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BRITISH MUSEUM

TREASURE QUIZ by

Answer the questions below and return to your teachers. You have a time limit of one and a half hours.

1. When was the British Museum founded?……………………………………………………………….

2. Go to room 1 and identify the picture below

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3. Go to room 2. Find the Stone Chopper (which is the oldest object in the museum). Where is it from?……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

4. Go to room 4. In this room there is a famous stone that was the key to the decipherment of hieroglyphs. Its name is ………………………………………………………….

5. In the same room you will find the bust of a mighty pharaoh. What’s his name?……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

6. Go to room 10. You will see a sculpture from ancient Assyria (Iraq). What animals can you see hunting? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 7. Go into room 18 to see the greatParthenon sculptures. What’s missing from the figure of Dionysos? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 8. In room 24 you will find the Easter Island Statue from a lost civilization. Its name is…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 9. Find your way to the East Stairs and go into level one. Go to room 33 and find the Tang ceramic tomb figures. These were guardians of a General. From whichcountry? ………………………………………………………………………………………….

10. Pass into room 34 and write the name of the sculpture below.

....................................................................... 11. Level 3. Inroom 40 you will find the figures below.

They are part of a famous game. What game is it? ………………………………………………………………………………. 12. In room 49 you will have to look for a famous mosaic. The earliestimage of someone in Britain. Who? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

13. Go to room 50 and look for the Basse-Yutz Flagons. What metal are they made of?…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 14. In room 51 look for the mold cape. What is made...