Hattusa - Quiz
  • 1. In what year did Félix Marie Charles Texier discover monumental ruins near Boğazköy?
A) 1858
B) 1833
C) 1834
D) 1861
  • 2. Which French archaeologist discovered monumental ruins near Boğazköy?
A) Hugo Winckler
B) Félix Marie Charles Texier
C) Ernest Chantre
D) Georges Perrot
  • 3. Which German geographer visited the Boğazköy site in 1858?
A) Kurt Bittel
B) Waldemar Belck
C) Heinrich Barth
D) Carl Humann
  • 4. Who excavated at the site and at the nearby site of Yazılıkaya in 1861?
A) Hugo Winckler
B) Félix Marie Charles Texier
C) Georges Perrot
D) Otto Puchstein
  • 5. Which German engineer completed a full plan of the site in 1882?
A) Daniel Krencker
B) Carl Humann
C) Heinrich Kohl
D) Ludwig Curtius
  • 6. Why were Ernest Chantre's excavations in 1893–94 cut short?
A) The outbreak of WWII
B) A cholera outbreak
C) The outbreak of WWI
D) Lack of funding
  • 7. What significant finds did Ernest Chantre discover in 1893–94?
A) Thousands of sealed bullae
B) Fragments of clay tablets inscribed with cuneiform
C) A large metal tablet with chains
D) A Mycenae bronze sword
  • 8. Who visited the site several times between 1901 and 1905 and found a number of tablets?
A) Waldemar Belck
B) Heinrich Barth
C) Carl Humann
D) Félix Marie Charles Texier
  • 9. On behalf of which society did Hugo Winckler conduct soundings at Boğazköy in 1905?
A) Museum of Anatolian Civilizations
B) German Archaeological Institute
C) French Archaeological Mission
D) German Oriental Society
  • 10. At which specific site area did Hugo Winckler find 35 cuneiform tablet fragments in 1905?
A) Büyükkale
B) Sphinx Gate
C) Büyükkaya
D) Westbau
  • 11. In what year did Hugo Winckler begin actual excavations focusing mainly on the royal fortress area?
A) 1901
B) 1906
C) 1907
D) 1905
  • 12. What event stopped the excavations involving Hugo Winckler and Theodore Makridi?
A) A cholera outbreak
B) Discovery of the Sphinx Gate
C) Outbreak of WWI
D) Outbreak of WWII
  • 13. What are the abbreviations of the two series in which tablets from Winckler's excavations were published?
A) KBZ and KUA
B) KBO and KUB
C) BOG and HAT
D) TUR and CUN
  • 14. Who resumed work at the site in 1931 with establishing stratigraphy as the major focus?
A) Peter Neve
B) Jürgen Seeher
C) Kurt Bittel
D) Andreas Schachner
  • 15. What event caused the suspension of excavations in 1939 under Kurt Bittel?
A) Outbreak of WWII
B) Outbreak of WWI
C) Political revolution in Turkey
D) A cholera outbreak
  • 16. When did Peter Neve become field director of the excavations?
A) 1978
B) 1952
C) 1963
D) 1993
  • 17. When did Peter Neve become overall director of the excavations?
A) 1963
B) 1993
C) 1978
D) 1986
  • 18. What was the main focus area of the excavations under Peter Neve?
A) Büyükkaya and non-monumental areas
B) Upper City area
C) Royal fortress area
D) Sphinx Gate
  • 19. Who assumed control of the excavation in 1994?
A) Peter Neve
B) Andreas Schachner
C) Kurt Bittel
D) Jürgen Seeher
  • 20. What was the focus of the excavations under Jürgen Seeher from 1994 to 2005?
A) Upper City area
B) Büyükkaya and non-monumental areas
C) Royal fortress area
D) Yazılıkaya sanctuary
  • 21. Who became the new director of archaeology at Hattusa from 2006 on?
A) Jürgen Seeher
B) Peter Neve
C) Andreas Schachner
D) Kurt Bittel
  • 22. What has been the primary focus of activities at Hattusa since 2006?
A) Establishing new stratigraphy
B) Excavating the royal fortress
C) Discovering new cuneiform tablets
D) Restoration and preparation for tourist operations
  • 23. In what year was the large inscribed metal tablet discovered near the Sphinx Gate?
A) 1991
B) 1834
C) 1994
D) 1986
  • 24. How far west of the Sphinx Gate was the metal tablet discovered in 1986?
A) 3400 meters
B) 35 centimeters
C) 35 meters
D) 1833 meters
  • 25. What are the dimensions and weight of the metal tablet discovered in 1986?
A) 35 × 24 cm, 15 kg
B) 50 × 40 cm, 10 kg
C) 35 × 24 cm, 5 kg
D) 20 × 15 cm, 2 kg
  • 26. Which king was a party to the treaty inscribed on the 1986 metal tablet?
A) Hugo Winckler
B) Kurunta
C) Tudḫaliya IV
D) Duthaliya the Great King
  • 27. Who was Kurunta, the co-signer of the treaty on the 1986 metal tablet?
A) King of Hattusa
B) Storm-God
C) King of Assuwa-Country
D) King of Tarḫuntašša
  • 28. Where is the 1986 metal tablet currently held?
A) Boğazköy local museum
B) Louvre Museum
C) German Archaeological Institute
D) Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara
  • 29. When was the Mycenae bronze sword found on the western slope during repair work?
