Eiffel Tower
Located on this continent
What is Europe?
Located in this country
What is India?
Located in this country
What is Peru?
Located in the northern or southern part of the continent of Africa?
What is the northern?
True or False
There is a town located in the Grand Canyon. It's mail is delivered by helicopter.
False
There IS a town, Supai, in the Grand Canyon but its mail is delivered by mule.
True or False The Eiffel Tower grows taller in the summer.
True, due to thermal expansion it can grow up to 6 inches.
This is the material used to build the Taj Mahal
What is marble?
Machu Picchu is part of this mountain range.
What are the Andes?
The Pyramids of Giza were built approximately 4,600 years ago or 1,200 years ago.
What is 4,600 years ago?
True or False
The Sydney Opera House is so big, eight 747 airplanes could fit on the site.
True!
True or False
During WWII, the French cut the elevator cables so Hitler would have to climb the stair to reach the top.
True
This is what Taj Mahal means.
What is "Crown Palace"?
Why was the city built of stones put together without mortar?
It was built on 2 fault lines (think EARTHQUAKES!), so the stones will move but settle back into place.
The sides of the pyramids were oriented nearly perfectly for this purpose.
What is to face north, south, east, and west?
True or False
The Great Wall of China is so large, it is visible from space.
False, although you frequently hear this stated as fact.
True or False
The Eiffel Tower was meant to be a permanent part of Paris.
False.
It was originally intended to be a temporary exhibit for the 1889 World's Fair.
This is why Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal.
What is as a mausoleum to house the tomb of his favorite wife who died in childbirth?
Machu Picchu was built by this civilization; Incan or Mayan
What is Incan?
True or False
These pyramids were built using slave labor.
False
Evidence has shown that many who built the pyramids in Giza were artisans, skilled builders and paid laborers.
True or False
Some of the mortar (holding the stones together) was made using sticky rice flour.
True :)
The sticky rice flour was mixed with lime (powdered rock) and water.
How many times a year does the tower get struck by lightning?
What is about 10?
This changes about the Taj Mahal, based on the time of day.
What is its color (pinkish in the morning, white in the evening, gold under the moon)?
True or False
Animals were used to haul stones up the mountainside.
False
Workers moved all stones by hand.
This was the original outer coating of the pyramids.
What is white limestone?
What is, because it is the highest point above sea-level?