1
Where was the Colossus located?
8% got this right
The Colossus of Rhodes was located in the city of Rhodes on the island of Rhodes.
2
Which of the following is one of the wonders of the ancient world?
The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
The Great Library of Alexandria
The Great Sphinx of Giza
The Colosseum of Rome
20% got this right
It was built for the local ruler Mausolus, and his name has since become synonymous with an above-ground tomb.
3
To what goddess was this temple, located in the ancient city of Ephesus, dedicated?
Artemis
Athena
Demeter
Hera
21% got this right
The Temple of Artemis or Artemision has been in ruins since 401 AD.
4
What was the location of the Great Lighthouse?
18% got this right
The Lighthouse of Alexandria or Pharos was located in the city's harbor.
5
Which of the the ancient wonders was built first?
The Great Pyramid of Giza
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
The Lighthouse of Alexandria
The Statue of Zeus at Olympia
52% got this right
The Pyramid is also the only wonder remaining today.
6
For what pharaoh does the Great Pyramid serve as a tomb?
Cheops
Khephren
Menkaure
Tutankhamun
32% got this right
The only completely preserved portrait of the king is a three-inch high ivory figurine found in a temple ruin.
7
Which one of the wonders' location and ultimate fate are unknown?
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
The Temple of Artemis
The Statue of Zeus at Olympia
The Lighthouse of Alexandria
45% got this right
There is speculation that the Hanging Gardens of Babylon may not have existed at all.
8
The commissioners of the Statue of Zeus at Olympia where also custodians of the Olympic Games. Who where they?
Eleans
Athenians
Achaeans
Arcadians
5% got this right
Elis, also called Elea, was an ancient Greek region and city-state in the northwestern corner of the Peloponnese.
9
For how long did all the seven wonders exist together?
60 years
6 years
600 years
6 months
24% got this right
The Colossus of Rhodes was the last to be completed, after 280 BC, and the first to be destroyed, in 226 BC.
10
What was the intention of the original descriptions of the seven wonders?
Travel guide
Architecture studies
Engineering studies
Religious studies
18% got this right
The list was meant to be the Ancient World's counterpart of a travel guidebook.
