Hey there, Sydlexians. Amongst all the karaoke, odd-food-consumption videos, mazes, and the like, I'm here on behalf of the Knytehood to bring you a little something different. A quiz!

Now, you may be on the up-and-up on the knights of today, but how much do you know about the knights of yesteryear, and the leaders they served? For your entertainment/frustration/Google-fu skills, I have spent the last few days digging up information and compiling it into this nifty little quiz for you all. The topic this time around: Roman emperors and the Roman army!

And as a little added incentive: The first person to get all 10 questions correct gets a special-order photoshop of their choosing. That's right, I'll attempt to put my (totally awesomely amazing) photoshop skills to work for you.

Best of luck to you, and please vote The Knytehood for this 2011 Forum Battle.

Aika's Awesomely Awesome Roman Emperor & Roman Army Quiz wrote:

01. Name That Emperor: He boned his sister and tried to make his "best friend" (read: his horse) a consol and priest. Also claimed to be divine. Was assassinated in a joint effort between the senate and the Pratorian Guard. A: Carcalla B: Carinus C: Caligula D: Claudius 02. Name That Emperor: Had his first wife, Octavia, murdered, and her head sent to his girlfriend Poppaea; he then proceeded to murder Poppaea. Also assassinated his mother, who got him on the throne in the first place. A: Nero B: Numerian C: Nerva D: Hadrian 03. Name That Emperor: Won the throne by outbidding his competition and promising to pay 25,000 sesterii to each man in the emperor's Praetorian Guard (the common wage was only 900-1,200 sesterii). Was assassinated after only 66 days on the throne when he couldn't afford to pay them. A: Marcus Aurelius B: Antoninus Pius C: Lucius Verus D: Didius Julianus 04. Name That Emperor: Put on the throne by the Praetorian Guard... and subsequently assassinated by Praetorian Guard less than 90 days later. A: Antoninus Pius B: Pertinax C: Domitian D: Commodus 05. Name That Emperor: His third wife was rumored to be a nymphomaniac who once competed with a prostitute to see which could have more lovers in a single night. Finally had her executed after she married her lover in a public ceremony while he (the emperor) was out of town. Sorces conflict as to whether or not she divorced the emperor first. A: Carcalla B: Carinus C: Caligula D: Claudius 06. The Praetorian Guard was a force of bodyguards used by emperors in Rome. Maybe not so surprisingly, they were also responsible for assassinating several emperors themselves. Between 63 BC and 275 AD, Rome had about 42 emperors. How many do we know for certain were assassinated by the Praetorian Guard, with or without direction from the senate? A: 2 B: 5 C: 8 D: 15 07. In 193 AD alone, Rome managed to go through three emperors. Name them in chronological order. 08. Let's focus more on soldiers now! What did Roman soldiers wear under their leather kilt? A: Underpants B: Fig leaves C: Nothing D: They wore kilts? 09. When you joined the army, how long were you required to serve? A: 5 years B: 10 years C: 25 years D: For life. 10. How tall did you have to be to serve? A: Over 6 feet. B: A little under 6 feet. C: A little over 5 feet. D: There was no height requirement.

And, because I'm totally thinking of you, here's an answer sheet. Remember, #7 is a fill-in-the-blank.

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Good luck!

(And yes, I am totally up at 4am finishing and posting this quiz. For you, my fellow Sydlexians... for you. <3)

sidewaydriver wrote:

Are you tricking us into doing your homework?

Now wouldn't that be clever 8D No, I actually have been working on this for the last few weeks.

Captain_Pollution wrote:

01: A 02: C 03: D 04: C 05: A 06: C 07: D 08: C 09: A 10: C

lol <3

Also, 20%.