Quiz  /  A Quiz About Walls and More

  • 1. 
    Which diplomat is best known for his construction of the Suez Canal?

  • Georges Clemenceau
  • Vincent Benedetti
  • Ferdinand de Lesseps
  • Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand

  • 2. 
    Which Egyptian monarch’s tomb was discovered intact by Howard Carter in 1922?

  • Akhenaten’s
  • Cleopatra’s
  • Tutankhamen’s
  • Ramses I’s

  • 3. 
    What is probably the only ancient Roman lighthouse still in use?

  • Tower of Hercules
  • Pharos of Alexandria
  • Tower of Babel
  • Tower of London

  • 4. 
    In which year was the Berlin Wall erected?

  • 1989
  • 1961
  • 1945
  • 1969

  • 5. 
    Which emperor built a defensive wall to protect the Romans in Britain from tribal peoples to the north?

  • Hadrian
  • Trajan
  • Augustus
  • Constantine

  • 6. 
    Which landmark will fall, according to tradition, if the ravens leave?

  • Tower of London
  • Big Ben
  • Tower of Hercules
  • Devils Tower National Monument

  • 7. 
    When did the first stage of construction begin on the monument called Stonehenge?

  • 3000 BCE
  • 1666 CE
  • 30 CE
  • 1500 BCE

  • 8. 
    Whose speech brought the term Iron Curtain into prominence?

  • Joseph Stalin
  • Franklin Roosevelt
  • Winston Churchill
  • Charles de Gaulle

  • 9. 
    Which monument was built by Shah Jahan to immortalize his wife?

  • Great Mosque of Esfahan
  • Taj Mahal
  • Angkor Wat
  • Golestan Palace

  • 10. 
    Which Anglo-Saxon king is known for his construction of a dyke (and his success at unifying southern England)?

  • Offa
  • Cynewulf
  • Egbert
  • Alfred

  • 11. 
    What wall was built over the course of two millennia?

  • Berlin Wall
  • Wall of Süleyman
  • Great Wall of China
  • Great Wall of Gorgan
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