1) Human Faces. This was crafted around 1345 BC from limestone covered in painted stucco. It's an icon of classical Egyptian art and feminine beauty. a) Crowned head of pharaoh Abrax's wife b) Crowned head of pharaoh Ahmed's wife c) Crowned head of pharaoh Abdelrahman's wife d) Crowned head of pharaoh Akhenaten's wife 2) The world's largest bronze Buddha, was first created in 752, though recast several times, and has rather more recent hands and head a) DAIBUTSU BUDDHA, JAPAN b) GAUTAMA BUDDHA, JAPAN c) FUGEN BUDDHA, JAPAN d) MONJU BUDDHA, JAPAN 3) Monolithic human figures with outside heads, most about four metres tall. Created between the 13th and 16th centuries by the Rapa Nui people.  a) Mowa, Easther Island Chile b) Moia, Easther Island Chile c) Moui, Easther Island Chile d) Moua, Easther Island Chile 4) The 2000-year-old mausoleum of the first Qin emperor features serried ranks of 6000 life-size soldiers and horses in rigid battle formation. No two figures are the same, and each has a different facial expression and hair style a) TERRACOTTA WARRIORS, XIAN, CHINA b) RECOTERRA WARRIORS, TIANJIN, CHINA c) TERRATTO ARMY, CHONGQING, CHINA d) COTERATTA SOLDIERS, HUANGSHAN, CHINA 5) Only two remaining telescopes, which he used for many astronomical breakthroughs, plus the lenses through which he discovered Jupiter's rings in 1609 a) KEPLER'S TELESCOPES, FLORENCE, ITALY b) RICCIOLI'S TELESCOPES, FLORENCE, ITALY c) GIOVANNI'S TELESCOPES, FLORENCE, ITALY d) GALILEO'S TELESCOPES, FLORENCE, ITALY 6) In Melbourne's State Library of Victoria, the bushranger's iron armour and other memorabilia such as his death mask has been featured. The gang found use for the armour as part of a plan to derail and ambush a police train in June 1880 at Glenrowan. a) Ted Kelly's armour b) Ned Kelly's armour c) Greg Kelly's armour d) Smith Kelly's armour 7) is a 9th-century Viking ship found in a burial mound in Vestfold, Norway. It is displayed at the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo, Norway. It is the largest preserved Viking ship in Norway. a) NARVIK SHIP b) HAMAR SHIP c) GOKSTAD SHIP d) DRAMMEN SHIP 8) This fabulously preserved bog man lived 2300 years ago until strangled with a cord, a victim of either murder or human sacrifice. Gazing into his face is unnerving. a) GABELEIN MAN, UPPER EGYPT b) HERTO MAN, ETHIOPIA c) OTZI THE ICE MAN, ITALY d) TOLLUND MAN, AARHUS, DENMARK 9) 6th-century sculpture in the National Anthropology Museum, depicting a deity wielding a sacrificial knife and human heart. a) AZTEC SUNSTONE, MEXICO CITY, MEXICO b) SEANKHPTAH STONE, SINAI EGYPT c) CRICK STONE, CORNWALL, ENGLAND d) HUNGER STONES, CZECH RIVER 10) Shows the 1854 Southern Cross flag – future symbol of Australian democracy – that fluttered defiantly over rebellious goldminers a) TRIUMPH FLAG b) FORTUNE FLAG c) EUREKA FLAG d) EPIPHANY FLAG 11) Following its construction in 1776, this became a holding center for enslaved African people to be exported. Captured enslaved people "were imprisoned in dark, airless cells", and "spent days shackled to the floor, their backs against the walls, unable to move. Families were separated both at the House, with men, women, and children being held in separate quarters, as well as after boarding the ships, since most of them were not sent to the same locations. a) Doomed Stairway b) Door of No Return c) Tulip Staircase d) Moaning Cavern Stairs 12) The 1914 assassination of Austria's heir to the throne precipitated World War I. See his bullet-damaged car and blood-soaked uniform at the Museum of Military History a) GREG FRANKLINS' AUTOMOBILE, VIENNA, AUSTRIA b) ROBERTO RODRIGO S AUTOMOBILE, VIENNA, AUSTRIA c) BEN CRISOLOGO'S AUTOMOBILE, VIENNA, AUSTRIA d) FRANZ FERDINAND'S AUTOMOBILE, VIENNA, AUSTRIA 13) TYRANNOSAURUS REX, CHICAGO, USA. It is about 67 million years old and is the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus ever found. It has provided invaluable insight into dinosaur physiology. a) This skeleton, nicknamed Coy b) This skeleton, nicknamed Kit c) This skeleton, nicknamed Sue d) This skeleton, nicknamed Lex 14) Pottery vessels in the shape of heads depicting the people's social elite wearing earrings and bird-shaped headdresses, and notable for the detail of individual facial features.  a) MOCHE PORTRAIT VESSELS b) MOJICA PORTRAIT VESSELS c) MUCHI PORTRAIT VESSELS d) MOTACHI PORTRAIT VESSELS 15) The world's oldest known temple and monumental architecture of any kind. The series of megalithic circles covered with animal bas-reliefs was created 12,000 years ago. a) ARTEMIS, SANLIURFA, TURKEY b) GOBEKLITEPE, SANLIURFA, TURKEY c) APOLLON, SANLIURFA, TURKEY d) DEMRE CHURCH, SANLIURFA, TURKEY 16) The ancient world's best-known artefact is the death mask of a boy-king from 1323 BC. It's made from two layers of gold inlaid with glass and gemstones, and shows face surmounted by a head-cloth with a cobra insignia. a) MASK OF AMENHOTEP, CAIRO, EGYPT b) MASK OF TARIQ, CAIRO, EGYPT c) MASK OF NEFERTITI, CAIRO, EGYPT d) MASK OF TUTANKHAMUN, EGYPT 17) Bone fragments and a skull that represent 40 per cent of a female hominid who lived 3.2 million years ago. Supports evolutionary theory and adds immeasurably to our understanding of human origins. Discovered in Awash Valley in 1974 and named after a Beatles song a) LUCY, ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA b) SERRA, ADDIS, ETHIOPIA c) TIARA, ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA d) PILAR ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA 18) The gateway and railings of a sandstone temple, covered in carved reliefs depicting the life of Buddha, gods and goddesses, and plants and animals. a) BALABHADRA GATEWAY, INDIA b) BHARATTA GATEWAY, INDIA c) BHARUT GATEWAY, INDIA d) BRAHMA GATEWAY, INDIA

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