Travel quiz for adults and kids: ancient history

(1) B: Venus de Milo – dug up on April 8 1820 by a farmer on the Aegean island of Milos (hence the name), and now visible in the Louvre. Cleopatra’s tomb has never been found.

(2) D: The Lighthouse of Alexandria. Earthquakes destroyed it. Some of its stonework was used to build the Citadel of Qaitbay – a fortress – on the same site in the 15th century.

(3) B: Lincoln Cathedral - between 1311 and 1548. Its central spire, toppled by a storm in the latter year, is thought to have reached 525ft (160m).

(4) A: Athena. The Greek goddess of wisdom and warfare was hailed as Athens’ protector – and probably took her name from the city, rather than vice versa.

(5) C: Crete. You can visit the “birth cave” near Psychro, in the east of the island.

(6) D: Paphos. According to folklore, Aphrodite’s Rock, a sea stack outside the village of Kouklia, marks the spot.

(7) D: Turkey. The remnants of a Bronze Age city at Hisarlik, near the Dardanelles Strait, are thought to be all that is left of the site of the Trojan War.

(8) B: Malta. Golden Bay, on the north-west side of the main island, was heavily used.

(9) Latin America: Chichen Itza (Mexico), Machu Picchu (Peru), the statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio (Brazil). Asia: The Great Wall of China, the Taj Mahal (India), Petra (Jordan). Europe: The Colosseum (Italy).

(10) A: Statue of Zeus at Olympia; B: Hanging Gardens of Babylon; C: Colossus of Rhodes; D: Temple of Artemis at Ephesus; E: Mausoleum at Halicarnassus.

(1) B: Hadrian’s Wall.

(2) A: Londinium. It sat on the north side of the Thames.

(3) D: King’s Cross Station. One (unlikely) legend has it that Boadicea is buried between Platforms 9 and 10 - close to Harry’s fabled Platform 93/4.

(4) B: Hercules (1997). You can watch it on the new Disney streaming platform.

(5) B: 80,000. Slightly bigger than Manchester United’s Old Trafford stadium, smaller than Barcelona’s Camp Nou.

The Daily Telegraph