Famous Architecture
Roll out the blueprints, it's time to build some knowledge with this trivia game featuring famous buildings and architects from around the world.
15 questions · Published May 15, 2023
Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. What country did the earliest known architect, Imhotep, call home?
Imhotep, born in Memphis, Egypt, sometime in the mid 2000s BCE, was chancellor to the Pharaoh Djoser and is believed to have been the architect behind the pyramid of Djoser, the earliest colossal stone building in Egypt.
- Multiple Choice
2. What New York City landmark were the workers in the iconic photo "Lunch Atop a Skyscraper" working on?
The workers in the famous 1932 photo are in the middle of constructing 30 Rockefeller Center.
- Multiple Choice
3. What board game, originally called Lexico, did architect Alfred Mosher Butts create in 1936?
First known as Lexico, then Criss Cross Words, Alfred Mosher Butts eventually settled on Scrabble.
- Multiple Choice
4. What children's construction toy did John Lloyd Wright, son of renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright, invent in 1916?
FUN FACT
John Lloyd Wright based his Lincoln Logs on the foundation for the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, Japan.
- Multiple Choice
5. What Mexican city is home to the Torre Latinoamericana, the first skyscraper ever constructed in a seismic zone?
The Torre Latinoamericana, finished in 1956 in Mexico City, has survived several major earthquakes with very minimal damage thanks to a foundation built on the dry bed of lake Texcoco.
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