Ra trivia quiz questions with answers
Who was Ra in Egyptian mythology?
Answer: Ra was the god of the sun and creator of the universe in Egyptian
mythology.
What was Ra's symbol?
Answer: The sun disk.
Who was Ra's wife?
Answer: Hathor.
What was Ra's role in the Egyptian creation myth?
Answer: Ra created the universe by speaking its existence into being.
Which animal was associated with Ra?
Answer: The falcon.
What was the name of Ra's boat that sailed across the
sky each day?
Answer: The Sun Barque.
Which city was considered the center of Ra worship in
ancient Egypt?
Answer: Heliopolis.
Which pharaoh was known for his worship of Ra and built
the largest temple to the god at Abu Simbel?
Answer: Ramses II.
What was the name of the journey that Ra took each
night through the underworld?
Answer: The Night Journey.
Which goddess was Ra said to have swallowed each night,
only to give birth to her again each morning?
Answer: Nut.
Which god was said to be the son of Ra and the god of
the moon?
Answer: Thoth.
Which goddess was said to be the daughter of Ra and the
goddess of love?
Answer: Bastet.
Who was the god that rebelled against Ra and was
punished by being cast into the underworld?
Answer: Set.
Which goddess was said to protect Ra as he sailed
through the underworld?
Answer: Isis.
Which god was said to protect Ra as he sailed through
the sky each day?
Answer: Horus.
What was the name of the festival held in honor of Ra
each year?
Answer: The Festival of Ra.
Which god was said to be the personification of Ra's
heat and destructive power?
Answer: Sekhmet.
What was the name of the ceremony performed each day to
awaken Ra and begin his journey across the sky?
Answer: The Opening of the Mouth.
Which goddess was said to be the mother of Ra?
Answer: Nut.
Which pharaoh was known for his religious reforms that
diminished the importance of Ra and other gods in favor of the god Aten?
Answer: Akhenaten.
What was the name of the sun temple built by Ramses II
at Abu Simbel in honor of Ra?
Answer: The Temple of Ra-Horakhty.
What was the name of the monster that Ra was said to
have defeated in order to create the world?
Answer: Apep.
What was the name of the pharaoh who was said to be the
son of Ra and who claimed to be the living embodiment of the god on Earth?
Answer: Pharaohs were often referred to as the "Sons of Ra," but there is
not a specific pharaoh associated with this myth.
What was the name of the amulet worn by ancient
Egyptians as a symbol of Ra's protection?
Answer: The Eye of Ra.
Which god was said to be the protector of the solar
boat that carried Ra across the sky?
Answer: Sobek.
What was the name of the barge that Ra was said to ride
on during his journey through the underworld?
Answer: The Boat of Millions of Years.
What was the name of the god who was said to be the
personification of Ra's creative power?
Answer: Ptah.
What was the name of the festival held in honor of Ra
at the end of the agricultural year?
Answer: The Feast of Opet.