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United States
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Merry Old England and other kingdoms
Tall?
Famous
Do you know?
100
town our school is in
What is Norwood?
100
Where the president lives
What is the White House?
100
Jerusalem’s iconic symbol with a golden roof has dominated the Temple Mount for centuries. This Islamic holy place stands on a site that is sacred to Jews, Christians and Muslims.
• To Jews, this is where Abraham, in a supreme act of faith, prepared to offer his son Isaac on Mount Moriah. It is also the place where the Temple once stood.
• To Christians it is where the baby Jesus was presented in the Temple; where he was found among the teachers as a 12-year-old; where he later prayed and taught — and drove the money-changers out of the Temple precincts. For most of the 12th century, when the Crusaders controlled Jerusalem, this was actually a Christian church.
• To Muslims this is where Muhammad prayed and went to paradise during his Night Journey from Mecca to Jerusalem and back to Mecca on the winged steed called Al-Burak.
What is the Dome of the Rock?
100
This wrought-iron lattice tower in Paris, France was named after the engineer whose company designed and built it from 1887 to 1889 as the centerpiece of the 1889 World's Fair.
What is the Eiffel Tower?
100
The nickname for the Great Bell of the Great Clock of Westminster, at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, England, the name is frequently extended to refer also to the clock and the clock tower.
What is Big Ben?
100
This skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is known for being the world’s tallest building!
What is The Burj Khalifa?
100
In Beijing, China, this is the world's largest palace complex, big enough to hold 50 Buckingham Palaces, it served as the symbolic and political center of imperial China between 1420 and 1912.
What is the Forbidden City?
100
Architect who designed the Olmsted Campus in Buffalo, New York
Who is H.H. Richardson?
200
Gateway to the west, found in St. Louis Missouri
What is the Arch?
200
Where the congress works
What is the Capitol Building?
200
This palace and fortress complex located in Spain, is one of the most famous monuments of Islamic architecture and one of the best-preserved palaces of the historic Islamic world.
What is Alhambra?
200
A mythical creature with the head of a human, the body of a lion, and the wings of a falcon found in Egypt. Carved from a single mass of limestone approximately 66 feet tall and 240 feet long, it is one of the largest and oldest monolithic statues in the world.
What is the Sphinx?
200
30 St Mary Axe is a commercial skyscraper in London's primary financial district, the City of London. It was completed in December 2003 and opened in April 2004. It gets its nickname because it resembles a pickle!
What is the Gherkin?
200
This 128-story, skyscraper is the tallest building in China and the world's third-tallest building by height to architectural top. It is the tallest and largest LEED Platinum certified building in the world since 2015.
What is the Shanghai Tower?
200
With its shimmering sails and shells design and prominent position, this building has come to define the nation of Australia. It houses a performing arts center! It made an appearance in Finding Nemo!
What is the Sydney Opera House?
200
Architect associated with the Geodesic dome
Who is Buckminster Fuller?
300
Last battle of Davy Crockett, found in Texas
What is the Alamo?
300
This suspension bridge spans the one-mile-wide strait connecting San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean
What is the Golden Gate Bridge?
300
A temple complex in Cambodia and is the largest religious monument in the world, originally Hindu then converted to Buddhism.
What is Angkor Wat?
300
This 13,171 mile long stone structure (1/2 the length of the equator) served as the border of this country. Begun in 770 BC, some places are wide enough for two chariots to pass (13-16 feet wide)
What is the Great Wall of China?
300
Formerly London Bridge Tower, this 72-story skyscraper, designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano, is home to some of the best offices, restaurants, and hotel rooms in London - along with breathtaking views. The architect said, ‘This is my vision: I foresee the tower as a ‘Vertical City’, for thousands of people to work in and enjoy, and for millions to take to their hearts.’
What is the Shard?
300
These are the tallest twin towers in the world since 1996. They are Malaysia’s proudest icon and architectural wonders.
What are the PETRONAS Twin Towers?
300
This contemporary Art Museum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is one of the city’s main landmarks. It was completed in 1996 and looks kind of like a flying saucer.
What is Niteroi?
300
This was the first domed stadium in 1965.
What is The Astrodome?
400
If you stand crooked it looks straight! Found in Italy.
What is the Leaning Tower of Pisa?
400
American cathedral of the Episcopal Church in the gothic style. Some presidential funerals are held here including the funerals of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, and George H.W. Bush.
What is the Washington National Cathedral?
400
In the jungles of Indonesia, it is the world's largest Buddhist temple with stone bells containing Buddhas.
