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1.

Where did David Byrne, Chris Franz and Tina Weymouth of the Talking Heads first meet?

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Answer: The Rhode Island School Of Design
2.

What was the Talking Heads' first album called?

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Answer: Talking Heads: 77
3.

Who produced the Talking Heads' album "More Songs About Buildings And Food"?

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Answer: Brian Eno
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What is the name of the first movie that David Byrne directed?

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Answer: True Stories
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What was the name of the first band formed by David Byrne and Chris Frantz prior to their stint in Talking Heads?

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Answer: The Artistics
6.

Who originally performed "Take Me to the River", a song covered by the Talking Heads?

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Answer: Al Green
7.

Talking Heads great film "Stop Making Sense" was directed by?

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Answer: Jonathan Demme
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Who was the bass player for Talking Heads?

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Answer: Tina Weymouth
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Who was the last member to join the Talking Heads?

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Answer: Jerry Harrison
10.

Who created the cover art for the Talking Heads' album "Little Creatures"?

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Answer: Howard Finster
11.

Who was missing from the 1996 "reunion" of Talking Heads?

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Answer: David Byrne
12.

What is the name of the theatrical score that David Byrne wrote in 1981?

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Answer: The Catherine Wheel
13.

Where is the United Nations building?

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Answer: New York City
14.

Which of these applies best to the Empire State Building?

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Answer: One-Fifth Of A Mile High
15.

How many stories tall is the Empire State Building?

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Answer: 102 Stories
16.

What is the top of the house called?

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Answer: Roof
17.

Where can romantics visit Caesar's resort in the Pocono Mountains?

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Answer: Pennsylvania
18.

The Bank of America Corporate Center, completed in 1992 at a height of 871 feet, is located where?

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Answer: Charlotte, North Carolina
19.

Where in the world is the China International Center Tower B, at 884 feet tall?

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Answer: China
20.

The First Canadian Place, completed in 1975 at a height of 978 feet, is located where?

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Answer: Toronto
21.

How many columns are in the Lincoln Memorial?

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Answer: 36
22.

What museum in New York City houses Vincent Van Gogh's "Starry Night"?

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Answer: Museum Of Modern Art
23.

What was the second all-metal building to be constructed in the world after the Eiffel Tower?

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Answer: San Sebastian Church, Philippines
24.

How much higher was the World Trade Center than the Empire State Building?

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Answer: 100 Feet
25.

How many stories tall is the "Leaning Tower of Pisa"?

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Answer: 8 Stories
26.

How many elevators are there in the Empire State Building?

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Answer: 73
27.

How many bedrooms are in Buckingham Palace?

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Answer: 240 Bedrooms
28.

How long did the construction of New York's Empire State Building take?

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Answer: 14 Months
29.

How many bricks make up the Empire State Building?

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Answer: 10 Million
30.

How tall does the towering Eiffel Tower stand?

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Answer: 1,063 Feet
31.

The Grand Gateway Plaza I, at 859 feet tall, is found where in the world?

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Answer: Shanghai
32.

Water Tower Place, completed in 1976 at a height of 859 feet, is located where?

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Answer: Chicago
33.

The Trump World Tower, at 861 feet tall, is found where in the world?

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Answer: New York
34.

The Tower Palace Three, completed in 2004 at a height of 865 feet, is located where?

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Answer: Seoul
35.

The Shenzhen Special Zone Daily Tower, at 866 feet tall, is found where in the world?

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Answer: China
36.

The Bluescope Steel Centre, completed in 1991 at a height of 866 feet, is located where?

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Answer: Melbourne
37.

The Triumph Palace, at 866 feet tall, is found where in the world?

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Answer: Moscow
38.

The BOCOM Financial Towers, completed in 1999 at a height of 869 feet, is located where?

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Answer: Shanghai
39.

The SunTrust Plaza, at 871 feet tall, is found where in the world?

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Answer: Atlanta
40.

The 900 North Michigan Ave. building, at 871 feet tall, is found where in the world?

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Answer: Chicago
41.

The Al Faisaliah Center, completed in 2000 at a height of 876 feet, is located where?

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Answer: Riyadh
42.

The 21st Century Tower, at 883 feet tall, is found where in the world?

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Answer: Dubai
43.

Where is Dapeng International Plaza, completed in 2004 at a height of 883 feet, located?

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Answer: China
44.

The Renaissance Tower, completed in 1975 at a height of 886 feet, is located where?

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Answer: Dallas
45.

The Union Square Phase 6 building, at 886 feet tall, is found where in the world?

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Answer: Hong Kong
46.

Where is the 896-foot Wuhan World Trade Tower, completed in 1998?

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Answer: China
47.

The Williams Tower, at 901 feet tall, is found where in the world?

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Answer: Houston
48.

The Scotia Plaza, completed in 1989 at a height of 902 feet, is located where?

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Answer: Toronto
49.

The Diwang International Commerce Center, at 906 feet tall, is located where?

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Answer: China
50.

The Citigroup Center, at 915 feet tall, is found where in the world?

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Answer: New York
51.

The Overseas Union Bank Centre, completed in 1986 at a height of 919 feet, is located where?

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Answer: Singapore
52.

The Bright Start Tower, at 919 feet tall, is found where in the world?

