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The Chronicler
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Reply #20 on:
August 27, 2009, 11:18:14 PM
No.
I guess a hint would help: It was built in the 20th century
(you know, come to think of it, I'm not sure if it would be considered an iconic structure)
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Reply #21 on:
August 27, 2009, 11:23:01 PM
The Eilvese transmitter?
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Reply #22 on:
August 27, 2009, 11:40:42 PM
No, but I think you're on the right track. It was radio tower or whatever those types of structures are called.
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Reply #23 on:
August 27, 2009, 11:45:28 PM
The Warsaw radio mast?
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Reply #24 on:
August 27, 2009, 11:51:20 PM
You are correct.
At a height of 646.4 meters (2121 feet), it was the tallest man-made structure ever built. It was built in 1974 and collapsed in 1991. I simply did the math and determined it's lifespan to be 17 years, which I decided to use in my question.
Your turn.
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Reply #25 on:
August 27, 2009, 11:52:38 PM
What stone structures in Eithiopia were said to have been built with the aid of angels... or so the legend goes?
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Reply #26 on:
January 24, 2010, 03:15:49 AM
The Lalibela churches?
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Reply #27 on:
January 24, 2010, 03:19:49 AM
YES! Finally, someone got it! It only took 5 months.
Thank you!
Perhaps the best-forgotten wonders of Christendom, those churches were built in a totally African country whose Christian faith predates European colonialism in the continent, and even the Islamic faith both around (and in some parts of) Ethiopia. The churches themselves date to the 12th and 13th centuries, roughly.
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Reply #28 on:
January 24, 2010, 03:38:40 AM
Eh, I just thought I'd give it a shot. Here's an easy one:
Give at least 3 of the 7 wonders of the ancient world. Hint: Only one still exists.
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Reply #29 on:
January 24, 2010, 03:49:35 AM
Here are 3 of them:
The Pyramids (badly weathered but still standing)
The Colossus of Rhodes (wrecked in an earthquake and sold for scrap)
The Mausoleum of Halicarnasus (also lost)
The others were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Temple of Artemis of Ephesus, the Pharos lighthouse of Alexandria, and the Temple of Zeus at Olympia.
I'll let someone else go again.
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Reply #30 on:
January 24, 2010, 03:52:54 AM
Correct! And most of those that were destroyed by natural disasters. Your turn!
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Reply #31 on:
January 24, 2010, 04:27:28 AM
Which is the largest roman temple ever to be converted into a church?
Hint: It still functions today.
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Reply #32 on:
April 21, 2010, 11:00:07 PM
Pantheon in Rome?
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Reply #33 on:
April 21, 2010, 11:08:06 PM
Correct! Built as a Roman temple, it was not the first building to bear that name. Despite existing for well over 1500 years, the Pantheon not only stands, but continues to function as a Church.
Your turn, Mirumoto!
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Reply #34 on:
April 25, 2010, 01:36:47 AM
Here's another easy one:
The Statue of Liberty is actually one of three similar statues created by Edouard Rene de Laboulaye. Locate the other two statues.
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Reply #35 on:
August 09, 2010, 04:19:52 AM
The other two are in Paris and the Luxembourg gardens, if I am not mistaken.
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Reply #36 on:
August 09, 2010, 10:49:48 PM
Correct! Your turn!
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Reply #37 on:
August 15, 2010, 07:22:49 AM
What building in Spain was built as a church, turned into a mosque, and was then turned back into a church again centuries later? While there are several acceptable answers, there is one that I have in mind.
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Reply #38 on:
October 10, 2010, 02:55:46 AM
The Catedral de Cordoba, formerly the Great Mosque of Cordoba, formerly the Christian Visigothic Church of St Vincent?
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Reply #39 on:
October 14, 2010, 08:53:22 PM
Correct! It is an example of a building that changed sides several times, ultimately being redeemed from the invaders.
Your turn, Mirumoto.
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