Statistics for History of Ancient Egypt

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Who was the lover of Marc Anthony and Julius Caesar?	Cleopatra	95%
What are Egyption leaders called?	Pharaoh	95%
What young leader's tomb was found in 1922?	Tut	95%
God of the sun	Ra	93%
On what river do the vast majority of Egyptians live?	Nile	84%
What is the capital of Egypt?	Cairo	83%
What paper-like material was invented by the ancient Egyptians?	papyrus	83%
What stone, found in 1799, provided the key to decipher that writing?	Rosetta	81%
In what city can the Great Pyramid be found?	Giza	79%
What city was founded by Alexander the Great?	Alexandria	78%
What famous landmark has a lion's body and a human head?	Sphinx	78%
What is the official language of Egypt?	Arabic	71%
What Egyption capital shares a name with a city in Tennessee?	Memphis	71%
What empire conquered Egypt in 30 BC?	Rome	71%
What symbol-based system of writing was used in ancient Egypt?	Hieroglyphics	64%
God of the dead	Osiris	64%
What country controlled Egypt from 1914-1952?	United Kingdom	64%
Goddess of motherhood, magic, and funerary rites	Isis	59%
What empire controlled Egypt before that?	Ottoman	57%
What city is the namesake of a popular Las Vegas casino?	Luxor	50%
God of mummification. Depicted with the head of a wolf	Anubis	47%
What ancient Egyptian has been called history's first architect and doctor?	Imhotep	47%
Patron god of the city of Thebes, he merged with the above and became King of the Gods	Amun (Ra)	40%
God of kingship and the sky. Depicted with the head of a falcon	Horus	40%
What are the leader's of Egypt put in after the mummifying process?	Sarcophagi	38%
Who was the first ruler that brought upper and lower Egypt together?	Narmer	36%
God of chaos	Set	34%
Goddess with the head of a cat	Bastet	19%
Goddess of the sky	Nut	19%
Originally a moon god, later a god of wisdom and measurement. Depicted with the head of an ibis	Thoth	19%
Goddess of love and music. A sky goddess, she is often represented with a headdress of cow horns	Hathor	16%
God of craftsmen and architects. Father of Imhotep	Ptah	14%
What stone had that ruler on it?	Narmer's Pallet	12%
What "great" leader led Egypt for 66 years beginning in 1279 B.C.?	Ramsesses II	12%
Goddess of warrior and healing. Depicted with head of a lion	Sekhmet	10%