Monday, October 25, 2010

know about Places

Which was built first?
A. the Eiffel Tower
B. the Pyramids at Giza
C. the Roman Coliseum
D. the cathedral at Notre Dame
E. the Mesa Verde cliff dwellings
 
The huge stone statues of Easter Island were carved by which of the three major societies of Oceania? Polynesia
 
The Kaaba is a small building sacred to Islam. Embedded in the southeast corner of the Kaaba is the Black Stone. This stone is ...a meteorite

As one of the British queen's residences, it is the largest inhabited castle in the world. Name it.
 Windsor Castle
 
The Wailing Wall is a relic of the Temple of Herod, destroyed in the year 70 A.D. This wall is in what city?
 Jerusalem

William Shakespeare's Globe Theater was in the shape of a(n) ...
Octagon

The eastern entrance to the Panama Canal lies in which ocean?
Pacific
 
Grand Coulee Dam, the largest concrete structure in the U.S., backs up the waters of what river?
Columbia

What is the Scottish city on the river Clyde?
Glasgow

What British colony, adjoining southern Spain, is at the entrance to the Mediterranean?
Gibraltar