Originally posted by jimboc Wrong Wrong Wrong, dumbass Question 1: According to the Egyptian historian Manetho, what is the actual birthdate of the Egyptian civilization? Your Answer [No Answer] Incorrect The correct answer is 39,620 B.C.. The 'Aegyptica' is the history of Egypt written by Manetho, it was written circa 305 B.C. in the reign of Ramses II. Both the Manetho and the Turin Papyrus confirm that the age of the Egyptian civilization stretches back to 39,620 B.C. 11% of players have answered correctly. Question 2: Who was the 14th century Arab astronomer that anticipated the results of Copernicus' theories by 150 years? Your Answer [No Answer] Incorrect The correct answer is Ibn al-Shatir. Actually, pretty much everyone knew that the solar system was heliocentric...it was just the church that was the problem! 38% of players have answered correctly. Question 3: What sage was denounced by Emperor Nero for high treason, yet as he was to be sentenced, the charges continually disappeared from the parchment onto which were written his crimes? Your Answer [No Answer] Incorrect The correct answer is Appollonius of Tyana. Appollonius of Tyana, often called Balinas, was often seen practicing Bi-location and levitation. His main idea was that there was One-Mind, and through the awakening of the 7th cakra, all men could be united with the Cosmic Mind. Much of his ideas are in reference to the Green Emerald Tablets, and his most known work is called the "Book of the Secrets of Creation". 29% of players have answered correctly. Question 4: Who was the director of the movie based on the life and times of Caravaggio? Your Answer [No Answer] Incorrect The correct answer is Derek Jarman. Jarman was also active in directing films for pop music groups like the Smiths and the Pet Shop Boys, and created a bio-pic on Wittgenstein as well. 22% of players have answered correctly. Question 5: Who did Cervantes dub as the "monster of nature" for authoring over 2,000 plays? Your Answer [No Answer] Incorrect The correct answer is Lope de Vega. Lope was a Spanish genius who completed an entire 4-act play 'El Verdadero Amante' at the age of 12. But perhaps he wrote a few too many plays... 47% of players have answered correctly. Question 6: Who was the Psychopomp that led dead souls to the Underworld? Your Answer [No Answer] Incorrect The correct answer is Hermes. 40% of players have answered correctly. Question 7: The word "soap" came to us from an Egyptian word since they were quite keen on hygiene. What is the etymological derivation of this word? Your Answer [No Answer] Incorrect The correct answer is swab. Swab and wab comes from Wbd. Also a group of people called the Wahbis, Islams, S-Wbd means to be pure. 33% of players have answered correctly. Question 8: What Chinese person invented the first seismograph, a crude device, in 132 AD? Your Answer [No Answer] Incorrect The correct answer is Zhang Heng. Zhang Heng was a great scientist, possibly analogous to the Greek Eratosthenes, who lived during the later Han Dynasty and was in the employ of the emperor. 30% of players have answered correctly. Question 9: Which artist had a grandfather that was the first senator from Missouri? (Standing 6'4 he severly injured Andrew Jackson in a duel.) Your Answer [No Answer] Incorrect The correct answer is Thomas Hart Benton. After Thomas Hart Benton graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago, he went to Paris and was known as le petit Balzac. He said "the life of the artist was the best, if you could get by the first 40 years". He flirted with synchronism and fused it with Cubism. He copied many of the masters, and Tintoretto was the main person whom he imitated. Many of Tintoretto's figures were made into sculptures, from this moment on he made all the figures in clay before even beginning to paint. Baroque story-telling was the key point he was making, rather than conceptual ideas. Therefore, the art was the reflection of the American history, clearly depicted. 47% of players have answered correctly. Question 10: Which famous text by Hermes (Thoth) explained the process whereby a human being could transform himself into a God? Your Answer [No Answer] Incorrect The correct answer is Book of Breathings. On the Seti temple (1300 B.C.) the Ibis, carrying the double caduceus is shown exemplifying the Intellect and the rising forces of Kundalini. Asian texts seem to take these Egyptian teachings and elaborate quite deeply on the process of opening the cakras. 12% of players have answered correctly.

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