Stone Age quiz

More questions about Stone Age

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1. 1 Easy

   Which stone can make blades sharper than a steel scalpel?

   Answer: Obsidian

   Why: A finely knapped obsidian edge can taper to about three nanometers, far finer than a steel scalpel's edge.

2. 2 Medium

   When does the rising sun light up Newgrange's inner chamber?

   Answer: Winter solstice

   Why: The beam enters through a roof-box above the doorway and lights the chamber floor for about 17 minutes.

3. 3 Hard

   How did people enter their homes at Çatalhöyük?

   Answer: Through the roof

   Why: With houses packed wall to wall and no streets between them, the rooftops served as the town's walkways.

4. 4 Easy

   What made the red color in Ice Age cave paintings?

   Answer: Ochre

   Why: Red ochre owes its color to hematite, an iron oxide mineral that does not decay, which is why it lasts on cave walls.

5. 5 Medium

   Which sea now covers the lost land of Doggerland?

   Answer: North Sea

   Why: Trawlers fishing over it have hauled up mammoth bones and Stone Age tools, including a barbed antler point in 1931.

6. 6 Hard

   Which country's museum created the Stone, Bronze and Iron Age system?

   Answer: Denmark

   Why: Curator Christian Thomsen ordered objects by what they were found buried with, and published his three-age system in 1836.