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G.K (Abt Wonders)
Qtnz about Eiffel tower
1.What is the Eiffel tower made of? Correct Answer: Iron 2. What is the official purpose of the Eiffel Tower? Correct Answer: Observation Tower 3. How high is the tower including the antenna? Correct Answer: approx. 1070ft 4. When was the tower completed? Correct Answer: 1889 5. What happened to the tower in 1902? Correct Answer: It was struck by lightning 6. How much does the Eiffel Tower weigh? Correct Answer: 7,300 tons 7. Who designed he tower? Correct Answer: Gustave Eiffel 8. How many steps does the Eiffel Tower have? Correct Answer: 1660 9. What spy was allegedly captured by a plan involving the Eiffel Tower? Correct Answer: Mata Hari 10. What is the name of the restaurant on the second floor? Correct Answer: Jules Verne 11. What did the con artist Victor Lustig do twice in 1925? Correct Answer: Sold the tower for scrap 12. What is it possible to do now on the first floor during the winter months? Correct Answer: Ice Skate 13. Who is the Eiffel Tower named after? Correct Answer: Gustave Eiffel 14. how much does the eiffel tower weigh Correct Answer: 42 tones 15. where is the Eiffel tower ? Correct Answer: paris 16. how many people visited the eiffel tower each year since 1998? Correct Answer: 6 million people Qtnz about China Wall 1. About how long is the Great Wall of China? Correct Answer: 1,500 miles 2. The Great Wall of China was built in the ____ Century BC. Correct Answer: Third 3. Why was the Great Wall of China built? Correct Answer: To deter intruders 4. The Great Wall of China is considered one of the Great Wonders of the World. Correct Answer: False 5. The Great Wall of China can be seen from the moon. Correct Answer: False 6. How many Chinese provinces does the Great Wall of China span? Correct Answer: 17 7. The Great Wall of China was built by different dynasties over how many years? Correct Answer: 800 8. At its tallest points, the Great Wall of China is how tall? Correct Answer: 25 feet 9. At one time, how many watchtowers were strung along the Great Wall of China? Correct Answer: 40,000 10. At the peak of its construction, every fifth male in China was part of building the Great Wall of China. Correct Answer: True 11. Because so many people died building the Great Wall of China, it has been nicknamed what? Correct Answer: "Longest Cemetery on Earth" 12. In July 2005, what skateboarder became the first to clear the great wall of China by flying down a ramp at 50 mph and jumping the wall? Correct Answer: Danny Way 13. Who was the original creator of the Great Wall of China Correct Answer: Shi Huangdi Qtnz about Golden Gate 1. The bridge is located on: Correct Answer: San Francisco Bay 2. The time taken to construct the bridge was a little over: Correct Answer: 4 Years 3. The bridge links San Francisco with: Correct Answer: Marin 4. The Golden Gate Bridge is ________ in color. Correct Answer: International Orange 5. The total length of the bridge is approximately _________ miles. Correct Answer: 1.2 6. The construction of the bridge was completed in: Correct Answer: 1937 7. The name of the bridge comes from: Correct Answer: The Golden Gate Strait 8. Who was responsible for the Art Deco touches and the choice of color for the bridge? Correct Answer: Irving Morrow 9. The bridge was officially inaugurated for vehicular traffic by: Correct Answer: President Roosevelt 10. How many vehicular traffic lanes are there in the bridge? Correct Answer: 6 11. The bridge is popularly known as the bridge that couldn't be: Correct Answer: Built 12. How wide is the mid span swing of the bridge? Correct Answer: 27 feet 13. How many towers does the bridge have? Correct Answer: 2 14. The exit on the marine side of the bridge is called: Correct Answer: Visa Point 15. The total cost of building the bridge was approximately: Correct Answer: $35 Million 16. what days are you not alowed to walk on and veiw the golden gate bridge Correct Answer: holidays 17. Who built the golden gate bridge Correct Answer: Joseph B. Strauss |
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Indeed, they are true. Even the title of the thread says 'G.K. (Abt Wonders)'.
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@ Lord Avalon and Princess Royal;
Guys ! Are you serious ? Quote:
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كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَآئِقَةُ الْمَوْتِ - Every Soul Must Have The Taste Of Death |
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As per my knowledge, yes. Obviously, not clearly but in form of a line.
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