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Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Louvre Museum · N Seoul Tower · Eiffel Tower · Petra
Answer: Eiffel Tower
This is the Eiffel Tower! It was built for the 1889 Paris World's Fair — people disliked it at first, and now it's the symbol of Paris.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Christ the Redeemer · Statue of Liberty · King Sejong Statue · Little Mermaid Statue
Answer: Statue of Liberty
This is the Statue of Liberty! France gave it to the United States in 1886 as a gift of friendship.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Moai · Korean Totem Pole · Sphinx · Statue of David
Answer: Sphinx
This is the Great Sphinx! A lion's body with a pharaoh's face, it has guarded the pyramids for 4,500 years.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Leaning Tower of Pisa · Big Ben · Colosseum · Eiffel Tower
Answer: Leaning Tower of Pisa
This is the Leaning Tower of Pisa! It started tilting while it was still being built — and never stopped.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Louvre Museum · Colosseum · Taj Mahal · Sydney Opera House
Answer: Sydney Opera House
This is the Sydney Opera House! Its roof looks like white sails billowing over the harbor.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Angkor Wat · Taj Mahal · Great Wall of China · Petra
Answer: Taj Mahal
This is the Taj Mahal! An emperor built this white marble wonder in memory of his beloved wife.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Christ the Redeemer · Statue of Liberty · Sphinx · Moai
Answer: Christ the Redeemer
This is Christ the Redeemer! The giant statue spreads its arms over Rio de Janeiro from a mountaintop.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Marina Bay Sands · Alhambra · Pantheon · Colosseum
Answer: Colosseum
This is the Colosseum! Ancient Romans watched gladiator contests in this giant arena.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Stonehenge · Grand Canyon · Himeji Castle · Big Ben
Answer: Big Ben
This is Big Ben! It's actually the nickname of the huge bell inside London's famous clock tower.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Angkor Wat · Lotte World Tower · Tower Bridge · Burj Al Arab
Answer: Tower Bridge
This is Tower Bridge! Its road splits in two and lifts up to let tall ships pass through.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Sydney Opera House · Mount Rushmore · London Eye · Neuschwanstein Castle
Answer: London Eye
This is the London Eye! One slow spin on this giant riverside wheel takes about 30 minutes.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Charles Bridge · Borobudur · Buckingham Palace · Abu Simbel
Answer: Buckingham Palace
This is Buckingham Palace! The King's London home has 775 rooms.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Stonehenge · Niagara Falls · Golden Gate Bridge · Louvre Museum
Answer: Stonehenge
This is Stonehenge! Nobody knows exactly how people moved these giant stones 5,000 years ago.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Terracotta Army · Arc de Triomphe · CN Tower · Louvre Museum
Answer: Arc de Triomphe
This is the Arc de Triomphe! Napoleon ordered it built to honor his army, and twelve avenues meet around it.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Notre-Dame Cathedral · Edinburgh Castle · Louvre Museum · Angkor Wat
Answer: Louvre Museum
This is the Louvre! The world's most visited museum is home to the Mona Lisa.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Hollywood Sign · Milan Cathedral · Notre-Dame Cathedral · Pantheon
Answer: Notre-Dame Cathedral
This is Notre-Dame Cathedral! Paris's famous cathedral is known for its gargoyles and a hunchback story.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Matterhorn · Palace of Versailles · Kremlin · Mount Fuji
Answer: Palace of Versailles
This is the Palace of Versailles! The Sun King's palace has a dazzling Hall of Mirrors.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Victoria Falls · Niagara Falls · Leaning Tower of Pisa · Mont-Saint-Michel
Answer: Mont-Saint-Michel
This is Mont-Saint-Michel! At high tide the sea surrounds this abbey island like magic.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Grand Palace of Bangkok · Petronas Twin Towers · Sagrada Família · Wat Arun
Answer: Sagrada Família
This is the Sagrada Família! Gaudí's dream church has been under construction for over 140 years.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Sacré-Cœur · Gyeongbokgung Palace · Temple of Heaven · Alhambra
