Rosetta Stone Trivia Quiz

2013-08-01 08:27
疯狂英语·中学版 2013年7期

1. What is the Rosetta Stone?

a) Big slab of rock with inscriptions on it

b) Egyptologist best known for throwing great parties

c) Author of the novel The Egyptian Treasure

d) Town in Sussex

2. Where was the Rosetta Stone discovered?

a) Near Rosetta, France

b) Near Rosetta, Ethiopia

c) Near Rosetta, Egypt

d) Islington

3. Who found the Rosetta Stone?

a) Henry Rawlinson

b) Jean-Francois Champollion

c) Agatha Christie

d) Napoleons armies

5. What three languages are on the Rosetta Stone?

a) Akkadian, Ancient Greek, Syrian

b) Ancient Greek, demotic Egyptian, hieroglyphic Egyptian

c) Ancient Greek, Linear A, Linear B

d) Hieroglyphic Egyptian, Indo-European, English

4. What was Napoleon doing in Egypt?

a) Visiting the pyramids

b) Trying to conquer it

c) Conducting archaeological investigations d) Having tea with Josephine

6. Who translated it?

a) Henry Rawlinson

b) Jean-Francois Champollion

c) Alice Kober

d) None of the above, nobodys done it yet

7. Where is the Rosetta Stone today?

a) London

b) New York City

c) Cairo

d) Paris

8. Why is the Rosetta Stone important?

a) It has lots of good gossip about the Ptolemies

b) It is a beautiful example of Ptolemaic carving

c) It made for a fabulous subject for an online quiz

d) It allowed scholars to translate Egyptian hieroglyphics and demotic texts