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1. What building was the first to have more than 100 floors?
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2. What structure did Shah Jahan build at Agra in the 17th century as a tomb for his wife?
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3. What country gave the Statue of Liberty to the United States?
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4. What New York City building is intended to be 1,776 feet tall at its completion?
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5. A cathedral in France with what name was briefly the world's tallest building in the late 1800's?
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6. What Wisconsin-born architect designed Taliesin and the Guggenheim Museum?
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7. In what country are the Petronas Towers?
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8. What Presidential monument in Washington, DC is in the shape of an obelisk?
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9. What round megalithic monument stands on England's Salisbury Plain?
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10. What clay/straw bricks are common in construction in the Southwestern United States?
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11. What St. Louis structure is the tallest manmade U.S. memorial and was built in the 1960's?
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12. The gigantic palace complex in Beijing built during the 15th century is known by what name?
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13. What slender structure topped by a revolving restaurant was built for the Seattle 1962 World's Fair?
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14. What term describes a structure built against a wall to support or reinforce it?
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15. What bridge, built in the late 19th century, was the last bridge designed by John Roebling?
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16. What octagonal building in Jerusalem was the first major Islamic monument?
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17. What temple complex, built in the 12th century in what is now Cambodia, honors the Hindu god Vishnu?
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18. What wall, built in the 2nd century B.C., marked the northern limit of the Roman Empire in England?
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19. What French term describes a decorative painting intended to appear real?
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20. What U.S. building was the tallest in the world from 1974 through 1998?
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21. What architect created the concept of the geodesic dome?
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22. What site, also called Hearst Castle, was built in the 20th century for William Randolph Hearst?
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23. What German architect founded the Bauhaus school of design?
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24. What was the intended purpose of the spire at the top of the Empire State Building?
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25. Who designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC?
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What building was the first to have more than 100 floors?
What structure did Shah Jahan build at Agra in the 17th century as a...
What country gave the Statue of Liberty to the United States?
What New York City building is intended to be 1,776 feet tall at its...
A cathedral in France with what name was briefly the world's tallest...
What Wisconsin-born architect designed Taliesin and the Guggenheim...
In what country are the Petronas Towers?
What Presidential monument in Washington, DC is in the shape of an...
What round megalithic monument stands on England's Salisbury Plain?
What clay/straw bricks are common in construction in the Southwestern...
What St. Louis structure is the tallest manmade U.S. memorial and was...
The gigantic palace complex in Beijing built during the 15th century...
What slender structure topped by a revolving restaurant was built for...
What term describes a structure built against a wall to support or...
What bridge, built in the late 19th century, was the last bridge...
What octagonal building in Jerusalem was the first major Islamic...
What temple complex, built in the 12th century in what is now...
What wall, built in the 2nd century B.C., marked the northern limit of...
What French term describes a decorative painting intended to appear...
What U.S. building was the tallest in the world from 1974 through...
What architect created the concept of the geodesic dome?
What site, also called Hearst Castle, was built in the 20th century...
What German architect founded the Bauhaus school of design?
What was the intended purpose of the spire at the top of the Empire...
Who designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC?
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