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Quiz: Guess that world landmark

10 global locations to get you thinking (or reminiscing).

By Andrew Rasch
Published: Wednesday, November 15, 2023

What’s your area of expertise? Gardening? Cooking? Or maybe it’s history? If it’s world landmarks, we have a quiz just for you.

Maybe you’ve been to one of these destinations or always wanted to go. Or they may feature in one of your favourite movies. Whatever it is, let’s get solving.

*Enter your answers, then click ‘see my results’ at the end to check your score.

1. Carved by natural forces for millions of years, this natural wonder has incredible views from various vantage points. With a length of nearly 450km, it offers a range of tourist activities, including helicopter flights, donkey rides and rafting.*
- A. Death Valley (USA)
- B. Monument Valley (USA)
- C. The Grand Canyon (USA)
2. Work on this landmark began around 5000 years ago but it took more than 1000 years to build over four stages. Fictional English heavy metal band, Spinal Tap, even wrote a song about it.*
- A. The Parthenon (Greece)
- B. Taj Mahal (India)
- C. Stonehenge (England)
3. The name of this incredible sandstone monument is Arabic for ‘The Treasury’. Thought to have been built as a mausoleum and crypt at the beginning of the first century AD, it featured in an Indiana Jones film.*
- A. Al-Khazneh (Jordan)
- B. Wadi Bani Khalid (Oman)
- C. Nasir-ol-molk Mosque (Iran)
4. Also known as Mosi-oa-Tunya, these waterfalls are forever associated with the alleged words, “Dr Livingstone, I presume.” The falls are about 1.7km wide and 128m high and during the wet season, more than 500 million litres of water flow over the crestline each minute.*
- A. Niagara Falls (Canada/USA)
- B. Victoria Falls (Zambia/Zimbabwe)
- C. Angel Falls (Venezuela)
5. Construction of this building started in 1173 and finished in 1399. This instantly recognisable structure was built in the Romanesque style and includes nearly 300 steps to the top. It’s also a popular photo opportunity for travellers.*
- A. Leaning Tower of Pisa (Italy)
- B. Torre delle Milizie (Italy)
- C. Oude Kerk (Netherlands)
6. Even at an elevation of 2350m, this site can commonly be reached on a day trip or a three-day walk. Although not widely known in the Western World until the 20th century, it’s thought to have been built and occupied from the mid-15th century to the early or mid-16th century.*
- A. Angkor Wat (Cambodia)
- B. Chichen Itza (Mexico)
- C. Machu Picchu (Peru)
7. At more than 828m, and 160 storeys high, this has been the world’s tallest building since 2009. Tom Cruise must have liked it too, or why else would he climb it in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol?*
- A. Burj Khalifa (United Arab Emirates)
- B. Taipei 101 (Taiwan)
- C. Willis Tower (USA)
8. This distinct suspension bridge – often seen poking through fog – was finished in 1937 and has a total length of 2737m. It weighs more than New York City’s Empire State Building and is painted continuously.*
- A. Brooklyn Bridge (USA)
- B. Golden Gate Bridge (USA)
- C. Manhattan Bridge (USA)
9. The name of this famous, ancient citadel roughly translates to ‘city on the air’ and it contains several important buildings, most notably the Parthenon. The coordinated construction of this place occurred in the fifth century BC.*
- A. The Acropolis of Athens (Greece)
- B. The Colosseum (Italy)
- C. The Temple of Hephaestus (Greece)
10. This monument was dreamed up to attract visitors to the area and it worked, with around three million visitors each year. Construction began in 1927 and finished in 1941 and the carving itself was done by more than 400 people.*
- A. Space Mountain (USA)
- B. Crazy Horse Mountain (USA)
- C. Mount Rushmore (USA)

Images: Getty

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