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Quiz 50 Answers

1. How was Ötzi, the mummy from the Alps, preserved?
a. By being buried in bacteria killing soil
b. The body was dried out using natron salt
c. By being frozen in the ice
d. By being enclosed in an air tight container


2. Tollund Man was a mummy preserved by natural conditions where?
a. In a desert
b. On a mountain
c. In a cemetery
d. In a peat bog


3. The oldest mummies in the world come from where?

a. Egypt
b. Chile and Peru
c. Russia
d. India and Pakistan


4. Bob Brier is famous for what?

a. Finding the Chinchorro mummies
b. Studying peat bog mummies
c. Recreating the ancient Egyptian techniques of mummification
d. Inventing CT scanning




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