1. The Queen of Irkalla was said to have been married to (and have shared rulership with)...
   A)  Humbaba

   B)  GeldauTomat

   C)  Nergal

   D)  Gilgamesh

2. Who else was said to have been this Queen’s consort?
   A)  Gugalana

   B)  Enlil

   C)  Illuvàtar

   D)  Kurshatten

3. Where was the location of the main temple dedicated to The Great Lady Under the Earth?
   A)  Eridu

   B)  Shuruppak

   C)  Babylon

   D)  Cuthah

4. Who was the Lady’s sibling and counterpart
   A)  Marduk

   B)  Innanna

   C)  Xena

   D)  Ea

5. What is the name of the "demon hole" through which humans might be sucked into the netherworld (this year: Germania)?
   A)  Alal

   B)  Api

   C)  Apis

   D)  Apil

6. What archaeological artifacts did the protective paraffinum wax blocks contain that were re-discovered after more than 50 years of gathering dust in a storeroom of the British Museum, labelled "crushed skulls"?
   A)  Crushed skulls of children from human sacrifices, app. 4,000 years old

   B)  Chainsaw prototype, alligator-toothed and hand-operated via ivory crank, very old

   C)  Ceremonial headgears of female servants buried alive, app. 4,500 years old

   D)  Clay tablets, the oldest known fragments of "Gilgamesh", app. 5,500 years old

7. Batara Kala, Emma-O, Oya and Yama are colleagues of...
   A)  Ereshkigal

   B)  Tiamat

   C)  Damgalnuna

   D)  Ninhursag

8. For the funeral of his lover, Hephaistion, in the city of Babylon, Alexander made which ill-omened decision?
   A)  All temple fires had to be extinguished

   B)  All Babylonians had to shave their heads

   C)  Alexander declared Hephaistion a god

   D)  Answers a and c are correct

9. In Babylonian Astrology, which planet was associated with the God of War and Death?
   A)  Sun

   B)  Mars

   C)  Saturn

   D)  Pluto

10. Since the beginning of recorded history, whose spirit is invoked when kash runs low because cash is low?
   A)  Apil

   B)  Mae

   C)  Juno

   D)  Augustus