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Question	Answer	% Correct
What temple in Athens is dedicated to goddess Athena?	Parthenon	85%
What was world's tallest building between 1931–1970?	Empire State Building	83%
What is the name for a bridge built to convey water to cities in the Roman Empire?	Aqueduct	73%
What city's lighthouse used to be one of the Ancient Wonders of the World?	Alexandria	65%
What is the tallest tower in Toronto?	CN Tower	59%
What vegetable do the domes of Moscow's St. Basil's Basilica and Agra's Taj Mahal resemble, architecturally?	Onion	56%
What is the term for an exterior side of a building, usually the front?	Facade	53%
What spiritual leader used to reside in the Potala Palace?	Dalai Lama	51%
It has been claimed that Latvia's capital, Riga, has the largest collection of buildings built in what architectural style?	Art {Nouveau}	50%
What school of architecture was founded by the German architect Walter Gropius?	Bauhaus	50%
In what architecture style was the above built?	Classical	43%
In what religion is "torii" a gateway of a shrine, with two uprights and two crosspieces?	Shinto	42%
What landmark is depicted by this emoji: ?	{Tokyo} Tower	39%
Who was the first woman to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize?	Zaha Hadid	37%
What is world's largest temple?	Angkor Wat	30%
What architecture style was introduced by the Catholic Church, as a means to combat the Reformation and the Protestant church?	Baroque	25%
What architect famously said that "less is more"?	Ludwig Mies van der Rohe	25%
What religious complex is located in Beijing?	Temple of {Heaven}	13%
What city's unfinished Tower of David skyscraper was home to 2,500 squatters until 2015?	Caracas	10%
What monument became the smallest U.S. national park in 2018?	Gateway Arch	8%