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1. The Flatiron Building (originally named the Fuller Building) was designed by what New York City-based architectural firm?
2. What building, erected in Manhattan in 1889, did architect Lee Gilbert scale to prove it wouldn't topple?
3. The Woolworth Building, because of its neo-Gothic facade, earned what musical nickname?
4. A few months after the stock market plummeted to a great depth, the Chrysler Building reached new heights, becoming the first skyscraper to climb over 1,000 feet. In what year was the building completed?
5. Given inflation, if the Empire State Building had been constructed in 2022, it would have cost over $736 million. How much did it actually cost by the time it was completed in 1931?
6. Were the Twin Towers (1 World Trade Center and 2 World Trade Center) the same height?
7. What 108-story-tall skyscraper was formerly called The Sears Tower?
8. What 62-story skyscraper, then the tallest building in Los Angeles, caught fire in 1988?
9. Old St. Paul's Cathedral was the tallest structure in the world in the 13th century. It was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in what year?
10. What denomination, with Ulm Minster, has held the record for the tallest church for over 100 years?
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