Skyscrapers & Towers Trivia

1. On what date was the Space Needle completed in Seattle, Washington?

From Quiz The Space Needle

Answer: April 21, 1962

Construction of the Space Needle in Seattle began on April 17, 1961. A little over a year later the structure was completed and opened to the public on April 21, 1962. When the Space Needle was completed it became the tallest structure in the city of Seattle, as well as the tallest structure west of the Mississippi River. The design of the Space Needle is credited to American business tycoon Edward Carlson, as well as architects John Graham and Victor Steinbrueck.

From Quiz On Top of the World: Petronas Towers

Answer: Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur is the capital of Malaysia. In the Malay language, its name means 'muddy estuary', which is fitting since the city sits on the place where the Kelang and Gombak rivers meet. As cities go, it's relatively young. A group of Chinese tin miners founded a settlement near the confluence of the two rivers in 1857. By 1895, it was the capital of the Federated Malay States.

From Quiz Eiffel Tower

Answer: Paris World Exposition 1889

The Paris World Exhibition in 1889 was not the first World Expo (that was the 1851 Exhibition in London), nor the first in Paris. But as its date coincided with the feast for 100 year since the French Revolution, it had to be something special. One of the projects for the Paris World Exhibition 1889 was the construction of a very large tower. Over 100 architects and engineers presented their designs, but it was the plan by some engineers of the Eiffel Company that was chosen to be the spearhead of the Exhibition. The construction started in January 1887 and was officially opened in March 1889 - although there still was some work on the elevators. The final touch was on May 15th, 1889. The Third French Republic was not quite celebrated: it arose as the result of the Franco-Prussian War, where the Prussians defeated the French Empire. There is no certainty about the birthday of the city of Paris. The only documented history is that the Romans built a fortification in 52 BC at the location where a local tribe (the Parisii) had already a settlement. The Olympic Games in Paris 1900 necessitated the construction of some sporting venues. But it did not involve the construction of any decorative high tower.

From Quiz Towering Over the World

Answer: South Africa

The Carlton Centre can be found in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is a 50-floor skyscraper and shopping centre, towering over the world and facing winds at a height of 223m / 732ft. It was associated with the Carlton Hotel until that establishment closed in 1998. The top floor is called the Carlton Panorama and is known as "Top of Africa". At the time of writing (2018), it still held the record as Africa's tallest building.

From Quiz The Shard

Answer: 2013

Completed in 2013, the Shard was the newest major addition to London's skyline at that time. With its 95 floors, it was also the tallest building in London and the United Kingdom. Standing at 1,016 feet in height, this striking structure looks like a combination of a church steeple, pyramid, needle, rocket site, and something from a futuristic movie. It stretches high above the heads of all the other buildings in London's skyline and is strangely lovely to look at, but it's hard to figure out why. It certainly doesn't match the other architectural styles of London's gracious old buildings, but that was the architect's intent. The Emley Moor Transmitting Station, at 1084 feet in height, is taller than the Shard, but that is a concrete transmitting tower only. The Shard is a habitable building.

From Quiz Towering Heights

Answer: One World Trade Center

One World Trade Center, also known as the Freedom Tower, was completed in July, 2013. The building was built to replace the original twin towers of the World Trade Center that were destroyed on September 11, 2001. The tower was designed to reach a height of 1,776 ft (541 m), commemorating the year the United States of America was founded.

From Quiz All Along The Watchtower

Answer: Brown

Specifically that bronze colour is "Eiffel Tower Brown", a shade that was adopted in 1968. Originally it had been a reddish brown. The tower was built for the 1889 World's Fair. It was not universally popular at the time: some aesthetes hated it. The wrought iron lattice tower is 324 metres (1,063ft) tall. It became the tallest construction in Paris and was for 41 years after its opening the tallest man-made structure in the world. It has several viewing platforms and restaurants. Did I mention that some people hated it? Well one of them, Guy de Maupassant, got into the habit of eating lunch in the restaurant every day saying it was the one place in all of Paris from where he could not see the tower.

From Quiz Asian Twin Towers

Answer: Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur is the capital city of Malaysia and is the seat of parliament for the country. There are almost 2 million people that call the city home. Kuala Lumpur is called simply KL by the locals and also has the nickname Garden City of Lights. Malaysia is a country comprised of thirteen states and three federal territories. Land borders are shared with Brunei, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand. Maritime borders are shared with Vietnam and the Philippines.

From Quiz Top of the Tower

Answer: Guangzhou

Considering that I'm in the tallest tower a city with ten districts, through which the Pearl River runs, I must be in the uniquely-built Canton Tower in the Chinese port city of Guangzhou, the first tower to surpass Toronto's CN Tower as the tallest structure in the world. Its pinnacle tops the tower off at an even 600m, so from the rotating observation level at the top, I can see much of this amazing major city. Acrophobics beware! This tower also contains an open air stairwell where visitors can climb the height of the building, and it's certainly a climb to master.

From Quiz Cleveland Skyscrapers

Answer: Society Center

The Key Tower was renamed after Society Bank acquired Key Bank. The BP Tower was originally built for Sohio. Comcast Center is located in Philadelphia.

From Quiz New York Buildings

Answer: Woolworth Building

FW Woolworth was the king of the five and ten cent stores. There is a "gargoyle" in the lobby depicting Mr. Woolworth counting out nickels and dimes.

From Quiz Empire State Building

Answer: 1931

When built, the ESB was the tallest building in the world- from 1931 to 1972. Building began on the ESB on March 17, 1930 and officially opened on May 1, 1931.

From Quiz Notable North American Skyscrapers

Answer: Calgary

The tallest building in Canada outside of Toronto, Petro-Canada Centre's rust-red exterior and narrow rows of windows dominate Calgary's skyline.

