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40 ancient Egypt questions beyond pyramids and pharaohs

Quick answer: 40 ancient Egypt quiz questions on gods, daily life, rulers, monuments and discoveries, with answers.

Round 1: Daily life and beliefs

Faces from ancient Egypt appear in our historical figures picture quiz.

#	Question	Answer
1	What writing system used pictures and symbols?	Hieroglyphs
2	Which river made farming possible in Egypt?	The Nile
3	Which plant was used to make a paper-like material?	Papyrus
4	Which goddess was shown with a cat’s head?	Bastet
5	Which god of the dead had a jackal’s head?	Anubis
6	Which god was the sun god, often shown with a falcon head?	Ra
7	What is the name of the Egyptian book of spells for the afterlife?	The Book of the Dead
8	Which organ was left in the body during mummification?	The heart
9	What was the ceremony where the heart was weighed against a feather?	The Weighing of the Heart
10	Which goddess was the mother of Horus?	Isis

#	Question	Answer
11	Which boy king’s tomb was found almost intact in 1922?	Tutankhamun
12	Who found Tutankhamun’s tomb?	Howard Carter
13	Which female pharaoh ruled for about 20 years and built a great temple at Deir el-Bahari?	Hatshepsut
14	Which pharaoh built the temples of Abu Simbel?	Ramesses II
15	Which pharaoh briefly made Egypt worship one god, the Aten?	Akhenaten
16	Who was Akhenaten’s famous queen?	Nefertiti
17	Which king is traditionally said to have united Upper and Lower Egypt?	Narmer (Menes)
18	For whom was the Great Pyramid built?	Khufu
19	Which pharaoh fought the Hittites at the Battle of Kadesh?	Ramesses II
20	Which dynasty of Greek origin ruled Egypt until 30 BC?	The Ptolemies

Pictures of these sites are in famous landmarks by region.

#	Question	Answer
21	Which ancient capital stood near modern Luxor?	Thebes
22	What is the name of the burial ground of New Kingdom pharaohs near Luxor?	The Valley of the Kings
23	Which temple complex near Luxor is the largest religious site from ancient Egypt?	Karnak
24	Which statue with a lion’s body stands beside the Giza pyramids?	The Great Sphinx
25	Which city was Egypt’s capital in the Old Kingdom?	Memphis
26	Which ancient wonder stood in Alexandria?	The Lighthouse (Pharos)
27	Which step pyramid at Saqqara was Egypt’s first?	The Pyramid of Djoser
28	Who designed the step pyramid of Djoser?	Imhotep
29	Which temple was moved to save it from Lake Nasser in the 1960s?	Abu Simbel
30	Which museum in Giza, opened in 2025, holds the Tutankhamun collection?	The Grand Egyptian Museum

#	Question	Answer
31	Which stone, found in 1799, carried the same text in three scripts?	The Rosetta Stone
32	Who deciphered hieroglyphs in 1822?	Jean-François Champollion
33	How many days were in the ancient Egyptian calendar year?	365
34	Which board game was popular in ancient Egypt?	Senet
35	What were the jars holding a mummy’s organs called?	Canopic jars
36	Which metal did Egyptians call “the flesh of the gods”?	Gold
37	Which Greek historian visited Egypt and wrote about the pyramids?	Herodotus
38	Which Egyptian queen allied with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony?	Cleopatra VII
39	What is the modern name for the ancient city of Waset?	Luxor
40	Which eye symbol stood for protection and health?	The Eye of Horus

Howard Carter, in 1922.

Its three scripts allowed scholars to decipher hieroglyphs.