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Answer: Dubai
53.

The Republic Plaza, completed in 1995 at a height of 919 feet, is located where?

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Answer: Singapore
54.

The United Overseas Bank Plaza, at 919 feet tall, is found where in the world?

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Answer: Singapore
55.

The Bank of America Plaza, completed in 1985 at a height of 921 feet, is located where?

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Answer: Dallas
56.

Where in the world can you find the Trump Building, at 927 feet tall?

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Answer: New York
57.

The Chongqing World Trade Center, completed in 2005 at a height of 929 feet, is located where?

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Answer: China
58.

The Cheung Kong Center, at 929 feet tall, is found where in the world?

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Answer: Hong Kong
59.

The Columbia Center, completed in 1984 at a height of 933 feet, is located where?

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Answer: Seattle
60.

The Sunjoy Tomorrow Square, at 934 feet tall, is found where in the world?

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Answer: Shanghai
61.

One Liberty Place, completed in 1987 at a height of 945 feet, is located where?

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Answer: Philadelphia
62.

The Plaza 66 building, at 945 feet tall, is found where in the world?

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Answer: Shanghai
63.

The Key Tower, completed in 1991 at a height of 947 feet, is located where?

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Answer: Cleveland
64.

The American International Building, at 952 feet tall, is found where in the world?

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Answer: New York
65.

Where is the SEG Plaza, completed in 2000 at a height of 957 feet, located?

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Answer: China
66.

The 311 South Wacker Drive building, at 961 feet tall, is found where in the world?

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Answer: Chicago
67.

The Eureka Tower, at 975 feet tall, is found where in the world?

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Answer: Melbourne
68.

The Kingdom Centre, at 992 feet tall, is found where in the world?

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Answer: Riyadh
69.

The Wells Fargo Plaza, completed in 1983 at a height of 992 feet, is located where?

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Answer: Houston
70.

The Two Prudential Plaza, at 995 feet tall, is found where in the world?

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Answer: Chicago
71.

The Baiyoke Tower II, completed in 1997 at a height of 997 feet, is located where?

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Answer: Bangkok
72.

The JP Morgan Chase Tower, at 1002 feet tall, is found where in the world?

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Answer: Houston
73.

The AT&T Corporate Center, completed in 1989 at a height of 1007 feet, is located where?

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Answer: Chicago
74.

The Emirates Tower Two, at 1014 feet tall, is found where in the world?

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Answer: Dubai
75.

The Menara Telekom Headquarters, completed in 1999 at a height of 1017 feet, is located where?

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Answer: Malaysia
76.

The U.S. Bank Tower, at 1018 feet tall, is found where in the world?

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Answer: Los Angeles
77.

The Bank of America Plaza, completed in 1993 at a height of 1039 feet, is located where?

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Answer: Atlanta
78.

In what city is the 1,046-foot Chrysler Building located?

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Answer: New York, New York
79.

The Nina Tower I, completed in 2006 at a height of 1046 feet, is located where?

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Answer: Hong Kong
80.

The Burj al Arab Hotel, at 1053 feet tall, is found where in the world?

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Answer: Dubai
81.

The Q1 building, completed in 2005 at a height of 1058 feet, is located where?

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Answer: Australia
82.

The Ryugyong Hotel, at 1083 feet tall, is found where in the world?

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Answer: N. Korea
83.

Where is the Minsheng Bank Building, completed in 2006 at a height of 1087 feet, located?

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Answer: China
84.

The Shimao International Plaza, at 1093 feet tall, is found where in the world?

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Answer: Shanghai
85.

The John Hancock Center, completed in 1969 at a height of 1127 feet, is located where?

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Answer: Chicago
86.

The Center building, at 1135 feet tall, is found where in the world?

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Answer: Hong Kong
87.

Where is located the Aon Centre, completed in 1973 at a height of 1136 feet?

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Answer: Chicago
88.

The Tuntex Sky Tower, at 1140 feet tall, is found where in the world?

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Answer: Taiwan
89.

The Bank of China building, at 1205 feet tall, is found where in the world?

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Answer: Hong Kong
90.

At 1,250 feet tall, the Empire State Building is found in what city?

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Answer: New York
91.

Where is Shun Hing Square, completed in 1996 at a height of 1260 feet, located?

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Answer: China
92.

Where is the CITIC Plaza, at 1283 feet tall, located?

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Answer: China
93.

Two International Finance Centre, completed in 2003 at a height of 1362 feet, is located where?

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Answer: Hong Kong
94.

Where can the "Jin Mao Building, at 1381 feet tall, be found?

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Answer: Shanghai
95.

The Sears Tower, completed in 1974 at a height of 1451 feet, is located where?

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Answer: Chicago
96.

The Petronas Tower 2, at 1483 feet tall, is found where in the world?

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Answer: Malaysia
97.

Where was the 1,483-foot Petronas Tower 1 completed in 1998?

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Answer: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
98.

The Taipei 101 building, at 1667 feet tall, is found where in the world?

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Answer: Taiwan
99.

The Aon Center, at 858 feet tall, is found where in the world?

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Answer: Los Angeles
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The BCE Place Canada Trust Tower, completed in 1990 at a height of 856 feet, is located where?

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Answer: Toronto
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