The Colosseum

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The Colosseum

Test your knowledge on the Colosseum! This quick quiz will tell you how much you really know about the Colosseum.

Where is the Colosseum located?

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Rome, east bank of the Tiber River

Atlantis, the Colosseum is lost beneath the waves

Rome, west bank of the Tiber River

An island just outside of Italy

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How many spectators is it estimated the Colosseum could hold?

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100 000 spectators

10 000 spectators

exactly 50 000 spectators

50 000 to 75 000 spectators

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What was the Colosseum originally called?

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How did the Colosseum's awning work?

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Through a complicated set of weights, balancing and counterbalancing each other

Workers would predict what the weather was going to be like, and made the awning set up beforehand with wood.

The awning was hoisted through a set of pulleys that were operated by hundreds of men

The animals moved the awning via a treadmill.

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What type of limestone was the external wall made out of?

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Italian limestone

travertine limestone

obelisk limestone

valarium limestone

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What was the name of the area underneath the Colosseum

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Hyperbole

Hypogeum

Hypogernium

Basement

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True or False: The Colosseum flooded regularly

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False

True

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How many pillars held the Awning up

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240 pillars

365 pillars

77 pillars

exactly 938 pillars

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Which Roman emperor commissioned the Colosseum

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Nero

Titus

Vespasian

Julius

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What emperor banned the gladiatorial games?

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Constantine

Julius

Claudius

Vespasian

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