Answer: Alhambra
This is the Alhambra! This red palace in Spain is covered with lace-like carvings.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Big Ben · St. Peter's Basilica · St Paul's Cathedral · Brandenburg Gate
Answer: Brandenburg Gate
This is the Brandenburg Gate! Berlin's famous gate became a symbol of Germany coming back together.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Uluru · Matterhorn · Neuschwanstein Castle · Forbidden City
Answer: Neuschwanstein Castle
This is Neuschwanstein Castle! This fairy-tale castle inspired the famous theme-park castle.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Space Needle · Uluru · Cologne Cathedral · Parthenon
Answer: Cologne Cathedral
This is Cologne Cathedral! It took more than 600 years to finish its twin towers.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: White House · Trevi Fountain · Mount Everest · Pyramids of Giza
Answer: Trevi Fountain
This is the Trevi Fountain! Toss a coin over your shoulder and legend says you'll return to Rome.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Burj Khalifa · Edinburgh Castle · St. Peter's Basilica · London Eye
Answer: St. Peter's Basilica
This is St. Peter's Basilica! The world's largest church has a dome designed by Michelangelo.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Golden Temple · Victoria Falls · Parthenon · Bulguksa Temple
Answer: Parthenon
This is the Parthenon! The marble temple of Athena has watched over Athens for 2,400 years.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Angkor Wat · Schönbrunn Palace · St. Basil's Cathedral · Grand Canyon
Answer: St. Basil's Cathedral
This is St. Basil's Cathedral! Its colorful onion domes look like swirls of candy.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Kremlin · Burj Al Arab · Machu Picchu · Niagara Falls
Answer: Kremlin
This is the Kremlin! Moscow's ancient fortress holds palaces and golden domes inside its red walls.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Gateway Arch · Sacré-Cœur · Niagara Falls · Charles Bridge
Answer: Charles Bridge
This is Charles Bridge! A 600-year-old stone bridge lined with statues in Prague.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Chichén Itzá · Stonehenge · Brandenburg Gate · Atomium
Answer: Atomium
This is the Atomium! It's shaped like an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Shwedagon Pagoda · Bulguksa Temple · Manneken Pis · Todai-ji
Answer: Manneken Pis
This is Manneken Pis! Brussels' tiny statue of a peeing boy owns hundreds of little outfits.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Grand Canyon · Matterhorn · CN Tower · Brandenburg Gate
Answer: Matterhorn
This is the Matterhorn! You may know this pyramid-shaped Alpine peak from a famous chocolate logo.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Space Needle · Table Mountain · Golden Gate Bridge · London Eye
Answer: Golden Gate Bridge
This is the Golden Gate Bridge! San Francisco's red-orange bridge is often wrapped in fog.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Mount Rushmore · Oriental Pearl Tower · Christ the Redeemer · Sphinx
Answer: Mount Rushmore
This is Mount Rushmore! The faces of four US presidents are carved into the mountainside.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Kremlin · Matterhorn · Borobudur · Empire State Building
Answer: Empire State Building
This is the Empire State Building! New York's 102-story skyscraper went up in just over a year.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Borobudur · Empire State Building · Pantheon · White House
Answer: White House
This is the White House! The President of the United States lives and works here.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Temple of Heaven · Hollywood Sign · Tokyo Skytree · Taipei 101
Answer: Hollywood Sign
This is the Hollywood Sign! Nine giant letters stand on a hill above the movie capital.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Burj Khalifa · Leaning Tower of Pisa · Space Needle · Sydney Opera House
Answer: Space Needle
This is the Space Needle! Seattle's flying-saucer tower was built for the 1962 World's Fair.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Gateway Arch · St. Basil's Cathedral · Little Mermaid Statue · Moai
Answer: Gateway Arch
This is the Gateway Arch! The shiny steel arch in St. Louis is the tallest arch in the world.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: CN Tower · Trevi Fountain · St. Basil's Cathedral · Parthenon
Answer: CN Tower
