cult at Thebes did Tutankhamun restore to prominence, undoing Atenism?

A) Amun

B) Ptah

C) Ra

D) Osiris

Answer · why

A) Amun

He and his queen swapped the -aten in their names for -amun and recorded the change on the Restoration Stela.

Q 05/05

From which capital, built by Akhenaten, did Tutankhamun move the royal court on becoming king?

A) Pi-Ramesses

B) Amarna

C) Memphis

D) Thebes

Answer · why

B) Amarna

The court went to Memphis for administration; Thebes regained its role as the great religious centre.