Famous Landmarks Trivia Questions and Answers

Historical landmarks trivia questions: tap a choice for the answer, from the Colossus of Rhodes to the Aubrey holes.

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The Colossus, one of the ancient wonders, stood in the harbor of which city?

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These famous landmarks trivia questions and answers take one site at a time: the wonders of the world, old and new, then Stonehenge, Mount Rushmore, the Eiffel Tower and the Chrysler Building.

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Wonders of the world trivia questions and answers, then four sites

The wonders round covers the ancient seven and the lists made since. The US landmark trivia questions and answers are two rounds: the Mount Rushmore trivia questions and the Chrysler Building. Stonehenge and the Eiffel Tower have a round each.

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What is a good trivia question about Stonehenge?

Try this one: toward the sunrise on which day of the year is Stonehenge aligned? The answer is the summer solstice. The Stonehenge round has more on its stones, its owners and its legend.

What is a good trivia question about the Eiffel Tower?

Try this one: for how many years was the Eiffel Tower the tallest human-made structure in the world? Forty-one, until the Chrysler Building was finished in 1930.

Which of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still stands?

The Great Pyramid of Giza. It was the earliest of the seven to be completed and is the only one that remains to the modern day.

How were the answers checked?

Each was read on October 3, 2026 in the English Wikipedia article linked under it: Wonders of the World, Stonehenge, Mount Rushmore, Eiffel Tower or Chrysler Building. Visitor counts and sale prices are not asked.

All 53 questions with answers

Wonders of the world 8

  • The canonical list of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was established in which work of 1572? Answer: Octo Mundi Miracula. Source: Wikipedia: Wonders of the World
  • The Colossus, one of the ancient wonders, stood in the harbor of which city? Answer: Rhodes. Source: Wikipedia: Wonders of the World
  • The Greeks chose seven wonders partly to match the Sun, the Moon and the planets known to them. How many planets was that? Answer: Five. Source: Wikipedia: Wonders of the World
  • In November 2006 a newspaper list of "New Seven Wonders" gained an eighth after viewers wrote in. Which natural landmark was added? Answer: The Grand Canyon. Source: Wikipedia: Wonders of the World
  • In which ancient city did the Temple of Artemis stand? Answer: Ephesus. Source: Wikipedia: Wonders of the World
  • In which year were the winners of the New 7 Wonders of the World, chosen by online votes, announced? Answer: 2007. Source: Wikipedia: Wonders of the World
  • The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus stood in what is now which country? Answer: Turkey. Source: Wikipedia: Wonders of the World
  • Which society compiled a list of Seven Wonders of the Modern World in 1994? Answer: The American Society of Civil Engineers. Source: Wikipedia: Wonders of the World

Stonehenge 13

  • In the legend told by Geoffrey of Monmouth, which wizard moved the stones of Stonehenge from Ireland? Answer: Merlin. Source: Wikipedia: Stonehenge
  • In which English county is Stonehenge? Answer: Wiltshire. Source: Wikipedia: Stonehenge
  • In which year were Stonehenge and its surroundings added to the list of World Heritage Sites? Answer: 1986. Source: Wikipedia: Stonehenge
  • The ring of pits just inside the bank at Stonehenge is named after which 17th-century antiquarian? Answer: John Aubrey. Source: Wikipedia: Stonehenge
  • Stonehenge is aligned toward the sunrise on which day of the year? Answer: The summer solstice. Source: Wikipedia: Stonehenge
  • Stonehenge is two miles west of which town? Answer: Amesbury. Source: Wikipedia: Stonehenge
  • What are the horizontal stones laid across the tops of the uprights called? Answer: Lintels. Source: Wikipedia: Stonehenge
  • What are the large standing stones of Stonehenge's outer ring called? Answer: Sarsens. Source: Wikipedia: Stonehenge
  • What are the smaller stones of Stonehenge called? Answer: Bluestones. Source: Wikipedia: Stonehenge
  • Which body manages Stonehenge? Answer: English Heritage. Source: Wikipedia: Stonehenge
  • Which organization owns most of the land around Stonehenge? Answer: The National Trust. Source: Wikipedia: Stonehenge
  • Which stone may have been set up outside the north-eastern entrance of Stonehenge? Answer: The Heel Stone. Source: Wikipedia: Stonehenge
  • Who bought Stonehenge for £6,600 and gave it to the nation three years later? Answer: Cecil Chubb. Source: Wikipedia: Stonehenge