This is the CN Tower! Toronto's tower has a glass floor you can stand on — way up high.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Niagara Falls · Sydney Opera House · Colosseum · Hagia Sophia
Answer: Niagara Falls
This is Niagara Falls! Boats sail right into the mist of these mighty falls on the US–Canada border.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Grand Canyon · Borobudur · Himeji Castle · Sydney Opera House
Answer: Grand Canyon
This is the Grand Canyon! The Colorado River carved this canyon a whole mile deep.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Gyeongbokgung Palace · Machu Picchu · Great Wall of China · Petronas Twin Towers
Answer: Machu Picchu
This is Machu Picchu! A lost Inca city hides high in the clouds of the Andes.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Hollywood Sign · St. Basil's Cathedral · Mount Rushmore · Chichén Itzá
Answer: Chichén Itzá
This is Chichén Itzá! At the equinox, a snake-shaped shadow slithers down this Maya pyramid.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Terracotta Army · Brandenburg Gate · Pyramids of Giza · Cologne Cathedral
Answer: Pyramids of Giza
These are the Pyramids of Giza! Built 4,500 years ago, they're the only ancient wonder still standing.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Dome of the Rock · Abu Simbel · Tower Bridge · Gateway of India
Answer: Abu Simbel
This is Abu Simbel! These rock temples were moved piece by piece to save them from a rising lake.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Machu Picchu · Petronas Twin Towers · Petra · Mount Everest
Answer: Petra
This is Petra! A rose-red city carved right into desert cliffs.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Sphinx · CN Tower · Hagia Sophia · Todai-ji
Answer: Hagia Sophia
This is Hagia Sophia! In its 1,500 years it has been a church, a mosque, and a museum.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Arc de Triomphe · Blue Mosque · N Seoul Tower · Pyramids of Giza
Answer: Blue Mosque
This is the Blue Mosque! Istanbul's great mosque glows with thousands of blue tiles.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Sydney Opera House · Burj Khalifa · White House · Chichén Itzá
Answer: Burj Khalifa
This is the Burj Khalifa! The world's tallest building rises over 828 meters.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: St Mark's Basilica · Table Mountain · Parthenon · Angkor Wat
Answer: Table Mountain
This is Table Mountain! Its perfectly flat top looms like a giant table over Cape Town.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Leaning Tower of Pisa · CN Tower · Parthenon · Victoria Falls
Answer: Victoria Falls
This is Victoria Falls! Locals call it 'the smoke that thunders' — you can hear it from miles away.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Burj Khalifa · London Eye · Colosseum · Great Wall of China
Answer: Great Wall of China
This is the Great Wall of China! It stretches thousands of miles across mountains and deserts.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Matterhorn · Notre-Dame Cathedral · St. Peter's Basilica · Forbidden City
Answer: Forbidden City
This is the Forbidden City! Chinese emperors lived in this palace of nearly 9,000 rooms — ordinary people couldn't enter.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Louvre Museum · Temple of Heaven · Trevi Fountain · Brandenburg Gate
Answer: Temple of Heaven
This is the Temple of Heaven! Emperors prayed for good harvests under its round blue roofs.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Neuschwanstein Castle · CN Tower · Statue of Liberty · Terracotta Army
Answer: Terracotta Army
This is the Terracotta Army! Thousands of clay soldiers guard an emperor's tomb — and every face is different.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Manneken Pis · Petra · Potala Palace · Christ the Redeemer
Answer: Potala Palace
This is the Potala Palace! A 1,000-room palace rises from a hilltop in Tibet.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Neuschwanstein Castle · Iguazu Falls · Milan Cathedral · Tokyo Tower
Answer: Tokyo Tower
This is Tokyo Tower! The red-and-white tower was inspired by the Eiffel Tower — but built a little taller.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: CN Tower · Table Mountain · Tokyo Skytree · Gateway Arch
Answer: Tokyo Skytree
This is Tokyo Skytree! Japan's tallest tower beams TV signals across the city.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Himeji Castle · Potala Palace · Blue Mosque · Chichén Itzá
Answer: Himeji Castle
