Alexander the Great Quiz - 64 Trivia Questions!

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Step back in time and learn about the life and conquests of Alexander the Great, one of history's most influential military leaders.

Which Roman emperor is said to have taken Alexander's breastplate from his tomb in Alexandria?

Pompey
Antoninus
Titus
Caligula

At which battle did Alexander the Great defeat the Persians in his first battle in Asia?

The Battle of Thermopylae
Granicus
Thermopylae
Troy

At which battle of 333 BC did Alexander defeat Darius?

The Battle of the Elephants
Troy
Thermopylae
Issus

Who was the tutor of Alexander the Great?

A man from the sea
A Greek king
Aristotle
A wise man

What was the name of Alexander the Great's son, born after his death?

Theodore
Agamemnon
Alexander IV
His name was unknown.

What colour was Alexander the Great's hair?

White
Black
Brown
Red

Alexander the Great's medallion was produced in which imperial city?

Athens
Thebes
Paris
Rome

Which Roman emperor replaced Alexander's head with his own?

Julius Caesar
Emperor Titus
Pompey
Trajan

Who wrote the book 'The Virtues of War' about Alexander the Great?

John Grisham
John Hersey
Steven Pressfield
Robert E. Howard

At which site did Alexander the Great wage his first large-scale siege?

Thermopylae
Halicarnassus
Troy
Athens

In which country did Alexander the Great defeat Cleitus and Glaukias?

Egypt
Illyria
The Mediterranean
Aegean

What name is given to the amalgamation of small settlements into larger cities?

The city
Synoecism
The Big City
Population explosion

Which Roman Emperor wrote 'The Caesars', a satire on the Roman emperors?

Julian
Emperor Hadrian
Antonius
The Romans

Who was the daughter of Philip II of Macedon and Olympias, who married Alexander I of Epirus in 336 BC?

Queen Helen
Queen Helen of Troy
Cleopatra
Theodotus

Who did Alexander the Great assassinate at Maracanda in Uzbekistan?

He was killed by the Greeks
Cleitus the Black
The king of Persia
The Greeks

According to Greek legend, who was the queen of the Amazons who had a tryst with Alexander?

Agamemnon
Aphrodite
Thalestris
Theodosia

Who was the ancestor of Alexander the Great?

Heracles
Hephaestus
The gods
The king of the gods

Who was the military leader of Alexander the Great's Macedonian army when he left for Asia in 331 BC?

Theodorus
Alexander's brother
Theodosius
Antipater

Who painted a portrait of Alexander the Great?

Apelles
Theodore Roosevelt
Agamemnon
The Greeks

Who was the 2nd century AD biographer of Alexander the Great?

The emperor himself
Dionysius of Rhodes
Plutarch
Athanasius

Which heavy metal band had a hit with the song 'Alexander the Great'?

The Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
The Rolling Stones
Iron Maiden

What was the name of Alexander the Great's father?

Athenian
King of Greece
His father's name was unknown.
Philip

According to Greek legend, Alexander the Great was buried in a sarcophagus filled with what?

Wine
A sea of gold
Honey
Water

At which battle did Philip of Macedon defeat Alexander the Great's troops?

Chaeronea
Troy
The Battle of Marathon
Sparta

According to Greek legend, who was the father of Alexander the Great?

The king of the gods
Zeus
Hercules
His father's friends

Who wrote the trilogy 'Alexander the Great', consisting of The Son of the Dream, The Sand of Amon and The Ends of

Valerio Massimo Manfredi
The Ends of Amon
Claude Simon
The Sand of Amon

Who was the wife of Philip the Macedonian and the mother of Alexander the Great?

Philip the Macedonian
Helen of Troy
Agamemnon
Cleopatra Eurydice

Who was the half-brother of Alexander the Great?

Alexander the Great's father
Philip Arrhidaeus
His father
Thermopylae

Who was the last king of the Macedonians, who was assassinated in 321 BC?

Dionysius
Perdiccas
Theodosius I
Theodorus

In which country was Alexander the Great raised?

Macedonia
Egypt
The Roman Empire
Greece

In which city did Alexander the Great die in 323BC?

