Trivia Quiz on Architecture Part 2

1. A structure usually attached to a building, such as a porch, consisting of a roof supported by piers or columns.

A) Veranda

B) Loggia

C) Portico

D) Pergola

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2. What is an s curve

A) Catenary curve

B) Parabolic curve

C) Ogee curve

D) Sigmoid curve

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3. Who described TV as "Chewing gum for the masses"

A) Marshall McLuhan

B) Orson Welles

C) Le Corbusier

D) Architect Frank Lloyd Wright

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4. A part of a church or a separate building, often octagonal or round, in which baptisms take place.

A) Font

B) Narthex

C) Baptistery

D) Chancel

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5. A roofed gallery with an open arcade or colonnade on at least one side.

A) Loggia

B) Portico

C) Stoa

D) Arcade

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6. An upright masonry support.

A) Buttress

B) Column

C) Pillar

D) Pier

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7. Railings on a balcony are called a..

A) Balustrade

B) Guardrail

C) Baulstrade

D) Railframe

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8. What is a Gambrel - One of two answers

A) A type of window shade with two slats

B) A cooking technique for browning meat

C) Sloping Roof

D) A woodworking joinery technique

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9. Where would you be most likely to see a 'gazebo'

A) Patio

B) Garden

C) Park

D) Backyard

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10. What are terra cotta objects baked from

A) Stone

B) Brick

C) Clay

D) Wood

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11. Where would you find a nave, apse, atrium and narthex?

A) Basilica

B) Cathedral

C) Church

D) Temple

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12. Where is a nave, apse, atrium and narthex

A) Cathedral

B) Basilica

C) Temple

D) Chapel

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13. The first skyscraper in the United States was built in which city?

A) New York

B) Boston

C) Cincinnati

D) Chicago

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14. A small structure on top of a dome, tower or roof often open to admit light below.

A) Lantern

B) Cupola

C) Skylight

D) Finial

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15. The Flavian Amphitheatre is better known as what

A) Circus Maximus

B) The Theatre of Marcellus

C) Colosseum in Rome

D) Pantheon

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16. Triangular part of wall at the end of a ridged roof

A) Gable

B) Pediment

C) Dormer

D) Cornice

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17. In Which Country Is The Worlds Tallest Building (2005) Taipei 101 (509 Ft), Petronas (452 Ft), Sears (442 Ft)

A) Sears Tower

B) Taipei 101

C) Petronas Towers

D) Empire State Building

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18. The elevated stronghold in ancient Greek cities.

A) Agora

B) Citadel

C) Acropolis

D) Parthenon

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19. What is the largest inhabited castle

A) Edinburgh Castle

B) Prague Castle

C) Malbork Castle

D) Windsor castle

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20. Segmental, Primitive, Doucine, Elliptical are types of what

A) Arch (in construction)

B) Vault

C) Dome

D) Column

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21. A passageway of a Christian Church or a Roman basilica running paralell to the nave, separated from it by an arcade or colonnade.

A) nave

B) apse

C) Aisle

D) transept

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22. In Which London Building Is The Annual Lord Mayor's Banquet Held?

A) The Mansion House

B) The Guild Hall

C) The Tower of London

D) St Paul's Cathedral

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23. How many feet tall is London's monument to the Great Fire known simply as 'The Monument'?

A) 180 Feet

B) 210 Feet

C) 202 Feet

D) 199 Feet

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24. The architect Edwin Lutyens is best known for his plans for which capital city

A) Canberra

B) Brasilia

C) Islamabad

D) New delhi

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25. In what kind of buildings are hops dried

A) Oast house

B) Hop kiln

C) Drying barn

D) Silo

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26. The large Hollywood sign in LA was originally?

A) Hollywoodland

B) Hollywood Hills

C) Laurel Canyon

D) Hollywood Freeway

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27. Who was the architect of the new Coventry Cathedral

A) Le Corbusier

B) Basil spence

C) Frank Lloyd Wright

D) Louis Kahn

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28. What Is The Name Of The Clock Tower That Houses Big Ben?

A) Elizabeth Tower

B) St Stephen's Tower

C) Parliament Clock Tower

D) St Stephens Tower

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29. Ranch what famous building did sir john vanbrugh design

A) The British Museum

B) Windsor Castle

C) Blenheim palace

D) Buckingham Palace

E) The Palace of Westminster

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30. Which Famous Building Was Designed By Jorn Utzon?

A) Sagrada Família

B) Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

C) Fallingwater

D) Sydney Opera House

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31. A stone slab at the top of a classical column aiding the support of the architecture.

A) Capital

B) Abacus

C) Architrave

D) Frieze

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32. A row of columns, usually equidistant, supporting a beam or entablature.

A) Colonnade

B) Arcade

C) Portico

D) Stoa

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33. What are the three main types of Greek columns

A) Doric, Ionic, Composite

B) Doric, Tuscan, Ionic

C) Egyptian, Doric, Ionic

D) Doric, ionic & corinthian

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34. A flattened, shallow column or pier projecting from a wall. It usually has a base, shaft, and capital but is decorative rather than structural.

A) Pilaster

B) Engaged column

C) Buttress

D) Corbel

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35. For whom was buckingham palace built

A) William Winde

B) Thomas Wentworth

C) John sheffield

D) George II

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36. The Louvre Museum - Palace - but what was it first

A) Fort

B) Castle

C) Fortress

D) Temple

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37. Any important face of a building, usually the principal front with the main entrance.

A) Frontage

B) Portico

C) Elevation

D) Facade

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38. Which architect designed the Guggenheim Museum in New York

A) Frank lloyd wright

B) Le Corbusier

C) I. M. Pei

D) Zaha Hadid

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39. A tall, tapering, pointed roof on a tower, as in the top of a steeple.

A) Minaret

B) Cupola

C) Spire

D) Turret

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40. Where is the sear's tower

A) New York

B) Toronto

C) San Francisco

D) Chicago

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41. Whats the worlds largest church

A) St Paul's Cathedral, London

B) Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris

C) St peters, vatican city

D) Sagrada Família, Barcelona

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42. Whats the ball on the top of a flagpole called?

A) Truck

B) Finial

C) Cap

D) Ornament

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43. What is the largest inhabited castle in the world?

A) Prague Castle

B) Windsor Castle

C) Edinburgh Castle

D) Malbork Castle

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44. Which building features the largest clock face in Great Britain?

A) Big Ben (Elizabeth Tower)

B) Leeds Town Hall Clock

C) The Balmoral Clock (Edinburgh)

D) Royal Liver Building (Liverpool)

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45. A curved structure used to span an opening.

A) Lintel

B) Vault

C) Arcade

D) Arch

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46. Space for bells in a church tower

A) Belfry

B) Spire

C) Nave

D) Choir loft

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47. The pointed arch used in Gothic architecture.

A) Barrel arch

B) Round arch

C) Ogive

D) Lancet arch

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48. What is the name of a floor in a building between floors, especially between the ground and first floors

A) Landing

B) Gallery

C) Mezzanine

D) Intermediate floor

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49. In a roman basilika, the central aisle. In a church, the main section extending from the entrance to the crossing.

A) Narthex

B) Nave

C) Apse

D) Transept

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50. Tomblike monument to persons whose remains are elsewhere

A) tomb

B) Cenotaph

C) mausoleum

D) epitaph

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