This is Himeji Castle! Japan's white castle looks like a heron taking flight.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Kremlin · St. Basil's Cathedral · Kinkaku-ji · Edinburgh Castle
Answer: Kinkaku-ji
This is Kinkaku-ji, the Golden Pavilion! This Kyoto temple is covered in real gold leaf.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Big Ben · St Paul's Cathedral · Manneken Pis · Todai-ji
Answer: Todai-ji
This is Todai-ji! A huge wooden hall shelters a giant bronze Buddha.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Kremlin · Table Mountain · Itsukushima Shrine · Kinkaku-ji
Answer: Itsukushima Shrine
This is Itsukushima Shrine! At high tide its red gate seems to float on the sea.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Forbidden City · Marina Bay Sands · Parthenon · Brandenburg Gate
Answer: Marina Bay Sands
This is Marina Bay Sands! Three towers hold up a ship-shaped roof with a famous rooftop pool.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Blue Mosque · Kremlin · Niagara Falls · Merlion
Answer: Merlion
This is the Merlion! Half lion, half fish — Singapore's water-spouting mascot.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Petronas Twin Towers · Itsukushima Shrine · Kremlin · Christ the Redeemer
Answer: Petronas Twin Towers
These are the Petronas Twin Towers! The twin skyscrapers are joined by a bridge in the sky.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Palace of Versailles · Grand Palace of Bangkok · Sphinx · Brandenburg Gate
Answer: Grand Palace of Bangkok
This is the Grand Palace! Thailand's royal palace glitters with golden spires.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Wat Arun · Buckingham Palace · Burj Khalifa · Sydney Harbour Bridge
Answer: Wat Arun
This is Wat Arun, the Temple of Dawn! Its towers sparkle with countless bits of porcelain.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Edinburgh Castle · Chichén Itzá · Mount Everest · Shwedagon Pagoda
Answer: Shwedagon Pagoda
This is the Shwedagon Pagoda! It's covered with real gold and topped with thousands of diamonds.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Taipei 101 · Angkor Wat · Statue of Liberty · Stonehenge
Answer: Angkor Wat
This is Angkor Wat! The world's largest temple even appears on Cambodia's flag.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Atomium · St Paul's Cathedral · Borobudur · Oriental Pearl Tower
Answer: Borobudur
This is Borobudur! A mountain-shaped stone temple with 504 Buddha statues.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Milford Sound · Stonehenge · Iguazu Falls · Gateway of India
Answer: Gateway of India
This is the Gateway of India! The grand arch by Mumbai's harbor was built to welcome a king.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Mount Everest · Golden Temple · Hollywood Sign · Pantheon
Answer: Golden Temple
This is the Golden Temple! The gold-covered Sikh temple serves free meals to thousands of visitors every day.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Shwedagon Pagoda · Mount Fuji · Christ the Redeemer · Petra
Answer: Mount Fuji
This is Mount Fuji! Japan's sacred mountain has an almost perfect cone shape.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Abu Simbel · Mount Everest · Borobudur · Kinkaku-ji
Answer: Mount Everest
This is Mount Everest! The world's highest peak stands about 8,849 meters tall.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Gateway Arch · Sydney Harbour Bridge · Gyeongbokgung Palace · Sagrada Família
Answer: Gyeongbokgung Palace
This is Gyeongbokgung Palace! The grandest royal palace of Korea's Joseon dynasty stands in Seoul.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Mont-Saint-Michel · N Seoul Tower · Christ the Redeemer · Iguazu Falls
Answer: N Seoul Tower
This is N Seoul Tower! The mountaintop tower in Seoul is famous for its fences full of 'love locks'.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Bulguksa Temple · Tokyo Skytree · Statue of Liberty · Golden Gate Bridge
Answer: Bulguksa Temple
This is Bulguksa Temple! The 1,200-year-old Korean temple keeps two famous stone pagodas.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Mount Fuji · Lotte World Tower · Schönbrunn Palace · Sungnyemun Gate
Answer: Lotte World Tower
This is Lotte World Tower! Korea's tallest skyscraper rises 123 floors above Seoul.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Sungnyemun Gate · Terracotta Army · Temple of Heaven · Machu Picchu
Answer: Sungnyemun Gate