What is Borobudur?
400
This thriving and sophisticated Roman city was buried under meters of ash and pumice after the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D.
What is Pompeii?
400
Believed to be built from 3000 BC to 2000 BC, this monument in England consists of an outer ring of vertical standing stones, each around 13 feet high, seven feet wide, and weighing around 25 tons, topped by connecting horizontal lintel stones. It is aligned towards the sunrise on the summer solstice. While there are many similar places in England, this is considered the most famous.
What is Stonehenge?
400
In Taiwan, this was originally the tallest building in the world until the Burj Khalifa surpassed it.
What is Taipei 101?
400
This Islamic ivory-white marble mausoleum in India was built as a burial spot for his favorite wife in 1631. Shah Jahan is also buried there.
What is the Taj Mahal?
400
The first stadium with a fully retractable roof, creating the best of both weather worlds for the CFL's Argonauts and MLB's Blue Jays.
What is the SkyDome?
500
This colossal statue greets immigrants in New York Harbor, in New York City.
What is the Statue of Liberty?
500
Obelisk shaped building within the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built to commemorate George Washington, first President of the United States.
What is the Washington Monument?
500
This medieval cathedral, located in Paris, is considered one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture. Part caught fire and burned recently. A football team has the same name!
What is Notre Dame?
500
From 600-900 AD this was one of the largest Maya cities in Mexico, it featured a step-pyramid temple.
What is Chichen Itza?
500
A Royal home and fortress for over 900 years, the oldest and largest occupied castle in the world.
What is Windsor Castle?
500
The Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas, the China–Nepal border runs across its summit point. Its elevation of 8,848.86 meters.
What is Mount Everest?
500
This spiral building built by Frank Lloyd Wright houses an art museum in New York City.
What is the Guggenheim Museum?
500
The main part of the existing structures was built between 1000 AD and 1450 AD of this material— which makes the Taos Pueblo the oldest building in America.
What is adobe?
600
If we travel to Pennsylvania, we could find this iconic Frank Lloyd Wright building built over a creek.
What is Falling Water?
600
Iconic, 605-ft.-tall spire in Washington state with an observation deck & a rotating restaurant.
What is the Seattle Space Needle?
600
This church built in the Renaissance style is located in Vatican City, (where the Pope lives) within the city of Rome, Italy. Construction of the present basilica began in 1506 and was completed in 1626. Michelangelo was important in the design and construction.
What is Saint Peter's Basilica?
600
This Incan citadel sits high in the Andes Mountains in Peru. Built in the 15th century and later abandoned, it is known for its stone walls built of huge blocks without the use of mortar, buildings that align with the stars, and panoramic views.
What is Machu Picchu?
600
The largest and most visited castle in Japan, also known as White Heron Castle due to its elegant, white appearance. It was built on a natural hilltop between 1581 and 1609 CE.
What is Himeji Castle?
600
One of the main inspirations for its architectural shape is an ancient Chinese pagoda, where each level is similar to the next and gradually narrows as it rises. Another important element is the number ‘8’ which, in Chinese culture, is considered prosperous and lucky. The mind-bending mathematics of this stepped-back form is best explained by the firm: Each segment's height is reduced by one-eighth of the original base height and continues until the segment height is eight levels. At this point the Hotel begins and each segment reduces one-eighth of the 8-level segment until it reaches the 88th level._ Eights also appear in the buildings advanced structural engineering system which fortifies the building against the typhoon winds and earthquakes typical of the region. The composite steel-and-concrete structure features eight mega columns of concrete and eight of steel situated around the tower's concrete core.
What is the Jinmao Building?
600
This is the largest monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church, with a history that dates back for hundreds of years, located around 70 kilometers to the north-east of Moscow, Russia. It contains the largest church bell in Russia!
What is Trinity St Sergius Lavra?
600
An historic house built ca. 1641, is considered the oldest surviving timber-frame house in North America that has been verified by dendrochronology testing. It is found in this east coast state.
What is Massachusetts?
700
Decorated for Christmas, this city center is famous!
What is the Rockefeller Center?
700
Built from 1930-31, this iconic New York structure stood as the world's tallest building until the construction of the World Trade Center in 1970.
What is the Empire State Building?
700
Symbol of Milan in the world, is one of the largest cathedrals in Italy and Europe, one of the largest Catholic cathedrals in the world, able to hold more than 40,000 people. Made of pink and white marble with 35 spires and 3400 statues.
