World Famous Landmarks map quiz
Find famous landmarks and monuments around the world
Quizzes in this pack
World Famous Landmarks: landmarks.
| Landmarks | 50 questions |
Sample questions
- Iconic iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris
- Answer: Eiffel Tower
- A prehistoric stone circle on Salisbury Plain, built around 3000 BC
- Answer: Stonehenge
- Nearly 1,000 monolithic stone figures carved by the Rapa Nui people on a remote Pacific island
- Answer: Moai Statues
- Iconic red suspension bridge spanning the strait at the entrance to San Francisco Bay
- Answer: Golden Gate Bridge
- A Moorish palace and fortress complex in Granada, masterpiece of Islamic architecture in Europe
- Answer: Alhambra
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Eiffel Tower
Paris
Gustave Eiffel's company built the iron tower for the 1889 World's Fair, and many Parisians first called it an eyesore. It was meant to stand for only 20 years, but it proved useful as a radio mast and was kept.
- Built
- 1887–1889
- Height
- 330 m
- Did you know?
- It is repainted by hand about every seven years
Statue of Liberty
New York
The Statue of Liberty was a gift from the people of France to the United States, unveiled in 1886. For millions of immigrants arriving by ship in New York, it was the first thing they saw of America.
- Built
- 1875–1886
- Height
- 93 m with the pedestal
- Did you know?
- The copper skin was shiny brown at first and turned green within a few decades
Mount Fuji
Shizuoka and Yamanashi, Honshu
Mount Fuji is Japan's highest mountain, a volcano with an almost perfect cone that can be seen from Tokyo on clear days. It is sacred in Japanese tradition and has inspired artists for centuries.
- Height
- 3,776 m
- Last eruption
- 1707
- Did you know?
- Hundreds of thousands of people climb it every summer
- Rings a bell?
- Hokusai's prints Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, from the 1830s, made it known all over the world
Victoria Falls
Zambezi River
The Zambezi River plunges into a narrow gorge on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. The local name, Mosi-oa-Tunya, means “the smoke that thunders”, because the spray can be seen from far away.
- Width
- About 1.7 km
- Drop
- Up to 108 m
- Did you know?
- It is often called the largest sheet of falling water in the world
Forbidden City
Beijing
The Forbidden City in Beijing was the palace of China's emperors for almost 500 years, from 1420 to 1912. Ordinary people were not allowed inside, which gave it its name, and today it is a museum.
- Built
- 1406–1420
- Size
- About 980 buildings
- Did you know?
- 24 emperors lived here
- Rings a bell?
- The Last Emperor, from 1987, was the first Western film allowed to shoot inside the palace
Brandenburg Gate
Berlin
The Brandenburg Gate was built in the 1780s as a city gate in Berlin, crowned by a chariot pulled by four horses. During the Cold War it stood right by the Berlin Wall, and it became a symbol of Germany's reunification.
- Built
- 1788–1791
- Did you know?
- Napoleon took the horses to Paris in 1806; they came back in 1814
- Rings a bell?
- In 1987 Ronald Reagan stood by the gate and said: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”
How it works
Pick a quiz, then find, name or choose your answer on the 3D globe. A round has 10 questions by default, or more, up to the whole quiz. Each round picks what you need most: questions due again, new ones and the places you tend to mix up. In a short round, the questions you miss are asked once more at the end. Spaced repetition then brings them back on later days until you know them.
Every round also fills your mastery badges for the continent or country, the topic and the whole world: bronze at 50%, silver at 80% and gold at 100%.