This is Sungnyemun Gate! Seoul's 600-year-old southern gate is a national treasure of Korea.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Sungnyemun Gate · Uluru · Blue Mosque · Merlion
Answer: Uluru
This is Uluru! The giant red rock glows at sunset and is sacred to Aboriginal Australians.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Angkor Wat · Himeji Castle · Abu Simbel · Sydney Harbour Bridge
Answer: Sydney Harbour Bridge
This is the Sydney Harbour Bridge! Nicknamed 'the Coathanger', it lets climbers walk to the top of its arch.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Moai · Forbidden City · Uluru · Temple of Heaven
Answer: Moai
These are the Moai! Hundreds of giant stone figures stare across Easter Island.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: St Mark's Basilica · Victoria Falls · Milford Sound · Cologne Cathedral
Answer: Milford Sound
This is Milford Sound! In this New Zealand fjord, waterfalls drop straight into the sea.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Sacré-Cœur · Uluru · Tokyo Skytree · N Seoul Tower
Answer: Sacré-Cœur
This is Sacré-Cœur! The white-domed basilica crowns the highest hill in Paris.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Niagara Falls · Space Needle · Sydney Harbour Bridge · Milan Cathedral
Answer: Milan Cathedral
This is Milan Cathedral! The marble cathedral bristles with 135 spires.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: St. Peter's Basilica · St. Basil's Cathedral · St Mark's Basilica · Taj Mahal
Answer: St Mark's Basilica
This is St Mark's Basilica! Venice's golden church shines beside its famous piazza.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Victoria Falls · Pantheon · Parthenon · Space Needle
Answer: Pantheon
This is the Pantheon! The ancient Roman temple has a round hole in its dome — rain falls right in!
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Temple of Heaven · Taj Mahal · Potala Palace · Edinburgh Castle
Answer: Edinburgh Castle
This is Edinburgh Castle! The castle perches on top of an ancient volcano.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Kinkaku-ji · Potala Palace · N Seoul Tower · Schönbrunn Palace
Answer: Schönbrunn Palace
This is Schönbrunn Palace! Vienna's 1,441-room palace heard Mozart play as a child.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: St Paul's Cathedral · Gateway Arch · White House · Machu Picchu
Answer: St Paul's Cathedral
This is St Paul's Cathedral! In its Whispering Gallery, a whisper travels across the huge dome.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Moai · Borobudur · Taipei 101 · Eiffel Tower
Answer: Taipei 101
This is Taipei 101! It was once the world's tallest building, with a giant ball inside to steady it in the wind.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Oriental Pearl Tower · Tokyo Skytree · Arc de Triomphe · Sagrada Família
Answer: Oriental Pearl Tower
This is the Oriental Pearl Tower! Shanghai's riverside tower looks like shiny pearls on a stick.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Pyramids of Giza · Parthenon · Niagara Falls · Red Fort
Answer: Red Fort
This is the Red Fort! India celebrates its Independence Day at this red sandstone fort every year.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Brandenburg Gate · Louvre Museum · Lotus Temple · Golden Temple
Answer: Lotus Temple
This is the Lotus Temple! The Delhi temple is shaped like a giant lotus flower.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Hoover Dam · Moai · St. Basil's Cathedral · Temple of Heaven
Answer: Hoover Dam
This is the Hoover Dam! The giant dam was built during the Great Depression and created Lake Mead.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Tokyo Tower · Sagrada Família · Louvre Museum · Iguazu Falls
Answer: Iguazu Falls
This is Iguazu Falls! Hundreds of waterfalls roar along the Brazil–Argentina border.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Dome of the Rock · Grand Canyon · Stonehenge · Leaning Tower of Pisa
Answer: Dome of the Rock
This is the Dome of the Rock! Its golden dome shines over the old city of Jerusalem.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Teotihuacan · Pyramids of Giza · Mont-Saint-Michel · Buckingham Palace
Answer: Teotihuacan
This is Teotihuacan! The ancient 'city of the gods' holds the huge Pyramid of the Sun.
Q. What is the name of this famous landmark?
Options: Twelve Apostles · Itsukushima Shrine · Mount Fuji · Sungnyemun Gate
Answer: Twelve Apostles
These are the Twelve Apostles! Limestone sea stacks rise from the ocean along Australia's Great Ocean Road.