Architecture Quiz

1) Which wall is estimated to be around 4,000 miles long and took centuries to build? Answer: The Great Wall of China.

2) Which Roman Emperor had a palace built in Split in Croatia? Answer: Diocletian.

3) Stilt houses are built by people who live over water. They also provide protection against floods. Where would you NOT expect to find traditional stilt houses? Answer: Malta.

4) Who built the Taj Mahal? Answer: Emperor Shah Jahan.

5) Where would you find the Castle of Chillon and Gruyeres Castle? Answer: Switzerland.

6) Many houses along the canals in Amsterdam were built narrow and high to evade a tax on the width of buildings. How do you think people moved furniture and goods into these houses? Answer: Hoists with pulley and tackle to move things through windows.

7) There are a number of seventeenth century Guild Houses in the Grand Place in Belgium. In which city is the Grand Place? Answer: Brussels.

8) The Kremlin was built over many centuries and was both a royal palace and a religious centre. Where is the Kremlin? Answer: Moscow.

9) The White House is the residence of the President of the United States. It was designed by James Hoban at the end of the eighteenth century. Where was he born? Answer: Ireland.

10) In the 1930s Florida's tourist centres were known for Art Deco architecture. Which area in Florida was particularly famous for Art Deco? Answer: Miami.

11) In the 1930s Italians introduced Modernist Architecture to Asmara transforming it into a sophisticated city. Where is Asmara? Answer: Eritrea.

12) Jorn Utzon was the architect of the Sydney Opera House. What nationality was Jorn Utzon? Answer: Danish.

13) French architects designed the Officers Club in Abu Dhabi. How is its roof shaped? Answer: like the wings of a falcon.

14) Which famous American architect designed the Guggenheim Museum and Fallingwater? Answer: Frank Lloyd Wright.

15) Residential accommodation, offices, hotels, schools and hospitals have been built on the man-made Palm Islands, close to Jebel Ali port. Where are Palm Islands? Answer: United Arab Emirates.

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