World Records and Amazing Facts

1. What is the approximate length of the Suez Canal?

(a) 192 km
(b) 292 km
(c) 392 km
(d) 492 km

Answer: (a) 192 km

2. Which is the Asian part of Egypt?

(a) Gaza
(b) Sinai Peninsula
(c) Anatolia
(d) Asia Minor

Answer: (b) Sinai Peninsula

3. Who founded the city of Alexandria in 332 BC?

(a) Julius Caesar
(b) Cleopatra
(c) Alexander the Great
(d) Ptolemy

Answer: (c) Alexander the Great

4. What was the writing system of ancient Egypt called?

(a) Hieroglyphics
(b) Cuneiform
(c) Pictographic Script
(d) Devanagari

Answer: (a) Hieroglyphics

5. Which animal was especially revered and worshipped by the ancient Egyptians?

(a) Rats
(b) Cats
(c) Tigers
(d) Elephants

Answer: (b) Cats

6. Which of the following was a famous queen of ancient Egypt?

(a) Queen of Sheba
(b) Queen Victoria
(c) Cleopatra
(d) None of these

Answer: (c) Cleopatra

7. Which Egyptian female pharaoh is regarded as one of the first great women rulers in recorded history?

(a) Hatshepsut
(b) Queen of Sheba
(c) Helen
(d) Cleopatra

Answer: (a) Hatshepsut

8. Which of the following famous monuments is located in Egypt?

(a) Colosseum
(b) Hagia Sophia
(c) Great Sphinx of Giza
(d) Machu Picchu

Answer: (c) Great Sphinx of Giza

9. In which country are the Pyramids of Giza located?

(a) Mexico
(b) Egypt
(c) Sudan
(d) Congo

Answer: (b) Egypt

10. What was the title of the rulers of ancient Egypt?

(a) Caesar
(b) Nizam
(c) Pharaoh
(d) Kaiser

Answer: (c) Pharaoh