Ancient Wonders Quiz

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Ancient Wonders Quiz

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Created Feb 2, 2008 in History
Featured Feb 2, 2008
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	tomclaret:	Sep 16th, 2008 at 10:32 GMT	14 points
	I think these answers are a bit unspecific. For example, instead of just allowing "temple" you should have to get "temple of artemis" or "temple at ephesus". "Zeus" and "pyramid" are a bit vague too. And I think "Pharos" was the island where the lighthouse was located, so maybe just "pharos" would be a bit vague too.

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	will1:	Sep 25th, 2008 at 23:40 GMT	55 points
	Brett, I think what you're trying to say is they are smart and you lack intelligence.

	magister:	Sep 30th, 2008 at 21:16 GMT	34 points
	@ Will: Is that what he said? I couldn't figure it out.

	iurewhiuerw:	Nov 10th, 2008 at 12:20 GMT	17 points
	Maybe Brett Brett doesn't learn anything at school (like grammar, spelling, punctuation) because he spends too much time on Sporcle. Only, I can't work out why he's here if he thinks it makes you a geek.

	magister:	Nov 12th, 2008 at 03:34 GMT	28 points
	The blisteringly radiant sunspot of Brett Brett's mid September rants were only around for but a moment. He was a riddle wrapped in a question, wrapped in an enigma. And then wrapped in a crepe. With strawberries and chocolate syrup.

	jessbowen:	Jan 4th, 2009 at 20:22 GMT	10 points
	Tom, Pharos would be vague, but the word became synonomous with the lighthouse - in fact, in many languages, Pharos is the root of the word lighthouse. I agree that temple is vague. Good quiz.

	johnlk:	Feb 26th, 2009 at 21:17 GMT	6 points
	In what sense was the Mausoleum in Ephesus?

	MartinB:	Mar 13th, 2009 at 12:43 GMT	4 points
	A quiz I keep returning to and one day, maybe, I will get them all!!

	Zalx:	Mar 15th, 2009 at 17:34 GMT	8 points
	Does anyone think this is a little long for the quiz? After a minute I had five of them, and an extra four minutes was going to make no difference whatsoever!

	TimW:	Mar 25th, 2009 at 17:29 GMT	5 points
	"Temple" is too vague to be rewarded as is just typing "Zeus". Also as the name suggests the Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus is in Halicarnassus not Ephesus. Perhaps the location should be listed as Asia Minor/Turkey.

	mininimi:	Mar 28th, 2009 at 22:51 GMT	-1 points
	the zeus is fine because you still have to know that it was zeus. the temple is the only non specific one. But the great pyramid of giza was way too specific

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	GeoExpert:	May 25th, 2009 at 21:38 GMT	-1 points
	I am mad because I typed "Colossus" and it would not accept because you had to add "At Rhodes" Same for Great Pyramids

	zwieblekopf:	Jul 22nd, 2009 at 17:59 GMT	-2 points
	the pyramids one is way to specific

	InsertCleverName:	Jul 26th, 2009 at 21:25 GMT	9 points
	Thank you Sid Meier's Civilization for at least a few of the answers.

	cheesecake:	Oct 9th, 2009 at 17:06 GMT	3 points
	it accepts pyramid

	tkegameboy:	Nov 4th, 2009 at 19:44 GMT	1 point
	Time should be shorter and the quiz should be more difficult in the sense that everyone else is saying. Otherwise, good quiz.

	rebecca09suzanne:	Dec 13th, 2009 at 15:33 GMT	6 points
	Haha, I definately learned quite of few of these through Civilization.

	fiofo:	Jan 13th, 2010 at 12:42 GMT	3 points
	Thanks to Seven Ancient Wonders by Matthew Reilly I got 5/7. Hate to think how badly I'd have done without it!

	Traino:	Jan 19th, 2010 at 12:32 GMT	4 points
	How is Ephesus Halicarnassus? It doesn't make sense.

	_DB:	Apr 25th, 2010 at 23:57 GMT	2 points
	Thanks to whoever put the ad for "Heroes of Alexandria" beside this quiz

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	McWeest:	May 31st, 2010 at 13:44 GMT	2 points
	Good quiz, though complete lack of consistency in what was accepted. "Great pyramid of Giza" incredibly specific, "temple", among others, far too vague

	tulliuscicero:	Aug 21st, 2010 at 22:47 GMT	5 points
	@RonB:If you typed that comment after WWII, you are most certainly wrong. Rhodes has been a part of the Republic of Greece ever since the Italians lost it to Britain in the war.

	beatlesfan:	Oct 3rd, 2010 at 23:22 GMT	1 point
	thanks for accepting mausoleum and temple

	goblue90:	Feb 22nd, 2011 at 20:41 GMT	1 point
	Uum RonB, you might wanna check a map. Rhodes is definitely part of Greece and Greeks have inhabited the island since antiquity.

	TrumpetPlayer:	Mar 27th, 2011 at 00:01 GMT	-1 points
	"Giza" should be required for the pyramid, the full term "Lighthouse of Alexandria", the full "Colossus of Rhodes", "statue of Zeus" for "Statue of Zeus at Olympia", "Temple of Artemis" for "Temple of Artemis at Ephesus", and "Mausoleum of Maussollos" for "Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus".

	Girlwonder9:	Aug 21st, 2011 at 07:22 GMT	1 point
	I typed in TOMB and it gave me Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus (just as well!). PYRAMID, ZEUS and HANGING GARDENS also worked as is, but not TEMPLE by itself.

	chicagovigilante:	Feb 2nd, 2012 at 10:58 GMT	1 point
	Why accept "Hanging Gardens of Babylon" but not "Hanging Garden of Babylon"? None of the other answers require you to be that specific.