What is Duomo Milan, Italy?
700
Dating to around 300 B.C., it was the capital of the Nabatean Kingdom. Accessed by a narrow canyon called Al Siq, it contains tombs and temples carved into pink sandstone cliffs, earning its nickname, the "Rose City." Perhaps its most famous structure is a temple with an ornate, Greek-style façade, known as The Treasury.
What is Petra, Jordan?
700
This 1,300-year-old structure is the highest palace in the world and was originally built as a gesture of love, commissioned by a Tibetan king for his marriage to a Princess. Eventually monks came to rule Tibet and the palace was expanded and converted into the winter residence for the Dalai Lama. When the Dalai Lama was exiled to India in 1959, the Chinese government took over and made the grounds into a museum.
What is the Potala Palace?
700
During your visit to Rome, this historical temple dedicated to all gods allows you to gaze up at the oculus, the opening to the heavens and marvel at the architectural wonder of the coffered concrete dome – the biggest ever built.
What is the Pantheon?
700
In Azerbaijan you will find this building created to be a white curving formation housing an auditorium, exhibition area, and public spaces.
What is the Heydar Aliyev Center?
700
This is the year the International Space Station was launched.
What is November 20, 1998?
800
This is Wright County county seat. It has the court house and the jail.
What is Hartville?
800
This was a large complex of seven buildings in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It opened on April 4, 1973, and was destroyed in 2001 during the September 11 attacks when planes were flown into the two tallest buildings.
What is the World Trade Center?
800
This is an Orthodox church in Red Square of Moscow, and is one of the most popular cultural symbols of Russia with its colorful onion domes.
What is Saint Basil's Cathedral?
800
An oval amphitheater in the center of the city of Rome, Italy, this is the largest ancient amphitheater ever built, and is still the largest standing amphitheater in the world today, despite its age from AD 70–80
What is The Colosseum?
800
A castle and court associated with the legendary King Arthur, this literary place first appeared in 12th-century French romances and came to be described as the fantastic capital of Arthur's realm.
What is Camelot?
800
The tallest building in the United States as of 2022.
What is the One World Trade Center?
800
The world's most-visited museum, and an historic landmark in Paris, France. It is the home of some of the best-known works of art, including the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo.
What is The Louvre?
800
Listen, my children, and you shall hear
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five:
Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year.
He said to his friend, “If the British march
By land or sea from the town to-night,
Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry-arch
Of the North-Church-tower, as a signal-light,—
One if by land, and two if by sea;
And I on the opposite shore will be,
Ready to ride and spread the alarm
Through every Middlesex village and farm,
For the country-folk to be up and to arm.”
This is the town where you will find the North Church.
What is Boston? Founded in 1723, Christ Church in the City of Boston, known as the Old North Church, is Boston's oldest surviving church and most visited historical site
1000
This Egyptian wonder of the world is an iconic shape which is found in its name.
What is the Pyramid?
1000
This massive sculpture carved in granite includes roughly 60 foot tall majestic figures of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln, surrounded by the beauty of the Black Hills of South Dakota. It was completed in 1941.
What is Mount Rushmore?
1000
This mosque and major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey was a Greek Orthodox church from 360 AD until the conquest of Constantinople by the Ottoman Empire in 1453. It served as a mosque until 1935, when it became a museum.
What is the Hagia Sophia?
1000
This former temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, was dedicated to the goddess Athena during the fifth century BC. Its decorative sculptures are considered some of the high points of Greek art, an enduring symbol of Ancient Greece, democracy and Western civilization.
What is the Parthenon?
1000
This bustling Arabian desert kingdom, currently under the rule of a kind-hearted Sultan and his daughter, Princess Jasmine soon becomes the home of Aladdin.
What is Agrabah?
1000
Number of floors in the Burj Khalifa.
What is 163?
1000
On this island you will find massive megaliths built in approximately 1400 - 1650 A.D. by the natives of this island. Once thought to be heads, all of these "heads" have full bodies. There are around 1000 statues, up to 86 tons in weight and 10 m in height, though average is around half of that.
What is Easter Island?
1000
Four glass boxes hang out over the building's 103rd floor, offering a thrilling experience and even better views from 1,353 feet off the ground. Chicago’s tallest skyscraper was built in 1970 by then the largest retailer in the world. The black-banded building dominates the Windy City’s skyline and, at 108 stories, is the U.S.’s second-tallest building, surpassed only by NYC’s One World Trade Center.
What is the Sears Tower or the Willis Tower?