In the Warm Room Trivia Quiz

Answer: Theatre

Opened in 2007, the National Grand Theatre, or National Centre for the Performing Arts, is in Beijing, close to Tiananmen Square. The dome is made from glass and titanium and is surrounded by a lake. There is a walkway under the lake to the main entrance. With a seating capacity for 5,452 people, visitors can go there to watch theatrical performances, opera and music.

Answer: Bilbao

Juan Carlos Coll Barreu designed the building which is enclosed by multi faceted glass. Built in 2008, it was designed to improve thermal performance as well as acoustics inside the building. There are floors below ground which house car parks and a further floor to store archived records. The seven floors above ground are used as office space with executive offices higher up in the tower section.

Answer: I. M. Pei

Formerly a 12th century fortress, the Louvre first became a museum in the late 17th century to house the antique collection saved by Louis XIV. Since then, it has become a popular tourist destination with approximately eight million visitors each year, hoping to catch a glimpse of famous paintings including the Mona Lisa. The Chinese-born architect, I. M. Pei, designed the glass pyramid which first opened to the public in 1989. His other projects included a hotel at Fragrant Hills in China, and the John F. Kennedy Library in America.

Answer: Swimming costume

The appearance of this glass building looks like a church or cathedral, but it is in fact home to one of the largest spa and water therapy centres in Europe. Nestling in the heart of Andorra, the building was designed by Jean-Michel Ruols and opened in 1994. It has attracted over five million visitors since its opening, who enjoy the benefits of thermal water treatments including jacuzzi, swimming lagoon, saunas and baths.

Answer: Glass

The Museum of Glass was designed by Canadian, Arthur Erickson, and first opened to the public in 2002. A Bridge of Glass, containing decorated glass art, is a pedestrian footbridge which links the museum to the city of Tacoma. Part of the museum is the steel cone structure which holds a hot glass viewing amphitheatre where people can watch glass being blown and designed.

Answer: Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene plastic

Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene, or ETFE, is a type of plastic used as a building material because of its resistance against corrosion and strength against high temperatures. The panels on each biome have layers of ETFE which are then inflated to provide a thermal covering. This type of material was used at the Eden Project instead of glass for reasons of safety and weight. The two largest biomes house tropical and Mediterranean plants including coffee plants, banana trees, olives and grape vines.

Answer: Apple

The USA has the largest number of Apple stores with 253 as of July 2013. The retail shop can also be found in other major countries such as the UK, Canada, Australia and France. The distinctive store in Manhattan is made from glass, with a glass spiral staircase which takes you down to the store below ground.

Answer: Skydeck

Built in 1973, the tower was once the tallest building in the world; the record being broken by a sequence of ever taller buildings since. The glass Skydeck is visited by over one million visitors each year, all of them willing to step out on to the glass floor to look down at the tiny antlike people scurrying around at ground level (412 m) below.

Answer: Sun reflecting against the glass melted plastic bodywork on a car parked below

The thirty-seven storey office building, built near to St Paul's Cathedral, has a distinctive concave shape which was designed by Rafael Vinoly. In September 2013, light reflecting off the glass windows caused the bodywork on a Jaguar car to melt and buckle.

A doormat was also set on fire and a curious journalist managed to fry an egg using the light rays emitting from the glass. Due to the media interest, the building was re-dubbed the "Walkie-Scorchie".

Answer: Crystal Cathedral

This glass church building was designed by American architect Philip Johnson. Opened in 1981, it was built for the congregation of a group of ministries until it was bought by the Roman Catholic diocese in 2012 for $57.5 million. They are intending to change the name of the building to Christ Cathedral when renovations have been completed. Approximately 10,000 panes of glass were used in the design!