From Quiz The Tallest Buildings in the World

Answer: Cesar Pelli

Pelli also designed Canary Wharf Tower in London and the World Financial Center in New York.

From Quiz Buildings That Scrape the Sky

Answer: Walker & Gillette

Designed by Walker & Gillette and erected between the years of 1928 and 1929, the Fuller Building stands forty stories and 150 meters high. It contained ten elevators. The Art Deco style building features shops, offices, and art galleries and was designated a New York City landmark in 1986. Walker & Gillette, which was active between 1906 and 1945, was a partnership between architects Alexander Stewart Walker and Leon Narcisse Gillette.

From Quiz Rockefeller Center

Answer: 11

Rockefeller Center spans from 49th Street to 52nd Street.

From Quiz Scraping The Sky

Answer: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The towers are the headquarters of the state-owned Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas).

From Quiz The Space Needle

Answer: World's Fair

The construction of the Space Needle coincided with the 1962 World's Fair that was held in Seattle, Washington between April 21 and October 21 of that year. The famous Eiffel Tower in Paris, France was also built in preparation for a World's Fair (1889). The 1962 World's Fair (aka Century 21 Exposition) had a central theme of "Living in the Space Age" as the United States' mission to land a man on the moon was well under way as Project Mercury completed three successful missions prior to the event.

From Quiz On Top of the World: Petronas Towers

Answer: Cesar Pelli

The Argentine-American architect, Cesar Pelli, could put his name to an impressive range of iconic structures across the world. Soon after earning his Masters degree, he joined the team that created the Trans World Airlines Terminal at the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. As director of a few well-known firms, he designed notable landmarks like the U.S. embassy in Tokyo, Carnegie Hall Tower in New York, and the Canary Wharf Tower (One Canada Square) in London. George Maddox was an architect in the 18th and 19th centuries, and Christopher Wren helped to rebuild London after the Great Fire in 1666. Giovanni dei Dolci was one of the men behind the Sistine Chapel.

From Quiz Eiffel Tower

Answer: It would thus be the tallest construction at the time

At that time, not a single building or construction reached the height of 300 m. There were even some scientists and artists convinced of the technical impossibility to build something this high. But these doubts disappeared when the construction was finished: it stood 300 m high, and many years later it still stands. Several years after completion of the Eiffel Tower, it was equipped with aerials for radio and television broadcast, which added another 24m to its height. So the total height of the Eiffel Tower has reached 324m since the year 2000. The Eiffel Tower remained the tallest construction worldwide for about forty years. The budget for the tower, as provided by the French government, was far insufficient to build the tower. Only a bit less than one quarter of the expenses were funded by the government. The other red herrings are mere figments of my imagination. The French Revolution had far more than 300 victims, and there were fewer engineers involved in the design of the Tower.

From Quiz Towering Over the World

Answer: Britam Tower

Britam Tower (Nairobi, Kenya), a 32-floor office building that was built in 2017, was built to stand at 195m / 640ft tall. Many businesses are based in the tower, with targeted clients being financial institutions, diplomatic missions, private companies and multinational corporations. Britam Tower looks like a black pyramid with a chunk taken out of it. It has alternate energy through the use of three helical wind turbines on the high tower that rises above the 32 useful floors on the site. As of 2018, it was the second tallest building on the African continent. NECOM House is in Nigeria, while UAP Tower is also in Kenya, but is not as tall as Britam Tower The Ponte City Apartments are in South Africa.

From Quiz Towering Heights

Answer: Millau Viaduct, France

The Millau Viaduct opened to traffic on December 16, 2004. It is a cable-stayed bridge that carries four lanes of a highway across the Tarn River in southern France. One of the bridge's towers rises to a height of 1,125 ft (343 m).

From Quiz Skyscrapers of New York City

Answer: Raymond Hood

Raymond Hood was a brilliant innovator of color and style. Probably only he could have convinced the American Radiator Board of Directors to build a black and gold skyscraper.

From Quiz Asian Twin Towers

Answer: 1998-2004

The Petronas Twin Towers were completed in 1994 and inaugurated in 1999. The CTBUH, the organization responsible for defining and ranking tall buildings, conferred the title of 'World's Tallest Building' on the Petronas Towers from 1998 until 2004. In 2004, the Towers were surpassed by Taipei 101 built in Taipei Taiwan.

From Quiz Burj Khalifa

Answer: Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat

The CTBUH (Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat), located in Chicago, established the three criteria which determine what classifies a building as tall. These three criteria include the height to the architectural top, the height of the highest occupied floor and the height to the very tip of the structure. Clearly, the CTBUH established that the Burj Khalifa met the requirements.

From Quiz The Leaning Towers in Pisa

Answer: 1173

The works for building the Tower of Pisa began on 9th August 1173 and lasted about 177 years!

From Quiz Cleveland Skyscrapers

Answer: 1930

The Terminal Tower is so named because it housed Cleveland Union Terminal. It serves as the central hub for Cleveland's heavy and light rail transit lines.

From Quiz New York Buildings

Answer: Gracie Mansion

It is located in Carl Schurz Park, and is also the oldest house on Manhattan Island. Several ghost-sightings have been reported there as well (but never by any mayors).

From Quiz Empire State Building

Answer: Chrysler Building

The Chrysler Building was the tallest from 1930-1931. The World Trade Center was the world's tallest from 1972-1973. The Petronas Towers were the tallest buildings in the world from 1998-2004 until surpassed by Taipei 101.

From Quiz Notable North American Skyscrapers

Answer: Albany

The tallest of five buildings in the massive Empire State Plaza office complex, this skyscraper was named after the man who served as Albany's mayor from 1941 until his death in 1983.

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