Mount Rushmore 8

  • Borglum did not carve Mount Rushmore alone. About how many workers helped him? Answer: 400. Source: Wikipedia: Mount Rushmore
  • By what name do the Lakota know the mountain? Answer: The Six Grandfathers. Source: Wikipedia: Mount Rushmore
  • Mount Rushmore is about two miles from which South Dakota town? Answer: Keystone. Source: Wikipedia: Mount Rushmore
  • Mount Rushmore is sometimes called the Shrine of what? Answer: Democracy. Source: Wikipedia: Mount Rushmore
  • What did Borglum call the grand hall he envisioned at Mount Rushmore to hold America's great documents? Answer: The Hall of Records. Source: Wikipedia: Mount Rushmore
  • Which president did Borglum invite to a dedication ceremony at Mount Rushmore in 1927? Answer: Calvin Coolidge. Source: Wikipedia: Mount Rushmore
  • Which son of the sculptor helped oversee the carving of Mount Rushmore? Answer: Lincoln Borglum. Source: Wikipedia: Mount Rushmore
  • Which South Dakota historian is credited with the idea of carving figures in the Black Hills to promote tourism? Answer: Doane Robinson. Source: Wikipedia: Mount Rushmore

The Eiffel Tower 11

  • The Eiffel Tower is named after Gustave Eiffel. What was he? Answer: An engineer. Source: Wikipedia: Eiffel Tower
  • The Eiffel Tower was the tallest human-made structure in the world until which building was finished in 1930? Answer: The Chrysler Building. Source: Wikipedia: Eiffel Tower
  • For how many years was the Eiffel Tower the tallest human-made structure in the world? Answer: 41. Source: Wikipedia: Eiffel Tower
  • How many levels for visitors does the Eiffel Tower have? Answer: Three. Source: Wikipedia: Eiffel Tower
  • How many names are engraved on the Eiffel Tower? Answer: 72. Source: Wikipedia: Eiffel Tower
  • What is the Eiffel Tower made of? Answer: Wrought iron. Source: Wikipedia: Eiffel Tower
  • What is the tower's local nickname, La dame de fer, in English? Answer: The Iron Lady. Source: Wikipedia: Eiffel Tower
  • When it was built, the Eiffel Tower passed which American monument to become the tallest structure in the world? Answer: The Washington Monument. Source: Wikipedia: Eiffel Tower
  • Which architect worked on the design of the Eiffel Tower? Answer: Stephen Sauvestre. Source: Wikipedia: Eiffel Tower
  • Which two senior engineers of Eiffel's company made the first design of the tower? Answer: Maurice Koechlin and Émile Nouguier. Source: Wikipedia: Eiffel Tower
  • The World's Fair of 1889 marked the centennial of which event? Answer: The French Revolution. Source: Wikipedia: Eiffel Tower

The Chrysler Building 13

  • The Chrysler Building began as a project of which real estate developer and former state senator? Answer: William H. Reynolds. Source: Wikipedia: Chrysler Building
  • The Chrysler Building is the tallest steel-framed building in the world built of which material? Answer: Brick. Source: Wikipedia: Chrysler Building
  • The Chrysler Building raced which downtown tower for the title of tallest building? Answer: 40 Wall Street. Source: Wikipedia: Chrysler Building
  • The Chrysler Building stands in which of the five boroughs? Answer: Manhattan. Source: Wikipedia: Chrysler Building
  • The Chrysler Building stands where 42nd Street meets which avenue? Answer: Lexington Avenue. Source: Wikipedia: Chrysler Building
  • For how long was the Chrysler Building the tallest building in the world? Answer: 11 months. Source: Wikipedia: Chrysler Building
  • In 1902 the land under the Chrysler Building was donated to which college? Answer: Cooper Union. Source: Wikipedia: Chrysler Building
  • In which year was the Chrysler Building made a National Historic Landmark? Answer: 1976. Source: Wikipedia: Chrysler Building
  • Which birds are the models for the gargoyles on the 61st floor of the Chrysler Building? Answer: Eagles. Source: Wikipedia: Chrysler Building
  • Which style of architecture was chosen for the Chrysler Building, finished in 1930? Answer: Art Deco. Source: Wikipedia: Chrysler Building
  • Who designed the Chrysler Building's mural Transport and Human Endeavor? Answer: Edward Trumbull. Source: Wikipedia: Chrysler Building
  • Who was the architect of the Chrysler Building? Answer: William Van Alen. Source: Wikipedia: Chrysler Building
  • Whom is the Chrysler Building named after? Answer: Walter Chrysler, one of its original tenants. Source: Wikipedia: Chrysler Building
How this list was compiled

Written for this site; nothing was copied from another list. Questions and wrong choices are our own. Each explanation restates, in our own sentences, a fact from the English Wikipedia article named and linked beside the question (https://en.wikipedia.org, text under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license): Wonders of the World, Stonehenge, Mount Rushmore, Eiffel Tower and Chrysler Building. The text of each article was fetched on October 2, 2026, and on October 3, 2026 the passage that states each fact was read in it before the question was kept. Left out on purpose: yearly visitor counts, sale prices and films set at the landmarks. This site is not affiliated with the owners or managers of any landmark named here, or with the people and companies some are named for. Levels are our estimate: easy is fair for any table, medium suits people who know the subject, hard will stump most tables. Each question also carries the date its article was read (checkedOn). Licence: own work