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Landmarks & Architecture Trivia

Cathedrals, skyscrapers, bridges, temples and monuments — and the architects who designed them. This category asks where famous buildings stand, who built them, and why they look the way they do.

You type the answer yourself. Each question comes with a short fact about the building or its design.

  • 185questions
  • 39easy
  • 54medium
  • 92hard

What's covered

  • Famous buildings
  • Monuments
  • Architects
  • Skyscrapers
  • Bridges
  • Architectural styles

Landmarks & Architecture Trivia: sample questions

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  1. easy

    Which suspension bridge in San Francisco is famously painted in the color known as International Orange?

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    Golden Gate Bridge

    The color was chosen because it stood out well against San Francisco's frequent fog while complementing the surrounding hills.

  2. easy

    What is the popular nickname for the Great Bell of the Great Clock housed in the tower at the north end of London's Palace of Westminster?

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    Big Ben

    The name technically refers only to the bell, while the tower itself was officially renamed Elizabeth Tower in 2012 for Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee.

  3. medium

    In which country would you find the Mayan step-pyramid known as El Castillo, whose four staircases total 365 steps to match the days of the solar year?

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    Mexico

    During the spring and autumn equinoxes, sunlight on the pyramid creates a shadow resembling a serpent slithering down its northern staircase.

  4. medium

    Built by Herod the Great as part of the Temple Mount's retaining structure, what ancient stone site in Jerusalem's Old City is Judaism's holiest place of prayer?

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    Western Wall

    Jews were barred from visiting the site for 19 years under Jordanian control until Israel captured the Old City in the 1967 Six-Day War.

  5. hard

    Which French structural engineer, also known for the Normandy Bridge, co-designed France's soaring Millau Viaduct alongside architect Norman Foster?

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    Michel Virlogeux

    One of the Millau Viaduct's masts (pylon P2) rises to 343 meters, making it about 19 meters taller than the Eiffel Tower (330 m) and the tallest bridge structure in the world.

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