Trivia Quiz on Architecture

1. What name is given to a vertical bar dividing a window

A) Transom

B) Sash

C) Mullion

D) Jamb

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2. Which is the largest cathedral

A) Seville Cathedral

B) Notre-Dame de Paris

C) St Paul's Cathedral

D) St peter's

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3. Eiffel designed the Eiffel tower - what was his first name

A) Gustave

B) Louis

C) Jacques

D) Henri

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4. Where would you find a Mihrab

A) Chapel altar

B) Cathedral apse

C) Temple niche

D) Mosque Niche show Mecca direction

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5. Which famous building in New York lights up a red heart each St Valentine's Day

A) Statue of Liberty

B) Chrysler Building

C) One World Trade Center

D) Empire State Building

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6. What was built on the site of the old Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York

A) Chrysler Building

B) Empire state building

C) Rockefeller Center

D) One World Trade Center

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7. A spiral scroll used on Ionic and Corinthian capitals.

A) Acanthus

B) Echinus

C) Cornice

D) Volute

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8. A continuous aisle in a building, especially around the apse in a church.

A) Nave

B) Transept

C) Ambulatory

D) Choir

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9. Where is the largest church in the world

A) St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City

B) Vatican in Rome

C) Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris

D) St. Paul's Cathedral, London

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10. What is the height travelled by the world's longest escalator

A) 135 meters

B) 120 meters

C) 400 feet

D) 60 minutes

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11. Where is sir herbert baker buried

A) St Paul's Cathedral

B) Westminster Cathedral

C) Westminster abbey

D) Kensal Green Cemetery

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12. On which Athens hill top would you find the Parthenon

A) The acropolis

B) Lycabettus

C) Filopappos Hill

D) Mount Hymettus

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13. What Italian building material translates as baked earth

A) Marmo

B) Pietra

C) Terracotta

D) Cemento

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14. Which million dollar building cost more than a million dollars

A) Empire State Building

B) Eiffel Tower

C) Sydney opera

D) Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

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15. What name is given to a window that opens and shuts by moving up and down

A) Sash window

B) Casement window

C) Sliding window

D) Awning window

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16. In the grounds of which house is the largest private tomb/mausoleum in England

A) Chatsworth House

B) Waddesdon Manor

C) Castle howard

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17. Who was the first person to be buried in London's St. Paul's Cathedral

A) Sir Isaac Newton

B) Sir christopher wren

C) John Dryden

D) Jane Austen

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18. What is a line of columns supporting a horizontal or arched superstructure

A) Colonnade

B) Peristyle

C) Arcade

D) Hypostyle

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19. A vaulted roof of circular or polygonal shape.

A) Vault

B) Dome

C) Arch

D) Cupola

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20. What is the name of the colourful cathedral on Red Square in Moscow

A) St basil's

B) Cathedral of Christ the Saviour

C) Dormition Cathedral

D) Assumption Cathedral

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21. Which famous sporting venue is above NewYorks Pennsylvania Station

A) Barclays Center

B) Madison Square Garden

C) Yankee Stadium

D) Citi Field

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22. What is the term for the area in front of a fireplace

A) Mantel

B) Apron

C) Firebox

D) Hearth

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23. A bell tower, usually not actually attached to a church.

A) Belfry

B) Steeple

C) Campanile

D) Clock tower

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24. The middle part of an entablature, often decorated with sculpture.

A) Frieze

B) Architrave

C) Cornice

D) Pediment

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25. Is the product of Greece and the Greek colonies from about 1100B bc to the 1st century bc

A) Greek Art and Architecture

B) Greek Philosophy and Ethics

C) Greek Drama and Theatre

D) Greek Science and Mathematics

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26. The Eiffel Tower is how many feet high

A) 1000 feet

B) 1100 feet

C) 980 feet

D) 984 feet

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27. Which century saw the construction of the Taj Mahal

A) Sixteenth

B) Eighteenth

C) Seventeenth

D) Nineteenth

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28. Whose epitaph says "If you seek his monument look around you"

A) Sir Christopher Wren

B) Inigo Jones

C) Isambard Kingdom Brunel

D) Frank Lloyd Wright

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29. In London who designed Marble Arch

A) Christopher Wren

B) John nash

C) John Soane

D) Lancelot Brown

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30. What U.S. city contains a full-scale replica of the ancient Parthenon

A) Athens, Georgia

B) Nashville

C) Memphis, Tennessee

D) Columbus, Ohio

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31. Where would you find a gambrel

A) In the roof of a barn (gambrel roof)

B) On a cow's leg

C) Inside a kitchen cabinet

D) On a horse it’s a horses leg

E) In a tree knot

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32. When was buckingham palace built

A) 1703

B) 1701

C) 1705

D) 1730

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33. The angel of independence in Mexico City was built by who

A) Diego Rivera

B) Mario Pani

C) Luis Barragán

D) Salvador rivas mercado

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34. What nationality was the architect Le Corbusier

A) Swiss

B) French

C) German

D) Italian

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35. What is 9 metres high, 7 metres wide and 2,500 kilometres long

A) Great Barrier Reef

B) Hadrian's Wall

C) Pyramids of Giza

D) Great wall of

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36. What London landmark has an 11 foot long hand?

A) Elizabeth Tower

B) London Eye

C) Tower Bridge

D) Big Ben

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37. Which building material gets its name from Arabic for the brick

A) Concrete

B) Stone

C) Clay

D) Adobe

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38. What people were the first to use the rounded arch

A) Greeks

B) Egyptians

C) Babylonians

D) Romans

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39. Arched or domed recess at the end of a church

A) Nave

B) Narthex

C) Transept

D) Apse

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40. Who originally designed the Washington Monument

A) Pierre L'Enfant

B) Robert mills

C) Benjamin Latrobe

D) Charles Bulfinch

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41. Who designed the largest church in the world

A) Donato Bramante

B) Gian Lorenzo Bernini

C) Michelangelo

D) Carlo Maderno

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42. What house was the biggest in america until the Cival war?

A) Mount Vernon

B) Monticello

C) The Hermitage

D) The White House

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43. A method of construction in which vertical beams are used to support a horizontal beam.

A) Arch and keystone

B) Cantilever construction

C) Post and lintel

D) Truss framing

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44. Where is the 'whispering gallery'

A) Westminster Abbey

B) St Patrick's Cathedral

C) St paul's cathedral

D) Cathedral of Christ the Saviour

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45. Which European city has a cathedral located inside an old mosque

A) Istanbul

B) Seville

C) Granada

D) Cordoba

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46. In a church, the area where the transept and the nave intersect, usually emphasized by a dome or a tower.

A) Nave

B) Crossing

C) Transept

D) Apse

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47. What wondrous creation was built by Sostratus of Cnidos

A) Colossus of Rhodes

B) Hanging Gardens of Babylon

C) Great Pyramid of Giza

D) Pharos of Alexandria

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48. A large French country house

A) Chalet

B) Manor

C) Chateau

D) Villa

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49. Which English cathedral is famous for its whispering gallery

A) Canterbury Cathedral

B) York Minster

C) St paul's

D) Winchester Cathedral

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50. In ancient Assyria and Babylonia, a tower in the shape of a stepped pyramide. It formed the base of a temple.

A) Ziggurat

B) Pyramid

C) Mastaba

D) Stupa

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