The Gang of Five
Beyond the Mysterious Beyond => The Party Room => Brain Food => Topic started by: Noname on June 02, 2009, 03:26:04 PM
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I shall start us off with a very familiar one to those in the USA.
The Gateway Arch in the city of Saint Louis was controversial due to its similarity with to another structure which was proposed but never built. What was this structure and what country had planned to build it?
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Here is a hint: it was not a democratic country that had plans to build a similar arch.
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The rounded Italian arch, Italy being the country it was proposed to be built in?
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Was it nazi Germany?
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Cancerian Tiger is correct. It is now her turn.
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This building in North America stands at 1,450 feet, is 110 stories high and is the third tallest building in the world. What is the name of the building?
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Sears Tower.. although I don't think is the third tallest anymore..
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Nick22 got it before I did; it IS the Sears Tower... soon to be renamed the Willis Tower (although it will always be the Sears Tower in the hearts and minds of the people, and Sears sounds a lot better than "Willis"!) The building is the Second Tallest structure to Pinnacle height, but not by roof height.
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For thousands of years the Great Pyramid was the tallest structure on earth. What finally surpassed it?
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The Lincoln Cathedral.
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nope, thats not it..
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Yes, it is: http://home.clara.net/heureka/lincolnshire...n-cathedral.htm (http://home.clara.net/heureka/lincolnshire/lincoln-cathedral.htm)
http://www.bookrags.com/wiki/Lincoln_Cathedral (http://www.bookrags.com/wiki/Lincoln_Cathedral)
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I was looking for the Eiffel tower in Paris but since yours in technically coorrect.. you may go..
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What church building in Italy is Catholic, but modeled off of the Orthodox styles, and is the largest church in its city?
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Here is a hint: It is in Northern Italy, and was originally built as an extension to the leader of the city's chapel, before it was rebuilt into what it is now.
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St. Mark's Basilica was the answer. Yes, this is my final attempt at saving this thread...
Whoever wants to ask the next question, may.
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What held the title of world's tallest man-made structure until it collapsed just 17 years after it was completed?
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Did it go down to a natural disaster?
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No. I'm not exactly sure, but I think the severe lack of maintenance was a significant factor to causing it's collapse.
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Was it a Cathedral?
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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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The Eilvese transmitter?
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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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The Warsaw radio mast?
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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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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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The Lalibela churches?
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YES! Finally, someone got it! It only took 5 months. :lol 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.
Your turn, Mirumoto. :D
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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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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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Correct! And most of those that were destroyed by natural disasters. Your turn!
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Which is the largest roman temple ever to be converted into a church?
Hint: It still functions today.
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Pantheon in Rome?
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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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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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The other two are in Paris and the Luxembourg gardens, if I am not mistaken.
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Correct! Your turn!
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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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The Catedral de Cordoba, formerly the Great Mosque of Cordoba, formerly the Christian Visigothic Church of St Vincent?
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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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Here's a simple one:
Name 3 countries where ancient pyramids have been found, NOT including Egypt.
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Mexico, Sudan, and Guatemala. Not 100% certain about that last one.
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You got all but Guatemala, unless someone knows of something I haven't.
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Well, Tikal is in Guatemala. Does that count?
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You knew something I didn't, Noname! You got all 3! Your turn!