By The Book
This Dr. Seuss book famously reminds readers that "The more that you read, the more things you will know."
What is I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!?
This famous U.S. library serves as the research arm of Congress?
What is the Library of Congress?
This heavy machine is commonly used to dig trenches and foundations.
What is an excavator?
This author created the boy wizard Harry Potter.
Who is J.K. Rowling?
This Paris landmark was originally criticized as an eyesore when it was built in 1889.
What is the Eiffel Tower?
This novel by Ray Bradbury imagines a future where books are illegal and burned.
What is Fahrenheit 451?
Andrew Carnegie funded over 2,500 of these institutions worldwide.
What are public libraries?
This material is made from cement, sand, gravel, and water.
What is concrete?
This American author wrote The Old Man and the Sea.
Who is Ernest Hemingway?
Frank Lloyd Wright designed this famous house that appears to float over a waterfall.
What is Fallingwater?
Umberto Eco set this murder mystery almost entirely inside a medieval monastery library.
What is The Name of the Rose?
This ancient library in Egypt was one of the largest centers of knowledge in the ancient world.
What is the Library of Alexandria?
These metal bars are placed inside concrete to make it stronger in tension.
What is rebar?
This Gothic novelist wrote Frankenstein at just 18 years old.
Who is Mary Shelley?
This New York Building was briefly the world's tallest and is topped with a distinctive spire.
What is the Chrysler Building?
This Jorge Luis Borges short story describes an infinite library containing every possible book.
What is The Library of Babel?
This modern library in Seattle is known for its glass-and-steel design by Rem Koolhaas.
What is the Seattle Central Library?
Studs in residential framing are commonly spaced this many inches on center.
What is 16 inches?
This Argentine writer is famous for labyrinths, mirrors, and infinite libraries.
Who is Jorge Luis Borges?
This building in Rome has a massive concrete dome and an oculus at its center.
What is the Pantheon?
This architect-turned-author wrote The Fountainhead, a novel centered on buildings and creative control.
Who is Ayn Rand?
This fictional magical library in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series has book that can read you back.
What is the Unseen University Library?
This U.S. agency sets and enforces workplace safety regulations.
What is OSHA?
This author of Invisible Cities explored imaginary architecture through conversations with Kublai Khan.
Who is Italo Calvino?
This term refers to buildings designed primarily for function rather than decoration.
What is functionalism?