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The Seven Ancient Wonders of the World Quiz

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    Answer questions about the Ancient Wonders of the World
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  • What is this group of pyramids called?
    The Giza Necropolis
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  • About how many stone blocks were used to build The Great Pyramid?
    Over 2 million stone blocks.
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  • What's this chest called? What did they put inside it?
    A sarcophagus. They put a mummy inside it.
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  • Why do we have lighthouses?
    To guide sailors and ships to port safely.
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  • What games was The Statue of Zeus thought to have watched over?
    The Olympic Games
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  • In what town was The Statue of Zeus?
    Olympia.
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  • Who was Zeus? Can you name some of his abilities?
    He was the King of the Ancient Greek Gods. He could ...
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  • What's the name of the sculptor who made The Statue of Zeus?
    Phidias
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  • Are there a lot of evidence that The Hanging Gardens existed?
    No. There's very little.
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  • Why did King Nebuchadnezzar II order the construction of The Hanging Gardens?
    His wife was really homesick and missed the mountainous areas in Persia.
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  • What was the Colossus of Rhodes made of?
    Bronze armor and war machinery after a battle of Rhodes.
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  • After the colossus toppled down by an earthquake, which country offered money for the reconstruction of the colossus?
    Egypt
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  • Which god does The Colossus represent?
    Helios
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  • What's a mausoleum?
    A kind of elaborate tomb. Important people are buried here.
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  • Who ordered the construction of The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus?
    Mausolus wife, Artemisia.
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  • What's on top of The Lighthouse of Alexandria.
    A statue of Alexandria.
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