Quiz

 

  1)   THE CATACOMBS OF KOM EL SHOQAFA WERE DISCOVERED BY…

a.    SHERMAN PULDELLSWORTH

b.    A DONKEY

c.     A FARMER

d.    AN ARCHEOLIGIST

 

 

 

 

 

7)   THE LEANING TOWER OF PISA LEANS BECAUSE _______.

a.    OF IT BEING BUILT THAT WAY

b.    AN EARTHQUAKE HIT IT IN 1486

c.     THE SOIL COULDN’T HOLD THE WEIGHT

d.    IT WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING

 

8)   WHAT LIES ATOP MT. CORCOVADO NEAR THE HARBOR OF RIO?

a.    A CEMETARY

b.    A STATUE OF JESUS CHRIST

c.     A LIGHTHOUSE

d.    A LOOKOUT

 

9)   THE COLOSSEUM COULD HOLD _____ SPECTATORS.

a.    25,000

b.    1,000,000

c.     600

d.    50,000

 

10)          HOW DO MOST TOURISTS GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE GRAND CANYON?

a.    RAFTS

b.    HIGHWAY

c.     DONKEYS

d.    HIKING

 

11)          WHO WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO CLIMB MT. EVEREST?

a.    WILL STYER

b.    GEORGE MALLORY

c.     EDMUND HILLERY

d.    SIR GEORGE EVEREST

 

12)          THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS ARE PART OF ______.

a.    ECUADOR

b.    BRAZIL

c.     COLUMBIA

d.    PERU

 

13)          THE _______ WERE IN HONOR OF ZEUS.

a.    GOODWILL GAMES

b.    FIRST LIBRARY

c.     OLYMPIC GAMES

d.    WORLD TRADE CONFERENCE

 

14)          PEOPLE BELIEVED THAT STONEHENGE WAS USED FOR A _______.

a.    SUNDIAL

b.    BATTLE ARENA

c.     PLACE OF WORSHIP

d.    FOUNDATION FOR A CASTLE

 

15)          WHAT IS THE DIAMETER OF THE CABLES ON THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE?

a.    SIX INCHES

b.    ONE YARD

c.     TWO FEET

d.    FIVE FEET