A) 1991
B) 1986
C) 1994
D) 2006
  • 30. In which language was the Mycenae bronze sword inscribed?
A) Assyrian
B) Akkadian
C) Hittite
D) French
  • 31. According to the sword's inscription, to whom did Duthaliya the Great King dedicate the swords?
A) Kurunta
B) Heinrich Barth
C) The Storm-God
D) Félix Marie Charles Texier
  • 32. Which country was defeated by Duthaliya the Great King according to the bronze sword inscription?
A) Ankara
B) Tarḫuntašša
C) Boğazköy
D) Assuwa-Country
  • 33. What significant find was made in the 'Westbau' building during the 1990-91 excavation season?
A) A Mycenae bronze sword
B) A large metal tablet with chains
C) Thousands of unreadable Hittite tablets
D) 3400 sealed bullae and clay lumps
  • 34. To what century do the sealed bullae and clay lumps found in the 'Westbau' building date?
A) 1st half of the 14th century BC
B) 2nd half of the 13th century BC
C) 1st millennium BC
D) 19th century AD
  • 35. What were the 3400 sealed bullae and clay lumps primarily associated with?
A) Royal treaties
B) Military campaigns
C) Religious rituals
D) Land documents
  • 36. During which historical period was Hattusa the capital?
A) Chalcolithic period
B) Late Bronze Age
C) 19th century BC
D) 12th century AD
  • 37. Near which modern settlement are the ruins of Hattusa located?
A) Kültepe, Turkey
B) Boğazkale, Turkey
C) Sapinuwa, Turkey
D) Tarhuntassa, Turkey
  • 38. Which river forms a great loop near the ruins of Hattusa?
A) Halys River
B) Kızılırmak River
C) Euphrates River
D) Marashantiya River
  • 39. What people established a settlement on the site toward the end of the 3rd millennium BC?
A) Assyrians
B) Hattian people
C) Hittites
D) Kaskians
  • 40. What did merchants from Assyria establish in the lower city of Hattusa in the 19th and 18th centuries BC?
A) A trading post
B) A cremation cemetery
C) A massive wall
D) A royal palace
  • 41. Where was the center of the Assyrian merchants who traded at Hattusa?
A) Kanesh
B) Sapinuwa
C) Kussara
D) Tarhuntassa
  • 42. Which Hittite king moved the capital from Neša to Hattusa around 1650 BC?
A) Anitta
B) Tudhaliya I
C) Labarna
D) Suppiluliuma I
  • 43. What name did Labarna take after moving the capital to Hattusa?
A) Anittas
B) Hattusili
C) Muwatalli
D) Mursili
  • 44. To which city did the Hittites temporarily move the capital north under King Tudhaliya I due to Kaskian attacks?
A) Kanesh
B) Tarhuntassa
C) Kussara
D) Sapinuwa
  • 45. To which southern city did Muwatalli II move the capital?
A) Neša
B) Büyükkale
C) Sapinuwa
D) Tarhuntassa
  • 46. Who was assigned as governor over Hattusa by Muwatalli II?
A) Hattusili III
B) Tudhaliya I
C) Suppiluliuma I
D) Mursili III
  • 47. Which Hittite ruler returned the seat of government to Hattusa in the mid-13th century BC?
A) Muwatalli II
B) Mursili III
C) Anitta
D) Labarna
  • 48. What was the total peak area covered by the city of Hattusa?
A) 1.0 km2
B) 0.8 km2
C) 6.0 km2
D) 1.8 km2
  • 49. During whose reign were the massive walls of Hattusa erected?
A) Labarna
B) Mursili III
C) Suppiluliuma I
D) Anitta
  • 50. What was the area of the inner city of Hattusa?
A) 3.0 km2
B) 1.0 km2
C) 1.8 km2
D) 0.8 km2
  • 51. How many temples were located in the outer city?
A) Four
B) Two
C) Three
D) Five
  • 52. What type of burials are mostly found in the cemeteries outside the walls of Hattusa?
A) Mummified burials
B) Shaft burials
C) Catacomb burials
D) Cremation burials
  • 53. What was the modern estimated population of Hattusa at its peak?
A) 1,000
B) 100,000
C) 10,000
D) 50,000
  • 54. What environmental factor has been suggested as occurring at the time of the city's disintegration?
A) A massive flood
B) A prolonged ice age
C) A regional drought
D) A volcanic eruption
  • 55. Which Egyptian leader was involved in the peace settlement with the Hittites after the Battle of Kadesh?
A) Akhenaten
B) Tutankhamun
C) Ramsesses I
D) Ramesses II
  • 56. At which Anatolian center is Maşat Höyük located?
A) Hattusa
B) Sapinuwa
C) Bogazköy
D) Tabigga
  • 57. Where were the pair of sphinxes originally found in Hattusa?
A) At the southern gate
B) At the karum
C) In the royal archives
D) At the northern gate
  • 58. When were the sphinxes taken to Germany for restoration?
A) 1934
B) 1917
C) 1924
D) 2011
  • 59. When was the better-preserved sphinx returned to Turkey?
A) 1934
B) 1917
C) 1924
D) 2011
  • 60. When was the sphinx from the Pergamon Museum moved to the Boğazköy Museum?
A) 2011
B) 1934
C) 1917
D) 1924
  • 61. Where is the Boğazköy Museum located?
A) Next to the United Nations
B) In Istanbul
C) Outside the Hattusa ruins
D) Inside the Pergamon Museum
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