Babylon
Paris
Thebes
Athens

According to Josephus, which book of the Old Testament was shown to Alexander when he entered Jerusalem?

Book of Job
Book of Daniel
Book of Exodus
Book of Revelation

What Egyptian city was founded by Alexander the Great?

Thebes
Suez Canal
Alexandria
Egypt

What was the name of Caligula's favourite horse?

The horse
The Horse of Caligula
Incitatus
The emperor

Who was the teacher of Alexander the Great?

Athenian merchants
Anaximenes
The gods
Theophanes

What was the name of Alexander the Great's horse?

Thermopylae
Adonis
The Horse of the Gods
Bucephalas

What type of animal did Alexander the Great fight in the 4th century BC?

Rhino
Lion
A wolf
Horse

Who was the King of the Indian subcontinent at the time of Alexander the Great's conquest of India?

Porus
Indra
Affidavit
Ayyappan

What was the currency of Alexander the Great's empire?

The gold medal
Greek
Persian
Gold

Who succeeded Philip II of Macedon as King of Greece in 336 BC?

Philip II of Macedon's father
Theodoros
Philip's brother
Alexander

Who was the official historian of Alexander the Great?

Apollodorus
Theodorus
Callisthenes
Theophrastus

In which country was Cyrus the Great a king?

Greece
Persia
The United Kingdom
The Mediterranean

Which city was razed by Alexander the Great?

Thebes, Greece
Thebes
Athens
Thessaloniki

In which region of Greece was Alexander the Great sent by his father Philip to subdue the Greeks?

Macedonia
Peloponnese
Thrace
The Ionian Sea

What is the name of the Persian custom of kissing the hand or prostrating on the ground?

The kissing of the hand
Kissing
Procession
Proskynesis

In what area did Alexander the Great conquer?

The Mediterranean Sea
Asia
Europe
Egypt

What was the name of Alexander the Great's first known kingdom?

Bactria
Thebes
Babylonia
Egypt

Which wonder of the world was burnt down on the day that Alexander the Great was born?

The Temple of Apollo
Temple of Apollo
The Great Pyramid
Temple of Artemis

Who was the first wife of Alexander the Great?

Aphrodite
Roxana
Athalia
Helen of Troy

Who was the father of Alexander the Great?

Philip II
Aesir
The Greeks
His father's brother

What was the 'common' Greek dialect of the Hellenistic period?

Modern Greek
Thessalonica
Thermopylne
Koine

Which of the Diadochi was the largest kingdom in Greece in 301 BC?

Thebes
Thermopylae
Ptolemaic
Macedonian

According to legend, what knot was unsolved by Alexander the Great?

The Golden Gate
Gordian Knot
The Knot of Fate
The knot of the Thracian King

What was the name of Alexander's elephant in the Battle of the Hydaspes?

The Elephant
Ajax
Thermopylae
The Hydaspes

At which battle of 332 BC did Alexander defeat Darius and his army?

Thermopylae
Marathon
Gaugamela
Sparta

Which river did Alexander the Great cross in 335 BC?

Rhine
Danube
The Nile
River Thames

The 'Stag Hunt Mosaic' in Pella, Greece, depicts which historical figure?

Alexander the Great
Romans
Hercules
Theodore Roosevelt

Which Persian city was burned down during the reign of Alexander the Great?

Babylon
Persia
Persepolis and Troy
Persepolis

Who is the presenter of the BBC Radio 4 programme 'In our time'?

Melvyn Bragg
Richard Williams
David Attenborough
Peter Cook

Which city was the capital of Alexander the Great's satrapy of Gandhara?

Delhi
Taxila
Thermopylae
Thebes

Which Greek god was a close friend of Alexander the Great?

Pluto
Zeus
Apollo
Hephaestion

What was the cause of the death of Alexander the Great?

a sudden attack
a war
Typhoid fever
His wife's death

According to Greek legend, who asked Alexander to stand a little to the side as he was blocking the sunlight?

Apollo
The gods
Diogenes
A king

In Greek mythology, what type of creature was the mermaid who turned into King Alexander if he was not alive?

Sea creature
Venus flytrap
Gorgon
Sea horse
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