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Statistics for History According to Herodotus
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- This quiz has been taken 6,689 times
- The average score is 12 of 17
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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Every 500 years, Egypt is visited by this type of bird (other myths say it rises from its own ashes) | Phoenix | 96%
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300 men from ____ fought at the Battle of Thermopylae, helping to delay a Persian army numbering in the millions | Sparta | 93%
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| The Persians built a canal connecting the Nile River to this sea | Red Sea | 91%
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| Persians debate ideas twice, once while drunk and the other time _____ | Sober | 84%
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Herodotus mentions this race of warrior women, who he calls "husband slayers" | Amazons | 80%
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| It took 100,000 workers twenty years to build this monument | The Great Pyramid | 80%
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Every 19 years, the god Apollo visits the Hyperboreans, a prosperous people who live in the far _____ | North | 77%
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This large Asian peninsula is the home of frankincense, myrrh, and flying snakes! | Arabia | 74%
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| This celestial occurrence happened during a battle between the Medes and Lydians | Solar eclipse | 73%
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| King Croesus tested all the oracles, but only the one located in ____ was correct | Delphi | 72%
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| Herodotus describes this Egyptian creature, calling it a "river horse" | Hippopotamus | 71%
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| The Scythians drink from the _____ of their vanquished enemies | Skulls | 69%
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| Phoenician sailors circumnavigated _____ | Africa | 66%
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| These half eagle, half lion creatures guard hoards of gold | Griffins | 65%
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| In India, fox-size ants dig up ____ dust, which is then collected by people | Gold | 55%
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| This Asian city has a wall 325 feet high, 81 feet thick, and 55 miles around | Babylon | 49%
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Inside a tent, the Scythians burn the seeds of this plant whose vapor causes them to "shout with delight" | Hemp | 45%
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